Tag: Punting the Pundits: Sunday Preview Edition

“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 Steve Kornacki: Joining Steve Kornacki will be: Abby Rapoport, staff writer, The American Prospect; Nate Cohn, staff writer, The New Republic;

Joan Walsh, editor-at-large, Salon.com, msnbc Political Analyst; Nia-Malika Henderson, National Political Reporter, The Washington Post; Maria Teresa Kumar, president, Voto Latino, msnbc Contributor; Michael Hanna, senior fellow at The Century Foundation; Amr Al-Azm, History Professor at Shawnee State University in Ohio and member of the Syrian opposition; and Andrew Tabler, senior fellow, The Washington Institute.

This Week with George Stephanopolis: Investor Warren Buffet; Roundtable: Democratic Strategist James Carville, Republican Strategist Mary Matalin, Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint, Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D) and Cokie Roberts.

Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: Mr Schieffer’s guests are Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), chairman, House Intelligence Committee; Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD), ranking member, House Intelligence Committee; Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), chairman, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

Joining him on the roundtable are former Pro Tennis Players Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova; NFL Player Brendon Ayanbadejo; former NFL Player Esera Tuaolo; owner of the Washington Wizards, Capitals and Mystics Ted Leonsis; President of the NFL Players Association Domonique Foxworth; William Rhoden, New York Times; and Chris Stone, Sports Illustrated.

The Chris Matthews Show: Katty Kay BBC; Dan Rather, HDNet; David Ignatius, Washington Post and Kathleen Parker, Washington Post.

Meet the Press with David Gregory: MTP guests are Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT); Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani (a noun, a verb & 9/11); Former Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA); and Rep. Tom Cotton (R-AR).

The roundtable guests are: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrch (R-GA), Former Rep. Harold Ford, Jr. (D-TN), Rich Lowry, National Review and Joy-Ann Reid, Miami Herald.

State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Joining Ms. Crowley are Sen. Dan Coats (R-IN); Rep. Peter King (R-NY); Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Foundation for Defense of Democracies; Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, American Islamic Forum for Democracy; Former Member of the National Security Council Jessica Stern; Suhail Khan, Institute for Global Engagement; A.B. Stoddard, The Hill; Jeanne Cummings, Bloomberg News; Reliable Sources’ Ryan Lizza, The New Yorker; Lynn Sweet, Chicago Sun-Times; Legal Analyst Lisa Bloom; Cartoonist Garry Trudeau; and Elsa Walsh, formerly of the Washington Post.

“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”.

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The Sunday Talking Heads:

Up with Steve Kornacki:Joining Steve will be: Jordan Fabian, Political editor at Fusion; Lorella Praeli, a director of advocacy and policy for United We Dream; Ryan Enos, a political scientist and assistant professor of government at Harvard University; Judy Pino, communications director for the conservative Hispanic group the LIBRE Initiative; Rev. William Barber, president, North Carolina NAACP; Gerrick Brenner, executive director of Progress North Carolina; Penda Hair, co-director at the Advancement Project, a civil rights organization; North Carolina State Senator Linda Garrou (D); Rashad Robinson, executive director at Color of Change; Josh Barro, columnist for Bloomberg View; Alexis Goldstein, former vice president at Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank; Liz Kennedy, counsel at Demos; and Jesse Eisinger, senior reporter covering Wall Street and finance for ProPublica and columnist, The New York Times.

This Week with George Stephanopolis: Guests on “This Week” are House Intelligence Committee chair Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), ranking member Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) and committee member Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), join Atlantic national correspondent and Bloomberg View columnist Jeffrey Goldberg to debate the latest news from Boston and Syria.

The  powerhouse roundtable tackles all the week’s politics with ABC News’ George Will, ABC News contributor and Democratic strategist Donna Brazile, ABC News political analyst and special correspondent Matthew Dowd, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: Mr. Schieffer’s guests are Senators Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Clare McCaskill (D-MO), and Lindsey Graham (R-SC); The Wall Street Journal‘s Peggy Noonan, Harvard University’s David Gergen, plus CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell, John Dickerson and Clarissa Ward.

The Chris Matthews Show: This Sunday’s guests are Bob Woodward, The Washington Post Associate Editor; Gloria Borger, CNN Senior Political Analyst; Michael Duffy, TIME Magazine Assistant Managing Editor; and Lesley Stahl, CBS News 60 Minutes Correspondent.

Meet the Press with David Gregory: MTP guests are Sen. John McCain (R-AZ); former British Prime Minister Tony Blair;  Rep. Peter King (R-NY); Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MI).

Joining the roundtable the guests are  Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX), GOP strategist Mike Murphy, NBC’s Chuck Todd, and former counselor to the president, Karen Hughes.

State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Ms. Crowley’s guests are  Sen. Dan Coats (R-Intel Cmte) and Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Intel Cmte); former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and former Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns.

The political panel with Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)

“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:

Warning: If you’ve heard about Boston, don’t watch any of the talking heads.

Up with Steve Kornacki: No guest list but as per twitter the discussion will be how Boston has already become a political football and the Senators who voted against background checks.

This Week with George Stephanopolis: Just a hint of what to expect, the site headline: Sunday on ‘This Week’: Trail of Terror. The guests are ABC News Senior Justice Correspondent Pierre Thomas; Chief National Correspondent Byron Pitts; ABC News legal analyst Dan Abrams, ABC News consultant and former White House counterterrorism adviser Richard Clarke, and ABC News consultant and former FBI agent Brad Garrett; Boston Mayor Thomas Menino;  House Homeland Security committee ranking member Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and Senate Intelligence committee member Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind.; Council on Foreign Relations president Richard Haass; ABC News Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz; and editor of The New Yorker David Remnick.

Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: Again with the bombing with guests Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee Mike McCaul (R-TX); a noun, a verb and 9/11, Rudy Giuliani and Former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge. Then interviews with Newtown residents on gun control.

The Chris Matthews Show: This Sunday’s guests are Bob Woodward, The Washington Post Associate Editor; Gloria Borger, CNN Senior Political Analyst; Michael Duffy, TIME Magazine Assistant Managing Editor; and Lesley Stahl, CBS News 60 Minutes Correspondent. If you guessed they’d be talking about Boston, you’d be correct.

Meet the Press with David Gregory: Site headline: Terror in Boston: Special Edition of Meet the Press. Guests: Gov. Deval Patrick (D-MA); chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI); Assistant Majority Leader, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL); NBC’s Justice Correspondent Pete Williams and former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Michael Leiter.

The panel guests  Former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff;  The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg;  NBC’s Tom Brokaw; historian Doris Kearns Goodwin; Wall Street Journal’s Peggy Noonan.

State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Same topic, similar suspects: Sen. William “Mo” Cowan (D-MA); the Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee Rep. Mike McCaul (R-TX), former Congressman & 9/11 Commission member Tim Roemer, former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, and former FBI profiler Candice DeLong. And the icing on the cake: Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) & Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)

“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”.

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The Sunday Talking Heads:

Up with Steve Kornacki: Steve Kornakci (@upwithsteve) debuted as the new host of Up Saturday morning. Steve’s guests this Sunday are Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) (@RepJerryNadler); former governor Eliot Spitzer (D- NY) (@EliotSpitzer); Neera Tanden (@neeratanden), president of the Center for American Progress; Maya Wiley (@mayawiley), founder & president of the Center for Social Inclusion; David Cay Johnston (@DavidCayJ), author, columnist and tax analyst; Mattie Duppler (@MDuppler), director of Budget & Regulatory Policy; and Mark Blyth, author and professor of Political Science at Brown University.

This Week with George Stephanopolis: This Week‘s guests are Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), who will be on seven Sunday talk shows pushing his RW agenda on immigration reform;  Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY); and Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL).

In this week’s Sunday Spotlight, legendary New York Yankees’ closer Mariano Rivera, the last Major League Baseball player to wear Jackie Robinson’s number 42; and Yankees slugger Robinson Cano, who is named after the Brooklyn Dodgers legend and wears 24 (42 in reverse) in Robinson’s honor, discuss the new film “42″ and Jackie Robinson’s legacy.

The political roundtable tackle all the week’s politics, including the battle over immigration, gun control, and the budget, plus North Korea’s escalating threats, with ABC News’ George Will; House Judiciary Committee chair Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA); Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL); Washington Post Columnist Ruth Marcus; and Wall Street Journal Columnist Kimberley Strassel.

Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: Mr. Schieffer’s guests are Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL); Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA); Sen. Joe Manchin(D-WV); and Commander Mark Kelly, husband of Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ).

The panel will discuss the North Korean threat with The Washington Post‘s David Ignatius and The New York Times‘ David Sanger. Plus, what to watch for from the White House and Capitol Hill with The Cook Political Report‘s Amy Walter and CBS News Political Director John Dickerson.

The Chris Matthews Show: Guests this Sunday are Kelly O’Donnell, NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent; David Ignatius, The Washington Post Columnist; Nia-Malika Henderson, The Washington Post National Political Reporter; and Mark Mazzetti, New York Times journalist.

Meet the Press with David Gregory: Guests on thie week’s MTP are Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL); Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT); and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY).

Lee and Gillibrand join a panel discussion with the BBC’s Katty Kay, New York Times Columnist David Brooks, and NBC News Political Director ,Chuck Todd.

As the 66th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s historic Major League Baseball debut approches, a special discussion with filmmaker Ken Burns and Jackie Robinson’s wife, Rachel Robinson.

State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Ms. Crowely’s guests are Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL); Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV).

Democratic Strategist Donna Brazile, Republican Strategist Ana Navarro and the Wall Street Journal‘s Washington Bureau Chief Gerald Seib on President’s budget landing with a thud and Senator Rand Paul landing in some hostile territory.

“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”.

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Katrina vanden Heuvel: Social Security’s needed expansion

On the very day that a bleak jobs report showed how feeble the recovery is, the White House revealed that the president will propose a budget that features cuts in Social Security. This was designed to get Republicans to agree to negotiate a grand bargain on deficit reduction – or to prove that they are obstructing any deal. [..]

The exchange has Republicans salivating. Cutting Social Security becomes the president’s choice, not something extorted by Republicans. If Democrats stand for anything, it is defense of Social Security and Medicare, the United States’ most beloved and vital social programs, a proud legacy of the New Deal and the Great Society. The president’s negotiating ploy puts every Democrat supporting the president’s budget in a contested reelection race at peril in 2014. Democrats will face a flood of ads accusing them of wanting to cut Social Security and face the wrath of seniors who constitute a greater percentage of the vote in midterm elections.

If Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid have any sense, they will organize their entire caucuses and pledge to oppose any deal that cuts a dime from Social Security benefits.

Lois Beckett: Voter Information Wars: Will the GOP Team Up With Wal-Mart’s Data Specialist?

The Republicans have admitted it (pdf): They need to get serious about collecting and analyzing voter data.

Well, you can’t get much more serious than talking to Teradata, the “data warehousing” company that helps Wal-Mart, Apple and eBay store massive amounts of information about the behavior of their customers.

Teradata is just one of the major data outfits with which leading Republican strategists are talking in their declared effort to match Barack Obama’s big data campaign tactics, according to one person with knowledge of the strategy discussions.  

“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:  As you know Chris Hayes began hosting a new MSNBC show on April 1 at 8 PM EDT that he promised would be the same format as Up. Up‘s new host Steve Carnacki takes over as the Saturday and Sunday host of the new “Up with Steve Carnacki” on April 13. This Sunday best segments of the last two years will be aired.

This Week with George Stephanopolis: Obama senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer is a guest this Sunday on “This Week.”

The foreign policy roundtable examines the latest threats from North Korea, with ABC News’ chief global affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz, just returned from reporting at the North Korea border; New York Times chief Washington correspondent and author of “Confront and Conceal” David Sanger; Fox News anchor Greta Van Susteren; and ABC News’ George Will.

The powerhouse political roundtable tackles the battle over the budget and economy, gun control, and immigration, with president and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post Media Group Arianna Huffington; Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman; former Reagan budget director David Stockman, author of “The Great Deformation: the Corruption of Capitalism in America“; Fox News anchor Greta Van Susteren; and ABC News’ George Will.

Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: Mr. Schieffer’s gusets are Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY); Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.

The panel guests are Foreign Policy Magazine and The Economist writer Blaine Harden; The Wall Street Journal‘s Washington Bureau Chief Gerry Seib; CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Major Garrett and CBS News Congressional Correspondent Nancy Cordes.

The Chris Matthews Show: The guests this week are Joe Klein, TIME Columnist; Katty Kay, BBC Washington Correspondent; Amy Walter, The Cook Political Report National Editor and Peter Alexander, NBC White House Correspondent.

Meet the Press with David Gregory: This Sunday’s MTP guests are  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC); former Gov. Bill Richardson (D-NM) and Michele Flournoy, former undersecretary of defense policy under President Obama from 2009-2012.

This week’s panel guests are former Gov. Bill Richardson (D-NM); GOP strategist Mike Murphy; Politico‘s Maggie Haberman; and NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, Andrea Mitchell.

State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Ms Crowley’s guests this Sunday are Governor Dannel Malloy (D-CT); former Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman; Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL) and Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL); Mike Duffy of Time Magazine and the Cook Political Report’s Amy Walter.

“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”.

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The Sunday Talking Heads:

Up with Chris Hayes: As you know Chris Hayes will be hosting a new MSNBC show beginning April 1 at 8 PM EDT that he promises will be the same format as Up. Up‘s new host Steve Carnacki takes over as the Saturday and Sunday host of the new “Up with Steve Carnacki” on April 13. This Sunday and next the best segments of the last two years will be aired.

This Week with George Stephanopolis: Archbishop of New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan speaks to George Stephanopoulos in a special Easter Sunday edition of “This Week.”

Newark Mayor Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., join the powerhouse political roundtable to debate all the week’s politics, including the Supreme Court taking on the debate over gay marriage, with ABC News political analyst and special correspondent Matthew Dowd, ABC News senior Washington correspondent Jeff Zeleny, and editor and publisher of The Nation Katrina vanden Heuvel.

A special “This Week” roundtable examines the intersection of religion and politics and the spiritual state of the nation, with writer and religious scholar Reza Aslan; Rev. Calvin Butts, Pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York; author and atheist Susan Jacoby; Dr. Richard Land, of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission; and Sojourners president Rev. Jim Wallis, author of “On God’s Side.”

In “This Week“‘s spotlight former White House photographer Eric Draper discusses his new book, “Front Row Seat: A Photographic Portrait of the Presidency of George W. Bush.”

Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: Mr. Schieffer’s talks with Archbishop of New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan on faith and the challenges for the church.

Then, Islamic Society of Boston’s Imam Suhaib Webb, Rabbi David Wolpe of the Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, The Episcopal Diocese of Washington’s Bishop Mariann Budde and Bishop Harry Jackson of Hope Christian Church discuss their faith and challenges facing their congregations.

Ike and Dick author Jeffrey Frank, Coolidge author Amity Shlaes, Those Angry Days author Lynn Olson and The Last Lion author Paul Reid discuss their books.

The Chris Matthews Show: This Sunday’s guest David Ignatius, The Washington Post Columnist; Kathleen Parker, The Washington Post Columnist; Helene Cooper, The New York Times White House Correspondent; and Michael Crowley, TIME senior correspondent.

Meet the Press with David Gregory: The guest on this Sunday’s MTP are  Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) debate immigration reform, same-sex marriage and gun control.

A special panel about the politics of same-sex marriage and the implications from this week’s Supreme Court hearings with Actor Rob Reiner, who was a vocal critic of California’s Proposition 8 and attended the hearings this week; President of the National Organization for Marriage Brian Brown; the Wall Street Journal’s Peggy Noonan; founder and President of the National Action Network, MSNBC’s Rev. Al Sharpton; and NBC News Justice Correspondent Pete Williams.

This week’s political roundtable guests are former top adviser to President Obama, David Axelrod; Former Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA); the Washington Post‘s Eugene Robinson and the Wall Street Journal‘s Peggy Noonan.

State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Ms. Crowley’s guests are Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC); Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT);  Prop 8 opponents David Boies and Ted Olson.

The political panel includes strategists Donna Brazile and Kevin Madden, along with CNN Chief White House Correspondent Jessica Yellin.

And on this Easter Sunday we’ll introduce you to the pastors of the most reviled congregation in America – the Congress. Senate Chaplain Barry Black & House Chaplain Patrick Conroy.

“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”.

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The Sunday Talking Heads:

Up with Chris Hayes: Joining Chris are: Melissa Murray, professor of law at University of California Berkeley Law School; Urvashi Vaid (@urvashivaid), director of Engaging Tradition Project at Columbia Law School’s Center for Gender & Sexuality Law; Camilla Taylor, Marriage Project Director for Lambda Legal; Dean Hara, widower of Representative Gerry Studds who was the first openly gay member of Congress, plaintiff in Gill et al. v. Office of Personnel Management et al.; Dan Savage (@fakedansavage), editorial director of The Stranger, host of Savage Love podcast, columnist of Savage Love; John Liu (@JohnLiu2013), comptroller of New York City and 2013 NYC Mayoral candidate; Bill Thompson (@BillThompsonNYC), served as comptroller of New York City from 2002-2009, 2013 NYC Mayoral candidate; Sal Albanese (@SalAlbanese2013), served as a New York City councilman from 1983-1997, 2013 NYC Mayoral candidate; and Bill De Blasio (@BilldeBlasio), New York City public advocate, 2013 NYC Mayoral candidate.

This Week with George Stephanopolis: The guests this week are former Obama 2012 campaign manager Jim Messina faces off with former Bush deputy chief of staff Karl Rove with the political roundtable guests “Nightline” co-anchor Terry Moran, who covers the Supreme Court for ABC News; Democratic strategist and ABC News contributor Donna Brazile; and Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan.

A special foreign policy roundtable discusses the president’s trip to the Middle East with panleists  ABC News global affairs anchor Christiane Amanpour; Atlantic national correspondent Jeffrey Goldberg; former Romney campaign senior adviser Dan Senor, co-founder of the Foreign Policy Initiative.; and Time Magazine assistant managing editor Rana Foroohar.

In the spotlight,  director Alexandra Pelosi and former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey discuss their new HBO film “Fall to Grace” about McGreevey’s life and work since his controversial exit from office.  

Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: Mr. Schieffer’s guests are Rep. Mike Rodgers (R-MI), Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee; New York Times columnist Tom Friedman, CBS News’ Clarissa Ward and Time Magazine‘s Bobby Ghosh for a panel discussion on the Middle East.

Baltimore Ravens Linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo and Pro-Proposition 8 lawyer Austin Nimcocks will talk about the argument before the Supreme Court on same sex marriage.  

The Chris Matthews Show: Guests this week are David Ignatius, The Washington Post Columnist; Kathleen Parker, The Washington Post Columnist: Helene Cooper; The New York Times White House Correspondent; and Michael Crowley, TIME senior correspondent.

Meet the Press with David Gregory: On MTP this week the guests are  New York City’s Independent Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association Wayne LaPierre.

NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel, who just returned from the region, for a live report on the president’s trip to the Middle East.

Then insights and analysis from the roundtable: Chairman of the Faith and Freedom Coalition Ralph Reed; Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen; Washington Post columnist EJ Dionne; and the New York Times’ David Brooks.

State of the Union with Candy Crowley: This Sunday, Ms. Crowley will have an exclusive interview with Veteran Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki on the growing backlog of veterans claims. Governor John Hickenlooper (D-CO) joins her to discuss his signing of two landmark bills, as Colorado becomes the sixth state to legalize civil unions, and the second state to enact gun control bills in the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut shootings.

California Attorney General Kamala Harris, Austin Nimocks from Alliance Defending Freedom, Republican Strategist Ana Navarro and CNN Senior Political Analyst Ron Brownstein on the Supreme Court’s decision to hear oral arguments in the challenges to the federal Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8.

“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: Joining Chris this morning are Zainab al Suwaij, co-founder and executive director of the American Islamic Congress; Stuart Bowen, Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction; Democratic Representative Kyrsten Sinema (@RepSinema) is serving her first term representing Arizona’s Ninth Congressional District; Basma Zaiber, Iraqi caseload coordinator and director of development and research for The List Project to Resettle Iraqi Allies; Koby Langley (@warrioradvocate), Iraq War veteran who served in the 82nd Airborne Division and current senior advisor to Americor for Veteran Initiatives;   (@raedjarrar), communications director for Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee, former Iraq specialist  to the American Friends Service Committee; Democratic Representative Jerrold Nadler; Sam Seder (@SamSeder), host of The Majority Report, co-host of Ring of Fire; and Heidi Moore, economics and finance editor for The Guardian newspaper.

This Week with George Stephanopolis: On Sunday’s “This Week,” House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, goes one-on-one with ABC News’ Martha Raddatz in a “This Week” Sunday exclusive.

A special foreign policy roundtable examines major challenges abroad, including the state of the war in Afghanistan and the growing cyber-security threat, with former Clinton Secretary of State Madeleine Albright; former Bush National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley; and former Joint Chiefs of Staff Vice Chair Gen. James Cartwright (USMC, Ret.).  

The political roundtable debates all the week’s politics, from budget battles in Washington to the future of the Catholic Church, with ABC News’ George Will and Matthew Dowd; House Democratic Caucus Chair Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif.; co-host of NPR’s All Things Considered Audie Cornish; and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, chair of Good360.

Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: Mr. Schieffer’s guests are Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI); Chairman of the Republican National Committee Reince Priebus; and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (R-MI).

The foreign policy panel with Richard Haass, The Council on Foreign Relations President; Danielle Pletka of American Enterprise Institute, David Rhode of The Atlantic and David Sanger from The New York Times.

The Chris Matthews Show: This week’s guests are Joe Klein, TIME Columnist; Kelly O’Donnell, NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent; Katty Kay, BBC Washington Correspondent; and Chuck Todd, NBC News Chief White House Correspondent.

Meet the Press with David Gregory: On this week’s MTP, Chicago’s Cardinal Francis George will discuss the election of Pope Francis.

MTP will host an exclusive debate between the top Democrat on the House Budget Committee, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and the House Republican Whip, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).  

The roundtable guests are  MSNBC’s “Hardball” Chris Matthews; former two-term Republican Governor who, in 2002, was appointed by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to investigate the sex abuse scandals in the Church, Frank Keating (R-OK); author and former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland Kathleen Kennedy Townsend; and Republican Ana Navarro.

State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Ms. Crowley’s guest are Republican Mike Rogers of Michigan and Democrat Dutch Ruppersberger of Maryland;  Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) and Rep. Tom Cotton (R-AR).

Her panel guests are Al Cardenas of the American Conservative Union, Democratic Strategist KiKi McLean, Rep. Raul Grijalva of Arizona and a new face in the political world, Dr. Ben Carson.

“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: Joining Chris will be: Deepak Bhargava, executive director, Center for Community Change; M. Victoria Murillo, professor of political science and international affairs at Columbia University; Michael Shifter, president of Inter-American Dialogue; Alejandro Velasco, professor at New York University; Michael Moynihan (@mcmoynihan), cultural news editor for Newsweek and The Daily Beast; Sujatha Fernandes, associate professor of sociology at Queens College and the Graduate Center at the City University of New York; Greg Grandin, professor of history at New York University; Former Ohio Republican Congressman Bob Ney (@bobney); Raj Date, former deputy director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; and Alexis Goldstein (@alexisgoldstein), Occupy Wall Street activist.

This Week with George Stephanopolis: This Sunday’s guest former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, co-author of the new book, “Immigration Wars,” goes one-on-one with George Stephanopoulos and in this week’s Sunday Spotlight, filmmaker R.J. Cutler discusses his latest documentary, “The World According to Dick Cheney.”

The roundtable debates those topics and all the week’s politics, with Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., who joined GOP senators dining with President Obama this week; DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla.; ABC News’ George Will; Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman; and Bloomberg News White House correspondent Julianna Goldman.

Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: Mr. Sschieffer’s guest are New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg; former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush; Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH); and Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD).

The Chris Matthews Show: This week’s guests are Kathleen Parker, The Washington Post Columnist; Gloria Borger, CNN Senior Political Analyst; David Ignatius, The Washington Post Columnist; and Andrew Sullivan, The Daily Beast Editor, The Dish.

Meet the Press with David Gregory: This week on MTP a special discussion of Washington’s partisan war with Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), freshman Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO) and host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, fmr. Rep. Joe Scarborough (R-FL).

Also another interview with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.

The second roundtable will discuss women in the American workplace with former White House Press Secretary under President Clinton, Dee Dee Myers; Tennessee Republican Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn; former John McCain 2008 Presidential Campaign Manager Steve Schmidt; and Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus.

State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Ms. Crowley sit down with  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) in an exclusive interview on gridlock in Congress. In a separate interview she discusses Pres. Barack Obama’s recent meetings with  House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). She will also talk with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.

Her panel guests are former White House Communications Director Anita Dunn, former Speaker of the House and Republican Presidential Candidate Newt Gingrich, former Bush and Romney adviser Alex Castellanos and Democratic Strategist Donna Brazile.