The following group of commenters formed a panel in the 8 p.m. ET hour of CNN's coverage of the Massachusetts Senate special election:

Clockwise from top left: Paul Begala, Alex Castellanos, Erick Erickson, Dana Bash, John Avlon and Gloria Borger.

That's two conservatives (Castellanos and Erickson), an independent who used to be a speechwriter for Rudy Giuliani (Avlon), two journalists (Bash and Borger), and one liberal (Begala).

Balance, anyone?