Sunday Morning Talk Lineup (Risen on MTP, zzzz, Dean on CNN, zzzz)

[jefferson_dem]

Sunday Morning Talk Lineup

FOX NEWS SUNDAY : Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) and Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.).

THIS WEEK (ABC) : Sens. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) and General Motors chief executive Rick Wagoner .

FACE THE NATION (CBS) : Sens. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) and Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.).

MEET THE PRESS (NBC) : Sens. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) and Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.); and authors Kate Michelman , Kate O'Beirne and James Risen .

LATE EDITION (CNN) : Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres ; chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat ; Hirsh Goodman , assistant head of the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies; Israeli journalist Uri Dan ; former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski ; former ambassador to Israel Thomas Pickering ; Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean ; Leahy and Specter

[bahrbearian]

1. Yeeeehaaaw , Go Howard

[AX10]

2. Looks like a good line-up, minus MTP of course.

[jefferson_dem]

3. FNS may actually be interesting this round. Two outspoken Dems

and one Repuke with a modicum of integrity and principle.

EDIT : I did say "modicum". <duck>

[AX10]

4. Two outspoken Dems who used to back Bush's fake war in Iraq.

Also, Harmon made it clear on the radio the other day that Bush must go to the courts to get warrants to wiretap!

[NCarolinawoman]

6. Wes Clark will also be on Faux. 11:15 a.m. EST. n/t

[Donna Zen]

18. Oh Good, a truth teller

Someone has to speak "truth-to-power" and put the common good above the me-too corporate greed.

Thanks. I'm be looking to hear what he has to say.

[StClone]

5. Two Dems on FUX!

FOX will even that out with robust, multi-pronged Conservative commentator push. Even the cameraman will get in a talking point.

[mitchtv]

7. besides, those two are barely Dems

"Dems" is using the term loosely

[jefferson_dem]

8. Well, they may not be absolutely pure but ADA ratings of 95 and 100

for Harman and Feinstein (respectively) qualifies them as "Democrats" i believe.

http://www.adaction.org/ADATodayVR2004.pdf

Granted, their support for the IWR still reeks big time!

[AntiCoup2K4]

9. ADA ratings don't mean shit anymore.

The fact that the worst of the DLC'ers always rate so highly is proof of that. Eleanor Roosevelt must be doing cartwheels somewhere...

[jefferson_dem]

12. Their independent usefulness is arguable.

This is not the place for a long-winded academic debate...but ADA #s do allow for comparisons of the relative purity of congressmembers against each other, at least.

Consider this --

The average rating for Dem Sens in 2004 was 89.6. Feinstein scored a perfect 100.
The average rating for Dem House members in 2004 was 85. Harman scored a 95.

For perspective, Breaux was a 80. Lieberman a 75. Bishop (GA) was a 55. Ford (TN) a 75.

[tishaLA]

10. Wow! That's really useful

but there must be something I'm not understanding about the methodology. Harman has the same rating as my congressman, Bacerra, who is ostensibly very liberal. And Feinstein's ranking is higher than BOxer's!

[mitchtv]

11. Money Talks

[jefferson_dem]

13. These index scores are typically calcuated using the most explanatory

roll call votes - that is, the ones that split the chamber roughly down the middle (Note the tallies in parentheses show relatively close counts). Thus a vote against the "party line" would indicate just enough disloyalty to be significant.

It appears that Feinstein voted correctly (i.e. the preferred ADA direction) on item #19 while Boxer did not. Feinstein supported barring US companies from doing business with nations that sponsored terrorism. She got that additional (+).

[jefferson_dem]

19. Yup. The wacky rw talking points were rolled out en masse.

Here's a rundown of the panel's consensus opinion (save Juan's minor moments of sanity) --

1. Delay and congressional corruption -- bipartisan problem and it will not be an election issue.

2. Wiretapping - another non-issue that noone cares about.

3. Alito - ABA ratings suggest easy confirmation.

[DainBramaged]

14. Gee wizz, Kenny Boy Mehlman is missing in action this week

Think he ran out of talking points?

[clarknyc]

15. Maybe he and Biden are grabbing brunch instead.

Or something...

[pstans]

16. Where's Joe Biden?

I thought Biden had a tent under Russert's desk that he slept in on the weekends? He isn't on this week?

[kerrygoddess]

17. It's all Pre-Alito Hearings stuff

Might be worth watching if you care about your civil rights and the balance of the Supreme Court. Rather important stuff I think.

[GrantDem]

20. More Dems than Repukes on FOX?????

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