Ok now I understand how Mark Halperin has gotten so far in his career...

[Wetzelbill]

His dad had to open doors for that guy. Without a doubt. I'm sure Mark works hard 9-5 and everything, and maybe he's a good producer and political director, but that guy has no analytical skills whatsoever. He's one of the most dense political analysts out there. I have always wondered how he got a job in the first place.

Morton Halperin:

Halperin has a distinguished career in federal government, having served in the Clinton, Nixon and Johnson administrations. In the Clinton administration, Halperin was Director of the Policy Planning Staff at the Department of State (1998–2001), the Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Democracy at the National Security Council (1994–1996), and consultant to the Secretary of Defense and the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (1993). He was nominated by the President for the position of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Democracy and Peacekeeping. During the first nine months of the Nixon administration, Halperin was a Senior Staff member of the National Security Council staff with responsibility for National Security Planning (1969). In the Johnson Administration, Halperin worked in the Department of Defense where he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs), responsible for political-military planning and arms control (1966–1969).


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Halperin

[BlueManDude]

1. I find Cokie Roberts to be the stupidest of all the pundits

not that I've actually heard anything she's said in years but when I was into wasting my Sunday mornings watching all the pundit shows she was a constant purveyor of tired cliches and conventional wisdon. The idea that groups pay her thousands of dollars to share her "insider knowledge" is laughable.

[Wetzelbill]

2. She is

Halperin is an up and coming challenger to her. I cannot believe, as you say, these people get paid to give their opinions, lol. Like I can see how most of these pundits make a living doing this sort of thing, but Halperin and Cokie are awful. I remember last summer Halperin said that McCain's moment when he forgot how many houses he owned would come back to haunt.....Obama? He's laughably goofy. He wrote a column last year saying that he has come to the conclusion that maybe we should elect a president based on...the issues. Jeez, and he came up with that all by himself.

[DFW]

3. "Sarah Palin" and "insider knowledge" go to gether like

"George W. Bush" and "molecular biology."

[boobooday]

4. She is really a pioneer of pundit stupidity and vacuity. n/t

[gaiilonfong]

5. Don't forget he was leader in the log cabin reTHUGlican DC chapter

nuff said