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The Telegraph's 50 most influential U.S. political pundits .. well they've done 30 so far, with the last two groups of 10 coming (presumably) tomorrow and Friday. (My bad if it's already out there some where.)
I think if everybody gives a top 5 we should be able to fill in the gaps. Just off the top of my head: Matt Drudge (but he's not a pundit!), Jon Stewart, Whacky Bill O'Reilly, Frank Rich, ohh, let's say Jack Cafferty for fun.
50. RACHEL MADDOW
49. MARY MATALIN
48. PAUL KRUGMAN
47. JC WATTS
46. MARK LEVIN
45. FRED BARNES
44. JEFFREY TOOBIN
43. PAUL BEGALA
42. BILL BENNETT
41. MARK SHIELDS
40. TONY SNOW
39. DEE DEE MYERS
38. MICHAEL BARONE
37. EUGENE ROBINSON
36. NEWT GINGRICH
35. JOE TRIPPI
34. HOWARD KURTZ
33. ROLAND MARTIN
32. WILLIAM KRISTOL
31. JUAN WILLIAMS
30. PEGGY NOONAN
29. RON FOURNIER
28. JAMES CARVILLE
27. PAT BUCHANAN
26. ARIANNA HUFFINGTON
25. MICHAEL SAVAGE
24. LAURA INGRAHAM
23. MIKE ALLEN
22. DICK MORRIS
21. DAVID GERGEN
Thurs add
20. JOE KLEIN
19. DONNA BRAZILE
18. FRANK LUNTZ
17. ANDREW SULLIVAN
16. GLENN BECK
15. BILL MAHER
14. CHUCK TODD
13. KEITH OLBERMANN
12. BILL O'REILLY
11. STEPHEN COLBERT
Friday add
10. MARK HALPERIN
9. DAVID BROOKS
8. JON STEWART
7. TIM RUSSERT
6. MATT DRUDGE
5. JOHN HARRIS AND JIM VANDEHEI
4. RUSH LIMBAUGH
3. SEAN HANNITY
2. CHRIS MATTHEWS
1. KARL ROVE
Not so much a personal top 5, but my guesses...
Tim Russert, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, David Brooks, George Will
Okay, combined top 10 then
Limbaugh, Drudge, O'Reilly, Stewart, Russert, Will, Rich, Hannity, Dobbs (instead of Cafferty), Brooks
late add: "oops" (see #12 above)