“Punting the Pundits” is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from around the news medium and the internet blogs. The intent is to provide a forum for your reactions and opinions, not just to the opinions presented, but to what ever you find important.
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The Sunday Talking Heads:
Up with Chris Hayes: Chris’ guests this Sunday are: Peter Beinart (@peterbeinart), senior writer at Newsweek/The Daily Beast; Sonali Kolhatkar (@sonalikolhatkar), co-director of the Afghan Women’s Mission and author of Bleeding Afghanistan: Washington, Warlords & the Propaganda of Silence; Rula Jebreal (@rulajebreal), Newsweek contributor; Eli Lake (@elilake), senior national security reporter for Newsweek/Daily Beast; Hooman Majd (@hmajd), author of The Ayatollah’s Democracy: An Iranian Challenge and The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran; and Dimi Reider (@dimireider), Israeli journalist and blogger.
The Melissa Harris-Perry Show: As per the web site, Melissa’s emphasis and guests will focus an Earth Day but at this time, there is no list of guests.
This Week with George Stephanopolis: Guests Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), the top Republican on the Senate Homeland Security Committee, and Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), who serves on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will give the distaff view of the Secret Service scandal.
This week’s roundtable weighs in on all the week’s politics, with Keith Olbermann, ABC News’ George Will, political strategist and ABC News contributor Donna Brazile, political strategist and ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd, and Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan.
It looks like Keith is still in good graces with at least one Network. Could this be the ground work for a new gig?
Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: More on the Secret Service “Hookergate” with Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), Rep. Jackson Lee (D-TX), and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), all members of key committees involved in investigating the USSS scandal; also, Deputy Campaign Manager for President Obama’s campaign, Stephanie Cutter, and Senior Adviser to Gov. Romney’s campaign Eric Fehrnstrom with the latest on Campaign 2012; Tavis Smiley and Cornel West join Bob to discuss the changing face of poverty in America today; and the political panel with The Washington Post‘s Melinda Henneberger, National Journal‘s Major Garrett and CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell and John Dickerson.
The Chris Matthews Show: This week’s guests are Michael Duffy, TIME Magazine Michael Duffy TIME Magazine Assistant Managing Editor; Howard Fineman, The Huffington Post Senior Political Editor; Andrea Mitchell, NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent; Kasie Hunt, Associated Press Political Reporter.
Meet the Press with David Gregory: More poutrage over Secret Service “Hookergate” from Republicans with Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), and Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, Rep. Peter King (R-NY) adding to the rhetoric; and President Obama’s chief re-election strategist David Axelrod babbling on the same.
The guests onthe roundtable are The Washington Post‘s E. J. Dionne, Jr.; The New York Times‘ David Brooks and Helene Cooper; and NBC’s Chuck Todd.
State of the Union with Candy Crowley: David Axelrod joins Candy with more babbling; an exclusive interview with Florida’s Republican Senator Marco Rubio, nuch touted to be Romney’s running mate; Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) alol on “Hookergate” and CNN’s Senior Congressional Reporter Dana Bash and Jeff Zeleny of the New York Times.
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