Ticket's Sunday Talk Shows: McCain, Obama, B. Clinton

ABC This Week: Republican presidential candidate John McCain; round table with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Steve Pearlstein of the Washington Post, Robert Reich of the American Prospect and George Will of ABC News.

CBS Face the Nation: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

CNN Late Edition: President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan; New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, author of “Hot, Flat, and Crowded”; Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee; CNN senior political analysts Gloria Borger and Jeffrey Toobin and CNN national correspondent John King; Democratic strategists Hilary Rosen and Donna Brazile and Republican strategists Alex Castellanos and Leslie Sanchez.

Fox News Sunday: Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C./McCain supporter) and John Kerry (D-Mass./Obama supporter).

NBC Meet the Press: Former President Bill Clinton; senior campaign strategists Steve Schmidt (McCain) and David Axelrod (Obama); Senate debate series begins with the candidates for the U.S. Senate seat from Colorado, Democratic Rep. Mark Udall and Republican former Rep. Bob Schaffer.

-- Leslie Hoffecker

Photo credit: Associated Press

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Comments

[HyperGirl]

Will Sarah Palin's handlers ever let her out of the bunker to appear on a Sunday morning talkshow?

[larry clifton]

It's obvious that Clinton is out of favor with LA Times for not being an enthusiastic Obama supporter. The attched photo with this "story" is the ugliesr Clinton photo I've ever seen.
Clinton may throw his support behind McCain if the liberal media doesn't stop their lover affair with Obama. He misses being their darling and doesn't understand what happened.
McCain was more impressive than the flat, talky Obama. McCain wins!
http://americanpoliticalblog.wordpress.com/

[Chuck Ewe]

No, Sarah will never be allowed on the Sunday shows, if she can't handle Katie & Charlie in pre-recorded short interviews what's she going to be like for a full hour in front of someone whose sole job it is is to question political figures.

She'd be better off going on Fox and Friends where she can allow the questioners to provide the answers in their questions.

Palin, ready to fail from day one!

[duriseti]

It's obvious that Clinton is out of favor with LA Times for not being an enthusiastic Obama supporter. The attched photo with this "story" is the ugliesr Clinton photo I've ever seen.
Clinton may throw his support behind McCain if the liberal media doesn't stop their lover affair with Obama. He misses being their darling and doesn't understand what happened.
McCain was more impressive than the flat, talky Obama. McCain wins!
http://americanpoliticalblog.wordpress.com/

Posted by: larry clifton | September 27, 2008 at 12:46 PM
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It's a blog you buffoon. Blame the blogger if you like. Your comment is vapid, unsophisticated, and poorly written. Bill C. needs to get over himself and the lost opportunity for even more expensive speaking engagements. He knows he would never be anything more than a convenient tool for the modern GOP -- to be discarded once his usefulness has passed. A much more interesting move would be to start a 3rd party.

[Keith]

Can't wait for the Udall debate. Someone needs to ask him why he continues to vote against domestic oil exploration. There are no credible experts who legitimately believe that the U.S. can end our dependence on foreign oil without some domestic oil exploration. Instead of considering it as a possiblity, Udall is just towing the party line and continues to vote against every bill that might help us tap domestic oil. He must not have noticed the rising gase prices. I found this clip that describes his position perfectly. . .

http://www.friendsoftheuschamber.com/issues/index.cfm?ID=190

Udall needs to stop towing the party line and recognize the the U.S. needs a comprehensive solution to end our dependence on foreign oil.

[jane]

In the last night’s election event, Obama had a significant challenge of debating against a veteran politician, Senator John McCain. It is not uncommon for any one who has not been involved in national politics for a considerable amount of time in Washington to be considered naive. I am sure Governor Sarah Palin would go through the same thing when debating against Senator Biden. First let me say that I am an Independent voter and was leaning towards the McCain /Palin ticket in this election but after the last night’s debate, I am sorry to say that I am no longer. I found that McCain is a typical old-tradition politician who believes that anything fresh or introduced by any one else is wrong. Bob Dole had similar views when he run against Bill Clinton in 1996 but he lost.

While Obama was able to face McCain and present ideas or answering questions on point-by-point with well-crafted sentences, John McCain was in his daily express “wise-guy” bus. Instead of addressing the current issues and problems that face the country and the world, he was talking about Gen. Dwight Eisenhower during the Normandy invasion and lots of “I have experience and I know what's good for you”. Repeatedly he called Obama, a first-term senator, naive and didn't understand whatever foreign or domestic challenges that they were discussing about. John forgot that it was the listeners/voters who had the duty and responsibility to make such an assessment and not the candidates. The event looked Obama was debating his grandparent. He overly respecting McCain and strongly withheld himself from temptations of confronting him when he mis-characterized his record on Veterans with mambo-jumbo. This was possibly due to a potential fear that the public would rebuke him for criticizing a Vietnam War Hero. I think Obama needs to quickly consult Serena, the currently ranked number one female Tennis Player in the world. Serena could give one or two tips on how she has managed to marginalize her much stronger and powerful sister Venus in Grand slams Tennis competitions while maintaining a well balanced love and peace between the two of as well as within and outside her family. Based on Serena’s strategy, Obama needs to completely forget McCain’s heroic stature and think of as him as an average politician from Arizona. I expect to see the pit bull mom Governor Sarah Palin, to hold no bounds when debating Senator Joe Biden next week.

Routine nature of things, trials and errors as well ability to witness and learn from failures and successes of others tend to give a false sense of ego to old folks. It is not limited to McCain but wide spread. Although experience has proven that given the same amount of time or less and the same amount of exposure, a smart and well educated or grounded individual could be a better performer than the old guard. That is how things should be if would we would like to transform this nation to its next phase. Steadfast holding of old tactics and strategies into retirement age or does not render progress to any nation, organization or company. In order to prosper fresh ideas and energy are constantly required. If the old guards have done a good job in nurturing the young generation, they are to comfortable and ready to trust the handover leadership rather than competing for while they are past their retiring age. That is the picture I got from looking at the two candidates. I wished it was Mitt Romney or Huckabee debating against Obama.

If you carefully listen to a young person, take a good note of his/her thinking, vision, reasoning, formulation of strategies and answers to questions, you can definitely know whether the person would potentially be a super fine, average or below average. Having said that, I would like to suggest that each one of the currently uncommitted voters is to make an effort in listening to the three most recent interviews of Sarah Palin. Each one is entitled to make his or her own judgment regarding the readiness and potential abilities of Sarah being a heart beat away from Senator John McCain.

For the person who invented the blueberry, the stagnant mind of McCain disappointed me. In addition his demeanor and temperament leaves much to be desired. Condescending is not the quality that I expect in any national leader. What about forgetting the new thinking and advice of Dr. Kissinger that our leaders need to have dialogue with our adversaries? Unfortunately, McCain has surpassed the threshold of undesirable values that I had set for the two candidates prior to the debate. In my simple opinion, Barack Obama won the debate and, therefore, he has earned my vote!

[steve]

What McCain is not getting is that Americans, Main St, is more scared of losing their dreams, more concerned about our families, more afraid of not being able to meet our basic needs of health care, paying our bills, etc, than we are of the terrorists.

In other words, American people have a lower opinion of the people in power, corporate America who steals from the poor to give to the rich and politicians who ignores our needs than we are of the terrorists an ocean away.

At least we expect the terrorists to try to crush the American dream, but for our own representatives to do so is ten times more frightening.

[Brett]

Anyone else realize that the honorable, country first, John McC was so concerned with hammering out a deal for the financial crisis that he did not even return to congress to continue to help AFTER the debate? I guess caring and actually being in D.C. for two days was enough for him.

[stan pierce]

I hear Senator McCain about having a victory in Iraq and wonder why he thinks that is so important and the price he would ask out troops to pay for this victory.

1. McCain sacrificed much in Vietnam hoping it would contribute in some way to a victory. It didn't. It seems like he is still looking for that victory, now in Iraq.

2. I would like to be able to ask Senator McCain how many more troops he would be willing to see killed and how many seriously injured to accomplish his "victory".

3. And I wonder how wives, children, mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters of troops in Iraq would be willing to sacrifice for victory?

[MD for McCain]

McCain has the Foreign Policy Knowledge and experience with his accounts of his worldly travel and military knowledge that is far superior to Obama's text book knowledge. "Actions speak louder than Words" and Obama is just a lot of hot air and thinks more money will solve the problem. Washington DC spends more per student than VA and MD, yet Washington DC has the lowest scores. Accountability and parent participation is what improves Education, not more money.

[Democrats 08]

What Democrats and Independents still out there on the fence need to understand is, even if Hillary was your choice, like she was mine, or you are older or white and just can''t feel cozy about Obama this race, this election, this country is not about Obama. It is about all of us and when you compare values and really look at who you are about to vote for or not vote for, Obama is the clear choice if you really want to see our country prosper and grow once again. Some of you may be lucky enough to have jobs, retirement or investments to fall back on, but millions of your fellow Americans don''t after what Bush and the Republicans have done to the USA. Do the right thing, not because you love Obama, but because you love America. Obama gives us a much better chance at survival in these impossible times for so many Americans. Don''t forget Biden either, there is no way no how Biden will allow the corruption, greed and ignorance we have seen in DC continue and he is a seasoned expert on foreign affairs. The Democratic ticket is a good one this election, don''t be on the wrong side of history and miss the chance to say you voted for the right team.

Obama / Biden

[dan]

What happened? Did the Joe Biden comedy hour get canceled? I so look forward to it all week long. I guess Obama finally found a muzzle big enough to fit him.

I suspect Obama will keep Biden under wraps until after the VP debate. I mean after all, with Biden out pacing Palin on stupid remarks at a rate of 3:1...it's probably the prudent political choice.

[J Morcillas]

An observation:

It is amazing how each side points out the faults and strengths of each of the candidates engaged in this tussle for the highest office in the land. But the more I read and hear, the more this race seems to boil down to who do I like better and what can I get from them. Again this is just an observation.

My father would vote for the candidate the was better qualified for the job at hand rather than along party lines or emotional response. He and and I had many disagreements but we still considered it the an individual choice and we respected each others opinions and choices. My father and I never ever resorted to name calling which seems to have become the dialog of choice in this election cycle.

Me thinks we should refrain from angry language and engage in a more civil debate.

[Greg]

Election 2008-final chapter to the Civil War or the War Between the States. When you seriously take a look at the battle fronts for the highest national post, you can see similarities of pre- civil war conditions of the 1800's.
Enomomy? People argue that the civil war was not all about freeing the slaves. I agree. It was more about a division in ideology. Slave labor vs hired labor. Making money with least amount of expense. In comparison, the slave is the employee of today; the CEO-the master. When you work all your life and struggle to keep a home, provide education for your children or put food on the table, seems like slave labor to me. The CEO's and their well paid slave drivers make more in a week than the average worker does in a year or more. The liberals are the liberators and the conservatives support more of the same.
Notice who are backing which candidates. I would say that members of the kkk are not supporting the dems. Nor the civil rights, NAACP members backing the reps.
We would be naive to say that race is not a factor. White or black, there are going to be those who are going to vote racial lines. White or black, some are going to vote on the party the personally benefit or support their personal values morally, economically, sexually, or etc.
Whithout the support of of the white people, abolitionist, christian churches, whome saw the ills of slavery, unfair labor, and basic human rights, slavery would have continued much longer. Remember your history. Blacks and whites fought on both sides of the Civil War. I'm thankful for the outcome. Today, white and blacks are on both sides. Don't let this election be about black and white. Make sure that you are voting for what's best for the nation. President Lincoln said that freeing the slaves would be what is best for the nation. To him it was about the counry not the slaves. Thank you white people and all people who value human dignity. Are you a Blue State or a Red State. GOD BLESS AMERICA.