Happy Towel Day. As the single most useful item in the universe, I'd advise you to wrap yourself with your thickest and softest towel and join me in looking at what the punditocracy wants us to believe about the state of our country. Remember: Don't Panic!

Bush's Brain Karl Rove will be on This Week, no doubt acting as if he has nothing to worry about with subpoenas over his head. And on Meet the Press, the pundits will talk about the presidential election, lots of hackery to be had there, I'm sure. Finally, Mary Tillman will be Late Edition to promote her new book on her son, Pat Tillman.

ABC's "This Week" - Karl Rove, former White House deputy chief of staff; David Axelrod, campaign adviser for Sen. Barack Obama.

CBS' "Face the Nation" - Howard Wolfson, campaign adviser for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton; Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Dick Durbin, D-Ill.

NBC's "Meet the Press" - Panel discussion of 2008 presidential election.

CNN's "Late Edition" - Maj. Gen. Mark Hertling, the commander of U.S. forces in northern Iraq; Reps. Jane Harman, D-Calif., and David Dreier, R-Calif.; former Labor Secretary Robert Reich; Gene Sperling, Clinton campaign adviser; Douglas Holtz-Eakin, campaign adviser for Sen. John McCain.; Mary Tillman, mother of deceased Army Ranger Pat Tillman.

"Fox News Sunday" - Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe; Reps. Tom Cole, R-Okla., and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.

"The Chris Matthews Show" Panel: Katty Kay, Eugene Robinson, Andrea Mitchell, David Brooks Topics: Will McCain or Obama win the race to define the other candidate first? Will Hillary's charges of sexism hurt the Democrats' chances this fall? METER QUESTIONS: Will McCain's image as a Bush clone weigh on voters' minds more than his insider image? YES: 12 NO: 0 Will Obama be defined more by inexperience than being somehow un-American? YES: 10 NO: 2

So, what's catching your eye this morning? And did you sass that hoopy Douglas Adams?