I agree with your assessment of Mort....I do love him though! I just wish Mort & Fred (The Beltway Boys) were on an hour each day rather than just 30 minutes on Saturday...hey, maybe they could cut Shep to one hour vs the two he's already got!!!
How about cutting Shep out --- completely. His theatrics finally chased me out. Lately, I've been going over to Chris Matthews. I don't like what I hear there, but I hear what I expect, without a lot of emoting all over the place.
Krauthammer is the best!! You can almost see the wheels turning in that remarkable brain of his, as he gets his turn on the panel. Amazing man. I respect him so much!!