Does anyone take Mark Halperin seriously? (Besides the other pundits)

Mark Halperin writes "The Page" at Time.com. He used to author "The Note" for ABC. Halperin fancies himself the arbiter of the conventional wisdom and acts like he's in training to be the next David Broder. Basically, he regurgitates whatever talking points he gets from his pals on the McCain campaign give him. Halperin then puts whatever he's spewing into little numbered lists as if he is making profound pronouncements. While there is a lot of competition, Halperin is pretty much the most painful, pompous pundit on the scene.

Think Progress posted a video of Halperin on "This Week" where he makes such a fool of himself that even George Stephanopolous couldn't follow his logic. Halperin takes himself so seriously, but didn't really think he'd have to back up what he was saying. It's almost like someone put the idea in his head and while Halperin remembered the line, he couldn't really quite remember why he was saying it.

Jason Linkins at Huffington Post had the best description ever of Halperin and his website, noting among other things that "The Page" is "like a comic book, full of listicles for children." Except in this case, "the children" are the other political pundits who actually believe Halperin is their leader.