Sunday Talk Shows

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Meet The Press
Meet the Press will not air Sunday due to NBC Sports coverage of the French Open

ABC This Week
Obama campaign senior adviser David Axelrod and former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum speak with George Stephanopoulos, Sunday on "This Week."

The Obama campaign faces another rough week as questions continue over the White House's handling of the economy, Republicans fend off a recall challenge in Wisconsin, and Mitt Romney edges President Obama in fundraising for the first time.

And after President Obama declared Friday that "the private sector is doing fine" in a morning press conference, he's forced to clarify in later remarks that "it is absolutely clear the economy is not doing fine." As Republicans pounce, calling the president "out of touch," will the muddled message damage the president's standing on the economy? Plus, after a series of stories trumpeting President Obama's actions on national security, both Republicans and Democrats ask whether the White House has leaked classified information for political gain.

Obama campaign senior adviser David Axelrod and former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum weigh in, Sunday on "This Week."

Then, former Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, author of the new book "A Nation of Wusses," and Fox News host and former Republican Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee join the "This Week" powerhouse roundtable to debate all the week's politics, with conservative commentator Ann Coulter and former Obama White House environmental adviser Van Jones

Can Obama continue to blame a "do-nothing Congress" for the slow economic recovery, or have his efforts failed to improve the economic outlook? Will off-message comments by Bill Clinton and other Obama supporters on the economy hurt the president's re-election message? And what does the Republican victory this week in the Wisconsin recall fight mean for the general election?

Plus, with a looming decision on President Obama's health care law this month as the battle over gay marriage also moves closer to the Supreme Court, how will the court's decisions impact the presidential race?

CBS Face The Nation
Republican Gov. Scott Walker on -- he just survived a recall election Tuesday, and I want to talk to him about what that means for his initiatives and Wisconsin -- and Mitt Romney.

A lot of people are wondering if Tuesday's vote is a harbinger of things to come for the general election. I'll see what Gov. Walker has to say about that and I'll ask Gov. Martin O'Malley for the other side's perspective.

I'll also talk about Wisconsin with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka The unions poured a ton of money into Wisconsin trying to beat Walker, and obviously it didn't work. Trumka's said his union won't change its fundraising strategy, but what will it change in light of Wisconsin? Walker was recalled because he ended collective bargaining rights for public workers in the state, will this mean other Governors will take his lead?

Senators and Congressmen from both sides of the aisle held a press conference Thursday to express their concerns over recent intelligence leaks. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., said leaks seem "to be a pattern that is growing worse and more frequent, and severity of the leaks are serious." Sen. Feinstein added their interest in leaks "is not finger pointing at anybody what we are trying to do is say we have a problem." They'll both join me on Sunday. What do they know?

Then we've got something I'm very excited about: a conversation with Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. This week marks 40 years after the Watergate break-ins, and Sunday the pair shares their first byline in decades in The Washington Post. They've told me they have some good new details to talk about, and whenever one of them says that, I trust it will be very interesting.

Fox News Sunday
Impact of Wisconsin recall election: Gov. Mitch Daniels (R-Ind.); Dennis Van Roekel, NEA; Thea Lee, AFL-CIO

CNN State of The Union
It’s been a bad week for Democrats with a big loss in Wisconsin, surrogates going off message, and a $16 million dollar fundraising gap with Republicans.

Candy talks to President Obama’s Senior Campaign Adviser, David Axelrod about the race.

Then, Senator John McCain on national security leaks and the latest on the ongoing crisis in Syria. What options remain on the table for the U.S.?

Plus, the debate over the use of drones with Rep. Lynn Woolsey and Rep. Peter King

And finally, a reporter roundtable on the political news of the week.

Fareed Zakaria GPS
On "Fareed Zakaria GPS" this week: How America's shale gas revolution will change all of geopolitics, inside Rwanda’s transformation with President Paul Kagame and - in a preview to our special, "The GPS Roadmap for Making Immigration Work" - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on why the U.S. immigration strategy is "national suicide."

Also: Rahm Emanuel. The 2012 election boils down to two different people, with two different views of how to shape America. Rahm Emanuel is the mayor of Chicago, but in his previous job as White House Chief of Staff, he got to know President Obama pretty well. What are his thoughts?

"Who is going to fight for who in that Oval Office? And the auto industry, the financial industry, the housing - Mitt Romney said let it bottom out. To the president, those are people holding onto their entire American dream, as they see it," Emanuel tells Fareed. "And they're really different people with different experiences with different views about how to shape the future of this country. And I think that's going to be the fundamental core piece of what this election is about."

C-SPAN's "Newsmakers,"
Sen.Pat Roberts and Sen. Debbie Stabenow

Bloomberg TV’s “Political Capital”
Paul Ryan

Univision’s “Al Punto”
Former Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez

The Chris Matthews Show
Katty Kay, BBC; Andrew Sullivan, Daily Beast; Andrea Mitchell, NBC; John Heilemann, New York magazine

Reliable Sources
Alleged media bias against Romney: Jennifer Rubin, the Washington Post; David Shuster, Current. Cable news ratings: Christina Bellantoni, PBS; Terence Smith; Jamie McIntyre, NPR. Leaking to the press: David Sanger, the New York Times. Walter Cronkite's legacy: Author Douglas Brinkley (“Cronkite”)

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

Up w/Chris Hayes-"Up w/ Chris Hayes" focuses on politics including the day's top headlines, newsmaker interviews, and panels of pundits, politicos and voices from outside the mainstream. It is live on Saturdays and Sundays from 8:00 – 10:00 a.m. ET.

Sunday's Guests:
Natalie Foster, John Nichols

C-Span's Washington Journal

7:00am -Phones

7:45am -Chris Edwards, Cato Institute Fiscal Policy Studies Director, and Erin Johansson, American Rights at Work Research Director

Topic: In the wake of WI Governor Scott Walker’s Tuesday victory, guests will discuss the future of labor unions, if Gov. Walker’s victory might indicate anything in the November elections, if more governors will be empowered to take on unions, as well as pension reform efforts and the impact of Citizens United on the WI recall effort

8:45am -Michael Dimock, Pew Research Center Associate Research Director

Topic: A recent study by the Pew Research Center has found that America’s values and what binds or divides our country and our citizens is changing. Over the past 25 years, change and divide has not be dramatic from year to year. However, the overall change in the 25 years that Pew has been conducting this study has almost doubled. When did things change? Why did things change?

9:30am-Phones

CBS 60 Minutes
Defense Secretary Panetta - He's balanced the budget, run the CIA and eliminated Osama bin Laden. Now, Leon Panetta takes on another great challenge as U.S. Secretary of Defense, with massive responsibilities, including keeping Iran from producing a nuclear bomb.

Big Game Hunting - The same kinds of exotic, sometimes endangered, big game species found in places like Africa can be hunted here in the U.S. for a price. The ranchers who breed them claim to be preserving them, a notion animal rights people strongly disagree with.
Parker And Stone - Steve Kroft talks to Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of Comedy Central's "South Park" and follows the process that each week produces another scathing and hilarious episode for the biggest hit on basic cable television. Now the disrespectful duo also have one of the biggest hits on Broadway, the musical comedy "The Book of Mormon."

Sunday Breakfast Menu
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David Axelrod, senior adviser to President Obama’s re-election campaign, appears on ABC’s “This Week” and CNN’s “State of the Union,” weighing in on the recall vote and Mitt Romney’s fund-raising momentum. On ABC, Mr. Axelrod and Rick Santorum will also discuss Mr. Obama’s standing on the economy, and on CNN, Mr. Axelrod will talk about the campaign surrogates who have gone off-message.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/09/sunday-breakfast-menu-june-10-2/

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1. Thanks very much.

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2. Many thanks for the info.

[chieftain]

3. The best MTP since Gregory took over.

Not that Russert was better policy-wise but at least Tim wasn't the poster boy for insipidness.