Sunday Morning News Shows

Sunday Morning Bobble Head Thread

You can view this video right here by getting the latest version of Flash Player!
DOWNLOADS: (2421)
Download WMV Download Quicktime
PLAYS: (17164)
Play WMV Play Quicktime

It's Sunday and you know what that means. Bring on the Bobble Heads. The common theme of the day, the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor.

Fox News Sunday: "Sens. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass."

Meet the Press: "Sens. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., and Jeff Sessions, R-Ala.; Anne Mulcahy, chairwoman and CEO of Xerox Corp.; Jim Owens, chairman and CEO of Caterpillar Inc.; Eric Schmidt, Google Inc. chairman and CEO."

This Week: "Sens. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., and John Cornyn, R-Texas; Ed Gillespie, former Bush White House counselor."

Face the Nation: "Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Jon Kyl, R-Ariz."

State of the Union: "Sens. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas; Gillespie; Sameh Shoukry, Egypt's ambassador to the U.S."

Leave us your tips and comments in the thread below. We'd be lost without them.



Sunday Morning Shows

Le Shows:

ABC's "This Week" - White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel; House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio.

CBS' "Face the Nation" - David Axelrod, White House senior adviser; Gov. Ed Rendell, D-Pa.; Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle Association.

NBC's "Meet the Press" - Larry Summers, director of the National Economic Council; FreedomWorks chairman and former Rep. Dick Armey, R-Texas; Democratic Leadership Council chairman and former Rep. Harold Ford Jr., D-Tenn.

CNN's "State of the Union" - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano; Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and John Ensign, R-Nev.; Gov. David Paterson, D-N.Y.

"Fox News Sunday" - Former CIA Director Michael Hayden; Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Claire McCaskill, D-Mo.; Denyce Graves, opera singer.

I was just watching Michael Hayden...

Sunday Morning Bobblehead Thread

David Bowie rehearsing "Changes", 1976

As the site team gets used to the new site changes, time marches on for the Sunday news shows and the bobbleheads who populate them. Neither of the presidential candidates is appearing on a show this Sunday, but plenty o' proxies to go around. Gov. Ed Rendell faces off against Gov. Tim Pawlenty on This Week, while Sen. Joe Lieberman stumps against Sen. Claire McCaskill on FoxNews Sunday. Gwen Ifill will appear on Meet the Press, perhaps to advise Tom Brokaw on the perils of being a moderator against the whiny McCain campaign. But yet again, no Sarah Palin. What a surprise.

ABC's "This Week" - Govs. Ed Rendell, D-Pa., and Tim Pawlenty, R-Minn.; Sens. Mel Martinez, R-Fla., and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio.

CBS' "Face the Nation" - Gov. Jennifer Granholm, D-Mich.; Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.; Reps. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and Heather Wilson, R-N.M. NBC's "Meet the Press" - Gwen Ifill, PBS journalist and moderator of the vice presidential debate.

CNN's "Late Edition" - Reps. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn.; Washington Post reporter Barton Gellman, author of a new book on Vice President Dick Cheney; Nancy Pfotenhauer, adviser to John McCain; New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

"Fox News Sunday" - Sens. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., and Claire McCaskill, D-Mo.; Brooks Jackson, director of FactCheck.org, a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.

"The Chris Matthews Show" - Panel: Rick Stengel, Michelle Norris, Kathleen Parker, Joe Scarborough. Topics: 4 weeks to go: Obama has the momentum... Can McCain catch him? Which candidate will benefit from the next debate's town hall format?

So, what's catching your eye this morning?


Sunday Morning Bobblehead Thread

Money from Cabaret (1972)

I find that the analogy to Germany during those last waning days of the Weimar Republic to work on many levels, maybe it's just me.  However, it's clear that money IS the number one topic on everyone's minds, given that Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is appearing on just about every morning show, save CNN.  Sad that no one will have the gumption or journalistic integrity to ask Paulson exactly what he'll do to avoid this situation again.

ABC's "This Week" - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson; Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn.; Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio.

CBS' "Face the Nation" - Paulson; Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass.; Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala.

NBC's "Meet the Press" - Paulson; New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

CNN's "Late Edition" - Douglas Holtz Eakin, adviser to John McCain; Austan Goolsbee, adviser to Barack Obama; former Rep. Rob Portman, R-Ohio.; Gene Sperling, former Clinton administration economic adviser; Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas.

"Fox News Sunday" - Paulson; Sens. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., and Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.; Bonnie McElveen-Hunter, chair of the American Red Cross.

"The Chris Matthews Show" - Panel: Bob Woodward, Elisabeth Bumiller, Norah O'Donnell, Rick Stengel; Topics: Which candidate can sell himself as best to fix the economy and Iraq? What do McCain and Obama need to accomplish in the first debate? Meter Questions: Is Gov. Sarah Palin a smart pick for John McCain? YES: 8 NO: 4; Can McCain beat Obama among swing voters? YES: 2 No: 10

CNN's "GPS with Fareed Zakaria" - Question of the week - Who on the campaign trail do you think will benefit most from the current economic situation? The Democrats or Republicans?

What's catching your eye this morning?


Sunday Morning Bobblehead Thread

Max and the Marginalized - Antiseptic 

All in an hour, misuse of power
Will not encode within the waves that beam from the tower
The map to death’s door, oh that was forged
All might be fair in love but I’m afraid it’s not in war

So Max and I were emailing each other (he's on tour for another week) and expressing our mutual disgust that the media could give us non-stop salacious coverage of John Edwards yet completely ignore what was happening in Georgia and the revelations in the Suskind book and Max went back and wrote this song about the media circus.   I think it perfectly encapsulates how I feel about the media now.

And sadly, I don't think we're going to get a reprieve from it this morning.   We have Karl "I should be in jail" Rove on Face the Nation, McCain Campaign Manager Rick "Really, I'm not a lobbyist, I swear" Davis on FOXNews Sunday, and Bobby "I don't believe in evolution, but I believe I should be Veep" Jindal on This Week with guest host Jake Tapper.  Think there's a chance of some meaningful discussion of really important issues?  Me neither.

ABC's "This Week" - Govs. Bill Richardson, D-N.M., and Bobby Jindal, R-La.

CBS' "Face the Nation" - Gov. Tim Kaine, D-Va., and Karl Rove, former deputy chief of staff to President Bush.

NBC's "Meet the Press" - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.

CNN's "Late Edition" - T. Boone Pickens, chairman of the energy investment fund BP Capital and creator of an alternative energy plan; Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Carl Levin, D-Mich.; Govs. Ed Rendell, D-Pa., and Charlie Crist, R-Fla.; New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg; Housing and Urban Development Secretary Steve Preston.

"Fox News Sunday" - Rick Davis, John McCain's campaign manager; Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.; Amy Zantzinger, White House social secretary.

"Chris Matthews Show" - Panel: David Brooks, Gloria Borger, Katty Kay, David Gregory; TOPICS: Amid progress in Iraq, how does Obama keep the heat on the war? Can Obama really bring the change to Washington that he's promising? METER QUESTIONS Would Obama be able to cut deals with Republicans in Congress? YES: 10 NO: 2; Would McCain meet stiff opposition from Democrats in Congress? YES: 11 NO: 1

So, what's catching your eye this morning?