Sunday Talk Shows Open Thread

With Petraeus testifying on the Hill this week, Iraq gets some attention on the shows. Jim Webb debates Lindsey Graham on ABC. Webb has been an ardent foe of the war and probably the strongest advocate for the troops in Congress. Graham is a toady who parrots the Bush/McCain talking points. McCain brings his pro-war, pro-Bush sideshow to GOP TV, but John Kerry is there to rebut him (and should remind all those hard core FOX watchers that McCain almost jumped off the GOP ship a couple times not too long ago.)

On the partisan political front, Howard Dean makes a couple of appearances. This weekend, the inevitable Democratic nominee appeared before huge crowds in North Dakota and Montana. Further proof that is why Dean was always right about the 50-state strategy. With two weeks and two days til the PA primary, Russert has Rendell and Casey.

The full lineup is after the break.

ABC's "This Week" — Sens. Jim Webb, D-Va., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean.

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CBS' "Face the Nation" — Howard Dean.

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NBC's "Meet the Press" — Sen. Bob Casey Jr., D-Pa.; Gov. Ed Rendell, D-Pa.; Michael Eric Dyson, author of a book on Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. ; Andrew Young, former Atlanta mayor and an aide to King during the civil rights movement.

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CNN's "Late Edition" — Martin Luther King III; Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa.; Catholic University President David O'Connell; Sens. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and John Cornyn, R-Texas; Robert Reich, former labor secretary; Douglas Holtz-Eakin, adviser for John McCain's presidential campaign.

"Fox News Sunday" _ Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and John Kerry, D-Mass.; Joe Urschel, executive director of the Newseum media museum.