Punting the Pundits: Sunday Preview Edition

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The Sunday Talking Heads:

Up with Chris Hayes: Joining Chris will be: Josh Barro (@jbarro), lead writer for Bloomberg View‘s “The Ticker”; Mattie Duppler (@MDuppler), director of budget & regulatory policy for Americans for Tax Reform; Jim Antle (@jimantle), editor of the Daily Caller News Foundation, senior editor of The American Spectator; Stephanie Kelton (@deficitowl), chair of the department of economics at University of Missouri-Kansas City, contributor to New Economic Perspectives; Bryan Stevenson, founder & executive Director of Equal Justice Initiative, professor at New York University School of Law; Liz Mair (@LizMair), former online communications director for the Republican National Committee, political strategist & media adviser, founder & president of Mair Strategies; David Sirota (@davidsirota), contributor to Salon.com, author of “Back to Our Future: How the 1980s Explain the World We Live in Now-Our Culture, Our Politics, Our Everything“; Roberto Lovato (@robvato), writer for New American Media, contributor to The Nation, senior strategy fellow for Citizen Engagement Lab; and Jared Bernstein (@econjared), former chief economist & economic policy advisor to Vice President Biden (2009-2011), senior fellow at the Center for Budget & Policy Priorities, MSNBC contributor.

This Week with George Stephanopolis: Guests White House economic adviser Gene Sperling and Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) speak to George Stephanopoulos about what comes next in the battle over the budget, Sunday on “This Week.”

The roundtable debates the budget showdown and all the week’s politics, with ABC News’ Matthew Dowd and Cokie Roberts; Democratic strategist James Carville; Wall Street Journal editorial page editor Paul Gigot; and Mia Love, Republican mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah.

Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ); Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC); and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) will appear this Sunday on “Face the Nation,” along with Cardinal Timothy Dolan and a politics roundtable with the Washington Post‘s Bob Woodward, the New York TimesDavid Sanger, Time Magazine‘s Rana Foroohar and CBS News’ John Dickerson.

The Chris Matthews Show: This week’s guests are Howard Fineman, The Huffington Post Senior Political Editor; Katty Kay, BBC Washington Correspondent; Kelly O’Donnell, NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent; and Errol Louis, NY1 Inside City Hall.

Meet the Press with David Gregory: On this Sunday’s MTP  Speaker of the House, Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) sits down for an exclusive interview and explains why he believes the House has done its job to stop the impending sequester. The Washington Post‘s Bob Woodward will discuss his reporting on the administration and his clash with National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling.

The roundtable will break it all down with guests: Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID); columnist for the Washington Post Kathleen Parker; Managing Editor of TheGrio.com Joy Reid; NBC Chief White House correspondent and political director Chuck Todd and NBC Special Correspondent Tom Brokaw.

State of the Union with Candy Crowley: This Sunday, Ms. Crowley’s guests are Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY); White House Economic Director Gene Sperling; Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) and Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR).

Her panel Stephen Moore from the Wall Street Journal, USA Today Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page, and Mark Zandi from Moody’s Analytics will look at how Washington gridlock will affect the economy.