This is kinda interesting. Right Wing News contacted 200 center-right bloggers and asked them to rank their favorite political columnists. Here's the Top 20:

20) William F. Buckley
18) Jeff Jacoby
18) David Limbaugh
17) Michael Barone
16) Christopher Hitchens
14) John Podhoretz
14) David Brooks
13) John Leo
12) Walter Williams
11) Rich Lowry
10) Peggy Noonan
9) James Lileks
8) Ann Coulter
6) Michelle Malkin
6) George Will
5) Thomas Sowell
4) Victor Davis Hanson
3) Charles Krauthammer
2) Jonah Goldberg
1) Mark Steyn

I'm surprised Goldberg is that high. I like his stuff for what it is: well-written, GOP talking points. Plus, he's funny. I'm not really suprised Hitchens made it, but I do wonder if the center-right bloggers realize he's not one of them. He's a pro-war socialist. Yes, he's the only one in existence, but those are nevertheless his politics. Buckley can still bring it. Though, his articles are now often out-of-step with the agenda of the very magazine he created. I'm glad Sowell and Hanson cracked the Top 10, as both guys are legit academics and not mere pundits or para-intellectuals (Will, Krauthammer). I think Coulter can be funny, but that's about it. I don't read Malkin. Barone is pretty cool in that he's always writing about voter metrics and demography. Brooks is okay. Mark Steyn as number 1 is a very worthy choice. No conservative writer is funnier, faster, or more global in his outlook. That is to say, Steyn writes equally good analysis of U.S., Canadian, Australian, and UK politics.