Radar Online - New York, NY, USA - Strap on your holsters and ten-gallon hats cowpoke, there's a new Imus in town. Former congressmen and unabashed right-winger Joe Scarborough is reportedly set to take the reins of Morning Joe in Don Imus's coveted 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. slot on MSNBC.

As Scarborough's filled in for Imus (who may or may not be returning to his radio show) in the months since the grizzled shock-jock's deplorable comments about the Rutgers women's basketball team, he's been the presumed heir since the get-go. But in officially handing him the slot, has MSNBC found a replacement that's any less a potential liability

Jossip - New York, NY, USA - In exciting (albeit not particularly surprising) news for Intern Wendy and her Cable Quotables column, the Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz reports that MSNBC is “finalizing the details for Morning Joe to permanently take over the 6-to-9 morning slot.”

“The network this week is removing the ‘Scarborough Country’ name from his old 9 p.m. program, now being hosted by MSNBC’s general manager, Dan Abrams,” writes the WaPo.

Scarborough, who has been filling in for the past five weeks or so, is said to be excited about leaving his evening program, Scarborough Country in favor of the too-early-for-young-people time slot, explaining “I get to