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(41,505 posts) Sat Mar 3, 2012, 11:36 PM Mar 2012

Sunday Talk Shows

Meet The Press
Newt Gingrich, trying to regain his footing in the race, is looking to the South to salvage his campaign on the biggest day yet of the Republican nomination. He’ll join us to talk about his campaign and strategy in the final 48 hours before Super Tuesday. Can he pull off a win in Georgia, his home state, and will it be enough for him to continue in the hunt for the nomination?

The president is coming under attack from his Republican rivals who are blaming him for rising gas prices and a stagnant economic recovery. DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz will join is exclusively to respond to those charges and to lay out the case for why President Obama deserves another term.

While Republicans continue their search for the candidate they think is best suited to take on President Obama, the battle over how to recharge the economic recovery continues in Washington. The Republican leader in the House, Rep. Eric Cantor will join us exclusively to talk about the GOP plan to get America back to work and will he lend his support to a candidate in advance of Virginia's Tuesday primary?

A look ahead to Super Tuesday: What to expect and with over 400 delegate at stake, will Tuesday finally provide some clarity as to who will become the eventual GOP nominee? Our roundtable weighs in on the latest developments in Decision 2012. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, GOP strategist Mike Murphy, Time Magazine’s Mark Halperin, and NBC’s Savannah Guthrie

ABC This Week- Sunday on "This Week, Newt Gingrich and David Axelrod
As Mitt Romney survives a scare in Michigan, the GOP presidential race barrels forward to Super Tuesday. Republican contender Newt Gingrich joins George Stephanopoulos to talk about his must-win week and whether he can break back into contention for the GOP nomination.

With 437 delegates at stake across 10 states, will Gingrich secure his home state of Georgia, and pick up any other Super Tuesday wins to sustain his march to the convention? And can he win outside of the South? See Newt Gingrich, Sunday on "This Week."

Plus, Obama campaign senior adviser David Axelrod speaks with George Stephanopoulos about the outlook for the general election. Will the long GOP primary battle leave a weakened Republican nominee, or will high gas prices and turmoil overseas derail President Obama's re-election hopes?

Then, our powerhouse roundtable with ABC's Christiane Amanpour and George Will, political strategist and ABC News contributor Donna Brazile, political strategist and ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd, Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan, former Vermont Governor and founder of Democracy for America Howard Dean, and The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg debate all the week's politics

Can Mitt Romney translate his Arizona and Michigan wins into success on Super Tuesday, or will Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich block his path to the nomination again? What does Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe's retirement signal about dysfunction in Congress? And Jeffrey Goldberg asks President Obama how far the United States is willing to go to prevent Iran from producing a nuclear weapon.

CBS Face The Nation -Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul
Roundtable, CBS News Political Director John Dickerson, CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Norah O'Donnell, and The Washington Post's Michael Gerson break down the race for the Republican nomination

Fox News Sunday- Super Tuesday: GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum. Foreign policy; Afghanistan; Iran: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.); Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.). Georgetown Basketball Coach John Thompson III.

CNN State of The Union - Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul
A lot is riding on the Super Tuesday results for the presidential candidates. Candy sits down with two of them this Sunday.

First, Newt Gingrich. He says his home state of Georgia is a must-win to ensure the credibility of his campaign. Will he pull it off, and if not, will his candidacy continue?

Then, Ron Paul joins us from one of the Super Tuesday states-Alaska. He’s the only GOP presidential candidate to visit the state known as “The Last Frontier.” Will it bring him his first win in the race to the White House?

The White House isn’t the only thing up for grabs in 2012, so is control of the House and Senate. Have recent retirements dashed the hopes of Republicans to take over control of the Senate? CNN Senior Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash and CNN Senior Political Analyst Ron Brownstein join us for their analysis.

And State of the Union will be covering President Obama’s AIPAC speech in-depth. We get a preview in the 9am ET hour with former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk and former Under Secretary of State Nick Burns. We’ll bring you President Obama’s AIPAC speech in its entirety in the 11am hour. And we’ll get post-speech analysis in the 12pm ET hour with Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Maryland).

Fareed Zakaria GPS- On GPS this week, will Israel strike Iran? I speak to an Israeli journalist with access to the highest echelons of power: Ronen Bergman of Yedioth Ahronoth, Israel's top-selling daily.

Also, looking ahead to Super Tuesday: TIME's Joe Klein, Katrina vanden Heuvel of The Nation, Chrystia Freeland, and Reihan Salam weigh in on the GOP candidates.

Also on GPS, where will the next financial crash come from? Hint: it's not Europe, and it's not the U.S.

All that and much more. Here are three excerpts from Ronen Bergman:

http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/02/watch-gps-will-israel-strike-iran/

The Chris Matthews Show -Obama vs. Romney; Rush Limbaugh's influence: Bob Woodward, the Washington Post; Becky Quick, CNBC; Kathleen Parker, Washington Post; Major Garrett, National Journal.

C-SPAN's "Newsmakers," -House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon

Bloomberg TV’s “Political Capital”- Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine

Reliable Sources- Romney's primary victories; prospect of a brokered convention: Julie Mason; David Frum; Dana Milbank. Breitbart's legacy; James Murdoch resignation: Jeff Jarvis

CBS 60 Minutes

Stuxnet -Fmr. CIA head Gen. Mike Hayden, calls Stuxnet virus "good idea"

The sophisticated computer worm that sabotaged Iran's nuclear program is now out there, its idea and methods exposed to terrorists or rogue nations who could use them to create their own cyberweapon.

The Archbishop of Dublin -The sex abuse crisis in the Irish Catholic Church has rocked one of the most Catholic countries in the world and turned the archbishop of Dublin into an outspoken critic of the church. Bob Simon reports.

Redshirting -Morley Safer reports on the rising incidence of "redshirting," holding back children from school who have late birthdays so they can be the oldest instead of the youngest in their class. Deirdre Naphin is the producer.

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

Up w/Chris Hayes- Saturdays and Sundays from 8:00 – 10:00 a.m. ET.

Joining us Sunday at 8AM ET on MSNBC:

Rev. Al Sharpton (@thereval), host of MSNBC's "Politics Nation" and founder of the National Action Network.

Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) (@repcohen), represents Tennessee's 9th district in the Memphis area.

Michelle Bernard (@michellebernard), MSNBC political analyst and founder, president, and CEO of Bernard Center for Women, Politics and Public Policy.

Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor), MSNBC contributor.

Michael Castle, former governor and congressional representative (R-DE).

John McWhorter, Columbia University professor of linguistic and American studies and contributing editor at New Republic and TheRoot.com.

C-Span's Washington Journal

7:45am- Andrew Baumann, Democratic Stategist and Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, Vice President and Ed Goeas, Republican Stategist and The Tarrance Group, President & CEO

Topic: What to look for in next Tuesday’s March 6 Super Tuesday contests; the state of the GOP primary race and the candidates’ political standings; what swing states to watch in this year’s General Election; this year’s issue environment, including jobs, the economy, debt and foreign policy; President Obama’s political standing, and the role he may play in down-ballot elections this November. Our conversation will also include both parties’ political and legislative agendas, and their strengths and weaknesses; an overview of Senate and House elections; and other related topics.

8:00am - Darrel Rowland (on the phone), Columbus Dispatch, Political Reporter

8:30am - Randy Krehble (on the phone), Tulsa World, Political Reporter and Michael Cass (on the phone), The Tennessean, Staff Writer

9:00am - Kathy Lally (on the phone), Washington Post, Moscow Bureau Chief

Topic: A discussion on the Russian elections being held today.

9:00am - David Makovsky, Washington Inst. for Near East Policy, Project on Middle East Peace Director

Topic: Pres. Obama will speak later today to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference in Washington, DC. On Monday, the President will meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. Our guest joins us with a preview of what we can expect to hear from President Obama later today, as well as when he meets with Prime Minister Netanyahu on Monday.

9:30am - Newt Gingrich, Presidential Candidate (R)

Topic: A discussion on the race so far & Gingrich’s strategy going forward.