With supporters like Joy Behar, the razor-witted, liberal-leaning comedian who rejoined The View this week after a two-year hiatus, Hillary Clinton hardly needs Donald Trump.The high-spirited, flame-haired Behar has this much in common with candidate Clinton: By virtue of her age and experience, she?s the reigning grande dame. At 72, Behar is the sole original panelist on the women-oriented show created in 1997 by Barbara Walters, and served in that capacity for 16 of The View?s 18 years on the air. Behar hopes that The View this season will suffer none of the on-camera and behind-the-scenes turmoil of recent years, a veritable soap opera of cat fights and staff shakeups that has made the show so entertaining to read about?but often made for nerve-wracking television and sliding ratings.
