Jonah, we should note that Today has interviewed old GOP hand Fred Thompson this week by himself, too. But there is a difference. In the Thompson interview, Matt Lauer felt compelled to note Alito is an “ultraconservative.” You wouldn’t catch Katie Couric telling C&B that Hillary’s an old-fashioned liberal wing nut. In fact, the tone of their chat today was not that Democrats have to move to the center, but that Democrats just have to project confidence. I’m not sure that confidently predicting Iraq is an unmitigated disaster and confidently rallying against the NSA following al-Qaeda is a winning strategy.

Keep in mind that Carville is almost on the Washington staff of NBC News given how often he appears on Today and Meet the Press.