Sunday Talk - Southern Showdown Edition

With Obamamania dominating South Carolina,
the battle heats up and heads to warmer waters.

Tensions will rise.
The competition is fierce on the candidates, and their staff.

Full lineup below...

The Lineup:

Meet The Press:  St. John Sidney McCain the Third.  Very Serious discourse with Maureen Dowd, Byron York and Chuck Todd.

This Week with George:  Obamamania! with Barack Obama.  Cokie Roberts, George Will, columnist Jacob Weisberg and failed political strategist Donna Brazille talk shop.

Face The Nation: Hillary Clinton wants you to forget last night.   Rudy Giuliani wants you to forget the past nine months of his campaign.

Faux News:  Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says take your rebate check and stop whining about your spiraling home value.  Failed presidential candidate & squirrel killer Mike Huckabee.

Late Edition with Wolf:  Mittmentum with Mitt Romney. General David Petraus. Paulson. Huck.

60 Minutes:  Subprime mortgage mess, Saddam’s FBI interrogator.

In Comments Section -

- Hot Endorsement Action! (D)

- The Geritol Endorsements (R)

- Courting the large vote

- St. John Miss Sidney McCain South Carolina 2007 (video)

THE BATTLE FOR FLORIDA:

With the polls tighter than a speedo on a fat man at the beach, it's going to be a bloody battle for bragging rights as the GOP dukes it out in Florida.

Mittmentum spreads across the penninsula, pandering to every possible demographic:

Mitt goes Kosher.

Mitt goes Bubba.

Mitt sucks the brains out of small children.

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While the GOP panders, the Dems are nowhere to be found in the rogue state of Florida.

Obama already is airing his national ad in the state.  Will any of the three break the wishes of the DNC and cross the state line to grab Florida's delegates?  Or will a certain spouse do the dirty work?

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NOTEABLES:

CNBC Sunday @ 10pm: TOUCHDOWN!  The Patriots & the Business of Winning

What Rudy! Should do after he drops out of the race by Kristen Breitweiser.

Rudy!’s horrible new campaign theme song: BEST OF BOTH WORLDS by Van Hagar, I mean, Halen.

Snubbed by the DNC, Florida Democrats are on a tear recruiting solid contenders  to extend Speaker Pelosi’s Sunshine State support.

Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) puts a hold on bill that ensures presidential records don’t stay hidden from the public.  Since a republican placed that hold, it’s guaranteed Harry Reid will honor it.  IOKIYAR to Reid.

Colorado Republican congressman about to be censured for kicking a reporter on the house floor.

TPM guru Josh Marshall has an excellent post upwhere he grapples with why he is bothered by President Clinton forcefully injecting himself into Hillary’s campaign.  

OpenLeft catches Rick Santorum trashing John McCain on a train.  Funny.

OBAMAMANIA!


Timmeh:  A HUUGE Victory for Obama.



Obama shows he can spar when he wants to

Clinton still holds a sizeable national lead, but just ask Rudy about how those national numbers are holding up for him.  Turnout continues to clobber the GOP.  And is it just me, or are the top tier candidates sounding more and more like John Edwards every day? Either way, this is an exciting time to be a Democrat.