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Posted at 1:28pm on Apr. 20, 2008 The Sunday Morning Talk Shows: The Review
It's Sunday, and the press has met us.
By Mark Kilmer
Sunday, April 20, 2008
PREFACE:
On FNS, Chuck Schumer (Hillary) and Dick Durbin (Obama) argued as surrogates for their respective junior Senators. Schumer, explaining what Hillary meant she said that sometimes moveon.org "really intimidate[s] people," offered: "In the heat of a campaign, sometimes you get frustrated." Durbin promised that Obama would cut taxes, just not on Capital Gains. Next segment, Karl Rove said that Obama had transformed himself from an inspirational figure to just an "ordinary politician."
On TW, John McCain called Barry on his refusal to condemn Bill Ayers. Steph mentioned McCain-supporter John Hagee and his anti-Catholic remarks, and McCain replied that he condemned Hagee's remarks but was keeping Hagee's support.
On MTP, chief Obama strategist David Axelrod and lead Hillary strategist David Garin might have come to blows if Garin had made eye contact. Garin said that this extended fight was good for the Dem Party because more people are registering Democratic and they're keeping John McCain out of the spotlight.
On FTN, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell complained bitterly about Obama supporter General Walter Stewart's (retired) remarks that Hillary lacks the moral authority to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier because she lied about snipers in Tuzla. Junior Casey, an Obama supporter, said that it was "irrelevant." It might have been his new vocabulary word.
On LE, Obama supporter Senator Bill Bradley (retired) proposed that Hillary and Obama were fighting only because their positions were so similar and there was nothing else to do. Hillary supporter Jon Corzine responded that Hillary was best able to defeat McCain.
The Show-by-show review is beneath the fold.
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Posted at 1:40pm on Feb. 9, 2008 The Sunday Morning Talk Shows - a preview
By Mark Kilmer
For Sunday, February 10, 2008
FOX News Sunday (FNS): Host Chris Wallace chats with President Bush.
Meet the Press (NBC): Tim Russert interviews Mike Huckabee.
This Week (ABC): Host George Stephanopoulos speaks with a former Virginia governor, Democrat Tim Kaine, and former 9-11 commissioner Bob Kerrey (D-Nebraska). They'll talk to Steph about Hillary vs. Barry.
Face the Nation (CBS): Host Bob Schieffer chats with 2008 Republican Presidential aspirant Mike Huckabee, then he talks to two strategists: Karl Rove and Joe Trippi.
Late Edition (CNN): Host Wolf Blitzer backs away from the primary elections, spending his morning with Colin Powell, Nancy Pelosi, and John Boehnor.
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So, Sunday will be a "Huckaboom" of sorts, as he gets two shows of five. Maybe he thinks he's leading a movement, though I'm not certain of what.
The President is back, letting us know that he's still there and has stuff he wants to do. Off the top of my head, he could, maybe, raise funds. That would be nice.
I've been watching Rove talk on FNC, and he's sharper than ever. Joe Trippi, forever to be associated with Howard Dean ("YEAAARRRRGH!"), might be looking to move into the Bob Shrum role when Russert wizens up to that farce. (In fairness, I think Trippi had been fired by the time of Dean's bleat.)
Does General Powell have another book? Do we have to sit through a talk on this "bipartisan, Keynesian stimulus package"? Or is he just going to talk Iran, Iraq,
Dunno why, of all people, Steph is bringing out Kaine and Bob Kerrey. Kerrey, of course, is the Democratic former Governor and Senator from Nebraska, but for our purposes, that's all been obscured by his service on the laughable 9-11 Commission. Kaine endorses Obama, while Kerrey supports Hillary, so maybe Kerrey can act as a surrogate and call Kaine, as a surrogate, all sorts of nasty names. And Kaine can talk about change and hope, leaving Steph staring at him fifteen minutes after he's finished talking just to figure out what, if anything, of substance he's said.
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