Who has the "Best Political Team On Television?"

I guess it would depend on what your criteria for "best"
is.

I try to switch around to hear what they all are saying.
I've even tried watching Bill Maher until he said Mother Theresa lost her faith - which is a lie from the pit of hell by the way (And shame on Costas for not slapping him). Her entire life was a testament to her faith.

For me, I like the unbiased approach to political news. That's not easy to find of late.

It is, always has been, and will always be, ABC. It's a shame they don't have a 24 hour, because their coverage has always been the classiest.

And I'd prefer someone to just be the best political team on television instead of feeling the need to waste time telling us they are every five minutes.

I agree that CNN has the problem of having too many people on the air making it a near guarantee they'll have someone saying something stupid.

I do think that Cooper, David Gergin, and many of the others on the network are quality, but there are way too many "experts" (Soledad O'Brien? Please.)

The other night Lou Dobbs tried to make the point that Obama shouldn't be saying anything is "just words", which was the exact opposite of the point of what Obama was saying. This showed a fundamental lack of understanding of what was going on...and that's their #1 nighttime guy. Very strange.

Elsewhere...

Katie Couric stinks.

MSNBC puts on too many idiots to shout at each other. (Pat Buchanan is still WRONG!) Matthews favors people saying something crazy to actually covering an issue.

And, of course, Fox News is a joke.

MSNBC all they way. Russert, Williams, Brokaw anchor the NBC portion and the MSNBC portion is covered by Matthews, Olbermann and a wide range of pundits from the left to the right. They talk about the actual issues and don't get too into all the technology like flying pie charts, ginormous screens and crap like real time response to debate points. Matthews does get carried away with his sometimes out there analogies, but they seem alot more grounded and knowledgeable without trying to be hip and cool.

Political news coverage should be cancelled due to poor ratings. If people wanted to see news about people arguing, there would be news crews in every house with adulterous wives. Political news is just a sophisticated version of Jerry Springer.

I suspect Couric is just an avid Jon Stewart fan and saw him and Larry King joking about CNN's tagline over and over during his one hour on Larry's show on Wednesday night...which btw can be viewed on youtube starting here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfhKveUXd04

I skimmed the article waiting to see the Daily Show...

Come on Bob, Chris Matthews asked the question of the week in the after primary coverage of "name one legislative accomplishment of Barack Obama" to a Texas Democratic Congressman sent on the program supporting the senator.
He sputtered and gave up. Finally, he admitted he wasn't prepared for that kind of question when asked about the interview the next day.
If you don't know even some of the accomplishments, there should be better vetting of surrogates.
I am sure there were a lot of reporters saying to themselves "why didn't I ask that question."
Chris can really be over the top, but he was spot on with this question.

i personally watch CNN, and I think its funny how none of the commetators or Anderson cooper can say "The Best Political Team On TV" or "go to CNN politics . com" or how they endlessly plugged last nights debate with a straight face, they all have a smile on their face, so at least at CNN, I think, they know its all a big joke.

I generally loath the Newsie Talking Heads for all of their self-interest and their always needing to exasperate every single moment of the human experience. That being said I am holding my breath for the Best Political, News, Sports, etc... in the UNIVERSE! I am pretty sure I won't pass out.

This goes without saying...I love BBC America's Coverage. It's the most fair.

BUT, that said...let's take a look at Fox, because they are a close second, and BBC America doesn't talk about being the best, though they are.

Fox has Michael Barone...and he is, bar none, the best poll's analyst on tv. They also have the editors of Roll Call and the Weekly Standard, as well as Krauthammer, Juan Williams, and Mara Liasson.

All of this in addition to Bill Kristol, who, though obviously conservative, is one of the best analysts around.

So I give the edge to fox over CNN and MSNBC on that front. They also give fair coverage to Obama AND Hilary, unlike CNN and MSNBC who focus on Obama a lot.