Sunday morning: Can't-miss Hillary TV
If guessing three winners in three races at the horse track is called a trifecta, what do you call Hillary Clinton's scheduled near-sweep of the Sunday news shows? We count five separate appearances. Would that be a quinfecta, then?
So far, Clinton's set to appear on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" on ABC, "Meet the Press with Tim Russert" on NBC, "Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer" on CBS, "Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer" on CNN and "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace. It's the last show that has the most potential, frankly. It comes almost a year to the day after Wallace had a not-so-warm-and-fuzzy moment with Bill Clinton when asking about the former president's efforts to neutralize Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda.
Hillary Clinton's appearances are all playing off her healthcare plan announcement this week, which gives it a news peg. Still, it's quite a scheduling coup.
-- Scott Martelle
Don Frederick has served as an editor helping guide coverage of every presidential election since 1984. He is a third-generation Washingtonian, so watching the political world comes naturally to him.
Andrew Malcolm's immigrant parents repeatedly stressed the importance of active participation in a democracy. Early lessons included learning the alphabetical list of states by watching televised roll calls of national political conventions. That childhood exposure led to a lifelong fascination with politics, including 40-plus years of covering them and a brief stint practicing them as press secretary to Laura Bush in 1999-2000.
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ILL WATCH HILLARY FOR SURE- I LIKE HER VERY MUCH- NO MORE MESSY REPUBLICAN MANILPULATIVE PARTY PLS.
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Posted by: REAROSE | September 22, 2007 at 10:59 AM
It is working for Hillary Clinton though.
She has moved up the polls continually since May and now is a dead cert to win the nomination.
Posted by: Sue Law | September 23, 2007 at 04:16 AM
I was forwarned so I read rather than listen to Hillary. As a democrat I cannot stand her.
I cannot imagine listening to her everyday for 4 years. And her agenda is just too neocon for me.
I wonder if she would be even a thought in the primaries if she ran as herself and not traded on her husband's resume. But, we know the answer to that. Hillary is average senator who never did much of note while serving and has not distiguished herself as a leader or much of a legislator and has proven bad judgment.
Not thanks.
I'll take Sen. Obama, who has very good judgment, an impressive record in the US and State senate, has shown leadership ability and has the temperment and intellect to move this country in a better direction.
Afterall, Clinton is part of the sorry past 20 years that has driven this country into the ground. We don't need more of the same to fix things.
We need new blood and new ideas and new leadership to turn things around.
Posted by: vwcat | September 24, 2007 at 05:36 AM