Weekend Talk Show *Preview* for 2/22/2009 (not the live thread)

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[Phsstpok]

The Sunday shows

Presented in the order they run in my area

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NBC Meet The Press (David Gregory)

• Topics:
  • The Economy and the States
    • Two Republican Governors on the front-lines weigh in
    • Louisiana's Governor will be giving the GOP Response to President Obama's Tuesday night address to Congress
    • Florida's Governor is supporting the President's stimulus package
• Guests
  • Governor Bobby Jindal (Republican - Louisiana)
    • Louisiana Governor's web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Jindal vs. Crist: Republican governors at war over Obama stimulus package -- a preview of 2012? (Los Angeles Times, CA - Feb 19, 2009)
    • Jindal to refuse some stimulus money (Politico, DC - Feb 20, 2009)
    • Louisiana's Bobby Jindal The hope of the party (Economist, UK - Feb 19, 2009)
  • Governor Charlie Crist (Republican - Florida)
    • Florida Governor's web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Gov. Crist outlines $66.5B budget (Bizjournals.com, NC - Feb 20, 2009)
    • A peek at the 2012 Republican field (MSNBC - Feb 20, 2009)
    • Letter: Crist's actions show concern for people (St. Augustine Record, FL - Feb 20, 2009)
  • Political roundtable:
    • Al Hunt
      • Bloomberg News
      • Wikipedia web page
      • Dodd: Temporary Bank Nationalization Could Be in the Works (The Washington Independent, DC - Feb 20, 2009)
      • Obama Task Force Starts Review of GM, Chrysler With ‘Urgency’ (Bloomberg - Feb 20, 2009)
      • Journalists Inisist Media-Obama Revolving Door Not Because of Bias (NewsBusters - Feb 19, 2009)
    • Michele Norris
      • National Public Radio | Bio
      • Wikipedia web page
      • Nationalization Rumors Batter Bank Stocks (NPR All Things Considered - Feb 20, 2009) Note: includes link to streaming audio
      • 'New York Post' Political Cartoon Raises Concerns (NPR Talk of the Nation - Feb 19, 2009) Note: includes link to streaming audio
      • US Concerned About Pakistan's Swat Valley Deal (NPR Morning Edition - Feb 19, 2009) Note: includes link to streaming audio
    • Becky Quick
      • CNBC | Bio
      • Wikipedia web page
      • Quick: Santelli Gains Rockstar Status Online (CNBC, Englewood Cliffs - Feb 20, 2009)
      • WPP’s Sorrell: Client Budgets Are “Ludicrous”; Nobody Believes Agencies Who Say “Keep Advertising in a Recession” (BNET, Ca - Jan 28, 2009)
      • The Quick and the ShamWow (CNBC, Englewood Cliffs - Jan 28, 2009)
• Meet the Press mailbox (web page for comments)

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CBS Face The Nation (Bob Schieffer)

• Topics:
  • The stimulus and the national governor's meeting in Washington
• Guests
  • Shaun Donovon
    • Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | Profile
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Houston agencies await influx of funds for homeless (Houston Chronicle - Feb 20, 2009)
    • Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan emphasizes back-to-basics approach (Tampabay.com, FL - Feb 19, 2009)
    • 'Countdown with Keith Olbermann' for Wednesday, February 18 (MSNBC - Feb 19, 2009)
  • Governor Jon Corzine (Democrat - New Jersey)
    • New Jersey Governor's web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Property tax rebates in jeopardy (The Star-Ledger - Feb 20, 2009)
    • Gov. Corzine wants state workers to take a two-day furlough (The Star-Ledger - - Feb 18, 2009)
    • Giuliani comes to Corzine's backyard to back a GOP rival (The Star-Ledger - - Feb 17, 2009)
  • Governor Mitch Daniels (Republican - Indiana)
    • Indiana Governor's web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Democratic-led Indiana House approves budget plan (Forbes, NY - Feb 20, 2009)
    • Governor Daniels Requests Federal Public Assistance for 15 Counties (Muncie Free Press, IN - Feb 20, 2009)
    • Daniels blasts Landske for vote to kill county government reform (Times, IN - Feb 19, 2009)
  • Governor Ted Strickland (Democrat - Ohio)
    • Ohio Governor's web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Local lawmaker questions Strickland budget (Dayton Daily News, OH - Feb 20, 2009)
    • Strickland Appoints “Infrastructure Czar” (90.3 WCPN ideastream, Ohio - Feb 19, 2009) Note: includes link to streaming audio
    • Strickland Wants More Options For Toll Roads (MSNBC - Feb 18, 2009)
• Face The Nation contact information - ftn@cbsnews.com

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Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)

• Topics:
  • An exclusive roundtable discussion with four influential governors
    • This weekend the nation's governors descend on Washington.
    • President Obama has signed the economic stimulus and state leaders are looking to find out the best way to put the money to good use.
    • With most states clamoring for government cash, a small contingent of governors contemplates the potential effectiveness of the stimulus, with some even claiming that they may not accept or spend any of the money.
  • A look at President Obama's new plan to prevent home foreclosures.
    • Can the government help roughly 9 million homeowners refinance their mortgages?
    • Does the housing plan go far enough?
    • Who qualifies for aid?
  • Fox News Sunday panel
    • Attorney General Eric Holder's race comments stir debate when he calls America "a nation of cowards." He cites President Obama's address last year on race relations as motivation for his words, but did he go too far?

  • Fox News essay: Coming up on Fox News Sunday
• Guests
  • Governor Ed Rendell (Democrat - Pennsylvania)
    • Pennsylvania Governor's web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Gov. Rendell skeptical about stimulus potential (The Hill, DC - Feb 21, 2009)
    • Rendell says stimulus money can help states avoid disaster (KAIT, AR - Feb 21, 2009)
    • Governors debate how to handle stimulus billions (The Associated Press - Feb 21, 2009)
  • Governor Jennifer Granholm (Democrat - Michigan)
    • Michigan Governor's web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Cox criticizes Granholm's coal-fired plant order (Detroit Free Press - Feb 20, 2009)
    • Granholm talks stimulus package (ConnectMidMichigan.com - Feb 21, 2009)
    • Granholm, Dingell, others react to auto plans (Detroit Free Press - Feb 17, 2009)
  • Governor Mark Sanford (Republican - South Carolina)
    • South Carolina Governor's web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
    • South Carolina's governor may turn down stimulus money (Los Angeles Times, CA - Feb 20, 2009)
    • Swipes continue between Clyburn, Sanford (WIS, SC - Feb 20, 2009)
    • Governor's winter meeting agenda: It's the economy (The Associated Press - Feb 21, 2009)
  • Governor Tim Pawlenty (Republican - Minnesota)
    • Minnesota Governor's web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Pawlenty on ‘Hardball’: I’ll chow down at stimulus plan’s ‘meandering buffet’ (Minnesota Independent, MN - Feb 20, 2009)
    • Republicans, stimulus and finding a line (The Swamp - Tribune's Washington Bureau, DC - Feb 20, 2009)
    • Downballot: Going and going and going (MSNBC - Feb 20, 2009)
  • Fox News Sunday panel
    • Brit Hume
      • FOX News senior political analyst
      • Wikipedia web page
      • Fox News Preps For Obama's Feb. 24 Congressional Address (Multichannel News, NY - Feb 20, 2009)
    • Mara Liasson
      • National Public Radio | Bio
      • Wikipedia web page
      • Axelrod: Ambitious Plans Require Tough Decisions (NPR All Things Considered, Feb 20, 2009) Note: includes link to streaming audio
    • Bill Kristol
      • The Weekly Standard | Profile
      • Wikipedia web page
      • Obama Levitates (The Weekly Standard - Feb 17, 2009)
    • Juan Williams
      • National Public Radio | Bio
      • Wikipedia web page
      • How Should Obama Cast Economic News? (NPR Day to Day - Feb 20, 2009)
• Fox News Sunday contact information - FNS@foxnews.com

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CNN State Of The Union (John King)

• Topics:
  • A discussion with California's Governor:
    • Will the stimulus help California's struggling economy?
    • The state of the economy
    • The state of the Republican Party
  • Who will get help on their mortgage from Obama's new plan?
• Guests
  • Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (Republican - California)
    • California Governor's web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Governors downplay GOP split over stimulus (The Hill, DC - Feb 21, 2009)
    • Schwarzenegger Signs Calif. Budget Package (Washington Post - Feb 20, 2009)
    • Movies or politics for Schwarzenegger? (The Hill, DC - Feb 20, 2009)
  • Shaun Donovon
    • Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | Profile
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Houston agencies await influx of funds for homeless (Houston Chronicle - Feb 20, 2009)
    • Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan emphasizes back-to-basics approach (Tampabay.com, FL - Feb 19, 2009)
    • 'Countdown with Keith Olbermann' for Wednesday, February 18 (MSNBC - Feb 19, 2009)
  • Governor Haley Barbour (Republican - Mississippi)
    • Mississippi Governor's web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
    • US governors unlikely to turn down stimulus funds (Reuters - Feb 21, 2009)
    • POLITICO Q and A: Gov. Haley Barbour (Politico, DC - Feb 21, 2009)
    • Medicaid legislation tied to Obama (DeSoto Times Today, MS - Feb 20, 2009)
  • Senator Mitch McConnell (Republican - Kentucky)
    • Senate Minority Leader
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Was There a Coherent GOP Strategy in the Stimulus Debate? (CQPolitics.com, DC - Feb 20, 2009)
    • Republicans, hypocrisy and the stimulus (Capitol Hill Blue, VA - Feb 20, 2009)
    • Solis is first Cabinet nominee to face cloture vote (GovExec.com, DC - Feb 20, 2009)
  • Robin Roberts
    • Anchor, ABC's "Good Morning America" | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Gunn, Roberts to host Oscars arrivals (ABC30.com, CA - Feb 20, 2009)
    • Robin Dresses for a Night With the Academy (ABC News - Feb 18, 2009)
    • What If Uber-Women Ran The Show? (Post Chronicle - Feb 20, 2009)
• CNN Late Edition (web page for comments)

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ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos)

• Topics:
  • A discussion with California's Governor:
    • California faces a massive, $42-billion budget deficit
    • The California legislature dramatically approved a plan this week to impose new taxes and steep budget cuts ... after state leaders corralled the last Republican vote needed to end a 15-week partisan battle
    • Other topics
      • The economy
      • The California budget crisis
      • President Obama's agenda and his Republican Party
      • Is there a future for Arnold's "post-partisan" politics?
• Guests
  • Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (Republican - California)
    • California Governor's web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Governors downplay GOP split over stimulus (The Hill, DC - Feb 21, 2009)
    • Schwarzenegger Signs Calif. Budget Package (Washington Post - Feb 20, 2009)
    • Movies or politics for Schwarzenegger? (The Hill, DC - Feb 20, 2009)
  • Roundtable
    • Paul Krugman
      • ABC News Contributor
      • New York Times columnist | Profile
      • Wikipedia web page
      • Failure to Rise (New York Times - Feb 12, 2009)
      • Deconstructing Krugman (RealClearPolitics, IL - Feb 16, 2009)
      • Nationalization fears (New York Times blog - Feb 20, 2009)
    • Nouriel Roubini
      • Economics Professor, New York University Stern School of Business
      • Chairman of RGE Monitor economic consulting | RGE - Nouriel Roubini's Global EconoMonitor web page
      • Wikipedia web page
      • Roubini: Nowhere near end of crisis (Reuters - Feb 20, 2009)
      • Roubini Says Europe Bank Risks Becoming ‘More Severe’ (Bloomberg - Feb 20, 2009)
      • Nouriel Roubini trusts Timothy Geithner to get it right on US banks (Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Feb 16, 2009)
    • Suzy Welch
      • Columnist, Business Week
      • The Welch Way - The Official Website of Jack Welch and Suzy Welch
      • Wikipedia web page
      • How Not to Succeed in Business (BusinessWeek - Feb 18, 2009)
      • Finding Your Inner Courage (BusinessWeek - Feb 11, 2009)
      • For a Fast-Acting Stimulus Plan... (BusinessWeek - Feb 3, 2009)
    • George Will
      • ABC News
      • Syndicated columnist
      • Wikipedia web page
      • Stimulating Cynicism (Real Clear Politics - Feb 19, 2009)
      • Apocalypse Now? Highly Unlikely (Real Clear Politics - Feb 15, 2009)
      • Can George Will Save The "Global Cooling" Myth? Uh, No.  (The New Republic - Feb 15, 2009)
• ABC This Week comment web

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This Weeks Memes

• All right thinking governors love the stimulus... even some good Republicans
• Governors who don't support the stimulus, all evil Republicans, are hypocrites and losers
• The One's brilliant plan and the best and the brightest who work for him will save us all. Genuflect! Genuflect!
• It's worse than we were told by McChimpy Bushitler's incompetent minions and we must spend even more
• One law to rule us all, one law to find us, one law to bring us all, and in the darkness bind us
• You evil capitalists will be made to pay! Bend over, The One is in charge now!
• "High, we're the government and we've got rules for you"

My Analysis, such as it is

Let's see, 2 Republicans who openly support Obama's stimulus (and one of them is on two shows), 4 more who want all or part of "their share" and only 3 out of all of the Republicans who are being really vocal in opposition, versus 5 lock step Democrats. How... predictable.

I am interested in seeing how Jindal handles Crist because it may be a preview of the Republican primary in 2012. I'm not interested in the CBS 3 on 1 Demfest at all. Fox has a more balanced panel, but Pawlenty is a big disappointment. Arnold is on both CNN and ABC. He has Steponallofus all to himself and shares his CNN appearance with a second outing of Obama's HUD Secretary as well as Haley Barbour and Mitch McConnell (I'm sure not all at the same time). Meh. Barbour and McConnell could be interesting, but neither really excites me with their style. CNN also has ABCs Robin Roberts, no doubt to talk Oscar coverage. Double meh. In addition to Arnold ABC has a truly frightening panel to talk down the economy some more. Yuck!

I'm willing to guarantee that George Will's bit on global warming won't come up, but I wanted to put in the links because he's right and the clown from New Republic is wrong. The Gorebot sets up straw men to frantically attack Will as a heretic but conveniently ignores exhibit A for Will's premise. One of the strongest voices for the false alarm over global cooling in the 1970s was none other than the Goracle's # 1 scientist, old "hockey stick" himself, NASA's James Hansen. On top of that he repeats thoroughly debunked claims about the last 10 years being the hottest ever (several years in the 1930s were warmer than any in the last 20) and ignores the fact that the world has been consistently getting cooler since 1998. I'm not a big fan of George Will, but when he's right, he's right.

For those few able to stomach watching these shows, bonne chance. I'll eventually read the Sunday thread to learn what went on, but only in small doses to avoid aggravation.

Oh, I have a bonus Krugman digust-a-post for you all:

• Ending welfare as we know it (New York Times blog - Feb 21, 2009) Note: it's not what you think

Double yuck!

 

 

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[Bahbah]

but Pawlenty is a big disappointment

Huge, my friend, huge.

I don't know if there is much I can do to make sure that Pawlenty has NO chance at the nomination, but I will think hard about it and do what I can. He is a weak man.

[rodguy911]

Bobby Jindal and Becky Quick are worth sitting through MTP.Becky is really good at hiding what I think is probably a liberal bias. She is either a lib or she just doesn't give a dam one way or the other and is just there to find a guy, get married, an get rich. Who knows.

No one on the air has the kind of access she has to Warren Buffet,its humorous really. Buffet is just politically cornfused IMHO.

[rodguy911]

This is an awful lot of work many of us do appreciate what you do “P”,thanks again.

[Miss Marple]

I am going to miss the morning shows today, due to mass and then visiting my sister.

I would REALLY appreaciate it if someone could watch Face the Nation. My governor, Mitch Daniels, is on and he hasn't said that much yet about the stimulus money one way or the other.

Indiana has cut back their expenditures by 10%, even though we are in the black. He also has refused to use the rainy day fund (despite clamoring for this by the democrats).

Anyway, I sure want to know what he has to say.

[rodguy911]

I have to go to work any minute and will probably catch most of the shows on the c-spam re-run.

[longtermmemmory]

Crist thinks he can bank on FL.

Crist has pissed off so many people of Greek descent he can’t even count on Tarpon Springs.