Punting the Pundits: Sunday Preview Edition

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The Sunday Talking Heads:

Up with Chris Hayes: Joining Chris will be: Gov. Dannel Malloy (@GovMalloyOffice), Democrat of Connecticut; Elizabeth Pearson, fellow at The Roosevelt Institute; Bruce Bartlett (@BruceBartlett), contributor to The New York Times‘ blog Economix , columnist for The Fiscal Times and Tax Note,  author of “The Benefit and the Burden;” Maya Wiley (@mayawiley), founder and president of the Center for Social Inclusion; Tony Dokoupil, senior writer at Newsweek and The Daily Beast; Kevin Sabet (@KevinSabet), assistant professor at The University of Florida’s Drug Policy Institute and former senior advisor in the Office of National Drug Control Policy in the Obama administration; Veronique de Rugy (@veroderugy), senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University; and Dedrick Muhammad, senior economic director at the NAACP.

This Week with George Stephanopolis: The guest on This Week is Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (and just about everywhere else).

The roundtable panel guests are  House Deputy Whip Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla.; Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus; former Romney campaign senior adviser Dan Senor; former Counselor to the Treasury Secretary and Lead Auto Adviser Steven Rattner; and ABC News’ Cokie Roberts.

Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: Mr Schieffer’s guests are Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner; Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. Sen.; Senate Intelligence Chair Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.; and Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Mike Rogers, R-Mich.

Joining a panel discussion of the “fiscal cliff” are Moody’s Analytics Mark Zandi, Campaign to Fix the Debt’s Maya MacGuineas, TIME Magazine’s Rana Foroohar and CBS News Political Director John Dickerson.

The Chris Matthews Show: Joining Chris Matthews are Annette Gordon-Reed, Author; Jodi Kantor, New York Times; Jon Meacham, Random House Author & Executive Editor and Michael Beschloss, Author.

Meet the Press with David Gregory: The guests on MTP are Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner; Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) and Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN).

The roundtable guests are  anti-tax advocate Grover Norquist; the top Democrat on the House Budget Committee, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD); and insights and analysis from CNBC’s Jim Cramer and Maria Bartiromo.

State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Ms. Crowley’s guests are Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner; “Gang of 8” member Mark Warner (D-VA) and Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R- NH).

Joining her at the roundtable are former Chairman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard, Carly Fiorina, Governor Brian Schweitzer (D-Montana), USA Today‘s Susan Page, and A.B. Stoddard of The Hill.

Other than Chris Hayes this is going to be all right wing, neo-con spin, even Bruce Bartlett gets it. But we are spared John “Jowls” McCain. TMC