Rachel Maddow on Ellen

By Bradley Turcotte • October 10, 2012 3:24 am EDT

Christmas came early this year for fans of power lesbians when MSNBC host Rachel Maddow stopped by Ellen DeGeneres’s talk show.

Maddow dished on everything from politics, to dancing with her dog, to her love/hate relationship with Jersey Shore.

Watch the interview on SheWired.

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