Weekend Talk Show *Preview* for 2/8/2009 (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:
  • A panel of key lawmakers on the economy:
    • Recession continues to batter America's work-force
    • Obama places increased urgency on passing the stimulus package
    • The very latest negotiations, sticking points and potential areas of agreement
  • "Presidential Leadership Series" - the leadership tests facing this new president
    • The on-going and new challenges in Iraq and Afghanistan.
    • How long will American troops likely remain on the ground?
    • How do we now define victory?
• Guests
  • Senator John Ensign (Republican - Nevada)
    • Chair, Republican Policy Committee
    • Member, Finance Committee
    • Member, Budget Committee
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Politico.com: Senate still deadlocked on size of stimulus (The Union Leader, NH - Feb 6, 2009)
    • US Senate reaches tentative deal on stimulus package (Bizjournals.com, NC - Feb 7, 2009)
    • Nevada officials seeking a break in stimulus bill (San Jose Mercury News - Feb 7, 2009)
  • Representative Barney Frank (Democrat - Massachusetts)
    • Chairman, Financial Services Committee
    • House web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Barney Frank: Hey, let’s cap executive compensation for everyone (Hot Air, MD - Feb 6, 2009)
    • Exclusive: Some Frank Talk from Representative Barney (Family Security Matters, NJ - Feb 7, 2009)
    • Dem Senator Cracks Wise About Generosity of Rep. Frank's 'Ex-Boyfriends' (FOXNews - Feb 5, 2009)
  • Senator Claire McCaskill (Democrat - Missouri)
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Senator McCaskill writes the book on 'How to Live on 400 Grand a Year for Idiots' (Examiner.com - Feb 2, 2009)
    • Obama takes cue from McCaskill; caps corporate pay (Kansas City Star, MO - Feb 4, 2009)
    • Emboldened MRP goes after Nixon and McCaskill (St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Feb 6, 2009)
  • Representative Mike Pence (Republican - Indiana)
    • Chairman, Republican Conference
    • House web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Obama's Pursuit of Bipartisanship Raises Question of Definition (FOXNews - Feb 7, 2009)
    • We Are All Socialists Now (Newsweek - Feb 7, 2009)
    • Is there sinister plot to squelch talk radio? (WorldNetDaily, OR - Feb 3, 2009)
  • Tom Ricks
    • Senior Pentagon Correspondent, The Washington Post
    • Author, "The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008"
    • Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Tortured Logic on Afghanistan and Al Qaeda (The Weekly Standard - Feb 6, 2009)
    • Obama is learning in Afghanistan what Bush faced in Iraq (Foreign Policy - Jan 28, 2009)
    • America needs a Truth Commission for the Bush years (Midas Letter, OR - Jan 19, 2009)

• Meet the Press mailbox (web page for comments)

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CBS Face The Nation (Bob Schieffer)

• Topics:
  • The economic stimulus package
• Guests
  • Senator John McCain (Republican - Arizona)
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
    • McCain, back in Senate, plays against hype (Los Angeles Times - Feb 7, 2009)
    • Barack Obama and John McCain Renew Their Split (Associated Content, CO - Feb 7, 2009)
    • McCain, Kyl want stimulus focused on housing, taxes (Arizona Republic, AZ - Feb 4, 2009)
  • Senator Kent Conrad (Democrat - North Dakota)
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Dems claim they have votes to OK stimulus (San Francisco Chronicle - Feb 7, 2009)
    • A Cabinet Loss and Gain (Washington Post - Feb 4, 2009)
    • Sen. Conrad: Stimulus is mixed bag (Marketplace, CA - Feb 5, 2009)
  • Christina Romer
    • Chair, President's Council of Economic Advisers
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Economist: Stimulus will benefit Colorado (Pueblo Chieftain, CO - Feb 6, 2009)
    • Is Obama creating economic "team of rivals"? (Reuters - Feb 7, 2009)
    • Unemployment and Spending (American Spectator - Feb 6, 2009)
• Face The Nation contact information - ftn@cbsnews.com

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Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)

• Topics:
  • The economic stimulus package
    • There's growing opposition to Obama's "economic recovery plan"
    • Obama calls for "action that's swift, bold and wise"
    • The White House got knocked off message by Daschle's tax problems
    • Can they regain their footing?
    • Can they work with Congress to craft an economic stimulus package?
    • Can anything they do reverse the current financial crisis?
  • The battle in the Senate
    • The Senate is divided about their version of the economic stimulus
    • Many now wonder what the final bill will look like
    • Some Senate moderates have proposed a scaled-back, less expensive stimulus package of their own
    • Many fiscal conservatives have decried the bill as a pork filled piece of legislation that will only insure further and more permanent increases in future government spending
  • Fox News Sunday panel
    • Tax problems continue to hound the President's Cabinet nominees causing Tom Daschle to withdraw his nomination this week.
    • After a campaign built on a "new era of responsibility" does the Obama presidency have an ethics issue?
  • Fox News essay: Coming up on Fox News Sunday
• Guests
  • Lawrence Summers
    • Director, President's National Economic Council
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Summers Crafts Broad Role in Reshaping Economy (Wall Street Journal - Feb 7, 2009)
    • Volcker Chafes at Obama Panel Delay, Strains With Summers Rise (Bloomberg - Feb 4, 2009)
    • Obama draws line on stimulus compromise (USA Today - Feb 3, 2009)
  • Senator John Cornyn (Republican - Texas)
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Cornyn – fights the good fight (Bandera County Courier, TX - Feb 5, 2009
    • Inhofe and Cornyn Offer Defense Stimulus Amendments (The Weekly Standard - Feb 4, 2009)
    • Last Republican Standing? Cornyn Takes Fight to Democrats (FOXNews - Jan 28, 2009)
  • Fox News Sunday panel
    • Fred Barnes
      • The Weekly Standard
      • Wikipedia web page
      • Fred Barnes: The only thing we have to fear ... is Obama (Dallas Morning News, TX - Jan 24, 2009)
    • Mara Liasson
      • National Public Radio | Profile
      • Wikipedia web page
      • Obama Raises Rhetoric On Stimulus (NPR All Things Considered, Feb 5, 2009) Note: page includes link to streaming audio
    • Charles Krauthammer
      • Syndicated columnist
      • Wikipedia web page
      • The Fierce Urgency of Pork (Washington Post - Feb 6, 2009)
    • Juan Williams
      • National Public Radio | Profile
      • Wikipedia web page
      • The Stimulus And Obama's Rough Week (NPR Weekend Edition Saturday, Feb 7, 2009) Note: page includes link to streaming audio
• Fox News Sunday contact information - FNS@foxnews.com

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CNN's State of the Union (John King)

• Topics:
  • With growing unemployment numbers, can the Obama stimulus plan create enough jobs to jumpstart the economy?
  • A visit to Carmel, Indiana to see how one local mayor will help his town with the federal government’s money.
• Guests
  • Ray LaHood
    • Secretary of Transportation, Obama administration
    • Wikipedia web page
    • US stimulus transport funds to flow to states: LaHood (Reuters - Feb 6, 2009)
    • Obama Admin. Comes Out Swinging on Stimulus Plan (People's Weekly World - Feb 5, 2009)
    • LaHood fields stimulus team (Fleet Owner - Feb 4, 2009)
  • Senator Richard Shelby (Republican - Alabama)
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Washington Unplugged: Sen. Shelby Blasts Stimulus Bill (CBS News, NY - Jan 30, 2009)
    • ‘Treasury Simply Did Not Do What It Said It Was Doing’ (The Washington Independent, DC - Feb 6, 2009)
    • Stimulus Bill Sparks Partisan Parsing (CBS News, NY - Feb 2, 2009)
  • Senator Charles Schumer (Democrat - New York)
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Schumer vows to fight for weatherization program (Herkimer Evening Telegram, NY - Feb 6, 2009)
    • GOP mortgage rate plan dies (Los Angeles Times, CA - Feb 6, 2009)
    • Schumer hails Senate stimulus plan as good for state (Newsday, NY - Feb 7, 2009)
  • Governor Mark Sanford (Republican - South Carolina)
    • Governor's web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Sanford Announces Bill To Reform Employment Security Commission (News Channel 7, SC - Feb 4, 2009)
    • ESC balks at fulfilling Sanford's data request (Greenville News, SC - Feb 7, 2009)
    • GOP needs to work with Obama (Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC - Feb 6, 2009)
  • Dee Dee Myers
    • Former White House Press Secretary
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Obama's 'culture clash' with Congress (The Swamp - Tribune's Washington Bureau, DC - Jan 12, 2009)
    • New cover stud Barack Obama takes over (Boston Herald - Feb 2, 2009)
    • Is Obama the Most Famous Living Person Ever? (Vanity Fair, NY - Jan 28, 2009)
  • Katie Couric
    • Anchor, CBS Evening News
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Covering Obama : The winners and sinners of TV news (Baltimore Sun- Feb 6, 2009)
    • Couric & Williams Paint Obama as 'Culture of Washington' Victim (NewsBusters - Feb 3, 2009)
    • McCain: 'No bill is better than this bill' (The Swamp - Tribune's Washington Bureau, DC - Feb 4, 2009)
  • Jack Welch
    • Former Chairman & CEO, General Electric
    • Wikipedia web page
    • The Wisdom of Welch )The Weekly Standard - Feb 2, 2009)
    • Jack Welch: "TARP is working" (Motley Fool - Jan 27, 2009)
    • Jack Welch Likes Obama, GE and The Second Half Recovery (CNBC, Englewood Cliffs - Jan 29, 2009)
     
• CNN's State of the Union (web page for comments)

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ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos)

• Topics:
  • Deal or no deal?
    • An extraordinary week of Washington wrangling over the president's economic stimulus package ... with a few political casualties.
  • An interview with the dynamic, young, African American who is tasked with rebuilding the GOP
• Guests
  • Larry Summers
    • Director, President's National Economic Council
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Summers Crafts Broad Role in Reshaping Economy (Wall Street Journal - Feb 7, 2009)
    • Volcker Chafes at Obama Panel Delay, Strains With Summers Rise (Bloomberg - Feb 4, 2009)
    • Obama draws line on stimulus compromise (USA Today - Feb 3, 2009)
  • Michael Steele
    • New GOP Chairman
    • Wikipedia web page
    • New GOP chairman Steele accused of campaign spending abuses (USA Today - Feb 7, 2009)
    • New GOP Chairman Defends Payment to Sister (New York Times- Feb 7, 2009)
    • Steele Hit Job [Steve Hayward] (ational Review Online Blogs, NY - Feb 7, 2009)
  • Roundtable
    • Robert Reich
      • Former Clinton labor secretary
      • Wikipedia web page
      • ‘Thrill is gone’: Obama feels heat (Times Online, UK - Feb 7, 2009)
    • Newt Gingrich
      • Former GOP House Speaker
      • Wikipedia web page
      • Newt Gingrich Calls Obama Speech 'Carter-like' (AOL News Newsbloggers, VA - Feb 7, 2009)
    • George Will
      • ABC News
      • Syndicated columnist
      • Wikipedia web page
      • Obama willing but Congress weak on entitlement reform (Kansas City Star, MO - Feb 6, 2009)
    • Claire Shipman
      • ABC News
      • Wikipedia web page
      • ABC's Claire Shipman on New Law and 'Female-Friendly White House' (NewsBusters - Jan 29, 2009)
• ABC This Week comment web

[Phsstpok]

I'm not doing separate Memes this week for each show in the interest of efficiency (and my bed time, such as it is). Instead I'm doing a single statement of this weeks memes. Lucky for me the network shows seem to be all clinging to the same paradigms, which makes this easier on me. Imagine that.

This weeks memes appear to come together around these ideas

• We are all doomed unless The One can save us
• Evil Republicans are trying to keep The One from saving us from the evils of captitlism

ummm... I think that covers the entire MSM/DNC interest in the "news" this weekend

Go figure

[Phsstpok]

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[newfreep]

Eager to see if Steele provides any support to the Pork Bill or urges the RINOs to vote No. I predict he’ll give lukewarm support to the pork and officially join the RINOs.

[Past Your Eyes]

I have a very strong stomach but I don’t think I could possibly force myself to watch all that. Especially the shows that have Robert B. Reichchchchchch and Chucky Schumer.

[A.Hun]

Thanks for the background Phsstpok. It is appreciated!

[Miss Marple]

Regarding CNN’s State of the Union, I want to let you guys know that Carmel is the richest town in the state. This is the northside bedroom community for Indianapolis, and they have lots of subdivisions with million-dollar and up homes.

Carmel isn’t some rust-belt town where the factory has shut down.

This is like sending money to the Hamptons. I can’t believe CNN is using them as a story, unless someone wants to sabotage the porkulus bill.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

I predict he’ll give lukewarm support to the pork and officially join the RINOs.

You think he is going to join three GOP Senators and oppose 37 GOP Senators and all the GOP House members to take a position with no support among the electorate? Want to put money on that?

[newfreep]

Yep, Steele will follow his RINO instincts.

[maica]

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>>> # Steele Hit Job [Steve Hayward] (ational Review Online Blogs, NY - Feb 7, 2009) <<<

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And so it continues = the media bashing of a conservative American with African heritage.

I have just finished watching the BBC series “Jewel in the Crown” about the end of the British Raj in India.

The treatment that Michael Steele gets from his hometown newspaper would have fit right in with the behavior of some “sahibs” in India.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The screeching harpie Claire McCaskill never misses an opportunity to embarrass herself and the state of Missouri. Gad...