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Pundits’ Jamboree

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Edgar Ortega Barrales, Alistair Christopher and Ian Judson

If Bill Clinton’s been good for anyone, he’s been good for pundits. Since late January, journalists, lawyers and ex-officials have filled the air to analyze this great moment in history. Who’s on most? How are they doing? Who on the Chat Squad is most in demand? Check out our wide-ranging survey and see.

APPEARANCES IN: PUNDIT JAN/FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JUL/AUG TOTAL

LANNY DAVIS (A) 13 13 11 14 13 17 81 Ex-Clinton aide Will defend Clinton until the last dog dies

STUART TAYLOR (B) 15 8 11 8 9 9 60 National Journal Playing footsie with Starr cost him tube time

DEE DEE MYERS (C) 25 7 9 4 4 7 56 Ex-Clinton spokeswoman Is frank without pulling a Stephanopoulos

HOWARD FINEMAN 16 6 7 6 11 9 55 Newsweek Do they keep a cot for him at MSNBC?

MICHAEL ZELDIN 6 6 7 8 10 14 51 Ex-independent counsel Steady increase and showing real breadth

MICHAEL ISIKOFF (D) 14 8 1 6 4 8 41 Newsweek Lucianne Goldberg calls him “Spikey”

JONATHAN TURLEY (E) 4 0 3 4 10 18 39 George Washington U. 10 consecutive Sunday show appearances!

ED ROLLINS 8 5 5 4 5 9 36 G.O.P. consultant Has experience in making mistakes

KELLYANNE FITZPATRICK 5 5 7 5 6 7 35 G.O.P. pollster Predictable Clinton whacker

VICTORIA TOENSING 17 7 9 1 0 1 35 Ex-Dep. Ass’t. Atty. Gen. Could have led the pack but…

JOSEPH DIGENOVA (F) 15 4 11 1 0 1 32 Ex-independent counsel …the story got personal for this couple

APPEARANCES IN: PUNDIT JAN/FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JUL/AUG TOTAL

KAREN TUMULTY 7 6 7 3 1 8 32 TIME You go, girl!

LAURA INGRAHAM (G) 2 6 4 5 7 7 31 G.O.P. analyst Sharp, but humor impaired

LARRY KLAYMAN (H) 1 5 5 5 7 5 28 Judicial Watch A good guest–he brings his own video

JACK QUINN (I) 6 3 2 5 4 7 27 Ex-Clinton counsel Sticks to Sunday shows, often two a day

MICHAEL BARONE 6 3 2 5 4 6 26 Reader’s Digest Good representative of mainstream thinking

DAVID GERGEN (J) 10 3 2 1 3 6 25 U.S. News Master of the obvious, but he makes it work

TUCKER CARLSON 8 6 4 3 1 2 24 Weekly Standard Lose the bow tie, dude!

JAMES CARVILLE 8 3 1 2 3 3 20 Clinton adviser Where have you been, swamp rat?

MARGARET CARLSON (K) 1 6 3 3 3 4 20 TIME She and Novak should tour in Love Letters

DAVID MARANISS (L) 8 2 4 2 0 4 20 Washington Post Keeps old Arkansas references on autoplay

RAHM EMANUEL 5 4 5 1 0 2 17 Clinton senior adviser Acts like he needs coffee

Source: The Hotline. Shows surveyed: ABC’s Nightline and This Week with Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts; CBS’ Face the Nation; CNBC’s Charles Grodin, Hardball with Chris Matthews, Rivera Live and Equal Time; CNN’s Inside Politics, Crossfire, Larry King Live and Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer; C-SPAN’s Washington Journal; Fox’s Special Report with Brit Hume, Fox News Sunday, Fox News’ The Crier Report and The O’Reilly Factor; MSNBC’s The Big Show with Keith Olbermann, The News with Brian Williams and InterNight; NBC’s Meet the Press; and PBS’ The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. Data have been supplied by the programs; pundits have no doubt appeared elsewhere as well.

–Edgar Ortega Barrales, Alistair Christopher and Ian Judson

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