We haven’t had one of these in a while. Damnit, we keep saying we are going to have an open thread once a day, and by God, I am going to schedule 50 of them right now over the next week. Ok… coffee kicking in… calming down…. ahhhh.
Cheers to Rep. Tom Kovach (R) for attending our very successful Miles for Melanoma event yesterday at Twin Lakes Brewing in Greenville. Fighting cancer is a nonpartisan and bipartisan endeavor, and I am glad Mr. Kovach took time out of his day to show his support. And mega cheers to our friend Joanne Christian, who, with her husband and son, worked their buts off to make the event a success. To all who could not make it, you missed some good music, good food and good beer, all for a good cause.
Your Sunday Morning talk lineup:
Meet the Press: Former House Majority Leader/Chair of Freedom Works Dick Armey (R-TX); Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK); Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD); Rachel Maddow (MSNBC); Roundtable: Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY), Executive Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce Bruce Josten and Colorado Gov. Bill Owens (D).
Face the Nation: White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs; Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE); Former Rep. Lee Hamilton (D-IN); Presidential Historian Douglas Brinkley.
This Week: Secretary of Health & Human Services Kathleen Sebelius; Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA); Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT); Roundtable Republican Strategist Ed Gillespie, Democratic Strategist Donna Brazile, Ron Brownstein (The National Journal) and Anne Kornblut (The Washington Post).
Fox News Sunday: Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND); Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL); President of the American Medical Association J. James Rohack, MD; Executive Vice President for Policy and Strategy at AARP John Rother; Opera Singer Denyce Graves; Roundtable: Bill Sammon (Fox News), A.B. Stoddard (The Hill), Syndicated Columnist Charles Krauthammer and Ceci Connolly (The Washington Post).
State of the Union: Kathleen Sebelius; Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY); Rep. Tom Price (R-GA); Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX); Democratic Strategist James Carville; Republican Strategist Mary Matalin; Reliable Sources: Jeff Zeleny (The New York Times); Conservative Commentator Amy Holmes; Ruth Marcus (The Washington Post); Pop Culture Analyst Lola Ogunnaike; David Zurawik (The Baltimore Sun).
The Chris Matthews Show: Rick Stengel (TIME); Trish Regan (CNBC); John Heilemann (New York magazine); Kathleen Parker (The Washington Post).
Fareed Zakaria GPS: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; Israel’s Amabassador to the U.S. Michael Oren; Prime Minister of Kenya Raila Odinga.
60 Minutes will feature: the first interview with former/future NFL quarterback Michael Vick since he admitted to participating in illegal dog fighting; a report on the U.S. military’s increasing use of unmanned aerial drones; and, an interview with British rock group Coldplay.