Tag: Punting the Pundits: Sunday Preview Edition

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The Sunday Talking Heads:

Up with Chris Hayes:On Sunday morning Chris welcomes Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein, authors of It’s Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism, for their long-awaited first time discussing the controversial book on a national Sunday news program.

Chris’ Sunday panel guests are Michael Steele (@Steele_Michael), MSNBC analyst and former Republican National Committee chairman; Michelle Bernard (@MichelleBernard), MSNBC political analyst and president of the Bernard Center for Women, Politics & Public Policy; Ari Berman (@ariberman), political correspondent for The Nation; Randi Weingarten (@rweingarten), president of the American Federation of Teachers; Bob Herbert (@BobHerbert), distinguished senior fellow at Demos.org; John Nichols (@nicholsuprising), Washington D.C. correspondent for The Nation; and Judith Browne-Dianis (@jbrownedianis), co-director of The Advancement Project.

The Melissa Harris-Perry Show: The website did not list Sunday’s guests.

This Week with George Stephanopolis: Coming up this Sunday, Obama deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter faces off with Romney campaign senior advisor Eric Fehrnstrom on the “This Week” powerhouse roundtable, with ABC News’ George Will, Democratic strategist and ABC News contributor Donna Brazile, and Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, author of the new book “End This Depression Now!”

Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: This Sunday Mr. Schieffer’a guests are President Obama’s campaign advisor David Axelrod and RNC Chairman Rience Priebus; the panel guests are Gov. Ed Rendell (D-PA), and author of “A Nation of Wusses,” Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), The Washington Post‘s Michael Gerson and The Week’s Bob Shrum

David Sanger, author of “Confront and Conceal,” and Daniel Klaidman, author of “Kill and Capture,” join Bob to discuss President Obama’s evolving foreign policy strategy

The Chris Matthews Show: The week’s guests are Katty Kay

BBC Washington Correspondent; Andrew Sullivan The Daily Beast Editor, The Dish; Andrea Mitchell NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent; and John Heilemann New York Magazine National Political Correspondent

Meet the Press with David Gregory: Sunday’s guests are Obama backer Gov. Deval Patrick (D-MA) and governor of the important battleground state Ohio and Romney backer, John Kasich (R).

The political roundtable will weigh in on the latest campaign positioning: Romney Senior Adviser Kevin Madden, Former McCain ’08 Senior Strategist Steve Schmidt, President of the Center for American Progress Neera Tanden, and Atlanta’s Mayor Kasim Reed (D).

State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Ms. Crowley’s guests are Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett; Governor Bob McDonnell of Virginia; Senators Richard Lugar (R-IN) and Mark Warner (D-VA); the Washington Post‘s Dan Balz, the Wall Street Journal‘s Stephen Moore and Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody’s Analytics.

 “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.

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: Sunday’s Up with Chris‘ guests are Michelle Goldberg (@michelleinbklyn), author of The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power and the Future of the World; Liliana Segura (@lilianasegura), associate editor at The Nation; John McWhorter, professor of linguistics and American studies at Columbia University; Michael Brendan Dougherty (@michaelbd), politics editor at Business Insider; Mary Kirkland, mother of Private Derrick Kirkland (1987-2010); Barry Scheck (@barryscheck), co-founder of The Innocence Project and co-author of Actual Innocence: Five Days to Execution and Other Dispatches from the Wrongfully Convicted; and Lt. Col. Steve Beck, active duty Marine, casualty assistance officer, and associate professor of naval science at Carnegie Mellon University.

The Melissa Harris-Perry Show: MHP’s Sunday guests were not announced.

This Week with George Stephanopolis: George has an exclusive interview with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta who will tell everyone why we still need to be afraid and must continue to act against our own self interests at home & abroad with military aggression, and trampling the Constitution.

The roundtable guests are ABC News’ George Will, former Michigan governor and host of Current TV’s “The War Room” Jennifer Granholm, Fox Business Network anchor Liz Claman, Washington Post national political reporter Nia-Malika Henderson, and National Journal editorial director Ron Brownstein.

Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer:  Sunday’s guests are Republican Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY); and Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) who lost his bid for reelection to a Tea Party backed candidate, opening the possibility of a Democratic take over of the seat.

The panel guests are authors Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy, co-authors of “The President’s Club,” Robert Merry, author of “Where They Stand,” and Douglas Brinkley, author of “Cronkite” who will examine the role of the president through history.

The Chris Matthews Show: This week’s guests are Kasie Hunt, Associated Press political reporter; Helene Cooper, The New York Times White House correspondent; Major Garrett, National Journal Congressional correspondent; Joe Klein, TIME columnist.

Meet the Press with David Gregory: The guests for Sunday are Chairman of the Democratic Governors Association Gov. Martin O’Malley (D-MD) and former Republican Presidential Candidate Newt Gingrich; best-selling author and award-winning journalist, Maria Shriver< and best-selling author Michael Lewis will give their advice to the 2012 graduates.

The roundtable panel guests are Mayor of Los Angeles and Chairman of the 2012 Democratic National Convention, Antonio Villaraigosa; Vice Chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee and former head of Hewlett-Packard, Carly Fiorina; author of the new book “Our Divided Political Heart,” the Washington Post‘s EJ Dionne; and from the New York Times, David Brooks.

State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Ms. Crowley’s guests are former Republican Presidential Candidate Rudy Giuliani, and DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz; General Peter Chiarelli (ret.), Fmr. vice chief of staff of the U.S. Army on treating PTSD and brain injuries in veterans; and Senator Patty Murray, chairwoman of the Veterans Affairs Committee, on the V.A.’s struggle to break the backlog of disability claims; Tim Tetz, Legislative Director of the American Legion, and Paul Rieckhoff, Founder and Executive Director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America on the challenges our nation’s veterans have in finding a job in a struggling economy.

“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.

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: Sunday morning’s guests are Ezra Klein (@ezraklein), MSNBC policy analyst and columnist at the Washington Post; Betsey Stevenson (@betseystevenson), former chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor (2010-2011); William Black (@williamkblack), author of The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One; and Karl Smith (@ModeledBehavior), assistant professor of economics and government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The Melissa Harris-Perry Show: There was no guest list at the time this diary was published.

This Week with George Stephanopolis: This week’s guests will include House Speaker John Boehner and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi. The roundtable debates all the week’s politics, with ABC News’ George Will, political strategist and ABC News contributor Donna Brazile, political strategist and ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd, radio host Laura Ingraham, and California Lieutenant Governor and Current TV host Gavin Newsom.

Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: Guests are Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), The New York Times‘ columnist Tom Friedman.

The Chris Matthews Show: This week’s guests Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune Columnist; Kathleen Parker, The Washington Post Columnist; Liz Marlantes, The Christian Science Monitor and John Heilemann, New York Magazine National Political Correspondent

Meet the Press with David Gregory: Gregory’s gusts are Assistant Majority Leader, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL); House Budget Chair Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI); and former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. The political roundtable weighs in: Mayor of Newark, NJ, Cory Booker (D), Republican strategist Mike Murphy,  CNBC’s Jim Cramer, and the Wall Street Journal’s Kim Strassel.

State of the Union with Candy Crowley: This Sunday’s State of the Union’s guests are Obama Campaign Senior Adviser David Axelrod and Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus; Senators Barbara Boxer and Kay Bailey Hutchison; Jeff Zeleny of the New York Times and CNN Senior Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash.

“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.

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: The guest list had not been announced at the time this diary was published.

The Melissa Harris-Perry Show: The guest list had not been announced at the time this diary was published.

This Week with George Stephanopolis: This Week’s guests Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) and Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), debate President Obama’s historic shift in support of same-sex marriage; and the roundtable debates all the week’s politics, with Republican strategist Mary Matalin, former New York governor and host of Current TV’s “Viewpoint” Eliot Spitzer, Faith and Freedom Coalition founder and chairman Ralph Reed, Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen, and Politico senior political reporter Maggie Haberman.

Let’s hope that the George & his panel hold bigoted lying Reed’s feet to the fire like Chris Matthews did.

Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: Mr. Schieffer’s guests are former Solicitor General and opponent of California’s anti gay marriage Prop 8, Ted Olson; Gov. Deval Patrick (D-MA) will discuss same sex marriage and the President’s announcement. A panel with Tony Perkins, the former head of the Christian Coalition; Clay Aiken, singer and winner of American Idol ; Evan Wolfson, the founder and president of Freedom to Marry; and Mark McKinnon, Newsweek Contributor will debate LGBT issues and marriage equality. Also, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) on the latest alleged terrorist threat. In honor of mother’s day, four moms talk about the women’s vote and Campaign 2012: Former White House Communications Director for Pres. Obama Anita Dunn; Conservative strategist Bay Buchanan; the Washington Post‘s Melinda Henneberger and CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Norah O’Donnell.

Bay Buchanan wrote a book, prepared for the hype.

The Chris Matthews Show: This week’s guests are Gloria Borger, CNN

Senior Political Analyst; Andrew Sullivan, The Daily Beast Editor, The Dish; Howard Fineman, The Huffington Post Senior Political Editor; and Nia-Malika Henderson, The Washington Post National Political Reporter

Meet the Press with David Gregory: JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon joins MTP for an exclusive interview after his company announced a market-shaking $2 billion trading loss; the head of the Republican party, Reince Priebus, joins us for an overview of the campaign and a preview of the battle ahead; Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) joins MTP exclusively to respond to Jamie Dimon and make his case for why more government oversight could have prevented JPMorgan Chase’s loss; the co-anchor of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Andrew Ross Sorkin joins us to help to break it all down.

The roundtable weighs in: Lt. Governor of California Gavin Newsom; Chairman of the American Conservative Union Al Cardenas; Washington Post columnists Kathleen Parker and Jonathan Capehart; and MSNBC’s Chris Matthews.

State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Sen. Dick Durban (D- IL) and Sen John Cornyn (R-TX) discuss the Senate elections; Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper weighs in with an up date on his push for  Civil Unions in his state; Tony Perkins and Gary Bauer will judge Mitt Romney’s evangelical tightrope; and more om fear and terror with Homeland Security Chairman Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Congressman Peter King (R-NY).

Mothers’ Day breakfast order: French Toast, crisp bacon and Mimosas. Happy Mothers’ Day

“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.

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: This Sunday’s guests lineup may have me throwing things at the TV: Eric Schneiderman (@agschneiderman), New York attorney general and co-chair of the Mortgage Crisis Unit and Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force; Raj Date, deputy director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (@CFPB); Catherine Rampell (@crampell), economics reporter for the The New York Times; Alexis Goldstein (@alexisgoldstein), former Wall Street information technologist and member of Occupy the SEC; James Fallows (@jamesfallows), national correspondent for The Atlantic and author of China Airborne; David Frum (@davidfrum), former speechwriter for President George W. Bush and contributing editor for Newsweek/Daily Beast.

The Melissa Harris-Perry Show: No guest list at this time but after Saturday’s rah-rah Obama fest, your time may b better spent listening to some good music or taking a walk.

This Week with George Stephanopolis: Jake Tapper will sit in for George this Sunday. His guests are Obama campaign senior adviser David Axelrod and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).

The roundtable panel guests are ABC News’ George Will, former Obama economic adviser and ABC News consultant Austan Goolsbee, Romney campaign adviser and president of The American Cause Bay Buchanan, radio and television host Tavis Smiley, and Fox News anchor Greta Van Susteren.

Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: Mr. Schieffer’s guests are former Republican candidate Newt Gingrich, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MI), Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and former Vermont Governor Howard Dean, and former National Security adviser to Pres, Jimmy Carter, Zbigniew Brzezinski.

The political roundtable guests are The Wall Street Journal‘s Peggy Noonan, The Washington Post‘s Michael Gerson, Mother Jones‘ David Corn and CBS News’ John Dickerson.

The Chris Matthews Show: This week’s guests are Helene Cooper, The New York Times White House Correspondent; David Ignatius, The Washington Post Columnist; Rick Stengel, TIME Managing Editor; and Katty Kay, BBC Washington Correspondent.

Meet the Press with David Gregory: The MTP guest is Vice President Joe Biden.

On the roundtable panel are Mitt Romney supporter Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH); Chief Economist from Mesirow Financial Diane Swonk; and NBC’s Chuck Todd and Tom Brokaw.

State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Joining Ms. Crowley are former Republican candidate Newt Gingrich; former Gov. Ted Strickland (D-OH) and former Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA); Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI); National Journal‘s Major Garrett and budget experts Douglas Holtz-Eakin, and Alice Rivlin.

“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.

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

The Sunday Talking Heads:

Up with Chris Hayes: On Sunday the Chis and his panel guests will discuss the Occupy movement’s May Day plans, the relationship between the Labor movement and Democrats, and how conservative preference for austerity is working out for the UK economy. Joining Chris will be: Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) (@repjerrynadler), represents part of Manhattan and Brooklyn, serves on the Judiciary and Transportation & Infrastructure committees; Randi Weingarten (@rweingarten), president of the American Federation of Teachers; Bill Fletcher, co-founder of the Center for Labor Renewal; Marina Sitrin, member of the Occupy Wall Street Legal Working Group; and Daron Acemoglu, author of Why Nations Fail.

The Melissa Harris-Perry Show: No information at this time.

This Week with George Stephanopolis: this Sunday’s guest is White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan; a special “This Week” panel, in partnership with the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, tackles the critical topic, “America’s Economic Recovery: Is It Built to Last?” with panelists Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard and co-chair of Mitt Romney’s California campaign; Jennifer Granholm, former Michigan governor and host of Current TV’s “The War Room” ; Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist; Eric Schmidt, executive chairman and former CEO of Google; David Walker, former Comptroller General and Founder and CEO of the Comeback America Initiative; and George Will, ABC News commentator and Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post columnist.

Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: Guests are former Mississippi Governor, former Chairman of the Republican Party Haley Barbour and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa; California Gov. Jerry Brown; and Time Magazine Contributors Graham Allison and Peter Bergen, author of Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden, Washington Post columnist David Ignatius and CBS News Senior Correspondent John Miller look at the ongoing War on Terror.

The Chris Matthews Show: This week’s guests are Helene Cooper, The New York Times White House Correspondent; David Ignatius, The Washington Post Columnist; Rick Stengel, TIME Managing Editor; and Katty Kay, BBC Washington Correspondent.

Meet the Press with David Gregory: Gregory’s guest are Robert Gibbs from team Obama and Ed Gillespie from the Romney campaign; joining the roundtable: Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen is back to weigh in on the campaign along with Vice Chair of the House Republican Conference Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, and Republican strategist Alex Castellanos.

State of the Union with Candy Crowley: An exclusive sit-down interview with the Speaker of the House, John Boehner; President Obama’s top counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan; Governors Brian Schweitzer (D-MT) and Bob McDonnell (R-VA); and Time magazine’s Michael Duffy and Nancy Gibbs on their new book “The Presidents Club.”

“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.

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

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.

“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.

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

The Sunday Talking Heads:

Up with Chris Hayes: Sunday’s guests are Pulitzer Prize-winning tax reporter David Cay Johnston (@davidcayj); Betsey Stevenson (@betseystevenson), former chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor; Tom Perreillo (@tomperriello), former Democratic representative from Virginia’s 5th congressional district; Heather McGhee (@hmcghee), Washington D.C. office director of Demos, a progressive policy organization; Jennifer Siebel Newsom (@JenSiebelNewsom), writer, director and producer of the 2011 Sundance film Miss Representation; and Marianna Chilton, director of the Center for Hunger Free Communities and associate professor at Drexel University School of Public Health.

The Melissa Harris-Perry Show: Guest list was not posted at this time.

This Week with George Stephanopolis: Guests are Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in an exclusive interview with  Mr. Stephanopolous.

The roundtable gusts this week are ABC News’ Cokie Roberts; former Obama domestic policy adviser Melody Barnes; Wall Street Journal editorial page editor Paul Gigot; advisor to the Romney campaign Kevin Madden; and Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation.

Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: Sunday’s guests Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner; Sen. John McCain (R-AZ); Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; Georgetown University’s Michael Eric Dyson, TIME Magazine Columnist Toure, CBS News Legal Analyst Jack Ford and CBS News Correspondent Mark Strassmann look at the Trayvon Martin case; Democratic strategist Maria Cardona, Washington Post editorial writer Ruth Marcus, CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Norah O’Donnell and CBS News political director John Dickerson on the War on Women and Campaign 2012

The Chris Matthews Show: This week’s guests Dan Rather, HDNet Global Correspondent; Pete Williams, NBC News Justice Correspondent; Nia-Malika Henderson, The Washington Post National Political Reporter; and Kathleen Parker, The Washington Post Columnist.

Meet the Press with David Gregory: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is making the rounds; Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and former presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN); and the roundtable panel guests are former Rep. Harold Ford, Jr. (D-TN), Republican strategist Mike Murphy, and NBC News’ Savannah Guthrie and Chuck Todd.

State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Guests are legendary actor/comedian/writer/producer/activist Bill Cosby; RNC Chairman Reince Priebus; Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers; Dan Balz of The Washington Post and Matt Bai of The New York Times.

“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.

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

The Sunday Talking Heads:

Up with Chris Hayes: Get Up with Chris and his guests Jonathan Alter (@jonathanalter), MSNBC contributor and Bloomberg View columnist; Richard Kim (@richardkimnyc), executive editor at TheNation.com; Michelle Goldberg (@michelleinbklyn), senior contributing writer at Newsweek/Daily Beast; Esther Armah (@estherarmah), host of WBAI-FM’s “Wake Up Call”; and Nan Aron (@nanaron), president of Alliance for Justice.

The Melissa Harris-Perry Show:

This Week with George Stephanopolis: Coming up on “This Week”, substitute host Jake Tapper interviews evangelical pastor Rick Warren and Warren’s wife, Kay Warren.

The roundtable debates all the week’s politics, with ABC News’ George Will, Yahoo News Washington bureau chief David Chalian, author and Georgetown University professor Michael Eric Dyson, Thomson Reuters Digital editor Chrystia Freeland, and Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan.

Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: Mr. Schieffer’s guest is Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York.

Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention, Rabbi David Wolpe, of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, Rev. Luis Cortes of Esperanza USA, plus the Washington Post‘s Sally Quinn and Andrew Sullivan of Newsweek and The Dish talk about religion and politics in America

The Chris Matthews Show: This week’s guests are Dan Rather, HDNet Global Correspondent; Pete Williams, NBC News Justice Correspondent; Nia-Malika Henderson, The Washington Post National Political Reporter; and Kathleen Parker, The Washington Post Columnist

Meet the Press with David Gregory: Todays’ guests are the Senator from President Obama’s home state, Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Governor of the 2012 swing state, Ohio, John Kasich (R).

For a special Easter Sunday roundtable the guests are Archbishop-designate of Baltimore William Lori; daughter of Billy Graham, Anne Graham Lotz; United Methodist Pastor Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO); member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID); and Executive Editor at Random House, as well as author of “American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation,” Jon Meacham.

State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Ms Crowley’s guests are DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL); pollsters Mark Penn and Linda DiVall; Former Solicitor general Ken Starr and Former Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal; Ralph Reed, founder and Chairman of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), a United Methodist Church pastor, and David Brody, Chief Political Correspondent for the Christian Broadcasting Network

“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.

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

The Sunday Talking Heads:

Up with Chris Hayes: Chris guests for Sunday:

Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) (@carolynbmaloney), chair of the Joint Economic Committee; Alexis Goldstein (@alexisgoldstein), member of Occupy the SEC and former Wall Street information technologist; Kai Wright (@kai_wright), editorial director of Colorlines.com and an Alfred Knobler Fellow of The Nation Institute; Karen Ho, author of Liquidated: An Ethnography of Wall Street and associate professor of anthropology at the University of Minnesota; John McWhorter, Columbia University professor of linguistic and American studies and contributing editor at the New Republic and TheRoot.com; William Black (@williamkblack), associate professor of economics & law at University of Missouri – Kansas City and author of The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One; and Richard Benjamin, senior fellow at Demos and author of Searching for Whitopia: An Improbable Journey to the Heart of White America.

The Melissa Harris-Perry Show:

This Week with George Stephanopolis: Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), and Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), who will debate health care, the budget, and the 2012 presidential race.

The roundtable guests are George Will, conservative commentator Ann Coulter, former White House environmental advisor Van Jones, author of “Rebuild the Dream,” Matt Bai of The New York Times Magazine, and “Nightline” co-anchor Terry Moran.

Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: Starting this Sunday Face the Nation expands to a one hour format.

Mr Schieffer’s guests are Vice President Joe Biden; GOP presidential candidates Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul; and Romney campaign adviser Kevin Madden. CBS News political correspondent Jan Crawford and political director John Dickerson, along with PBS NewsHour and Washington Week’s anchor Gwen Ifill, will discuss the 2012 presidential race and the Supreme Court’s hearings on the Affordable Care Act.

The Chris Matthews Show: This week’s guests are Dan Rather, HDNet Global Correspondent; , NBC News Justice Correspondent; Nia-Malika Henderson, The Washington Post National Political Reporter; and Kathleen Parker, The Washington Post columnist.

Meet the Press with David Gregory: Mr. Gregory’s will ave interviews with GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum and Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY).

The roundtable guests are Tom Friedman and David Brooks of the New York Times, Fmr. Newsweek Executive Editor Jon Meacham, Fmr. Rep. Harold Ford (D-TN) and MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski.

State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Ms. Crowley will have interviews with Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY); Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI); House Intel Chair Mike Rogers (R- MI) and Ranking Member  C.A. Ruppersberger (D-MD); and round table political discussion with the New York Times‘ Jeff Zeleny and CNN Sr. Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash.