I haven’t done this for a couple Sundays, but David Axelrod is back to try and do some damage control on the economy and Iran.
Also, Mitt Romney and Lindsey Graham talk about Mark Sanford and the future of the GOP.
Hello 2012.

What did you think?

Tim Kaine and Michael Steele talk about the first 100 days and where Obama is going.

A good discussion on today’s Meet The Press…

Here’s the thing…Scarborough and Gillespie can think that conservative values still appeal to most Americans, but they need to remember what type of conservative values were fed to us over the past couple decades. Not necessarily the most positive, future forward thinking.
Also, does anybody really think that the [...]

Foreign policy and the economy are on the table today.

Hope everybody’s having a great Easter!

Gregory talks with the new CEO of GM and the roundtable discusses the auto situation, North Korea’s missile launch and Obama’s G20 trip.

I’m still not liking Gregory as the new anchor, but my guess is that it’s his seat until he wants to leave. That’s how this stuff usually works.
Oh well.

Ed Rendell, Michael Bloomberg and Arnold Schwarzenegger share the stage and talk about the economic stimulus package, the financial crisis and the road ahead.

I think it’s pretty clear at this point that folks in the press corps are starting to push the meme that the administration doesn’t know what it’s doing. Most are acting as [...]

The economy is obviously the topic again, but one note hear about balance…I don’t think Newt Gingrich should EVER be in the roundtable section. Partisan political figures should not be on that panel.

So 6 weeks in, and even before the stimulus has really started, they’re essentially already saying that it won’t work.
Good times.

Once again, it’s all about the economy…

I thought it was a decent back and forth, but I think it’s pretty clear that free marketers will NEVER back down from the idea that tax cuts are the greatest good. And during a time when pretty much any tax cut will either be saved or used to [...]

One week after I argued that my senator should be on MTP advocating for the stimulus package, well, there she is.
Coincidence?
Yes, probably.
She even tweeted about it today…as well as some thoughts on the stimulus yesterday…

McCaskill brings up a point that I’d like to address because there’s been so much ill will on this blog for [...]

Once again the topic is the economy, but more importantly I’m hearing a lot about clearing this debt off the banks’ balance sheets.
Could this mean a new round of bailout money?

Let me just give some friendly advice to Dems…quit using John Kerry as a surrogate on the economy. It’s not that he doesn’t know what [...]

The economy is at the topic du jour once again.
Take a look…

I wrote yesterday about Republicans needing ideas other than tax cuts, and that was based on what John Boehner said during the broadcast. And, as reported elsewhere, they can’t continue to expect Americans to support tax cuts for the wealthy. It simply won’t work.
I [...]

Rahm Emanuel previews the inauguration theme of “leading by example” and talks about cutting spending.
Also, the political roundtable talks about the stimulus.

Thoughts?

Bill Cosby talks about comedy, politics and the controversy he has created by speaking up about difficult issues.
Also, the economy is obviously the topic du jour. And it seems like everybody agrees that a stimulus plan is needed. Now the debate is between the % of tax cuts vs. infrastructure spending.

Something tells me that Bill [...]

Harry Reid talks about Blago and Burris and the roundtable discusses Gaza and what Obama should do about it.

So, if Israel is still occupying Gaza by the time Obama is sworn in, what do you think the new administration’s response will be?
Furthermore, do you think Israel’s move was timed to force Obama to support the [...]

David Alexrod talks about Obama’s economic agenda and Israel’s Tzipi Livini talks about her country’s recent operation in Gaza.
By the way, I think Israel’s move was foolish and will only divide the country further. I’m not sure why people continue to think more violence will end violence, but something is going to have to give [...]

This time, Condoleezza Rice talks about her time as Secretary of State and Hillary’s future in that position.

Now, let me just say this…if Rice thinks that US is “respected” and “popular” around the world, then she’s just as delusional as Bush and I’m glad to see her go. And comparing us to China and [...]

This will be the last time I say that I think Chuck Todd would have been a better pick, but today’s MTP was pretty decent.
Congrats again to Gregory for landing the gig.

By the way, just a note to Chris Matthews and Fox News Sunday and ABC and CBS…why do you not have your Sunday shows [...]

The full Obama interview, along with the passing to the torch to David Gregory.

A lot of attention has been focused today on the fact that Obama said the economy will get worse before it gets better…
“If you look at the unemployment numbers … the fragility of the financial system and the fact that it’s an [...]

This looks like the following will be broadcast on tomorrow’s Meet The Press.

More on this pick here.

I wrote about this yesterday hoping it wasn’t true, and today we have confirmation.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
I know, I know…I sound like a big, whiny political baby, but Gregory just doesn’t have the gravitas nor the depth that Russert had. And while I understand that MTP was helmed by more newsy guys like Gregory before Russert came on, [...]