I suspect that the war script has already been written and the election was merely to determine who would be pressing the agenda that is awaiting them once they take their oaths of office in January.
Atleast this shows the epic difference between MSNBC and FOX, and may stop people from parroting the "MSNBC is the liberal fox" comments. I cannot wait for Keith to return, if MSNBC chooses not to have him back, I will no longer be a viewer of that station, along with millions of others.
He'll be back on Tuesday; http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/07/msnbcs-olbermann-to-return-to-air-tuesday-night/