Lanny Davis, noted Hillary Clinton backer, Lieberman suckup, Bush apologist, author of a book decrying gotcha politics [no linky to garbage rule] and purveyor of gotcha politics against Barack Obama, is joining Fox as a contributor.

That should really make for some fair and balanced political arguments, when Karl Rove represents the Right and Lanny's the one getting liberals' backs:

"Fox has always treated me with respect and given me a chance to express my point of view," Davis says of the network that the Democratic candidates refused to grant a debate out of concern that it favors Republicans. He will be a frequent guest, along with such Fox stalwarts as Karl Rove and Newt Gingrich.

A relentless surrogate for Hillary Clinton, Davis says, he felt "ganged up on" during appearances on the other cable channels. He says that Clinton was "demonized" by MSNBC's Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann, and that CNN's primary-night panels were tilted toward the Obama side.

"Does Fox have a conservative slant on some of their programs? Yes," Davis says. "They're giving me a chance to provide a counterpoint, and that's all I can ask."

And what a stirring counterpoint I'm sure that will be! (Well, yes Karl, Barack Hussein Obama may be Arabic for "death to America" and he did attend that meeting in Dick Cheney's head between Mohammed Atta and Iraqi Intelligence in Prague, but he's not-too-unreasonable for a terrorist-symp!).