According to The Star, The National Enquirer, and this Web site (among many others), Whoopi Goldberg will be the new host of ABC's The View.

Good move? Well, Goldberg is super smart. She can be funny at times, but I think it would clearly be a conservative step backward for the show. No, not politically -- Whoopi is definitely liberal. However, Goldberg isn't as controversial as Rosie O'Donnell was, and heck will even surprise you at times by going conservative on a topic or two.

Nevertheless, in my opinion, the show needs more crazy.

The reason Rosie was a hit, the reason why The View's numbers went up had nothing to do with O'Donnell's anti-war message or politics or charm. It had everything to do with the fact that she was a time-bomb on television, and people want to be watching when it explodes.

Kathy Griffin would be an excellent choice as host. She's funny, damned smart, liberal but I don't think she and Barbara Walters would last more than two months on the same set together.

Wanda Sykes is a fashionable pick by some, but I find her to be abrasive and often unfunny. I really think she would turn off viewers pretty quickly.

Nobody has mentioned Chelsea Handler, an up-and-comer who is smart, funny and unknown. No ax to grind. No preconceived notions. She's 31 (or so she says ... my friends think she's 45), so she'd be a good antidote to Elisabeth, and Chelsea has the potential for crazy.

My wildcard candidate though is Janice Dickinson. She's funny as hell without meaning to be, and she's certifiable. Only problem with the veteran supermodel is that she would likely have the network fined by the FCC within the first three weeks.