Wise Latina

CBS's "Early Show" anchoress Maggie Rodriguez reluctantly accepted the "offer of a lifetime" weekend gig at CBS News in 2007 and within six months joined the weekday majors.

Wash Post media maven Howard Kurtz profiles the Cuban refugee from Miami.  The 39-year-old mother of one has brass balls:   "She has terrific energy," [co-anchor Harry] Smith says. "She knows what it takes to go get a story. She's not afraid to leave the building." He adds that Rodriguez is "very hungry to learn" more about on-air techniques. The network brass has taken notice: Rodriguez now regularly substitutes for Katie Couric on the evening news.

I find it interesting that the Wash Post runs a positive piece on a Latina lovely the same day the Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court hearings kick off in the Senate...