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The Talk Shows Sunday, July 25th, 2010 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga; Howard Dean, former national Democratic Party chairman; the Rev. Jesse Jackson.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner FACE THE NATION (CBS): Abigail Thernstrom, vice chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights; Michael Eric Dyson, sociology professor at Georgetown University; Cornel West, a professor of African-American studies and religion at Princeton University.THIS WEEK (ABC): Geithner, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Berkeley Law School Dean Christopher Edley; author...

Former Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-Ariz.) said Sunday that the Obama administration supports “no enforcement” of immigration law as he defended Arizona’s controversial statute that gives police new powers to question people they suspect are in the country illegally. The Justice Department is suing to block the statute, claiming it illegally preempts federal law. “It should come as no surprise that any number of people who advocate open borders and advocate no enforcement of the law, including this current administration, are trying to throw up these roadblocks,” Hayworth said on the CBS program “Face the Nation.” Hayworth is challenging Sen. John...

MR. GREGORY: Did the president do the right thing? SEN. McCAIN: Yes, he did, and he took the appropriate steps, in my view. I would like to say, in General McChrystal's behalf, that he played a key role in Iraq in the efforts against al-Qaeda. A lot of this is not known and will--may never be known. But General McChrystal did a great job there. The president took appropriate action, and we wish General McChrystal well in the future. ... SEN. McCAIN: First of all, there's no excuse for it, OK? There's no excuse for it. But part of it,...

The Talk Shows Sunday, June 27th, 2010 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.; Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif. FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sens. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., and Carl Levin, D-Mich.THIS WEEK (ABC): CIA Director Leon Panetta.STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, Robert Menendez, D-N.J., Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., and Jack Reed, D-R.I.

Comedian David Brooks on Meet the Press concerned that the oil spill will now create a new image for Obama who has had a heroic first year...Video

wanted to watch Kentucky's Republican Senate Candidate Rand Paul on Meet The Press today. After a week of sound byte from and about Dr. Paul and his confrontational appearance on Rachel Maddow's program, I was hoping an interview on the more mainstream Sunday morning staple would allow the candidate to give a clearer impression of his views on civil rights and, specifically, the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Unfortunately, he refused to show up. As a strong believer in smaller government and less government interference in the lives of American citizens, I consider myself part of the Tea Party movement...

Since Rand Paul has dropped out of this weeks episode of Meet the Press Mark Levin has requested that David Gregory invite him to come on instead. Levin, knowing Gregory doesn't have the guts to invite him on, then precedes to take him to town. Enjoy this clip from our friends at The Right Scoop: (more)

Back in January, Harold Ford, Jr. proclaimed to Chris Matthews no fewer than four times: "I am a New Yorker" [see amusing video after the jump]. But that profession of Big Apple-hood apparently didn't cut it with NBC. Even as Ford was discussing today his reasons for not entering the New York Dem senatorial primary against Kirsten Gillibrand, Meet The Press displayed the graphic seen here, labelling Ford "(D-TN)."

New York Times columnist David Brooks says that what Vice President Joe Biden told NBC's David Gregory Sunday concerning the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in New York City doesn't pass the laugh test. "What Joe Biden said on ['Meet the Press'] today will be laughed at around the Arab world." Maybe even more shocking, speaking during the panel discussion segment that followed Biden's interview, Brooks agreed with some things former Vice President Dick Cheney spoke about concerning this matter on ABC's "This Week." "The KSM trial has become a total mess. What Joe Biden said today on the program...

Here is video of the Meet the Press panel today discussing the political climate in the wake of President Obama's State of the Union Address, and the election of Scott Brown to the U.S. Senate. Eugene Robinson said the White House believes "they have moved to the center." They think they have already accomplished that. Mort Zuckerman said he was disappointed in Obama's State of the Union Address, believing Obama needed to set forth a much more "comprehensive" approach to the economy. . . . . (VIDEO)

Although MTP does not have their lineup for this coming Sunday on their website, David Gregory said on Morning Joe today that Valerie Jarrett would be appearing. If you have seen Ms. Jarrett on tv before answering questions, you can tell she just regurgitates talking points, and usually does a very poor job at that. If Gregory starts asking about the slapdown Barry got in Mass. with the Brown election, it will be interesting to see her response. Although Barry has still been getting a pass from most of the MSM, they are becoming increasingly aggressive towards his minions like...

Here is video of Arnold Schwarzenegger on "Meet the Press" saying that Obama is "doing everything that he can" to keep America safe...(Video)Schwarzenegger said that he thinks "Democrats a lot of times get the rap that they're not strong on security and those kind of things." Schwarzenegger called the attempted terrorist attack over Christmas "an unfortunate situation" and said it was "a total failure in the communication within the departments." He said "it's not like the President has done something wrong...what it has to do with is simply they didn't connect the dots within the agencies, within the airport authorities,...

Obama Deputy National Security Advisor on Meet the Press, thinks Janet Napolitano has done a tremendous job...Really? When?

Will ObamaCare cover memory loss? Howard Dean better hope so. On today's Meet the Press he seemed to suffer a serious memory lapse, claiming he had said he would "vigorously" support Pres. Obama's re-election [H/t reader Melody]. Problem is, we have the video of Dean on Morning Joe of December 17th saying just the opposite: that he would "not vigorously" support PBO's 2012 re-election bid. So noteworthy was Dean's "not vigorously" declaration at the time that it caused a gleeful Joe Scarborough to burst into laughter and repeat it. Not a decibel out of Dean to dispute what Joe had...

Here is video of Sen. Joe Lieberman on "Meet the Press" saying "I don't think anybody feels this bill, as Senator Reid put it down, I don't think anybody thinks this bill will pass as it is." Sen. Lieberman said "if the public option is still in there, the only resort we have is to say no." (Video)

The Talk Shows Sunday, October 11th, 2009 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Govs. Jennifer Granholm, D-Mich., and Mitch Daniels, R-Ind; Wynn Resorts Ltd. CEO Steve Wynn.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Sens. Carl Levin, D-Mich., and Lindsay Graham, R-S.C.; retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey; retired Gen. Richard Myers, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sens. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Jack Reed, D-R.I. THIS WEEK (ABC): Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga.; Rep. James McGovern, D-Mass.; retired Army Gen. Jack Keane. STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Sens....

Undoubtedly the funniest interview segment that Barry Soetoro has done to date, the George Stephanopholus interview on Sunday 20, 2009, entitled the “Health Care Blitz on every channel except Fox,” had to be hands down funniest. In it President Barry Soetoro attempted to replace the Webster’s Dictionary with his own Orwellian Worldview and definition of what a tax is. I gleefully yelled at the television screen; No, you lie, you lie, you lie as the president straight faced called George Stephanopholus and Webster’s Dictionary a lie. (see transcript) According to the president anyone who uses a reputable source of meaning,...

Civility … Nuance. Just much too much in one short sound bite. NBC’s David Gregory wonders if protesters are budding Tim McVays … Obama calls for civil discourse (I’m sorry?) and then says protesters just want TV time ( I know, I know) …But we start with … “We have examples of anti government violence in the mid 90’s .. do you worry about that?”. Yup … those grandmas and grandpas and housewives I saw … no question … I can see the link between them and Tim McVay. Scary.

Politics: The senator who called the president a liar and never apologized may have worn out his welcome in his home state. Harry Reid may be riding the liberal agenda into political oblivion.In 2004, Republicans defeated Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle largely on the theme that he neglected his home state in favor of national party interests. The GOP is hoping that in 2010 lightning will strike a second time, and Nevada polls indicate it may be more than wishful thinking. In 1998, Reid beat John Ensign by a hair-thin 428 votes. Ensign would go on to win Nevada's other...

When asked on NBC’s “Meet the Press” whether Barack Obama had ordered the resignation of green czar Van Jones, White House senior advisor David Axelrod retorted: "Absolutely not -- this was Van Jones' own decision.” Axelrod’s answer is telling. His defiant tone suggests that the thought of firing Jones had never been entertained by President Obama, thus protecting Obama’s image among the radical left. On the other hand, Axelrod’s response might be the product of a special arrangement with Jones – a man who probably knows more than we do about some of Obama’s deepest convictions. Most disturbing however is...