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(41,505 posts) Sat Feb 18, 2012, 11:01 PM Feb 2012

Sunday Talk Shows

Meet The Press - Chris Van Hollen, Paul Ryan
The politics of the economy in an election year: With little hope of the president’s just-released budget passing a Republican-controlled House, what will it mean for the campaign trail? Will it boost Obama’s re-election chances or will it provide ammunition for Republicans who want to vote him out of office? And what’s ahead in the debate over the economy in Washington? We’ll discuss with the two leaders on the House Budget Committee

Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum are bracing for a battle in Michigan, the state where Romney, the “favorite son,” finds himself neck and neck with a surging Santorum who hopes to make a big statement in the Wolverine State. If Santorum pulls off an upset could he slingshot through Super Tuesday? Plus, President Obama hit the fundraising trail this week - we’ll have the latest on Decision 2012 with our political roundtable: GOP strategist Ed Gillespie, Bloomberg’s Al Hunt, The NY Times’ Helene Cooper, and NBC’s Andrea Mitchell

ABC This Week- John McCain and Robert Gibbs
As the Republican battle for Michigan heats up, 2008 GOP presidential nominee Sen. John McCain comes exclusively to "This Week" and goes one-on-one with ABC News senior White House correspondent Jake Tapper.

McCain has endorsed his former rival, Mitt Romney, who beat him in Michigan four years ago. But can a surging Rick Santorum campaign pull off a major upset against Romney in his home state? Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., weighs in from Afghanistan on the state of the GOP race, as well as rising tension with Iran and secret negotiations with the Taliban, Sunday on "This Week."

Then, Obama campaign senior advisor and former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs takes on the GOP field in a "This Week" exclusive.

As Washington continues battling on how to improve the economy, has President Obama done enough to deserve re-election? And will a long Republican primary race help or hurt the Obama re-election campaign? See Robert Gibbs this Sunday, only on "This Week."

Plus, the "This Week" roundtable debates all the week's politics, with ABC's George Will, ABC News senior political correspondent Jonathan Karl, FOX Business Network host Lou Dobbs, Vanity Fair contributing editor and former Clinton White House press secretary Dee Dee Myers, and Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page

How would a Santorum win over Romney in Michigan change the Republican race? Will culture wars over contraception and gay marriage affect the general election?

CBS Face The Nation -GOP candidate Rick Santorum Panel: Norah O’Donnell; John Dickerson; Karen Tumulty, the Washington Post; Todd Spangler, the Detroit Free Press

Fox News Sunday- GOP presidential race: Newt Gingrich. Politics: Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.). Lonnie Bunch, National Museum of African American History and Culture.

CNN State of The Union - Ron Paul has yet to win a GOP primary contest and is last in the delegate count. Is this a working long-term strategy? We’ll ask him.

Then, with swirling rumors about the possibility of a “brokered convention” in August- Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, and Former Presidential Candidate Michele Bachmann

Plus, turmoil in the Middle East…what are the options on the table for the U.S.? Analysis from former CIA director Michael Hayden and former ambassador to Egypt and Israel, Ed Walker

And one CEO and his plan to create more jobs in America..and his view on the Beltway. Candy sits down with Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz

Fareed Zakaria GPS-On Fareed Zakaria GPS this Sunday at 10a.m. and 1p.m. EST, an exclusive interview with the top-ranking military officer in the U.S., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Martin Dempsey. Fareed has a wide-ranging discussion with Dempsey on Syria, Iran, China, budget cuts, and more.

We also have a great China panel on the show, and editorials on Iran and the Euro Zone.

The Chris Matthews Show - GOP pesidential race: Michael Duffy, Time; Kelly O’Donnell, NBC; Major Garrett, National Journal; Liz Marlantes, Christian Science Monitor

C-SPAN's "Newsmakers," - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton

Bloomberg TV’s “Political Capital”- Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad

TV One’s “Washington Watch” - California Attorney General Kamala Harris about the lingering housing crisis

Reliable Sources-Coverage of Romney’s religion; Santorum on social issues: Frank Bruni, the New York Times; Jennifer Rubin, the Washington Post; Scott Copley, RealClearPolitics.com

Journalists using Twitter: David Carr, the New York Times. Investigating media matters: Vince Coglianese the Daily Caller. Local reporter experiences backlash: Andrea McCarren, WUSA; Philadelphia newspapers: Buzz Bissinger, Vanity Fair.

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.

Treating Depression -A Harvard psychologist says drugs used to treat depression do work, but for the most part, it's not the chemical that's making people feel better, it's the placebo effect. Lesley Stahl reports.

The Mozart of Chess -Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen is the number one chess player in the world and he loves to see his opponents squirm. Bob Simon reports.

Up w/Chris Hayes- Saturdays and Sundays from 8:00 – 10:00 a.m. ET.
Joining us Sunday at 8AM EST

Sam Seder, Chrystia Freeland, Jeff Greenfield, Alexis Goldstein, Heather McGhee, and actor/playwright Wallace Shawn

Melissa Harris Perry Show
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