Should ‘The View’ Bring Back Elisabeth Hasselbeck as Its Conservative Commentator?

This week, “The View” has been feeling different from how it has in years. Suddenly, it’s relevant.

One might think this is nothing new — after all, in the first Trump presidency, and before that for much of its history, the panel show was a clearinghouse for fiery debates about politics and policy. Sure, maybe the producers went a little far placing co-panelists Rosie O’Donnell and Elisabeth Hasselbeck in a literal split-screen for their infamous 2007 fight over Iraqi casualties (the argument that directly led to O’Donnell quitting the show). But it was all in service of generating a conversation that looked,…