Brendan Nyhan

Russert brings back the “Capital Gang”

It’s great to see Tim Russert using his position as moderator of “Meet the Press” to bring some new voices into the Sunday show world. Oh wait

Then we reunited the renowned “Capital Gang” for some insights and analysis on this extraordinary campaign. With us, Margaret Carlson of Bloomberg News, Al Hunt of Bloomberg News, Robert Novak of the Chicago Sun-Times, Kate O’Beirne of the National Review and Mark Shields of PBS’ “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.”

I don’t understand. No one watched “Capital Gang” when it was on CNN. Why would we want a reunion now? The fresh insights of Robert Novak and Mark Shields?