I'm not saying that Rafalca Romney's failure to win a medal in the Olympics has put her life in danger; I'm just pointing out that Mitt's investments which underperform don't have a very good track record of survival.
I'm also not saying any of the following things:
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Morning lineup:
Meet the Press: RNC Chairman Reince Priebus; Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R); Obama Campaign Senior Adviser David Axelrod; Roundtable: Rachel Maddow (MSNBC), Chuck Todd (NBC News), Rich Lowry (National Review), Dan Balz (Washington Post) and Radio Talk Show Host Bill Bennett.
Face the Nation: Obama Deputy Campaign Manager Stephanie Cutter; Romney Campaign Senior Adviser Eric Fehrnstrom; Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R); Roundtable: Ruth Marcus (Washington Post), David Frum (Newsweek/Daily Beast), Michael Gerson (Washington Post), Roger Simon (Politico) and Democratic Strategist Bob Shrum.
This Week: Obama Campaign Senior Adviser David Axelrod; Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R); Roundtable: Cokie Roberts (ABC News), Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, Paul Gigot (Wall Street Journal), California Lieutenant Gov. Gavin Newsom and Peggy Noonan (Wall Street Journal).
Fox News Sunday: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ); DNC Chair/Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL); Roundtable: Former Huckabee Campaign Manager Chip Saltsman, Erin McPike (Real Clear Politics), Sociopath Liz Cheney and David Drucker (Roll Call).
State of the Union: Sen. John Thune (R-SD); Obama Campaign Senior Adviser David Axelrod; Romney Campaign Senior Adviser Ed Gillespie; Reliable Sources: Stephanie Miller (Current TV); Republican Strategist Dan Schnur; Robin Abcarian (Los Angeles Times); Ben Smith (BuzzFeed); Terence Smith (Formerly of PBS); Christine Brennan (USA Today).
The Chris Matthews Show: Michael Duffy (TIME); Andrea Mitchell (NBC News); Howard Fineman (Huffington Post); Kasie Hunt (Associated Press).
Up with Chris Hayes: TBD.
Evening lineup:
60 Minutes will feature: a report on a program designed to help the long-term unemployed back into the workplace (preview); a report on the scientists behind the real and artificial flavors that make foods and beverages so tasty (preview); and, a report on the Congo's Kimbanguist Symphony Orchestra—the only symphony orchestra in Central Africa and the only all-black one in the world (preview).
On Comedy Central...
Jon Stewart examined Republican efforts to combat the non-existent problem of voter fraud.
The Daily Show
Monday: Actor Robert Pattinson
Tuesday: TBA
Wednesday: Brian Williams (NBC News)
Thursday: Actor Rob Corddry
And Stephen Colbert celebrated the successful landing of Curiosity on the surface of Mars.
The Colbert Report
Monday: Musical Group Fun.
Tuesday: Musical Group Grizzly Bear
Wednesday: Musician Santigold
Thursday: Musical Group The Flaming Lips
Elsewhere...
Former Sen. Fred Thompson equated demands for Mitt Romney's tax returns with porn addiction. Or something.
These tax-return demands are just one of the ways politics gives us an excuse for doing what we could not otherwise get away with.
An adult watching movies every day during daylight hours would be frowned upon (unless he were a movie critic). A middle-aged man poring over reams of pornographic material would be ostracized (unless he were a judge hearing a case about that subject matter). But a political race allows us, as "concerned citizens," to consume information about what a candidate did with his lunch money in junior high, as well as whom his wife dated when she was a teenager.
As far as perennial guilty political pleasures go, none has achieved a greater and more predictable status than reviewing the tax return.
Can Fred have a
round of applause for that?
Meanwhile...
Jim Roddey, Chairman of the Allegheny County, PA Republican Party, failed to heed Robert Downey Jr's advice.
"There was a disappointment tonight. I was very embarrassed," Roddey told the crowd, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "I was in this parking lot and there was a man looking for a space to park, and I found a space for him. And I felt badly -- he looked like he was sort of in distress. And I said, 'Sir, here's a place.' And he said, 'That's a handicapped space.' I said, 'Oh, I'm so sorry, I saw that Obama sticker and I thought you were mentally retarded.'"
And, in other news...
Evil genius Steve King unveiled his brilliant plan to make it like Barack Obama was never president.
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), an outspoken critic of just about everything President Obama supports, is considering introducing a bill that would repeal everything Obama has signed into law.
King put forward this suggestion to an Iowa audience on Tuesday, when he also reiterated his threat to sue the Obama administration for its June decision not to deport younger illegal immigrants.
Them's fighting words!
- Trix