Seemingly every single day, the Republican presidential field (aka, the clown car) grows more and more crowded—and the more crowded that it gets, the harder that some of the lesser candidates have to work for attention.
For those who aren't lucky enough to be a Bush; or corrupt enough to warrant federal investigation(s); or hip enough to have a trademark style; or bankable enough to land a sugar daddy; or classy enough to develop a famous catchphrase, the struggle is real.
And so, as these also-rans seek to boost their profiles (by any means necessary), we're likely to be exposed to all sorts of disturbing campaign stunts.
You might want to avert your eyes.
Morning lineup:
Meet the Press: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT); Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA); Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R); Former Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA); Nuala O'Connor (Center for Democracy and Technology); Roundtable: Chris Matthews (MSNBC), Manu Raju (Politico), Amy Walter (Cook Political Report) and Bush White House Social Secretary Sara Fagan.
Face the Nation: Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R); CIA Director John Brennan; Roundtable: Peggy Noonan (Wall Street Journal), Dan Balz (Washington Post), David Ignatius (Washington Post) and John Dickerson (CBS News).
Note: This will be the last edition of Face the Nation hosted by Bob Schieffer. CBS News political director John Dickerson will be taking over as host.
This Week: Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (D); Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R); "Brain Surgeon" Ben Carson; Roundtable: Mark Halperin & John Heilemann (Bloomberg Politics), Republican Pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson and Georgetown University Prof. Michael Eric Dyson.
Fox News Sunday: Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina; Former CIA/NSA Director Gen. Michael Hayden; Roundtable: Brit Hume (Fox News), Julie Pace (Associated Press), George Will (Washington Post) and Neera Tanden (Center for American Progress).
State of the Union: Former New York Gov. George Pataki (R); Sen. Angus King (I-ME); Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT).
Evening lineup:
60 Minutes will feature: an interview with Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams (preview); a report on the depletion of crucial groundwater across the globe, with a focus on California (preview); and, an interview with actor/writer/comedian Larry David (preview).
On Comedy Central...
The latest batch of Republican presidential candidates forced Jon Stewart to reconsider his decision to step down as host of The Daily Show. (05/28/15)
The Daily Show:
Monday: Retired U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal; Tuesday: NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio; Wednesday: Actress/Comedian Melissa McCarthy; Thursday: Actor Steve Buscemi.
Elsewhere...
Scott Walker urged women to embrace technology.
Potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) said in an interview on Friday that mandatory ultrasounds for women hoping to get an abortion was "just a cool thing."
During the interview with conservative radio host Dana Loesch, Walker defended a bill he'd signed in 2013 that required women get the ultrasounds.
"The thing about that, the media tried to make that sound like that was a crazy idea," Walker said. "Most people I talk to, whether they're pro-life or not, I find people all the time who'll get out their iPhone and show me a picture of their grandkids' ultrasound and how excited they are, so that's a lovely thing. I think about my sons who are 19 and 20, and we still have their first ultrasounds. It's just a cool thing out there.”
Meanwhile...
Ann Coulter weighed in on the immigration system.
Ann Coulter, conservative columnist, said Friday in an email to Breitbart News that if she ran the immigration system, she wouldn’t "admit overweight girls" into the US.
Coulter's comments were reportedly made in response to a question about an incident that occurred on Tuesday when Coulter refused to hug an undocumented immigrant during an audience Q&A on the cable network Fusion.
"When I'm in charge of immigration (after our 10 year moratorium), I will not admit overweight girls," Coulter told Breitbart.
And, in other news...
Fellow woman-hating woman Phyllis Schlafly explained why women love getting underpaid.
One overlooked murderer of the family, Schlafly said, are "the free trade people who have done the work of the feminists by getting rid of [middle class] jobs." This led her to discuss the gender pay gap, which she said is actually something that women like because they want to marry someone who makes more than they do (a sentiment that she has expressed before).
"Women like to marry a man who makes more than she does," she explained, "so then she can take time off and work fewer hours when she has something she'd rather do like have a kid and look after her children. So the pay gap, really, is something that women like."
Shaking my head.
- Trix