Though he identifies as a liberal, and has even written a book about the supremacy of liberal politics <ref>Red, White & Liberal: How Left is Right and Right is Wrong (ISBN 0-06-056297-8)</ref>, he is perceived by many as a quisling and milquetoast straw man for used to allowing Hannity to regularly talk over and generally disparage without recourse. | Though he identifies as a liberal, and has even written a book about the supremacy of liberal politics <ref>Red, White & Liberal: How Left is Right and Right is Wrong (ISBN 0-06-056297-8)</ref>, he is perceived by many as a quisling and milquetoast straw man for used to allowing Hannity to regularly talk over and generally disparage without recourse. |