Meet the Babes

What prompted Tim Russert to schedule four female journalists on a panel on Bush's trip to Europe and international relations on Meet the Press this morning? Perhaps it's in honor of V-Day? Andrea Mitchell, Robin Wright and Dana Priest of the Washington Post and Katty Kay of the BBC all showed up for an extended discusssion this morning. No complaints here, just noting that it's somewhat unnerving to have an all female panel, as it so seldom happens, especially when the topic is international politics. Perhaps they could sneak the women in more gradually. Or perhaps he & George Stephanopolous were collaborating for parity, as GS had Fareed Zakaria, George Will and Richard Clarke.