[governsleastgovernsbest]

Glad to hear it. As you probably noticed, Condi was scheduled to come on FNC before 7 AM, but when her appearance was postponed I switched to Today.

Ijaz is a riot. He kind of reminds me of Geraldo. He's always very excited about one thing or another, but it rarely seems that his breathless predictions come true. Still, he always comes across as very authoritative, which is helpful!

[TomGuy]

Still, he [Mansoor] always comes across as very authoritative, which is helpful!

He seems to have more credibility because (1) he is not a politician, so he appears to have no axe to grind, (2) he is a reporter/consultant, so that separates him from the political interests.

His denouncement of Clarke and his own admission of direct (personal) involvement in negotiating for bin Laden, etc., gives him more validity than Clarke, a disgruntled, demoted political appointee, has.