Sunday Talk - Cooking With Fire

Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor testified before the Senate Judiciary Commitee this week, where she proved herself to be a Wise Latina.

Many of the White Male Republicans on the Committee, however, did not fare so well.

Some would blame this on affirmative action.

But they're probably smoking crack.

Morning lineup:

Meet the Press: Secretary of Health & Human Services Kathleen Sebelius; Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY); Roundtable: Paul Gigot (The Wall Street Journal), John Harwood (CNBC/The New York Times), Micvhele Norris (NPR) and Author Richard Wolffe ("Renegade: The Making of a President").

Face the Nation: Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT); Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY); RNC Chairman Michael Steele.

This Week: Preempted by British Open coverage.

Fox News Sunday: White House Budget Director Peter Orszag; Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH); Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin; Chief White House Photographer Pete Souza; Roundtable: Bill Kristol (The Weekly Standard), Mara Liasson (NPR), Charles Krauthammer (The Washington Post) and Juan Williams (Fox News).

State of the Union: Peter Orszag; Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT); Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL); Reverend Jesse Jackson; Reliable Sources: Terry Moran (ABC News); Dahlia Litwick (Slate); Jim Geraghty (The National Review); Soledad O'Brien (CNN).

The Chris Matthews Show: Clarence Page (The Chicago Tribune); Kathleen Parker (The Washington Post); David Brooks (The New York Times); Kelly O'Donnell (NBC News).

Fareed Zakaria GPS: Rwandan President Paul Kagame: Author David Kilcullen ("The Accidental Guerrilla"); Author Andrew Bacevich ("The Limits of Power").

Primetime viewing:

60 Minutes will be preempted by a special restrospective, That's The Way It Was: Remembering Walter Cronkite, airing at 7 pm EST.

The National Geographic Channel will premiere Naked Science: Living On The Moon – providing viewers with an inside look at NASA's Constellation program, which aims to establish a human outpost on the Moon by 2020 – at 9 pm EST.

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On Comedy Central...

Jon Stewart looked at some of the comments anonymously posted on the internets that Sonia Sotomayor's chief tormenter, Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC), might someday have to respond to.

The Daily Show

Monday: NBC Nightly News Anchor Brian Williams

Tuesday: Energy Secretary Steven Chu

Wednesday: Actor Kevin Nealon ("Weeds")

Thursday: To Be Announced

Note: The Daily Show received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations — Outstanding Series, Outstanding Writing, Outstanding Directing, and two nods for Outstanding Picture Editing. In addition, The Daily Show Correspondents on Jon Stewart was nominated for Outstanding Short-Form Live Action Entertainment Program.

Meanwhile, Stephen Colbert tried to make it onto Keith Olbermann's "Worst Person in the World" list.

The Colbert Report

Monday: Former NBA University of Maryland Emeritus Professor of Physics Bob Park

Tuesday: Director of Indiana University School of Medicine's Center for Health Policy and Professionalism Research Aaron Carroll

Wednesday: Author Chris Anderson ("Free")

Thursday: Author Zev Chafets ("Cooperstown Confidential")

Note: The Colbert Report received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations — Outstanding Series, Outstanding Writing and Outstanding Directing. A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All! received another three nominations — Outstanding Art Direction, Outstanding Picture Editing and Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics.

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Elsewhere on the comedy circuit...

Tina Fey was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series" for her portrayal of the soon-to-be former Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, on Saturday Night Live during last year's Presidential campaign.

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Tina is certainly deserving of the nomination, but the truth is, the material practically writes itself.

The Alaska governor, who is set to resign her post at the end of this month, took to the social networking site Twitter Friday to proclaim she's looking forward to being a little less restrained.

"10 dys til less politically correct twitters fly frm my fingertps outside State site," Palin declared.

No doubt she'll reserve some of her toughest tweets for the librulz at the Wall Street Journal op-ed page, where the following was published:

To become a symbol of this stature Ms. Palin has had to do the opposite of most public figures. Where others learn to take hostility in stride, she and her fans have developed the thinnest of skins. They find offense in the most harmless remarks and diabolical calculation in the inflections of the anchorman's voice. They take insults out of context to make them seem even more insulting. They pay close attention to voices that are ordinarily ignored, relishing every blogger's sneer, every celebrity's slight, every crazy Internet rumor.

This has been Ms. Palin's assigned role ever since she stepped on the national stage last summer. Indeed, she has stuck to it so unswervingly that one suspects it was settled on even before she was picked for the VP slot, that it was imposed on her by a roomful of GOP image consultants: Ms. Palin was to be the candidate on a cross.

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And while Sarah is preparing to fry some fish, Michael Steele is busy serving up his own food for thought.

Last weekend, in a sit-down with bloggers during the Young Republicans convention in Indiana, RNC Chairman Michael Steele revealed his strategy for attracting diverse Republicans.

Cameron Cowan of The Mile Hive, a Denver blog, asked Steele what his plan is for including "diverse populations" into the Republican party.

"My plan is to say, 'Ya'll come!" Steele said, adding, "I got the fried chicken and potato salad!"

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Bon appétit!

- Trix