Good morning!
Let’s see what we have this week...
Fox News Sunday gives us Karl Rove as the guest of honor amd this is likely going to be the highlight of the week had it not been for the President’s appearance on Late Edition (more below). Three months out of office it will be worth noting whether or not his views have changed... but I’m sure someone in the MSM will be watching closely to see if anything Rove says can be twisted to make the headline “Rove criticizes Bush policy.” You know it’s coming.
The Dems will counter with Chris Van Hollen, and we know the speech already: failed Bush policies, no military solution, more health care for the children, yada yada yada...
I’m thinking Fred Smith is going to be the “Power Player of the Week.” Can the AP please quit listing him as a guest?
Meanwhile...
NBC has Jim Webb, who owes his job to the word “macaca.” (I’m sorry, but as racist and insensitive as they say that word is, it’s just so fun to say.) In a throwback to their classic style, they’re going to literally have Webb “meet the press—” specifically NBC’s own David Gregory and (surprisingly) David Brody, who’s a top reporter for Pat Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network. (Speaking of Gregory, it’d be great to see whether or not Don Imus’s return to the air tomorrow comes up at the end of the show. As we all recall, Gregory went on the air with Imus more than a little loopy a while ago... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-BbjUSAD6w )
CBS has the return of John McCain. We know his gig, and if there’s anything we know about McCain it’s that we don’t know what’ll come out of his mouth next.
ABC has the Huckster continuing his tour of the Sunday talk shows. Both McCain and Huckabee have played this circuit like a fiddle and if I were to venture a guess (and Phssptok can probably back me up here) they’ve had by far the most Sunday interviews from the GOP side of the aisle.
CNN... whoa, hold up— hey, Snarlin’ Arlen! Welcome back, baby! We haven’t seen you in months! (I’m wondering where Leaky Leahy is, though.) Aside from that we have a collection Carl Levin and two longshot candidates in Dodd and Paul. Some sources are saying the President will appear, others no. We’ll just have to wait and see. Finally, they present us with Lt. General Raymond Odierno, one of the top generals in Iraq who orchestrated the invasion, Saddam’s capture, and the surge, all of which have gone far better than the MSM has planned. This guy is an excellent general and I’ll be watching what he has to say.
Ratings coming up...
Dick Morris as Huckabee Campaign Manager - That would be fun too.
| PROGRAM |
VIEWERS |
CHG |
|---|---|---|
| NBC MEET THE PRESS |
4,002,000 |
+203,000 |
| CBS FACE THE NATION |
2,356,000 |
-430,000 |
| ABC THIS WEEK |
2,655,000 |
- 92,000 |
| FOX NEWS SUNDAY |
2,256,000 |
+416,000 |
| CNN LATE EDITION |
577,000 |
+131,000 |
Interesting to note that the DUmmies are in a tizzy over the fact that Teh Rove uses an iPhone...one even making the comment that it will now cause him to not buy one.
Maybe they will take the Apple store off of their “Buy Blue” lists so I can shop there in peace.