Good morning, everybody.
Well, folks, I’m going to be perfectly blunt about this: this, quite frankly, is one of the worst lineups I’ve seen in a long time.
On CBS, Face the Nation never fails to disappoint with its selection of one Democrat (Jay Rockefeller, and remember folks, people like the Rockefellers used to be the face of the GOP) and one of the worst RINOs in the Senate (and there are tons), Chuck Hagel.
ABC offers us Joe Biden, and I’m not sure whether or not this is to fill their quota of featuring each Presidential candidate or a regular appearance by The Mindless One. (They claim they’re going to get to every candidate, well, Iowa’s coming up in less than 4 weeks now and I don’t think they’re even close.
NBC continues its series of the Republican candidates with an interview with Rudy Giuliani. Rudy has dirt, and plenty of it, and if there’s one thing the Big Tub o’Goo likes to dig up it’s dirt, especially on Republicans. But hey, it’s Bills-Dolphins week, so Timmy may be in a good mood. We’ll see.
CNN offers us the most balanced lineup of the morning with President/retired General Pervez Musharraf discussing global affairs and Feinstein and Boehner covering domestic issues.
Most disappointing of all, however, is FOX, who, only three weeks after the last interview Fox gave him, offers yet another helping of Mike Huckabee. Given how weak he gets when pressed on the issues, I guess we could say that Fox is stuck on stupid. Also prominently featured this week is John McCain.
Ratings coming up...
CNN is becoming the best lineup Sunday after Sunday.
| PROGRAM |
VIEWERS |
CHG |
|---|---|---|
| NBC MEET THE PRESS |
4,390,000 |
+338,000 |
| CBS FACE THE NATION |
2,562,000 |
+206,000 |
| ABC THIS WEEK |
2,905,000 |
+250,000 |
| FOX NEWS SUNDAY |
2,015,000 |
-241,000 |
| CNN LATE EDITION |
476,000 |
-101,000 |