"If Hillary had won, would she have left Fox?"

Kelly wanted out of Fox. She wanted out of the Bill O’Reilly/Sean Hannity prime time sandwich. Most of all, she wanted to be home before 11 p.m. or midnight. When talking with friends about this fork in the road, she sometimes pulled up a picture on her phone of her three children. She said the decision was really about them… And at NBC, she’ll have a more flexible and more appealing schedule. “Money wasn’t the primary factor,” her spokeswoman said. Conventional wisdom is that NBC paid less than Fox offered…

— Former colleague: “If Hillary had won, would she have left Fox?”

— Trump watcher: “This is a good thing for Trump… Fox’s biggest Trump critic is gone…”

— A Kelly fan inside Fox: “Her book title was ‘Settle for More.’ She’s settling for less money and maybe less impact. But more freedom and more time with family…”

— NBC News insider: “There was lots of excitement. The newsrooms were buzzing as soon as the news hit…”

— Another NBCer: “Andy Lack now has a big shiny object to invest his attention in…”

— Talent agent: “How is NBC News going to afford her?”

— Rival TV exec who doubts NBC can deliver: “She’s been sold a bill of goods.”