The Washington Post and Balance

Today, on The Washington Post's Editorial Page, 10 guest commenters were invited to air their thoughts on the Specter switch. WaPo always seeks to preserve a keen ideological balance in these discussions, so here was the line-up:

Newt Gingrich, former Republican Speaker of the House
Olympia Snowe, Republican Senator from Maine
William S. Cohen, former Republican Senator from Maine
Lincoln Chafee, former Republican Senator from Rhode Island
Kiki McLean, Democratic strategist
Tom Davis, former Republican congressman from Virginia
Doug Schoen, Democratic pollster
Ed Rogers, former Reagan/Bush I staffer
Jim Leach, former Republican congressman from Iowa
Mary Beth Cahill, former Kerry/Kennedy staffer

Ignoring the fact that Kiki McLean is just a blowhard of the highest order, and Doug Schoen is a professional concern troll with zero principles whatsoever, that's 7 "Republicans" and 3 "Democrats." And conveniently, no Democrats who ever, you know, held office were invited to comment.

Fair and motherfucking balanced. Go Fred Hiatt!