Sunday Talk Shows
David Axelrod, Rachel Maddow, Howard Dean, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Gavin Newsom, Stephanie Cutter,Stephanie Miller, Tom Vilsack, Robert Menendez,
Meet The Press
MTP returns this Sunday at 9am ET across NBC Stations
Due to NBC's coverage of the 2012 Olympics, Meet the Press will air at different times than normal. Check your local listings after the jump
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This Sunday, a special edition of "Meet the Press:" Who is Paul Ryan? Mitt Romney announced the Wisconsin congressman as his running mate early Saturday morning and now both parties are racing to define this "young gun" conservative. Joining us, two unique voices in that effort: RNC Chairman and fellow Wisconsinite, Reince Priebus and Governor of Ryan's home state of Wisconsin, Scott Walker.
Plus, the view from the Obama campaign. The President's Senior re-election adviser, David Axelrod joins us as both sides are working furiously to try to define Mitt Romney's number two, Paul Ryan.
The presidential campaign seems to be getting nastier by the week as each side released ads that caused the other to call foul. Is this presidential contest becoming a race to the bottom? What are the big ideas that can bring the country together? Plus what impact will Mitt Romney's choice of Paul Ryan as a Vice Presidential running mate have on the future of the race? Our roundtable weighs in: MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow; NBC’s Chief White House Correspondent and Political Director Chuck Todd; Editor of the National Review, Rich Lowry; and the Washington Post’s Dan Balz
CBS Face The Nation
How Ryan-Romney changes race
The latest on Campaign 2012 with Obama deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter and Romney senior adviser Eric Fehrnstrom
Plus, former Speaker of the House and former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich with his take on the election, Mitt Romney's possible vice president picks and the week's discussion of welfare reform.
Then, analysis from The Washington Post's Ruth Marcus, Newsweek's David Frum, The Washington Post's Michael Gerson, POLITICO's Roger Simon and The Week's Bob Shrum
ABC This Week
Following Mitt Romney's selection of Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as the Republican vice presidential nominee, Obama campaign senior adviser David Axelrod and former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty speak with George Stephanopoulos on the 2012 presidential contest, Sunday on "This Week."
Standing in front of the USS Wisconsin in Norfolk, Va., Saturday morning, Romney announced Ryan as his vice presidential running mate, launching a swing-state bus tour this weekend. How will Romney's selection of Ryan, a 42-year-old seven-term Republican from Janesville, Wis., impact the race? Will Ryan's selection galvanize conservatives behind Romney this fall? Or will the House budget committee chairman's proposals on Medicare polarize undecided voters?
David Axelrod and Tim Pawlenty discuss Paul Ryan's selection and the latest in the 2012 election, Sunday on "This Week."
Then, the "This Week" powerhouse roundtable debates all the week's politics, with ABC News' Cokie Roberts, former Vermont Governor and founder of Democracy for America Howard Dean, Wall Street Journal Editorial Page Editor Paul Gigot, California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, host of Current TV's "The Gavin Newsom Show," and Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan
With just two weeks before the Republican convention in Tampa, how does Paul Ryan's selection as Romney's running mate change the general election debate? What factors drove Romney's decision, and will Ryan help or hurt Romney's chances on Election Day? And as the campaigns continue battling for voters in battleground states, have the ad wars gone too far? Can either candidate make a positive case for their election, or will negative attacks continue to drive the campaign?
Fox News Sunday
DNC Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Sen. John McCain
CNN State of The Union
It’s the dog days of august, but you wouldn’t know it if you live in a swing state and own a t-v. The campaigns, parties and outside advocacy groups have pummeled voters to the tune 10,483 ads so far this month. Can it get any nastier? We’ll ask Senior Advisers to both campaigns – David Axelrod and Ed Gillespie. Joining us live from his home state of South Dakota, Sen. John Thune
And with Romney-watch in full gear, we look at what his v-p pick says about the state of the campaign with our political panel.
The Chris Matthews Show
Former presidents; Hillary Clinton in 2016: Michael Duffy; Andrea Mitchell; Howard Fineman; Kasie Hunt.
CNN’s Reliable Sources
Stephanie Miller, Current TV; Dan Schnur, Republican strategist; Robin Abcarian, Los Angeles Times; Matt Belloni, Hollywood Reporter; Christine Brennan, USA Today
Univision's Al Punto
Discussing gun control in the wake of the recent shootings in Colorado and Wisconsin, Sen. Robert Menendez The program will include a conversation about the new government policy allowing young illegal immigrants to apply for work permits.
C-SPAN's "Newsmakers,"
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsackwill talk about the record drought facing farmers
Bloomberg's Political Capital
Former Defense Secretary William Cohen
CBS 60 Minutes
Trapped in Unemployment - As the number of Americans without work for a year or two rises into the millions, Scott Pelley reports on a program designed to help the long-term unemployed back into the workplace.
The Flavorists - Meet the scientists behind the real and artificial flavors that make foods and beverages so tasty. Morley Safer reports on this fascinating industry that food manufacturers' depend on, but which critics say make some people dependent on less-than-healthy food choices.
Joy in the Congo - The Congo's Kimbanguist Symphony Orchestra grew from one man's dream to 200 musicians and vocalists providing joy to the mostly poor, bleak capital of Kinshasa. It's now the only symphony orchestra in Central Africa and the only all-black one in the world.
Washington Journal
7:00 am Phones
7:45 am-Frank Donatelli, GOPAC, Chairman
Topic: Guest will discuss the Republican party’s messaging ahead of the convention and the election, the chief issues for Republican voters and offer his thoughts about the vice presidential slot on the Republican ticket.
8:30 am-Joel Goldstein, Author, “Modern American Vice Presidency: The Transformation of a Political Institution" and Vice Presidential Scholar & Law Professor, St. Louis University School of Law
Topic: Role & History of the Vice Presidency
9:15 am-Graham Bowley, New York Times, Afghanistan Reporter
Topic: As the U.S. prepares to withdraw from Afghanistan in 2014, our guest looks at the logistical efforts and cost to the U.S. Government of withdrawing gear and equipment from Afghanistan. He focused on the topic in a recent piece.
TV One’s “Washington Watch” - is on hiatus until the fall.
Sunday Talk Shows (8/12/12): Mitt Romney’s VP pick, Paul Ryan, Meet the Press, Face the Nation and more
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Sunday Breakfast Menu
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Must watch: Rachel!!!
Looks like the dems are sending out some of our "big guns". 
