Catherine,

Conservative pundits are of no higher utility than liberal pundits.

One small example. National politics (top of the ticket) is absolutely a team sport. The team is composed of all the players that have incurred a debt to the party leadership and/or the candidate. W spent more political capital in ’02 than any sitting president that I can think of and achieved extraordinarily good results for an off year election. He has stopped raising money for himself and is focusing on raising money for other Rep candidates. Quintessential team player.

Who in the DNC owes Lt. Kerry anything other than “Good morning.”? Gore had a helluva lot more owed to him than Kerry can conceive of. Hillary Clinton has raised more money and expended more political capital on behalf of others than anyone else in the elected Dem. ranks. She is absolutely setting the table for ’08 and she’s doing an excellent job at it.

Seen any analysis by either side concerning that? I read the pundits but I don’t give them much weight.