Via FishbowlDC: Last week the New Republic (with the NRO) launched "What's Your Problem?" — an online video debate series that reminds us of something, hmmm, wait a second, it's just on the tip of our tongues. Oh, right: Only the strangely addictive Bloggingheads.tv, which also features debate between two earnest-intellectual talking head-type people, except with better light and sound and technology and — sorry, TNRO — content. The drama has been a-swirlin' of late on Bloggingheads now that Mickey Kaus and Ezra Klein are apparently gonna rumble (says Ezra: "It's broughten!"). We think the TNRO offering would maybe work better if they wore more pink, like Mickey; knew about God n' stuff, like Bob Wright; were boldly bearded like Spencer Ackerman and Ross Douthat; or were pretty, like Klein and Will Wilkinson. We think they easily qualify as pundit-hot . Oh look, here's TNR's Ryan Lizza, wearing pink and sorta like Lou Diamond Philips. Why don't they use him? Or that nice Mike Crowley. I would say they could use all the women who write for them but, well, you know. (Bloggingheads, you're doing okay on that front, but just okay!). Agree? Disagree? Let's set up a webcam and argue about it! Looking forward to enjoying the socratic stylings of a pink-shirt-wearing bearded lady on TNRO real soon! That's not just pundit-hot, by the way.
