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I know it was a rhetorical question but we’ve had this debate/discussion on this thread many times over the past many years.

First of all, you need to get in invite to be on a show. Top national officials can probably ask for an appearance and will be granted one, usually. But they’ve got to ask.

For all the rest, I’m convinced the drivebys chose an agenda to cover for their Sunday show, and then pick the guest to deliver just what they want them to say.

Need a Republican who goes against Trump and any policy in the past week Trump has proposed?

John McCain!

And, to a lesser extent, Linda Graham, Ben Sasse, Susan Collins, Jeff Flake, John Cronyn, Paul Ryan, etc.

It helps the drivebys EMMENMSELY to have an actual Republican do the denouncing of whatever conservative policy is that week, or latest lie about Trump, because they appear balanced. the Low Information Voters lap that up. If they only had democrats on, well, people expect them to denounce conservatism/Republicans/Trump with every breathe!

There are a few good democrat actors that look all pious and sad about conservative policies or Trump such as Adam Schift, Bernie Sanders, etc. They get on just be asking, or even the producers asking them to be on. They’ll always do the MSM bidding.

STILL, if top conservatives ask/demand to be on, they’ll get booked. But they have to be top. Too bad we didn’t have more of them. Newt is one. Trump, obviously. Pence could go on more. Who else? But they have to be willing and good at fighting, and not letting the host/interviewer talk over them.