Saturday, September 23, 2006

THIS WEEK ON THE SUNDAY CHAT SHOWS

ABC / This Week with George Stephanopoulos: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Dr. Bill Frist (R - TN) will be on to talk about the midterm elections, the Congressional agenda, and the 2008 presidential campaign. Also, the show will look at a New Jersey State Senate race. And the roundtable will feature ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Martha Raddatz, Frank Rich of the New York Times, and conservative columnist George Will.

CBS / Face The Nation with Bob Schieffer: A discussion of detainee treatment in the war on terror, the military operation in Iraq, and politics with U.S. Senator John McCain (R - AZ) and John Harris, National Political Editor of the Washington Post.

CNN / Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer: Afghani President Hamid Karzai will be on to talk about the war on terror, the search for Osama bin Laden, and the resurging violence in his country. Also appearing: U.S. Senator Arlen Specter (R - PA / Chairman, Judiciary Committee), Congresswoman Jane Harman (D - CA / Select Intelligence Committee), former Secretary of State Alexander Haig, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Richard Holbrooke, Author and GOP strategist Matthew Dowd, and Democratic strategist/former Clinton campaign advisor Stan Greenberg.

FOX / Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace: Former President Bill Clinton will sit down to discuss his second annual Clinton Global Initiative, the upcoming midterm elections, and his wife's possible presidential aspirations. Also, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R - SC) about the terror detainee deal.

NBC / Meet the Press with Tim Russert: Former President Clinton will be here as well to talk about politics, and Afghani President Karzai will appear to discuss the war on terror and the situation in his country. And former U.S. Senator John Danforth will talk about faith and politics. NOTE: MTP will appear in most areas at 1:00 PM ET due to NBC Sports' coverage of the Ryder Cup golf tounament.

Syndicated / The Chris Matthews Show: The questions to be raised are: What can explain the Muslim rage? Plus, Bill Clinton as the global rock star: What's in his future? Offering their views will be Washington Correspondent Katty Kay of BBC News, David Ignatius and Rajiv Chandrasekaran of the Washington Post, and Irshad Manji, author of The Trouble With Islam.

Bay News 9 / Political Connections: The focus will be on one of the most heated --- not to mention negative --- races on the Tampa Bay area scene this election cycle. State Representatives Kim Berfield (R - Clearwater) and Charlie Justice (D - St. Petersburg) sit down together and talk about the issues in their campaign for the State Senate.

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