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Posted at 2:10pm on Oct. 21, 2007 The Sunday Morning Talk Shows - The Review

Plenty of posturing.

By Mark Kilmer

Sunday, October 21, 2007

What happened this morning? Well, you'll have to read the show-by-show (beneath the fold) to find out, but here is some of it.

On FNS, host Chris Wallace goaded John McCain into attacking Mitt Romney, which was not difficult: "You can't con the voters." Wallace pointed out that Fred Thompson has been recently critical of BCRA, and McCain countered that McCain-Feingold was really McCain-Feingold-Thompson, as they "couldn't have gotten it done without him." McCain would "absolutely" back BCRA today because DC is still corrupted by lobbyist. (Which means that it was a waste of time and liberty, but it is one man's reasoning/rationalization.)

Mike Huckabee was up next for Wallace on FNS, where Wallace pointed out that Huckabee had won last night's FRC straw poll, but nothing seemed to be helping in fundraising. Huckabee countered that they are the only campaign that hasn't slipped in their fundraising totals and that he isn't giving himself money or mortgaging his house.

Over on MTP, Tim Russert hosted a roundtable of women historians and journalists gushing about Hillary. Russert called Hillary "a victim of her marriage." (Yeah, but it got her to where she is today.) The best line came from the only dark haired woman on the panel, Sally Bedell Smith: "We could have two Presidents in the White House who are married to each other." That's sobering and ought to be discussed this fall.

On TW, Joe Biden was George Stephanopoulos's guest. Joe Biden argued that President Bush would still have a civil war in Iraq if all the al Qaeda up-and-disappeared in an instant. This ignores what started and what is fomenting the sectarian conflict, but Joe Biden is selectively ignorant. Joe Biden asserted that the only reason Rudy was able to solve the crime problem in New York, New York was because of the "Clinton-Biden crime bill" which gave him more cops on the street. He laughed at the suggestion that the Republicans were the party with the values, as they value someone making $1.4-million getting huge tax breaks while the taxpayers are not forced to send every student to college.

On FTN, Mitt Romney said he would talk about his values, not the particulars of his faith. Schieffer asked Romney if he believed that the Garden of Eden were in Missouri, and Romney refused to answer, saying that the church leaders could speak for him. Schieffer asked Romney about his evolving positions on abortion, and Romney accused John McCain of having changing positions too. Romney told Schieffer that he never claimed to be the only real Republican in the race and that he did not say that anyone else was not a real Republican. (I post the full quote, and I think he's right about that.)

Finally, on LE, Wolf Blitzer interviewed Jane Harman and Pete Hoekstra. Both suggested that Pyongyang might be involved in helping Syria to develop nukes, thus prompting last week's air strike from Israel. Both stated that President Bush should not have gone all bellicose with Tehran, threatening them with World War II if they developed nukes. Hoekstra said that when he and Harman are alone, away from the partisan rancor, they can work well together.

Harman added that Bush "took his eye off the ball" by attacking Iraq when he should have devoted our time, energy, and resources to capturing Osama bin Laden and Ayman al Zawahiri.

I think I can see into her soul, as well, Congressman Hoekstra.

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