Sunday Talk - We Got Spirit, Yes We Do!

Much to the shock and dismay of the America-hating left, Chicago was eliminated in the first round of IOC voting.

Much to the joy and delight of the America-loving right, Chicago was eliminated in the first round of IOC voting.

If the IOC's decision were viewed in the context of a sporting event, clearly the GOP would be seen as the winner. Which would make America the loser.

Morning lineup:

Meet the Press: U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice; Roundtable: David Brooks (The New York Times), E.J. Dionne (The Washington Post), Rachel Maddow (MSNBC) and Republican Strategist Mike Murphy.

Face the Nation: National Security Adviser Gen. James Jones; Sen. Car Levin (D-MI); Former CENTCOM Commander Gen. Anthoiny Zinni; Rep. Ike Skelton (D-MO).

This Week: Former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan; Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY); Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX); Roundtable: Republican Strategist Matthew Dowd, Katrina Vanden Huevel (The Nation), Cokie Roberts (ABC News) and George Will (The Washington Post).

Fox News Sunday: Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN); Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC); Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA); Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA); Roundtable: Brit Hume (Fox News), Mara Liasson (NPR), Bill Kristol (The Weekly Standard) and Juan Williams (Fox News).

State of the Union: National Security Adviser Gen. James Jones; Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA); Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ); Democratic Strategist James Carville; Republican Strategist Mary Matalin; Reliable Sources: Amy Argetsinger (The Washington Post); Lisa Bloom (CNN); Ben Mankiewicz (TCM); Amanda Carpenter (The Washington Times); Byron Pitts (CBS News); Joan Walsh (Salon.com).

The Chris Matthews Show: Bob Woodward (The Washington Post); Katty Kay (BBC); Elisabeth Bumiller (The New York Times); Howard Fineman (Newsweek).

Fareed Zakaria GPS: Author Richard Goldstone; Author Timothy Garton Ash; Roger Cohen (The New York Times); Reuel Marc Gerecht (Foundation for Defense of Democracies); Columbian President Alvaro Uribe.

Primetime viewing:

60 Minutes will feature: an interview with "mini-Madoff" Ponzi schemer Marc Dreier (preview); a report on the dangers of coal ash (preview); and, a report from Kenya on the great wildebeest migration, and the threats posed to it (preview).

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In fake news...

Jon Stewart – who, it could be argued, bears some responsibility for the current state of cable news – looked at all the super things Congressional Democrats are doing with their majority.

The Daily Show

Monday: Author/Humorist Sarah Vowell

Tuesday: Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus

Wednesday: Author/Inventor William Kamkwamba ("The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind")

Thursday: "Meet the Press" Host David Gregory

And Stephen Colbert examined the very special relationship between lawmakers and lobbyists.

The Colbert Report

Monday: Secretary of Education Arne Duncan

Tuesday: Rock Band The Mountain Goats

Wednesday: Author Alison Gopnik ("The Philosophical Baby")

Thursday: Author Colin Beaven ("No Impact Man")

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In real news...

Sarah Palin may be enjoying great success as the subject of a ghostwritten comic book, but that success reportedly isn't carrying over into the lucrative world of speechifying.

Palin's bookers are said to be asking for $100,000 per speech, but an industry expert tells Page Six: "The big lecture buyers in the US are paralyzed with fear about booking her, basically because they think she is a blithering idiot." [...]

"Palin is so uninteresting to so many groups -- unless they are interested in moose hunting," said our insider. "What does she have to say? She can't even describe what she reads."

Meanwhile...

Both heads of the Palin household are now without a job. Todd Palin, the husband of former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has quit his oil field job on the North Slope a few months after she resigned as governor of Alaska. [...]

Sarah Palin's spokeswoman Meghan Stapleton said Todd hopes to return to his union job and for now is spending time with his family.

Levi Johnston, the father of Bristol Palin’s baby Trip, exclusively told RadarOnline.com that Sarah resigned from her position as Governor because of the martial problems she and Todd were having.

And, finally...

That famous infighting of the core McCain campaign versus Sarah Palin is still continuing, with former McCain campaign manager Steve Schmidt openly saying at the Atlantic's "First Draft of History" symposium that it would be "catastrophic" if Palin were to win the Republican nomination in 2012.

Schmidt said: "I think that she has talents, but you know, my honest view is that she would not be a winning candidate for the Republican Party in 2012, and in fact, were she to be the nominee, we could have a catastrophic election result."

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Bring it on!

- Trix