Sunday Talking Heads: February 21, 2010

Since NBC won’t let me post Evan Lysacek’s Olympic Gold Medal figure skating performance, I’m posting a brief history of pretty much everything instead.

Washington Journal: 7:15am – Julie Rovner, NPR, Health Policy Correspondent.  7:45am – Gov. Schweitzer (D-MT).  8:15am – Gov. Markell (D-DE).  8:45am – Ed Morrissey, hotair.com, Senior Correspondent & Blogger.  8:50am – Ed Goeas, The Tarrance Group, President.

ABC’s This Week: Terry Moran host.  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA) and Gov. Ed Rendell (D-PA).  Roundtable: George Will, Arianna Huffington, Matthew Dowd, Donna Brazile.

Amanpour.

CBS’ Face The Nation: Colin Powell.

Chris Matthews: David Ignatius, Savannah Guthrie, Helene Cooper, John Harris. Politico.  Topics: The Crucial Crossroads: Will Obama Push His Agenda, or Move to the Middle?  Obama’s Biggest Asset: Love, Not War, With the Clintons.

CNN’s State of the Union: Gov. Deval Patrick (D-MA) and Gov. Jim Douglas (R-VT), Broken Government.  Then, Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN),Susan Molinari, Jon Corzine (D-NJ).

Fareed Zakaria – GPS: James Baker. Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu Bakr Abdullah al-Qirbi.

Fox News Sunday:
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY).  Then,Gov. Haley Barbour (R-MS), Gov. Jennifer Granholm, (D-MI).  Fox News AllStars: Bill Kristol, Mara Liasson,Stephen Hayes, Juan WilliamsPower Player of the Week: Steve Grove, Head of News and Politics at YouTube.

NBC’s Meet The Press: Commander of U.S. Central Command, General David Petraeus.‪  Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN).  Roundtable: E.J. Dionne, Peggy Noonan, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN), and Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD).

Newsmakers: Rep. Tom Price “weighs in on the health care reform debate, giving his perspective from his former career as an orthopedic doctor.”

Q & A: Pulitzer prize winning author Ted Morgan. His 19th book, “Valley of Death: The Tragedy at Dien Bien Phu That Led America Into the Vietnam War,” is the story of a 1954 battle where the French were defeated by the Vietnamese resistance forces, ending French rule in Indochina.

Religions & Ethics:
Making Foreign Aid Work; Churches and  Gay Youth ; Orthodox Fasting; Lenten Season.

60 Minutes: Blackwater 61 – “Blackwater 61″ is the call sign of a plane flown by the embattled government contractor Blackwater that crashed into a mountain in Afghanistan killing all onboard. The widow of one of the soldiers killed – a pilot herself – says the firm was negligent in the way it operated the flight.  The Bloom Box – Large corporations in California have been secretly testing a new device that can generate power on the spot, without being connected to the electric grid. They’re saying it’s efficient, clean, and saves them money.  Ground Zero – It’s been eight years since the attack on the World Trade Center and billions of dollars have been spent, yet none of the promised buildings and memorial has been completed in what its developer calls “a national disgrace.”

To The Contrary:
Topics: 1- The end of 12th grade? 2- Girls who play sports reap benefits beyond the playing field; 3- Genetic mapping and cures for children with rare diseases.  Panelists: Dr. Bernadine Healy; Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC); Nicole Kurokawa; Irene Natividad.  TTC web extra – Women Stuck in the Pipeline.  A new study finds women M.B.A.s still lag behind men when it comes to pay and promotion.

Univison’s Al Punto: Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom; Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California; California State Senator Abel Maldonado (R-Santa Maria); Paquita la del Barrio, Mexican Bolero Singer-Songwriter.

C-SPAN’s Book TV.

FDL Book Salon: Chat with Dean Baker about his new book, False Profits: Recovering from the Bubble Economy.  “False Profits recounts the causes of the economic meltdown, dissects the government’s inadequate responses to it, and offers a thoughtful progressive program for rebuilding the economy and reforming the financial system.”  Hosted by David Dayen, 5pm ET.

FDL Movie Night Monday: Join host Lisa Derrick and Director  Glenne McElhinney to discuss On these Shoulders We Stand.  “Eleven elders of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender community in Los Angeles chronicle gay life from the 1950s into the early 1980s. The film brings to light Los Angeles’ hidden gay history by interweaving first person accounts with narration and unprecedented access to seldom-seen archival materials.”  Monday, 8pm ET.