The Sunday Morning Talk Shows - a Review
By: Mark Kilmer · Section: Other Politics
For Sunday, May 07, 2006On a morning when a popular lefty blogger wails in the WashPost that Hillary ignores the Deaniac netroots at her own peril, Nancy Pelosit (MTP) and Howard Dean (TW) does just that, pointing out that they're not about impeachment and that their campaign will be about "bringing people together."
Pelosi also argued that he(r) gut political instinct tells her that Porter Goss was linked by Osmosis to the Duke Cunningham scandal, and "it reflects on the President." Tim Russert hounded Pelosi about "repealing the Bush tax cuts," but she wouldn't give in. She did hint at tax increases with her "pay as you go" bit, but she never explicitly admitted it.
You know, General Michael Hayden has not been nominated to replace Porter Goss at the Central Intelligence Agency, but this morning, one would think that he had been. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Pete Hoekstra of Michigan opposes Hayden's nomination because of DOD concerns. On TW, Senator Saxby Chambliss indicated the same. Jane Harman, the ranking Dem on House Intell, argued that President Bush was "leading the Senate into a trap" with the Hayden nomination, wherein a vote for Hayden would be a vote for domestic wiretapping. (Pelosi and Diane Feinstein (TW) dig the surveillance program, they say, but they want the President to "follow the law.")
John McCain was uncontroversial on Face the Nation, though he did indicate that General Hayden, USAF, was "more of an intelligence person than a military officer." (He probably meant in his current role, or some such.)
Joe Biden and Arlen Specter on FNS think the Hayden confirmation hearings will offer them a chance to find out what exactly is the NSA domestic anti-terrorism surveillance program.
Pat Roberts on Late Edition firmly dismissed the Duke Cunningham allegations against Porter Goss.
This was a fun week on this end. Read the show-by-show review beneath the fold.
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(1 comment, 1 new, 3458 words in story) Read Story & Discuss May 7th, 2006: 11:36:53
ROE vs WADE:
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> Ray Nagin, the mayor of New Orleans, was asked about his
> views on Roe vs.Wade.
> He said "he didn't care how people got back to their houses."
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