Sunday Talk Shows

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Meet The Press
The battle to define Mitt Romney’s time at Bain Capital has become a proxy for a debate about the economy. This Sunday we’ll talk exclusively with two influential members of their parties about what’s fair game when it comes to campaign attacks and where the race between President Obama and Romney stands now. Joining us : Chairman of the Democratic Governors Association Gov. Martin O’Malley (D-MD) and former Republican Presidential Candidate Newt Gingrich

What are the rules of engagement when it comes to campaign attacks? Our political roundtable weighs in:
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

How will this generation of graduates make their make in such an uncertain world? We’ll have a special discussion with two of this year’s powerful commencement speakers: best-selling author and award-winning journalist, Maria Shriver, who addressed the graduates of University of Southern California's Annenberg School of Communication this year, and best-selling author Michael Lewis , who will address the graduates of Princeton University

ABC This Week
This Memorial Day weekend, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta speaks exclusively to ABC News Senior White House Correspondent Jake Tapper, Sunday on "This Week."

Can the United States prevent the Taliban from taking over Afghanistan after American forces leave the country? Will the U.S. have to escalate the battle against Al Qaeda in Yemen to prevent a terrorist attack? And can Congress reduce the deficit without hollowing out the military and risking national security?

Then, "This Week" debates all of the week's politics with our powerhouse roundtable: 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

President Obama and his team have doubled down on the Bain Capital attacks against Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, but is the argument resonating with voters? And can the president withstand criticism from members of his own party over the attacks?

Plus, polls show the presidential race tightening across the country, especially in the key swing states that will decide the race. Are we headed for the closest election since 2000? And the fallout continues from the botched Facebook IPO. As regulators open investigations and investors file suit, what's next for the social media pioneer?

CBS Face The Nation
Robert Gibbs a senior adviser to the Obama campaign and I'll talk to Ed Gillespie a senior adviser to the Romney campaign.

And one of the most interesting things this Sunday might be my talk with Sen. Richard Lugar
In my view, Lugar's compiled more legislative accomplishments, and really, he's accomplished more of significance than anyone else in the Senate right now. But he got beat in his primary by a candidate who says what Congress needs now is less compromise. I want to get the Senator's take on where he thinks the Senate is going. And, will he vote for the man who beat him in the primary this November?

We've also got a great panel of authors this weekend who take a look at the role of the presidency. Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy wrote The President's Club, a fascinating read that looks at the relationships between former presidents. Robert Merry wrote Where They Stand: The American Presidents in The Eyes of Voters and Historians. Merry's book is neat because it looks at the rating game people play trying to rank presidents, and he tries to explain whether those rankings are fair and compares them with their electoral records - why is it that some of the presidents praised as great didn't do so well with voters?

Finally, Douglas Brinkley joins the panel. His new book, Cronkite, takes a remarkably in-depth look at the man who covered so many presidents in his time as the face of CBS News. How has the White House's relationship with the media changed since Walter Cronkite's first interview with Harry Truman? Brinkley's also got some really neat tidbits about Cronkite, who I must admit is one of my favorite people. Cronkite was who I wanted to be when I got into journalism, and in fact he's still who I want to be.

Fox News Sunday
Iran's nuclear program, Secret Service scandal: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.); lawsuit against the birth-control mandate: Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington

CNN State of The Union
Sunday on “State of the Union,” tightening poll numbers in the presidential race, and the heated debate over Bain Capital. Candy talks exclusively with Former Republican Presidential Candidate Rudy Giuliani, and DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz

On Memorial Day we remember those who have died in service to our country by taking an account of how we care for our veterans. Last year, we explored the challenges facing veterans. A year later we check back with our guests to measure progress:

General Peter Chiarelli (ret.), Fmr. vice chief of staff of the U.S. Army on treating PTSD and brain injuries in veterans.

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.

Fareed Zakaria GPS

Simpson: 'Show me a guy who won't compromise and I'll show you a guy with rock for brains'

On Fareed Zakaria GPS this week: Why China will slow – not because of its failures but because of its success. Should Russia move its capital from Moscow? And all-star GPS political panel on Obama v. Romney: Bill Keller, Peggy Noonan, Chrystia Freeland and Ross Douthat
Also: What happens when a Democrat and a Republican put their heads together to fix America's deficit?

It's called the Simpson-Bowles plan – Fareed speaks to former Republican Sen. Alan Simpson and former White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles, the men behind it.

Simpson has some strong words about his fellow Republicans: "You can't cut spending your way out of this hole. You can't grow your way out of this hole and you can't tax your way out of this hole. So put that in your pipe and smoke it. ... If you want to be in politics, you learn to compromise. ... Show me a guy who won't compromise and I'll show you a guy with rock for brains."

C-SPAN's "Newsmakers,"
Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Bloomberg TV’s “Political Capital”

Marco Rubio, Sen. John Kerry

Univision’s “Al Punto”

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.), and former Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart

Washington Watch
Mayor Kevin Johnson of Sacramento, discussing his efforts to strengthen the city during difficult economic times.

The Chris Matthews Show
2012 campaign, Memorial Day

Reliable Sources
Cory Booker's remarks, Bain Capital, Romney coverage; Walter Cronkite's legacy.

Melissa Harris Perry Show-Saturdays and Sundays from 10-12

Up w/Chris Hayes
On Sunday Chris and his guests will discuss the significance of Memorial Day, its history, and how we grieve for dead soldiers and people in other countries. Also, a look at new polling which shows a shift in issues of morality, such as gay marriage and abortion. And a discussion on new data which shows a large number of wrongful convictions and death penalty sentences.

Joining Chris will be:

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.

Lt. Col. Steve Beck, active duty Marine, casualty assistance officer, and associate professor of naval science at Carnegie Mellon University.


C-Span's Washington Journal

7:00am -Phones

7:40am -On the Phone: Ben Wolfgang, Washington Times Reporter

Topic: Guest will preview this year’s annual Rolling Thunder ride – now in its 25th year. The motorcycle rally’s mission is to draw attention to the nation’s missing soldiers and prisoners of war.

7:45-Adam Liptak, New York Times Supreme Court Correspondent

Topic: A look at the Supreme Court decisions remaining for this term, including the two highly publicized cases dealing with the Affordable Care Act & the Arizona immigration law.

8:30am -On the Phone – From Cairo: Leila Fadel, Washington Post Cairo Bureau Chief

Topic: Latest on the election

8:30am- Shibley Telhami, University of Maryland Peace & Development Professor

Topic: Fifteen months after the Arab Spring uprising forced Hosni Mubarak to leave office, Egypt held its first Presidential election this past week. Our guest joins us to discuss the outcome, what it means for the Egyptian people, the nation’s neighbors in the region and U.S.- Egypt relations moving forward.

9:15am-Colbert I. King, Washington Post Columnist

Topic: Colbert King is being interviewed as part of Washington Journal’s columnist series, highlighting different columnists from a variety of publications representing both conservative and liberal viewpoints.

CBS 60 Minutes

60 Minutes Presents: Honoring Our Troops Watch a preview

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7409646n&tag=contentMain;contentBody

Never Seen The Like - After many requests for help from his ambushed unit were denied, Dakota Meyer took matters into his own hands, going through a gauntlet of Taliban fire five times to try and to save his trapped comrades. His efforts earned him the Medal of Honor.

Operation Proper Exit - This unique program takes wounded warriors back to the battlefield in an effort to provide closure that often leads to better lives for these veterans and their families.

Marine Brothers - Lara Logan reports on five sets of brothers in the Marine Reserves who fought for the right to be on the front lines of combat in Afghanistan with their siblings.



Sunday Breakfast Menu
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/26/sunday-breakfast-menu-may-27-2/

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1. As always, thank you, thank you very much.

[ellenfl]

2. k&r thank you. eom

[scarletwoman]

3. k&r and many thanks for providing this service!

[Lasher]

4. "Can Congress reduce the deficit without hollowing out the military and risking national security?"

That's not even an actual question. I don't think I'll be tuning in to be insulted while MIC toadies dribble this foregone conclusion around their evil fantasy world. And look, Carly Fiorina is being set up as a moral authority on corporate behavior so that she can let us know how mean it is for us, the ungrateful underclass, to criticize job destroyers like her and Mitt.

Thanks for posting the OP, cal04. My rant is not directed at you.

[DallasNE]

6. That Same Sentence Caught My Eye

It looks like ABC is now taking on Fox for supremacy as mouthpiece for the Republican Party. Spending levels for the military was set last year in the deal struck to increase the debt ceiling, along with a bi-partisan group to work out a budget deal that would include even larger cuts provided some revenue was included. Those talks broke down when Boehner couldn't get Republicans together for a "grand bargin" that had $3 in cuts for every $1 in revenue. And Boehner has announced that he is itching for that same fight again this year. Disgusting.

The Republicans have now backtracked on the agreement that was signed into law just last year and now Romney charges that that compromise will "hollow out" the military and ABC has gleefully picked up on that as a given. Nearly all of the cuts are related to the withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan or weapons systems the military say they don't want but that have been left in as pork barrow spending in a few mostly Republican congressional districts. Everything else is actually just a slight decrease in the level of increase in military spending that has been going up at triple the rate of inflation. I guess going up at double the rate of inflation will "hallow out" the military in the eyes of ABC. Since I never watch ABC it will not be possible for me to boycott them. Ted Kopple was more than I could stomach and this is Kopple on steroids.

[Grassy Knoll]

5. As Usual Fox notNews.....

wants to promote war and divide this country, bring on the holy hoax promoters
to bash on Obama, and bring on "Get off my lawn" McLame to spew his trash talking.
Is Sarah to busy getting a tan with Snookie ?
Obama 2012 you lousy worthless racist tv assholes.