(photo by Matt Roth)
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Assignment ID: 10107517A
Young Pundits

Staff writer for Slate and political commentator for MSNBC Dave Weigel, 29, writes a book review for his personal blog in the dining room of the DC apartment he shares with fellow young DC political pundit Brian Beutler. Weigel and Beutler live like stereotypical bachelors. In their living room comic books and collectable hardcovers decorate the shelves, a RockBand video game drum set hovers below Weigel’s flat screen TV, and their couches and chairs look like carryovers from a college apartment. Weigel is part of a larger group of young influential DC pundits and bloggers who might be considered DC’s political version of the Brat Pack.