Inside MSNBC’s Lean Forward Party…

The New York Observer’s Dan Duray writes about MSNBC’s Lean Forward party last night. Note to Duray: “The green-eyed anchor Contessa Brewer”?!?!?

Later in the evening, Joe Scarborough arrived with his co-host Mika Brzezinski, who trailed close behind as he walked the room. We chatted with one of the upstart producers, who bragged about having read all 174 pages of the midterm elections briefing that had been sent, staff-wide, from Chuck Todd’s political unit in Washington.

The green-eyed anchor Contessa Brewer said she was a fan of the network’s new catchphrase. It was, in fact, her anniversary but she and her husband were pleased to support the cause.

“We’re already doing this, let’s call it something,” Ms. Brewer said of the rationale for the slogan. “It’s a big deal. And really it’s great for our confidence. It’s a great internal strategy, too, to rally the team and get us all under the same ‘Rah-rah-rah, let’s go’ banner.”

Chris Matthews passed by, stopping to kiss her hand as she continued to talk.

If ever something called for a picture…that was it.

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