Sunday Morning Show *Preview* for 2/12/06 (not the live thread)

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[Phsstpok]

Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)

• Meme:
  • Two different directions this week, first politics and the WOT:
    • Are Republicans being unfair and partisan when they actually pay attention to the terrorist attacks on the United States?
    • With Sen. George Allen as the guest he will be given the chance to make the "NO" case, but watch for some gratuitous dig at Bush just to give him some "street cred," but I don't see anything from this weeks news as to what it will be about
  • Race relations and Republicans, the Bush administration in particular
    • Any other Sunday show would have Ron Christie, black conservative, go first, then let Rev. Lowery rip him up, but I bet Fox will let Lowery repeat his leftist rant from the Coretta Scott King funeral against Bush and the Iraq war (no WMD over thaya!!!) and then have a quiet talk with Christie with a very respectful rebuttal
• Topics:
  • "Is the GOP using the politics of fear to win in November?"
• Guests
  • Sen. George Allen, R-Va
  • Rev. Joseph Lowery
  • Ron Christie
  • National Air and Space Museum's Dr. John Grant
• Fox News Sunday contact information - FNS@foxnews.com

NBC Meet The Press (Tim Russert)

• Meme:
  • All "illegal domestic surveillance" all the time
    • Bush broke the law and spied on innocent US citizens! 
    • Don't you dare accuse the Democrats of wanting him to stop! 
    • Oh, and it is too "domestic surveillance!"
• Topics:
  • "The debate over intelligence intensifies"
  • "a joint interview with four congressional leaders who received briefings from the White House on the NSA Surveillance program before the story became public"
  • "the controversy over the constitutional, legal and political ramifications of the domestic surveillance program"
• Guests:
  • Senate Intelligence Chair Pat Roberts, R-KS
  • Former Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle, D-SD
  • House Intelligence Cmte. Chairman Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-MI
  • House Intelligence Cmte. Ranking Member Rep. Jane Harman, D-CA
• 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)

CBS Face The Nation (Bob Schieffer)

• Meme:
  • With no topic given I'm basing this on the guests:
    • At a guess, Iraq is a mess
    • Bush has caused everything bad that is happening in the world, particularly Iran and Katrina
    • with Elizabeth Bumiller on the panel, they will paint Bush as being in his twilight as well as a "crazy Christian" because he believes in an "Allmighty" on whom he bases his foreign policy (see this weeks NY Times article: In a State of Anxiety? No, but Anxious About His Age - note: requires registration)
• Topics:
  • none stated yet
• Guests
  • Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
  • Howard Dean, Chairman, Democratic national Committee
  • Elizabeth Bumiller, The New York Times
• Face The Nation contact information - ftn@cbsnews.com

ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos)

• Meme:
  • Several very different tracks from ABC this time:
    • We're losing in the Middle East (will they push "we must change course?")
    • Republicans are trying to "reach out" to black voters, but will anyone believe them?
      • special note - watch Donna Brazile, who has said nice things about Bush this week concerning his attendance at Coretta Scott King's funeral
    • Bush should just accept the damage done and "move on" from any thought of trying to catch CIA leakers whistleblowers, but Dick Cheney is now firmly in the sights of the Special Prosecutor because Libby's gonna squeal
• Topics:
  • The violence across the world sparked by cartoons of Muhammad
  • Iran's nuclear program
  • the CIA leak investigation (which one?)
  • Lynn Swann's campaign to become the next governor of Pennsylvania.
  • Voices: the American Heart Association's "Go Red" campaign.
• Guests
  • Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
  • Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del.
  • PA Gubernatorial candidate (Pittsburgh Steelers great) Lynn Swann
  • Actress Sigourney Weaver (Voices section)
  • Roundtable: David Gergen, Donna Brazile and George Will.
• ABC This Week comment web page

CNN Late Edition (Wolf Blitzer)

• Meme:
  • The West is mean and disrespectful to Islamofascists and we should just give up now
  • Oh, and it's all Bush's fault™
• Topics:
  • Drawing outrage: What will it take to defuse the dangerous clash of cultures over controversial cartoons?
  • The war on terror
• Guests
  • Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Danish prime minister
  • Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Nebraska, Foreign Relations Committee, Select Intelligence Committee
  • Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Connecticut, Armed Services Committee
  • Iyad Allawi, Former Iraqi interim prime minister, Iraqi Parliament member
  • Nabil Fahmy, Egyptian ambassador to the United States
  • Afif Safieh, Palestinian representative to United States
  • Danny Ayalon, Israeli ambassador to the United States
• CNN Late Edition (web page for comments)

This is NOT intended to be the live Sunday Morning Talk Show thread. I trust AB will do that as usual. This is strictly a preview of who will be on the main shows. The idea is to give folks a chance to muster their resources for that thread.

I would particularly ask that anyone with specific knowledge or resources about the topics / guests announced for these shows post them here so that the rest of us can go into the shows with a heads up on what to look for. For example, will Joseph Lowery be asked about Rep. Hoekstra's upcoming hearings about evidence that Saddam moved his WMD to Syria? And who wants to take bets as to whether little Tommy Daschle says "I'm deeply saddened" at least once during his stint on MTP?

 

[Phsstpok]

Links for background on this weeks guests

• Iyad Allawi, Former Iraqi interim prime minister, Iraqi Parliament member (CNN Late Edition)
  • Iraq: A New Alliance Forms (Stratfor)
  • Secular faction joins Iraq's Sunni alliance (Daily Star - Lebanon)
  • Rumsfeld testifies on Iraq future, corruption (Contra Costa Times)
• Sen. George Allen, R-Va. (Fox News Sunday)
  • Jack Kemp: George Allen Is 'Rising Star' (NewsMax)
  • Ex-Navy Sec. Challenges Sen. George Allen (Newsmax)
  • A Tough Race? (Harrisonburg Daily News Record)
  • Allen: Don't Pay Us 'Till We Pass The Budget (National Journal)
• Danny Ayalon, Israeli ambassador to the United States (CNN Late Edition)
  • Israeli, Palestinian diplomats face off on future of peace process (CNN International)
  • Rattling the cage: Panicking over Palestine (Jerusalem Post, Israel)
  • Ayalon: Iran is the Most Serious Threat Since WWII (Arutz Sheva, Israel)
  • Ambassador Ayalon Questions American Media’s Judgment Regarding Hamas (Arutz Sheva, Israel)
• Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del. (ABC This Week)
  • In Thick of Issues, Biden Sees a Presidential Bid (NPR)
  • GOP's anti-Biden billboards rejected (The News Journal, DE)
  • Joe Biden Fudging Bob Woodruff Story? (NewsMax)
  • Arguments for wiretaps expose flawed rationale (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN - WaPo syndicated)
  • Gonzales, senators face off over spying (San Francisco Chronicle)
• Donna Brazile (ABC This Week - Roundtable)
  • A Eulogy for King, a Scolding for Bush (KTLA)
  • With Tribute To King, Bush Reaches Out (Washington Post)
  • Recovery panel boasts diverse membership (Times Picayune, La)
• Elisabeth Bumiller (also credited as Elizabeth), The New York Times (Face The Nation)
  • In a State of Anxiety? No, but Anxious About His Age (NY Times)
  • Bush lauds foiling LA terror plot (Salt Lake Tribune - NY Times syndicated)
  • 15,000 pay tribute at King's funeral (Indianapolis Star - NY Times syndicated)
  • Ironic Media Position Follows Bush’s Declaration of Oil Addiction (NewsBusters)
• Ron Christie - former aid to Dick Cheney, George Bush 1 & 2  (Fox News Sunday)
  • author of Black in the White House : Life Inside George W. Bush's West Wing
  • Black candidates threaten white political leaders (Dick Morris, syndicated)
  • Big mouths in Congress inhibit secret-sharing (WorldNetDaily)
  • Someone likes the President (Albany Times Union, NY)
  • Remembering King (FrontPage Magazine - interview)
• Former Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle, D-SD (Meet The Press)
  • Tom Daschle Mulls White House Run (NewsMax)
  • Bush Eavesdropping - Is It Legal? (OpEdNews)
  • The Surprising Optimist: Why Tom Daschle Believes That The Country Is Ready For Comprehensive Health Reform (Health Affairs -  Policy Journal abstract)
• Howard Dean, Chairman, Democratic national Committee (Face The Nation)
  • Stormy Dean slams Bush: Points finger for Katrina deaths (Boston Herald)
  • Howard Dean: Bush administration "more corrupt" than Nixon's (Boston Globe)
  • Howard Dean Compares President Bush to President of Iran (National Ledger, AZ)
  • The gift that keeps on giving (American Thinker)
• Nabil Fahmy, Egyptian ambassador to the United States (CNN Late Edition)
  • Envoy: Don't Despair Over Hamas Gains (Forbes)
  • Slow Pace of Political Reform in Egypt Strains US-Egyptian Relations (Voice of America)
  • US Halts Egypt Trade Talks After Jailing of Opposition Figure (New York Times)
• David Gergen (ABC This Week - Roundtable)
  • Matthews on Gergen's reference to Boehner tobacco check incident ... (Media Matters for America)
  • STATE OF THE UNION REACTION (PBS - State of the Union coverage)
  • Bush seeks State of the Union bounce (CNN International)
• Dr. John Grant
  • Director National Air and Space Museum
• Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Nebraska, Foreign Relations Committee, Select Intelligence Committee (CNN Late Edition)
  • America’s Civil Rights Pioneers By US Senator Chuck Hagel (Southwest Nebraska News)
  • Conservative from the US heartland is a Republican maverick (International Herald Tribune)
  • An Important Rift (The Moderate Voice)
  • Congress Stirs to Rein in the President (Yahoo News)
  • Giving Enforcement A Chance Before We Give Up On Immigration Enforcement, Why Don't We Try It? (Immigration Daily - ILW.COM)
  • Hagel: Bush Must Explain Spy Program More (ABC News)
  • Presidential wannabes already courting Hawkeye state (SitNews, AK)
• House Intelligence Cmte. Ranking Member Rep. Jane Harman, D-CA (Meet The Press)
  • Democratic Intel Leader Charges NY Times Eavesdropping Story Was “Inaccurate” (NewsBusters)
  • OVERSEEING SURVEILLANCE (PBS - Interview)
  • Hitting back at Hoekstra, Harman and Feinstein defend research arm (The Hill)
  • Tapes of Hussein to Be Analyzed (New York Times)
  • A Strong Executive (Opinion Journal)
• House Intelligence Cmte. Chairman Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-MI (Meet The Press)
  • Hitting back at Hoekstra, Harman and Feinstein defend research arm (The Hill)
  • Wiretap reports draw bias charge (Washington Times)
  • Hoekstra blasts CRS for ‘bias’ (The Hill)
  • It's Not Academic (The Weekly Standard)
  • Congress Probing CIA's Secret Saddam Tapes (NewsMax)
• Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Connecticut, Armed Services Committee (CNN Late Edition)
  • FACTS AND FAILURES (PBS Katrina coverage)
  • Backing Away From Bush (Human Events)
  • Lieberman Lapdog Act Not Playing Well (CBS News)
  • BTL:Campaign to Challenge Conservative Democrat US Senator... (SF Indymedia.org)
  • Senators rap White House on Iraq's economy (Washington Post)
• Rev. Joseph Lowery (Fox News Sunday)
  • A Healthy Dose of Reality for Mr. Bush (The Nation via Yahoo! News)
  • Inside Politics (Washington Times)
  • Cheers and boos (Marion Chronicle Tribune, IN)
  • US Politics Play in the War on Terrorism (Voice of America)
  • Inequality and War (OpEdNews)
  • A LIFE: CORETTA SCOTT KING (PBS - interview following King funeral)
• Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (ABC This Week, Face The Nation)
  • Rice defends US decision to support Musharraf (Pakistan Dawn, Pakistan)
  • Rice urges Russians to take tough stand on Hamas (KESQ, CA)
  • Interview with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (Asharq Alawsat, UK)
  • Hezbollah leader tells Bush to 'shut up' (NewKerala.com, India)
• Senate Intelligence Chair Pat Roberts, R-KS (Meet The Press)
  • Pat Roberts slams critics of NSA spying program (Kansas City Star, MO)
  • Congress Stirs to Rein in the President (Yahoo News)
  • Lawmakers seek oversight of Bush spying program (Washington Post)
  • Roberts Says Bush has Authority for Domestic Spying Program (WIBW, KS)
  • Sen. Intel Chair Slams 'Irresponsible' Howard Dean (NewsMax)
• Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Danish prime minister (CNN Late Edition)
  • Danish leader draws battle lines (International Herald Tribune, France)
  • Press freedom has its limits, says PM (Malaysia Star)
  • WHAT'S BEHIND MUSLIM CARTOON OUTRAGE (San Francisco Chronicle)
  • For Danish Firms, Boycott in Mideast a 'Nightmare' (Washington Post)
  • Imams incited protests, Denmark says (Boston Globe)
• Afif Safieh, Palestinian representative to United States (CNN Late Edition)
  • Palestinian envoy: Don't demonize Hamas (Reuters)
  • Israel and US on back foot over Hamas (Financial Times, UK)
  • US Says Russia Must Stand Firm on Hamas (Guardian Unlimited)
• Lynn Swann (ABC This Week)
  • Pa. state GOP committee endorses Swann for governor (Centre Daily Times, PA)
  • Judging Lynn Swann Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
  • Poll: Swann Closing Gap On Rendell KDKA
  • Swann not so sure he wants to debate Milton Daily Standard
  • THE GOP AND BLACKS: A WELCOME RECEPTION (New York Post)
• Actress Sigourney Weaver (ABC This Week - Voices section)
  • Walking against the nation's top killer (Miami Herald) - American Heart Association campaign on women's health
• George Will (ABC This Week - Roundtable)
  • George Will challenges conservatives (TownHall, DC)
  • GEORGE WILL: Bush's speech fails in its specifics (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, MS)
  • My opinion George Will : Time for Congress, voters to grow up (Arizona Daily Star, AZ - syndicated)
  • My opinion by George Will: Beware states overstepping bounds (Arizona Daily Star, AZ - syndicated)
  • Right-wingers turn against Bush (Salon)

 

 

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RedState.COMs preview of the Sunday Morning Talk Shows for 2/12/06

The Sunday Morning Talk Shows - Lineup

By: Mark Kilmer · Section: Other Politics
For Sunday, February 12, 2006

Meet the Press (NBC): Host Tim Russert will hold one of those noisy, free-for-all roundtables about -- in the words of the shows web site -- "the domestic spying controversy." His guests, on order of relevance, will be Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts (R-Kansas) & House Intelligence Committee Chairman Peter Hoekstra (R-Michigan), House Intelligence Committee ranking Dem Jane Harman (D-Caliornia), and, for no apparant reason, Tom Daschle.

FOX News Sunday: Host Chris Wallace talks with Senators George Allen (R-Virginia) and Jack Reed (D-Rhode Island).

Face the Nation (CBS): Host Bob Schieffer will talk to Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and DNC Chairman Howard Dean. The New York Times' Elizabeth Bumiller will be along to help him ask questions.

This Week (ABC): Host George Stephanopoulos talks to Rice and, of course, Joe Biden, then he interviews NFL Hall of Famer Lynn Swann on his quest to become the next Republican governor of Pennsylvania.

Late Edition (CNN): Host Wolf Blitzer chats it up with Senators Chuck Hagel (R-Nebraska) and Joe Lieberman (D-Connecticut), Iraqi MP Iyad Allawi, and his usual cast of thousands -- including the Prime Minister of Demark, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, about the Cartoon Riots.
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What looks promising? Well, someone always says something on those Russert all-talk-at-once gabfests. We'll see how inspiring George Allen can be when seated across the table from the charismatic Jack Reed. (I'm kidding!)

Secretary Rice obviously has something to say, Joe Biden always does, as does Howard Dean. Hagel and Lieberman is not a promising segment, but Swann's appearance on This Week might be the most politically important interview Steph has conducted in a while. There are a lot of politically-minded people in Pennsylvania who'll want to hear what the candidate has to say.

I'll have the review of the shows at RedState.org at about 2p Sunday afternoon.