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Pundits' Jamboree

By Edgar Ortega Barrales, Alistair Christopher, And Ian Judson

TIME magazine

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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Cover Date: August 17, 1998

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