It's been a hell of a week, hasn't it? I know everyone here at Crooks and Liars is pretty well exhausted after last week's fiasco of a convention. I expect the Democratic convention this week is going to be a breath of fresh air after the lying, vitriol, hatred and fearmongering we were all subjected from Trump and his sideshow at the RNC.
I expect all of the Republican talking heads to be out in full force this Sunday trying to put the best spin on the train wreck possible while the knives come out for Clinton's choice for VP, Tim Kaine.
Here's the lineup for this week:
CBS Face the Nation: President Barack Obama
ABC This Week: Sen. Bernie Sanders, Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook, Trump campaign chair and chief strategist Paul Manafort
Pundit panel: Democratic strategist Donna Brazile, ABC's Matthew Dowd, Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla. and Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn
Fox News Sunday: Chief strategist for Clinton Joel Benenson
Pundit panel: Brit Hume, George Will, Anne Gearan of The Washington Post and Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report
Fox News Channel Sunday Morning Futures: Karen Finney of the Clinton campaign, former George W. Bush adviser Karl Rove and Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clark
Pundit panel: Republican strategist Tony Sayegh, Susan Ferrechio of The Washington Examiner and Democratic strategist Richard Fowler
CNN Fareed Zakaria GPS: Bryan Stevenson, attorney and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, Iris Bohnet, professor of public policy at Harvard University and author of "What Works: Gender Equality by Design," and Rebecca Ruiz, sports reporter at The New York Times
Panel on Trump and the GOP: David Frum of The Atlantic and chairman of Policy Exchange; Danielle Pletka of the American Enterprise Institute; Stephen Moore, founder of the Club for Growth; and Bret Stephens of The Wall Street Journal and author of "America in Retreat: The New Isolationism and the Coming Global Disorder.
Fox News Channel Media Buzz: Tucker Carlson, James Rosen, Martha MacCallum, Bill Hemmer, Kirsten Powers of USA TODAY and The Daily Beast, Lisa Boothe of The Washington Examiner and Fox News contributors Julie Roginsky and Joe Trippi
CNN Reliable Sources: New York magazine's Gabriel Sherman and two pundit panels on Roger Ailes' resignation from Fox.
First panel: CNN's Dylan Byers and Bill Carter and Jane Hall, professor of communication at American University and former Fox News contributor
Second panel: Dan Rather, Carl Bernstein, Jeff Greenfield and Amy Goodman, host and executive producer of "Democracy Now!"
