Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD), and Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO, on the administration's response to the Benghazi attacks.
Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger & Sen. Roy Blunt weigh in on the escalating tensions unfolding in the Middle East.
Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley discuss the state of the 2012 campaign, taxes, and Todd Akin.
Exclusive: Senator John McCain. He debated both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, and gives us a unique perspective as Camp Romney tries to manage expectations. We’ll also ask him about the Obama campaign contemplating a play for his home state of Arizona, and we’ll get his take on the investigation into the Libya attack and Syria’s Chemical Weapons.
Exclusive: Obama Campaign Senior Adviser David Axelrod drops in to answer questions about debate preparations, swing state strategy, and Obama’s promises
Exclusive: Governor Martin O’Malley & Senator Roy Blunt on what voters want to hear from the candidates during the home stretch. We also expect to talk about the looming fiscal cliff, what Senator Blunt is doing to avoid it, and how it will affect jobs and the economic recovery.
And we’ll round it out with Republican Consultant Alex Castellanos, Pollster and Democratic Strategist Celinda Lake, and CNN Senior Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash. We’ll talk about Campaign Ad strategy and how it’s changed in the face of so much early voting. And Dana will give us a preview of her forthcoming documentary on Paul Ryan.
Sunday 9am and 12p ET
Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Sen. Robert Menendez (D- N.J.,) discuss the politics of a payroll tax cut.
Joe Johns fills in for Candy on “State of the Union with Candy Crowley.”
First on the program, Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Sen. Robert Menendez (D- N.J.,) discuss the politics of a payroll tax cut amid the Senate’s 89-10 vote in favor of extending the cut and unemployment benefits by two months.
Then, GOP Presidential Candidate Jon Huntsman sees a slight bump in the New Hampshire polls – a state he’s focused his campaign on exclusively – but Romney holds a clear lead in the Granite State. We’ll ask the Republican presidential candidate about his strategy, the economy, and his GOP rivals.
Also, we'll talk about the end of the U.S. war in Iraq. We’ll get perspective from former presidential envoy to Iraq, Paul Bremer; former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. James Cartwright (Ret.); and Robin Wright author of “Rock the Casbah”.
It’s all this Sunday at 9 a.m. and 12 p.m. ET
UPDATE: Director of the President's National Economic Council Gene Sperling will be on the show.