> > what do The
>> Nation and MSNBC see in this guy? His chief role seems to be that of "left
>> politics cop,"
>
>Which is exactly what MSNBC sees in him.
They need someone who seems "left" but who really isn't - the appearance of balance without any measurable effect on the prevailing centrist discourse. Funny that a guy who made his name writing a book about pundits ends up serving this role.
Doug