Sunday Talk Shows Open Thread

It's the Democratic Convention edition of the Sunday shows.

For what seems like the first time ever, the shows are crawling with prominent Democrats. From what I'm reading, there is only one Republican on all the shows combined. That would be the one-time inevitable GOP nominee: Rudy Giuliani. (He is giving keynote next week at the GOP convention.) And can you imagine how gross next Sunday's GOP equivalent of this pre-convention week preview will be?

The Obama campaign got off to a good start with the Biden announcement yesterday. Let's see how the key consultants and surrogates keep the momentum going today on the talk shows.

Here's the lineup:

ABC's "This Week" — David Axelrod, Obama campaign senior adviser; former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

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CBS' "Face the Nation" — Govs. Kathleen Sebelius, D-Kan., and Ed Rendell, D-Pa.; Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill.

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NBC's "Meet the Press" — Caroline Kennedy, co-chair, Obama's vice presidential search committee; House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

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CNN's "Late Edition" — Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa.; Gov. Janet Napolitano, D-Ariz.; Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I.; Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C.; Terry McAuliffe, Clinton campaign chairman.

"Fox News Sunday" _ Govs. Tim Kaine, D-Va., and Bill Ritter, D-Colo.; Robert Gibbs, Obama campaign spokesman.

This is the start of the Democratic convention t.v. show. The Republicans get theirs next week. A political convention is like a mini-series with a dramatic ending on Thursday night. All of the folks on today's talk shows have starring roles in the show (but none are the true stars.) That's the thing about conventions in general. There are a lot of VSIPs (very self-important people) in Denver right now -- as there will be in Minneapolis St. Paul next week. But, unless you're speaking on the big stage on Thursday night, you're basically an extra.



So, if you're watching, provide the commentary, please.