Why is Randi Rhodes now shilling for the White House?

[DaveofCali]

Randi Rhodes is fervently defending the Obama Tax Cut Deal and praising Obama's smartness, and sounding like she's using White House talking points. She's emphasizing the payroll tax cut for one (which is really a Social Security funding cut) despite the danger of it leading to the permenant defunding of Social Security, thus possibly leading to the Republicans having the excuse to privatize Social Security. I used to frequently hear Randi Rhodes, but Randi Rhodes has been hard for me to listen to in recent days...