Weekend Talk Show *Preview* for 12/8 - 12/9/07 (not the live thread)

Below are the topics and guests announced for these programs, starting with the Saturday shows. My take on the "memes" that the shows are trying to push will come later after more research. With each guest's name in those later posts will be 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. On the Saturday shows I'm posting my take on their memes based on their topics and VAST (and very cynical) knowledge of how they think (as if I don't think I can predict their thinking by now <g>)

Saturday Shows For December 8^th, 2007

Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)

Meme:
- Promote Huck, promote Huck, promote Huck, promote Huck, promote Huck, promote Huck, promote Huck, we can easily beat him.
- Attack Huck, attack Huck, attack Huck, attack Huck, attack Huck, attack Huck, attack Huck, he's the front runner and a Christian.
- I wonder if anyone will accuse him of flip flopping on immigration?
- McCain is back (in New Hampshire) and Chrissy Wallace has him!
- Trying to overcome the negatives of his last few years in the Senate, will Republicans believe that this old dog isn't just playing new tricks?
Topics:
- Interviews with two of the top tier Republican candidates.
  - Just three weeks away from the Iowa caucuses and the race for president is shifting dramatically.
  - Mike Huckabee has been enjoying a meteoric rise from the second tier to leader of the pack, according to one National poll
  - Will his limited resources take him beyond Iowa?
  - A tougher look at the former Arkansas governor's campaign and his readiness to deal with issues such as healthcare and Iran.
  - Senator John McCain started the race as frontrunner, but quickly fell back into the pack
  - Now he's regained some momentum in New Hampshire with a major endorsement
  - What can the Arizona senator do to convince the rest of America he's the man who should hold the highest office?
- Fox News Sunday panel
  - The Democratic race
    - Will Oprah's endorsement give Obama the push he needs?
- Power Player of the Week: The dean of Washington National Cathedral.
- Fox News essay: Coming up on Fox News Sunday
Guests
- Mike Huckabee, Republican - Arkansas
  - Former Arkansas governor
  - Republican presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
  - Huckabee Rises to 2nd in GOP Race (The Associated Press - Dec 7, 2007)
  - AP Poll: Huckabee leaps into second place in national GOP race (KDBC - Dec 7, 2007)
  - Poll: Huckabee Takes Big Lead in Iowa (The Associated Press - Dec 7, 2007)
  - Why They Love Huckabee (TIME - Dec 6, 2007)
  - The Early Word: Tense Times for Huckabee, Romney (New York Times - Dec 8, 2007)
  - Huckabee New in Spotlight, Finds It Hot (The Associated Press - Dec 7, 2007)
  - Huckabee Wanted to Isolate AIDS Patients (The Associated Press - Dec 8, 2007)
  - Huckabee Immigration Plan Emphasizes Security (New York Times - Dec 7, 2007)
  - Huckabee Says He'd Seal Mexican Border (The Associated Press - Dec 7, 2007)
  - Thompson vs. Huckabee on Iran (CBS News - Dec 7, 2007)
  - Huckabee takes a slap at Romney (Los Angeles Times, CA - Dec 7, 2007)
  - Huckabee Declines Theology Discussion (The Associated Press - Dec 7, 2007)
  - Is America ready for a president named Huckabee? (Canada.com - Dec 7, 2007)
- Senator John McCain, Republican - Arizona
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - Republican presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
  - Schilling Pitches McCain for President (The Associated Press - Dec 8, 2007)
  - McCain's Town Hall Comeback? (TIME - Dec 7, 2007)
  - New Hampshire Is Again McCain's Focus (The Associated Press - Dec 8, 2007)
  - McCain's New Hampshire Glimmer (Wall Street Journal - Dec 7, 2007)
  - McCain won’t ‘take shots’ at Clinton (Southern California InFocus, CA - Dec 8, 2007)
  - McCain: "Americans Are Angry" About Immigration (CBS News, NY - Dec 8, 2007)
  - McCain: Americans Divided, Dissatisfied over US Foreign Policy (Council on Foreign Relations - Dec 7, 2007)
  - McCain: Despite report, Iran remains dangerous (Concord Monitor, NH - Dec 7, 2007)
  - McCain voices guarded optimism on Iraq but says hurdles are high (Boston Globe - Dec 6, 2007)
  - McCain Reacts to Report of CIA Destroyed Tapes (CBS News, NY - Dec 7, 2007)
- Fox News Sunday panel
  - Brit Hume
    - Washington managing editor of FOX News
    - Bill Clinton's Media Offensive (FOX News - Dec 5, 2007)
    - Ron Paul's Presidential Bid Goes to a Higher Level With a Brand New Marketing Tool (FOX News - Dec 7, 2007)
  - Bill Kristol
    - Editor, The Weekly Standard
    - What Happened in 2003? (The Weekly Standard - Dec 8, 2007)
    - President Clinton and Mr. Hyde (The Weekly Standard - Dec 1, 2007)
  - Mara Liasson
    - National Public Radio
    - Iran a Hot Issue for Democrats in Radio Debate (NPR Morning Edition, Dec 5, 2007)
    - Democrats at Debate Agree Iran Policy is Flawed (All Things Considered, Dec 4, 2007)
  - Juan Williams
    - National Public Radio
    - Al Sharpton speaks out on race, rights and what bothers him about his critics (Men's News Daily, CA - Dec 4, 2007)
    - MLK would be shocked by US (Louisville Courier-Journal, KY - Dec 8, 2007)
- Power Player of the Week: Samuel Lloyd III
  - The dean of Washington National Cathedral
  - Cardinal McCarrick announces interfaith effort to fight terrorism (Catholic News Service News Briefs - Dec 7, 2007) (must scroll down)
Fox News Sunday contact information - FNS@foxnews.com

CNN Late Edition (Wolf Blitzer)

Meme:
- Musharraf, wasn't he a general? Now he's simply listed as President. What happened? Oh, I'm sure that ~~Dan Rather~~ CBSCNNNBCABC will let us know what we're supposed to believe.
- Doom! Doom and gloom! McChimpy Bushitler's policy towards... (what country are we talking about now? Oh yeah) ... Pakistan is a complete failure and must be reversed, whatever the consequences!
- US Car makers must come up with cars that get 1,000 miles to the gallon in order to solve the OIL CRISIS and global warming! It can only be done through government fiat! Enlightened self interest be damned.
- We must punish any companies who have helped McChimpy Bushitler in the GWOT. It's a moral imperative!
- DiFi must be punished! She dares to consort with EVIL REPUBLICANS!
- Boehnor won against the Democrat crime/slime machine? Who knew?
- Meet the replacement for Trent Lott. We (the MSM) will cast him in the worst possible light we can. What? You expected anything else?
Topics:
- State of emergency in Pakistan
- Key members of congress weigh in on Iran and the nuclear threat
Guests
- Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf
  - Bhutto's manifesto hits at Musharraf's power base (Rediff, India - Dec 8, 2007)
  - Rights groups voice concern over illness of jailed anti-Musharraf lawyer (International Herald Tribune, France - Dec 8, 2007)
  - Pakistan's democrats need a plan (Toronto Star, Canada - Dec 8, 2007)
  - Polls to be referendum on Prez: Sharif (NDTV.com - Dec 8, 2007)
  - Polls to be referendum on Musharraf: Nawaz (The Nation, Pakistan, Pakistan - Dec 8, 2007)
  - Bhutto, Sharif threaten poll boycott (Hindustan Times - Dec 4, 2007)
  - Pakistan poll rivals fail to break deadlock in Pakis (Independent - Dec 8, 2007)
  - Riyadh working for reconciliation between Musharraf, Chaudhary (Hindu, India - Dec 7, 2007)
  - White House Shifts Channels For Pakistan Financial Support (Wall Street Journal - Dec 7, 2007)
  - Pak. polls will be credible though not perfect: Boucher (Hindu - Dec 8, 2007)
  - US breathes easier over Pakistan, for now (AFP - Dec 7, 2007)
  - Bush's Pakistan Policy Criticized (The Associated Press - Dec 6, 2007)
- Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat - California
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - Bush under fire for destroyed CIA tapes (Bangkok Post, Thailand - Dec 7, 2007)
  - Bush: 'No recollection' of tapes (CNN - Dec 8, 2007)
  - CIA Destoryed Tapes Of Harsh Interrogations, Including Waterboarding (Free Internet Press - Dec 7, 2007)
  - Guantanamo headache faces next president (MSNBC - Dec 4, 2007)
  - No backdoor immunity (San Francisco Chronicle - Dec 6, 2007)
  - It's crunch time for Boxer and Feinstein on $288 billion farm bill (San Francisco Chronicle - Dec 8, 2007)
  - Feinstein's bill would aid contract fire pilots (Los Angeles Daily News - Dec 8, 2007)
  - Gas mileage bill stalls in Senate (San Jose Mercury News - Dec 8, 2007)
  - Feinstein often crosses party lines on Senate Judiciary Committee (San Francisco Chronicle - Nov 19, 2007)
  - Calif. Democratic Party ignores activist bid to censure Feinstein (San Jose Mercury News - Nov 17, 2007)
- Representative John A. Boehner Republican - Ohio
  - House web site | Bio
  - House Minority Leader
  - Budget Battle Hinges on Iraq (The Associated Press - Dec 6, 2007)
  - Differences on Iraq (Daily Press, VA - Dec 7, 2007)
  - Budget Fight Drags On; Veto a Factor (The Associated Press - Dec 6, 2007)
  - John Boehner at Henry Hyde's funeral earlier today (National Review Online Blogs, NY - Dec 7, 2007)
  - Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Case Involving Boehner (WCPO, OH - Dec 3, 2007)
  - McDermott loses appeal, and must pay lawmaker (Seattle Post Intelligencer - Dec 3, 2007)
  - Boehner Finally Wins Legal Fight With McDermott Over Illegally Taped Call (The Politico - Dec 3, 2007)
  - WaPo Ignores Republican Criticism of Lack of Drilling in Energy Bill (NewsBusters - Dec 7, 2007)
  - NBC Lawyer Who Blocked Pro-Troops Ads Gives Generously to Dems (NewsBusters - Dec 8, 2007)
  - US House oks Major Energy Efficiency,Renewable,Biofuels Bill (CNNMoney.com - Dec 6, 2007)
  - Pelosi Calls For 'Top-To-Bottom' Review Of Page Program (Washington Post - Dec 7, 2007)
- Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl Republican - Arizona
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - Kyl promoted to gop's No. 2 position in Senate (Arizona Republic, AZ - Dec 6, 2007)
  - Q&A With New Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (U.S. News & World Report - Dec 6, 2007)
  - Kyl picked for minority whip position (Arizona Daily Star - Dec 7, 2007)
  - Kyl is a political opportunist (Arizona Republic, AZ - Nov 30, 2007)
  - Insider Kyl seeks minority whip job (Politico, DC - Dec 4, 2007)
  - 10 Things You Didn't Know About Jon Kyl (U.S. News & World Report, DC - Nov 27, 2007)
  - Kyl takes final step out of shadows and into spotlight (East Valley Tribune, AZ - Dec 2, 2007)
  - Romney and Kyl (Town Hall, DC - Nov 26, 2007)
  - Media Casts Lott Retirement As Sign Of GOP Decline (U.S. News & World Report, DC - Nov 27, 2007)
  - Hutchison drops bid for GOP leadership post (Dallas Morning News, TX - Dec 5, 2007)
CNN Late Edition (web page for comments)

ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos)

Meme:
- Joe Biden! Joe Biden! Joe Biden! Joe Biden! Joe Biden! He really is a serous candidate.... Really! Trust us!
- How sad can you get? Joe Biden being "endorsed" by Genifer Flowers? Talk about pathetic!
- How sad can you get? Joe Biden being "endorsed" by Chuck Hagel? Talk about pathetic!
- ABC is desperate to save at least one of Hollywood's anti America - pro-Al Qaeda movies, which are all failing in a historic manner
Topics:
- Interview: Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del.
  - His take on the new National Intelligence Estimate on Iran
  - His campaign for the Democratic nomination
- Interview: former Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga.
  - His perspective on the week's news
- Voices segment
  - A film that attempts to look at the consequences and human cost of the war in Iraq in a "non-partisan, non-polemic way" (yeah, right)
Guests
- Senator Joe Biden, Democrat - Deleware
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - Democrat presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
  - Chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
  - Hagel Would Look at Dem White House Ticket (Action 3 News, NE - Nov 29, 2007)
  - Gennifer Flowers Considering Voting for Hillary Clinton (Gay Wired, CA - Dec 8. 2007)
  - SC lawmaker switch: Obama for Biden (White Rock Reviewer, SD - Dec 7, 2007)
  - SC senator who supported Biden switches to Obama camp (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN - Dec 7, 2007)
  - ’08 Comeback Kid should be Biden (Boston Herald - Dec 6, 2007)
  - The late Joe Biden (Grinnell College The Scarlet & Black, IA - Dec 7, 2007)
  - Biden's misguided violence bill (Philadelphia Daily News, PA - Dec 7, 2007)
  - Biden: ‘I would move to impeach him’ (MSNBC - Dec 4, 2007)
  - Joe Biden Cosponsors Bill to Strengthen Presidential Campaign Public Financing System (All American Patriots (press release), Sweden - Dec 6, 2007)
  - FACTBOX: Joe Biden, Democratic White House contender (Reuters - Dec 3, 2007)
- Newt Gingrich, Republican - Georgia
  - Former Speaker of the House
  - Web site, Newt.ORG | Bio
  - 29 Days To Iowa: Gingrich On The 2008 Race (RealClearPolitics, IL - Dec 6, 2007)
  - Newt Gingrich launches new platform in Muscatine (Muscatine Journal, IA - Dec 5, 2007)
  - Gingrich in Iowa for Platform for America (United Press International - Dec 5, 2007)
  - Gingrich pushes platform in Iowa (Washington Times, DC - Dec 4, 2007)
  - Gingrich handicaps race (Chandler News-Dispatch, MN - Dec 4, 2007)
  - Newt Gingrich predicts Obama victory in Iowa (Reuters - Nov 27, 2007)
  - Newt to Clinton: Watch out for Obama (San Diego Union Tribune, United States - Nov 27, 2007)
- Roundtable
  - Sam Donaldson, D-ABC
    - Sam Donaldson in DC Madam’s escort records (Monsters and Critics.com, UK - Nov 12, 2007)
  - Cokie Roberts, D-ABC
    - Roberts: Lott's career shaped by willingness to compromise (MetroWest Daily News, MA - Dec 2, 2007)
  - George Will, RINO-ABC
    - Tribal politics (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Nov 29, 2007)
- Voices segment
  - Actor John Cusack
ABC This Week comment web page

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