Perhaps it was because Weisberg’s The Bush Tragedy just hit the Times best-seller list this week, or maybe it was an homage to Simon & Schuster’s David Rosenthal’s presence on the panel, but much of the discussion focused not on the campaign but on the candidate's literary careers. Rosenthal noted that Obama, McCain, and Clinton’s books all charted while poor Edwards wasn't a best-seller: "You all know where he is now, trading bad one-liners with Leno.” Leno? Harsh. The panel unanimously agreed that Obama was the most prolific writer; Alter went so far as to suggest that, should he win the presidency, Obama would be on writerly par with Lincoln. Again with the Obama-Lincoln comparisons…

At the close, panelists were dutifully called upon to make their various election predictions, and Weisberg jumped in: “Hillary is walking dead. It’s Barack-McCain,” he declared, before calling Barack the take-it-all winner. To which the other panelists heartily agreed and Rosenthal called out, “It’s over.” See? The media isn't biased toward Obama; they just love him. —Lauren Salazar