Sounds like it’s pretty bad. But, as is typical from the left, it’s actually George Bush’s fault:

Elliott was extremely agitated when he reported on the incident. He opened his show by saying “it is with sadness that tonight I inform you that my Air America colleague Randi Rhodes was assaulted last night while walking her dog near her New York City home.” Pointing out that Rhodes was wearing a jogging suit and displayed no purse or jewelry, Elliott speculated that “this does not appear to me to be a standard grab the money and run mugging.” “Is this an attempt by the right wing hate machine to silence one of our own,” he asked. “Are we threatening them. Are they afraid that we’re winning. Are they trying to silence intimidate us.”

Or, maybe it’s global warming’s fault. If it were snowing on Sunday night, this crime never would have happened.

Meanwhile, best wishes to Rhodes.