Now The Real Fun Begins
The preliminary round is over. We're down to the sixteen finalists in the contest to pick the best regular guest on the Hugh Hewitt radio show. Now it's a head to head competition. Mano a mano.
We've seeded the sixteen remaining guests based on voting in the first round, and split them into four geographic regions.
Mark Steyn has the #1 seed and will stay home in the East. He'll face off against the #16 seed, Erwin Chemerinsky. Meanwhile, #8 seed Claudia Rosett will meet #9 seed David Allen White in the other East match up.
The second seed went to James Lileks and he will also enjoy the advantages of home in the Midwest Regional. He'll take on the #15 seed, Kathryn Jean Lopez in the opener. #7 seed Freddie "the Beadle" Barnes has a showdown with #10 seed Emmett of the Unblinking Eye (and infrequently updated website).
In the West John McIntyre, the third seed, will take on the #14 seed, Morton Kondracke. The #6 seed, Tarzana Joe meets the eleventh seed, David Dreier.
And last but not least, in the South we will see if fourth seeded John Campbell can buy his way to another victory when he goes up against noted blogger, and the #13 seed, Professor Bainbridge. The formidable fifth seed Frank Gaffney and the always dangerous #12 seed, John Eastman meet in the other South Regional match up. Voting in the South begins today and ends tomorrow morning.
If you happen to have way too much time on your hands, and want to take a shot and picking the results of this contest feel free. Whoever comes out of the East will face the winner of the South in the semis, and the West champion and Midwest survivor will also clash.
