Punting the Pundits: Sunday Preview Edition

Punting the Punditsis 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.

Thanks to ek hornbeck, click on the link and you can access all the past “Punting the Pundits”.

Follow us on Twitter @StarsHollowGzt

The Sunday Talking Heads:

Up with Chris Hayes: Joining Chris will be:

Joy Reid, MSNBC Contributor and managing editor of TheGrio.com; John McWhorter, professor of Linguistics and American Studies at Columbia University, contributing editor at the New Republic and New York Daily News columnist; Eli Lake, senior national security reporter for Newsweek and The Daily Beast; Amy Goodman, host and executive producer of “Democracy Now!” and co-author of “The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance & Hope;” Dave Zirin, columnist for The Nation and author of “The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World;” Tara McGuinness, executive director, Center for America Progress Action Fund; and Chris Anders, senior legislative counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union.

This Week with George Stephanopolis: Guests on “This Week” are  Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI); Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN);  Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass and ABC News Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz discuss the nominations, plus the debate over Afghanistan and the latest threats from Iran.

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, honorary chairs of No Labels, tackle whether both parties can ever come together in Washington.

The roundtable breaks down the domestic battles ahead, from the looming budget cliffs to the gun control debate to the fight over President Obama’s Cabinet picks, with Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman; Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan; Bloomberg News executive editor Al Hunt; “PBS NewsHour” co-anchor and senior correspondent Judy Woodruff; and David Walker, former U.S. comptroller general and founder and CEO of the Comeback America Initiative.

Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: Mr. Schieffer’s guests are Gen. (ret) Stanley McCystal; Se. John McCain (R-AZ);  Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV); Democratic Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

A panel of reporters with The Washington Post‘s Rajiv Chandrasekaran, The Cook Political Report‘s Amy Walter and CBS News Political Director John Dickerson.

The Chris Matthews Show: Information about this week’s guests was unavailable.

Meet the Press with David Gregory: On this Sunday’s MTP anexclusive interview with General Colin Powell (Ret.).

The roundtable weighs in: Newark’s Democratic Mayor Cory Booker; Fmr. Gov. Haley Barbour (R-MS); GOP strategist Mike Murphy; and NBC’s Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell.

State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Ms. Crowley’s guests this Sunday are NRA President David Keene; Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT); Former Utah Governor and Republican Presidential Candidate Jon Huntsman and Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV).

Joining her for a panel discussion are  Congressman Elijah Cummings, Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn, Jeff Zeleny from the New York Times, and Michael Scherer of Time magazine.