[Phsstpok]

NBC Meet The Press (Tim Russert)

Below are the topics and guests announced for this program, along with my take on the "memes" that the show is trying to push.  With each guest's name are a series of links that I found in a web search that helped me get a handle on who they are and what their likely positions will be when they are interviewed.

• Meme:
  • The executive powers of the Presidency are inherently evil and must be constrained by the omniscient voices in the all wise US Senate
  • Obama is so cool!  He's even better than Bill Clinton!  Look, he really IS black!  Well, at least he's a whole lot blacker than Bill was.
  • Congress is broken and it's all the Republicans fault - everything was perfect when the Dhimmicrats ran things
  • The Republicans are so doomed... no we're not... yes you are!
  • We are in so much danger from the people that George Bush is fighting and labeled "the axis of evil" and it's Bush's fault™.
  • Everybody in the whole world hates GWB, does he know that?
• Topics:
  • Senator Barack Obama (D-IL), the man Time magazine dubbed "The Future of the Democratic Party" and the "man who could be the next president" on:
    • Domestic politics
    • Foreign policy
    • His new book, "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream."
  • With less than three weeks until the midterm elections, a new NBC Wall Street Journal Poll signals Republican troubles as the public's disapproval of Congress grows. We've assembled the best and brightest in political analysis for a special pre-election roundtable with David Broder, Charlie Cook, John Harwood, and syndicated c.
• Guests
  • Senator Barack Obama, Democrat - Illinois
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Author "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream."
    • Obama's a big draw in Seattle; should Clinton be worried? (Seattle Times, United States - Oct 20, 2006)
    • The Audactiy of Hope (by Barack Obama) Rising Star (Washington Post - Oct 20, 2006)
    • Obama’s Project Runway (Dowd Is Back And She Is Doing Better) (NY Times excerpt and FR thread - Oct 21, 2006)
    • Obama: Iran, Syria Should 'Take Ownership for Stability' of Iraq (NewsBusters - Oct 21, 2006)
    • Get-Out-The-Vote Rally with US Senator Barack Obama for Gov. Doyle (WisPolitics.com, WI - Oct 20, 2006)
    • Barack Obama: 9/11 fever has broken (Oct 20, 2006)
    • Barack Obama rallies for Menendez in New Jersey (Denver Post, CO - Oct 20, 2006)
    • Pondering The Dynamic Barack Obama (The Moderate Voice - Oct 17, 2006)
  • Roundtable
    • David Broder
      • Columnist, The Washington Post | Bio
      • Congress's Dismal Grades (Washington Post - Oct 19, 2006)
    • Charlie Cook
      • Columnist, National Journal
      • Editor and Publisher, The Cook Political Report | Bio
      • Category 5 Hurricane Heads for House GOP (Cook Political Report - Oct 13, 2006)
    • John Harwood
      • Chief Washington Correspondent, CNBC
      • Columnist, The Wall Street Journal | Bio
      • Why the Center Matters in This Election (Wall Street Journal - Oct 20, 2006)
    • Robert Novak
      • Columnist, Chicago Sun Times | Bio
      • Democratic committee chair selling access for late campaign donations (Chicago Sun-Times - Oct 15, 2006)
• What would you like to ask this week's guests? (web page for submitting questions for this weeks show)
• Meet the Press mailbox (web page for comments)

[MNJohnnie]

Here is an example of the great Democrat hope in action. Possible I have finally found a Democrat Senator stupider and more a sound bit politican then Joe Biden. Perhaps Slow Joe can mentor him.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1723459/posts

Obama Not Ready for Prime Time: Iran, Syria Should 'Take Ownership for Stability' of Iraq