Previewing the Sunday Shows
By Christopher Peleo-Lazar // August 3, 2012 | 4:02 p.m.
The weekend shows will focus on the latest jobs numbers and the 2012 campaign, and the winner of the Texas GOP Senate runoff will make an appearance.
DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz and RNC chair Reince Priebus will talk about the 2012 race and the new jobs numbers on This Week.
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, and former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland -- all from battleground states -- will appear on Face the Nation. National Republican Senatorial Committee Vice Chair and BET founder Bob Johnson will appear on State of the Union.
Two of President Obama's adviser Robert Gibbs is on State of the Union and his senior adviser David Axelrod is on Fox News Sunday. They'll talk about new developments in the campaign strategy.
On Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace will talk to former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz, who's coming off his big runoff victory in the Texas Senate GOP primary.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., heads to State of the Union to talk about the coming sequestration of the military.
Last week, CBS' Bob Schieffer's interview with former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was postponed. The interview will air in this week's Face the Nation.
As a reminder, Meet the Press is preempted by coverage of the London Olympics.
Check out the full listings after the jump.
Sunday
Meet the Press is preempted by Olympic coverage.
Face the Nation hosts Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
This Week hosts DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz and RNC chair Reince Priebus.
Fox News Sunday hosts former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz and Obama senior adviser David Axelrod.
State of the Union hosts Obama adviser Robert Gibbs, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., National Republican Senatorial Committee Vice Chair and BET founder Bob Johnson
Other Weekend Shows
Political Capital features DNC executive director Patrick Gaspard (Bloomberg, Friday, 9 p.m.).
Washington Week features CNN's Gloria Borger, Washington Post's Karen Tumulty, Wall Street Journal David Wessel and USA Today's Susan Davis (PBS, Friday, 8 p.m.).
Real Time is on break (HBO, Friday, 10 p.m.).
Situation Room features Israel President Shimon Peres and Israel Defense Minister Ehud Barak (CNN, Saturday, 6:30 p.m.).
Communicators features Microsoft exec Craig Mundie (C-SPAN, Saturday, 6:30 p.m.).
Chris Matthews Show features BBC's Katty Kay, Time's Joe Klein, Politico's John Harris and MSNBC's SE Cupp (NBC, Sunday, check local listings).
Newsmakers features Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas (C-SPAN, Sunday, 10 a.m./6 p.m.).
Reliable Sources features San Francisco Chronicle's Debra Saunders, New York Times' Michael Shear, Current TV's Bill Press, BuzzMachine.com's Jeff Jarvis, New York Times' Bill Keller and Reason's Michael Moynihan (CNN, Sunday, 11 a.m.).
Fareed Zakaria GPS features Newsweek's Peter Beinart, Wall Street Journal's Bret Stephens, University of California professor Richard Muller and New York University professor Jonathan Haidt (CNN, Sunday, 10 a.m.).
Q & A features Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga. (C-SPAN, Sunday, 8 p.m.).
Al Punto features Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., "United We Dream" director Myrna Orozco, ACU chair Al Cardenas, attorney David Hults, and Daniel Magos and Diona Solis (plaintiffs in a court case against Ariz. Sheriff Joe Arpaio) (UNIVISION, Sunday, 10 a.m.).
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