This morning we spotted John Harwood — newly minted with the New York Times — on CNBC talking about the presidential campaign.  John also worked in several plugs for this Sunday’s Washington Redskins game against the evil doing Dallas Cowboys.  Intrigued, we asked John for more insights and predictions.  John kindly obliged and sent us the following brilliance (Kornheiser, eat your heart out):

The Washington Redskins are the Mike Huckabee of the NFL. For a long time they appeared to be going nowhere. Now, undermanned but charming, they are on fire.
Part of the charm is their amazing quarterback Todd Collins, who has performed brilliantly for injured starter Jason Campbell despite sitting on the bench for 10 years.  He would be hands down the NFL comeback player of the year if not for the fact that he isn’t coming back to anything. Rather, he’s essentially starting his career at age 36.
Another part is the resilience of a team that has survived the murder of Pro Bowl safety Sean Taylor. Major factors have been strong performances by two of Taylor’s University of Miami teammates, Santana Moss and Clinton Portis.
All of this has raised the odds that the Redskins may defeat a demonstrably better team, their hated rival the Dallas Cowboys, in an emotional home-field finale. Also helping: the fact that the Cowboys may rest a few injured stars.
And don’t forget the impact this could have on the Iowa caucuses. Speaking for every red-blooded Washington-based political reporter who will be in Iowa this Sunday, I can say that no one should expect me to cover any campaign event during the three hours this Sunday when this football epic will play out.