In interesting interview of one liberal and one conservative blogger, combined with a panel discussion on presidential election prospects for the Democrats. Byron York is identified as being "conservative" but "objective," the latter being a label wityh which many would disagree. York's response had nothing to do with the question that was asked, and Russert did not call him on it. Alter's claim that violence in Iraq might now decrease also was not countered. I was left wondering whether Russert was bothering to even listen to the answers, or if we he was just sticking to his scripted questions. An interesting contrast when Russert apparently tried to downplay Busby's success by noting that she got 45% in a district in which Kerry got 44%. Walter pointed out the flip side, though, that Bilbray only got 49% compared to Bush's "55, 56 percent" (Bush actually got 55%). Neither mentioned that Busby was handicapped by the fact that Democratic registration in the district has dropped by over 3% in the past year and a half.