Ya think? Behind the scenes they are all friendly I would imagine and the faux back and forths are for show.
True, mostly. I would guess it’s the kindly conservatives being nice to the self-contained leftist.
In the old days Robert Novak was said by the “liberal” panelists on the first McLaughlin Group years to be kind to them and he sent birthday presents to their children and was thoughtful and gracious to all. One said “Not that he is an example of someone to accept for his politics.”