Patti Smith - Easter
Happy Easter! In my house, we're more of the bunny-delivering-candy Easter celebrators than the sunrise-service-Jesus-has-risen types. So while I stash some plastic eggs around the backyard for my kids to find, take a look at the line up. I'm pretty sure there's no way I'm gonna get through the morning without blaspheming more than a little bit. I don't know what it is about religious leaders that make me so nuts--maybe because I hear so few of them actually following the words of Christ. And today, being Easter Sunday, is chock full of them. It's going to take a whole lot of Peeps to get through this.
ABC's "This Week" - Culture wars, church v. state: Pastor Rick Warren, founder of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif. Panel: George Will, David Chalian, Michael Eric Dyson, Chrystia Freeland, and Peggy Noonan.
NBC's "Meet the Press" - 2012 Election: Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.; Gov. John Kasich, R-Ohio. Panel: Reps. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., and Raul Labrador, R-Idaho; William Lori, incoming archbishop of Baltimore; Anne Graham Lotz, daughter of the Rev. Billy Graham and founder of AnGeL Ministries.
NBC's "The Chris Matthews Show" - : Panel: Dan Rather, Pete Williams, Nia-Malika Henderson, Kathleen Parker. Topics: Assessing the political fallout if the Supreme Court strikes healthcare. Trayvon Martin's tragic death has brought the issue of race to the forefront.
MSNBC's "Up with Chris Hayes" - Topics: General election; Obama and the judiciary; Elizabeth Warren. Panel: Jonathan Alter, Michelle Goldberg, Richard Kim, Esther Armah. Nan Aron, President of the Alliance for Justice
MSNBC's "Melissa Harris-Perry" - Topics: Panel: Dorian Warren, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Public Affairs, Columbia University; Julian E. Zelizer, Professor of History and Public Affairs at Princeton University; Karen Finney, MSNBC contributor and Former DNC Communications Director; Dr. David Olson, Medical Advisor, U.S. section of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF); Jonathan Katz, AP Correspondent in Haiti from 2007 to 2011 and Author of “The Big Truck That Went By”; Emery Whalen, Executive Director of the John Besh Foundation; Syrena Johnson, 2011 Chef’s Move scholarship recipient; Rachel Lloyd, Executive Director and Founder of Girls Mentoring Services
CBS' "Face the Nation" - Religion roundtable: Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York; Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission; Rev. Luis Cortes Jr., president of Esperanza. Religion and politics: Sally Quinn and Andrew Sullivan. Politics roundtable: Michael Gerson, Ruth Marcus, Norah O'Donnell.
CNN's "State of the Union" - Obama's re-election strategy: Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla; Independent and swing voters: Mark Penn, Linda DiVall. Supreme Court, "judicial activism": Kenneth Starr, Former Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal. Politics and religion: Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Rep.Emmanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Ralph Reed, Chief Political Correspondent for the Christian Broadcasting Network David Brody.
CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS" - Iran and Israel: Ehud Barak, Israeli Defense Minister. Afghanistan: Ahmed Rashid; Peter Bergen. Debts and deficits: Philip Coggan, the Economist. Female genital mutilation in Liberia and elsewhere: Author Leymah Gbowee.
CNN's "Reliable Sources" - Morning news shows; Keith Olbermann on "Late Night": David Zurawik, the Baltimore Sun; Marisa Guthrie, the Hollywood Reporter; Sharon Waxman. Obama and Romney and the press: Erin McPike; John Aravosis; Debra Saunders, San Francisco Chronicle.
"Fox News Sunday" - 2012 Elections: Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich; Sens. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., and Ron Johnson R-Wis. Panel: Brit Hume, Fox News; Mara Liasson, National Public Radio; Steve Hayes, The Weekly Standard; David Drucker, Roll Call
So what's catching your eye this morning?
