Does it ever cross the mind of the MSM that variety is the spice of life? Do they really need to have John and Linda on nearly every week? Talk about living in a massive rut.
MSM use that same ole ploy that lawyers use:
Never ask a question you don't already know the answer to.
Bring on a 'new' guest and they might/most probably would get responses they don't like. They know they are 'safe' with certain 'regulars' each week.
I usually watch a half-hour of Reliable Sources (on CNN w/Howard Kurtz) before McLaughlin Group starts, since it’s focused on Media coverage of the week’s “news” and I like to see what their biases of the week will be. Man, was it ever obvious in the panel talking about Mark Halpern’s and Michele Bachmann’s “gaffes”.