Sunday Talk Shows Open Thread

Good morning.

There are lots of Senators on the Sunday shows today. Lots of them. But, there are two guests who will garner a lot of attention: David Axelrod, who appears on "Meet" and FOX and President McCain, who is also appearing on "Meet." I suspect President McCain will establish the conditions under which he'll allow the Defense bill to pass and indicate what he's going to do on Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Funny how McCain lost the election, yet controls so much policy. I guess that's because no one stands up to him. From Axelrod, I have no idea what we can expect. Perhaps one day, the White House communications team will develop a coherent message on something. Until then, President McCain dictates. (Maybe David Gregory could ask McCain how he managed to orchestrate Cindy McCain's flip-flop on DADT this week. But, that might mean Gregory would irritate McCain and no one in the traditional media would ever do that these days.)

The full lineup, which is particularly painful today (painful as in Gingrich, Greenspan, Lindsey G., Heath Shuler and Rand Paul, among others) can be viewed here.