Sunday Talk Shows Open Thread

After the big speech, the budget and the announcement about withdrawing from Iraq, there is no shortage of subjects for the shows today.

There are a couple of Repubs. showing up and it would be good, very good, if one of the hosts, like George S., asked Eric Cantor, how the GOP became the party of Rush "I want him to fail" Limbaugh. Republicans don't get the concept that we are in a crisis and if Obama fails, the country fails. Real people seem to sense that. Rush's sweaty, ranting CPAC speech, which was mostly a paean to himself, really did put him in the category of ranting lunatic party leaders like Kim Jong-Il.

Here's the lineup:

ABC's "This Week" — Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag; House Republican Whip Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va.

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CBS' "Face the Nation" — White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.

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NBC's "Meet the Press" — Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.

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CNN's "State of the Union" — Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen.


"Fox News Sunday" _ Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen; Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., and Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis.

Couple people asked if we could include the guests on Fareed Zakaria's show, which it isn't included in the AP wrap-up. Here's his preview:

On GPS this week: What is the difference between fundamental Islam and radical Islam? Four experts argue over whether there's a distinction between those who want Islamic law and those who want to kill us. Also, the prime minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, says we'll never defeat the insurgency in Afghanistan. Finally, The Financial Times' Martin Wolf paints a frightening picture of how bad the economic downturn really is.

Yeah, those last two guests sound pretty intense.