To whomever said "the producer fed Elisabeth talking points," I'm not a big fan of her, myself, but Elisabeth didn't really need him to feed her Republican talking points. (What she does need is for Bill Geddie and Barbara to teach her how to make a subtle transition and eliminate verbal crutches between questions to guests, and how not to sound like an idiot when she's assigned the simple sign-off, "take a little time to enjoy The View." She always sounds awkward and unprofessional as an announcer at these moments, and not so when she's passionately harping about some political thing. You'd think 9 years would have done the trick for these basic "talk show host making viewers feel comfortable" elements.)
So, a) even if Geddie did feed her talking points, consider how silly it would be that all these rumors of her being fired, are. Wouldn't he *want* her to stay on, as the lone Conservative? b) I've also noticed, that the older she gets, and the more kids she has, she's really mellowed out on her, well, Conservative rage that she used to exhibit. So the rumor that "she's not popular with audiences" as a reason for this "fired" rumor also strikes me as incongruous, since she's gotten more palatable and less shrill over the years (slight though it is), than she used to be.
"There is no use trying," said Alice; "one can't believe impossible things." "I dare say you haven't had the practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." --Alice in Wonderland