My pally outgears 3 of my 4 shammies.
The 4th shammy seriously outgears the pally.
But with damage from Holy Shield and Consecrate, the Pally does considerably more damage then any shammy.

Of course with a pally I'm running into a group, hitting consecrate and then my 96969 macro.
The shammies are dropping Magma totems for AoE (Shift A) or normal totems (Backspace), depending on the size of the pull.