Flogging the Bloggers

Dallas Blog is six months old and its collection of contributors already constitutes an impressive stable of war horses. Well, ok, some might have been found out in the pasture, but saddle them up and they still know their way around the track. To help you handicap the field, here's my tip sheet. Put your money on the picks at the top of the list for your best chance of getting insightful, thought-provoking, witty and/or entertaining opinions.

1. Tom Pauken: Gutsy stand supporting a new tax, on business no less
2. Ed Ishmael: Keeps high ranking by keeping low profile, perhaps?
3. Scott Bennett: Earnest in his call for higher auto fuel standards, but who's listening?
4. Rufus Shaw: Sounds like he's knows what he's talking about. I have to read him sometime.
5. Tara Ross: Tries to express outrage with italics. Cute when she's angry.
6. Bill DeOre: "Nothing's more dangerous than a wounded grizzly." Nice call, Bill DeOracle. Not.
7. Carolyn Barta: Broke Technorati's news that blogging is popular. What's next? Microsoft Big on Windows?
8. Will Lutz: Thinks Dallas Blog is the recycling bin for the Lone Star Report
9. William Murchison: Thinks Chappaquiddick is a current event. And the Reformation.
10. Trey Garrison: Crime beat reporter who thinks he can channel the Founding Fathers