"It's a shame MSNBC cancelled 'Tucker' to make way for David Gregory's headache-inducing mess" says the subheadline of a Sacha Zimmerman opinion piece in The New Republic.

Zimmerman, who had appeared "several times" on Tucker Carlson's now-defunct program, says it "was a fun show that addressed the topics of the day without devolving into Lou Dobbesian agendas, Chris Matthews-like scream fests, Bill O'Reilly smears, or Wolf Blitzer droning snoozers."

In turn, Zimmerman describes Gregory's show, Race For The White House: "With flashy graphics a la Fox, sound bites spewed at an unnerving pace, and a dizzying constellation of floating heads orbiting Gregory's own pate, the program looks more like an intergalactic 'Nancy Grace' than the almost old-fashioned style of sitting down at a table with Carlson."

The show, Zimmerman says, is "a misuse of Gregory's talents as well, which are better-suited to hard-hitting interviews than the crushing personality overload of 'Race for the White House.'"