The Weekend Preview Thread is up
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The most interesting guests to me will be the possible confrontations between Specter and Gilchrist (FNS) and DeLay and Dean (ABCTW). I have a feeling one or both shows will wimp out and let the Dem/RINO appear separately and have the last word. I also find it interesting that CBSFTN feels it necessary to start the rehabilitation of John McCain already.
The dominant meme appears to be that the preliminaries are over and the battle between the GOP and dims is well and truly joined. Bush may not be over, thanks to his finally listening to the talking heads and shaking up his administration, but it's probably too little too late since he didn't fire Rumsfeld and Cheney shaking up his administration only proves that he's doomed. And since Iraq seems to be going better let's totally ignore what goes on there (unless it hurts Bush).
Where's Pat?
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Why does Timmy Russert seem to always have Democrats on by themselves, with no Republican to rebut?
But, on the rare occasion he has on a Republican, he always has on a Dem afterwards to rebut???
Rhetorical questions, of course.
I think I heard a long time ago...that Howard Dean never agrees to directly debate...he insists on being on by himself..
I could be wrong, but I seem to remember reading a note about that within the last few years...so, your hope for a Delay vs. Dean confrontation probably won't happen.
You probably have already read, or at least skimmed through, two of the pieces listed under Ms. Vanden Huevel's name, but, if not, they are worth it for the sake of amusement, if nothing else: "Tomgram" (my synopsis: this woman is the most depressed, unhappy communist in this country), and "Media Whores" which attempts to prove that Vanden Huevel is run by the CIA and spouts the Administration's policy. It's a crazy world out there, folks.
Thanks for the posting and heads up. This thread is a good preview to what most likely comes up on the talk shows.
This week, I disagree to a little extent. All the old media folks are learning it’s too soon, especially since President Bush keeps escaping their carefully laid traps and plans, to go on too much of an attack. Add in the fiasco with Cynthia McKinney last week and Patrick Kennedy this week, and the Democrats need to regroup, along with the press.
Nancy Pelosi will continue insisting Republicans are the party of corruption in the face of Jefferson being indicted, and all the other revelations of corrupt Democrats. She gets the DNC memo’s but there’s real concern she reads it and does not understand the words. The greatest aspect of Pelosi is she really does project the very worst persona of what Democrat leadership would look like. She is one of the few who is corrupt, and nobody has explained it to her, so she is unaware of it.
I think the rehabilitation of John McCain is a red herring. CBS has no desire to do that, he’s simply filler for this weekend as CBS continues to put together their case against Republicans in favor of Democrats. If anything, CBS is gathering sound bites to use against other Republicans in the future. McCain wants on because he realizes his standing is tanking and he wants to shore it up if he can.
Immigration will still be talked about, although it will be used to damn both parties for not being sympathetic enough. GOP worse than Democrats, but both to blame. Still, with the Patrick Kennedy problem, I’m not sure anyone will talk about Teddy’s bill on immigration. It would be too easy of a lead-in to talk about Patrick.
ABC will continue using partial comments from both George Will and John Kasich to further disparage Republicans. Howard Dean will be asked about his comments this past week on immigrants with the suggestion that Democrats dictate the agenda for that issue now.