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Posted at 2:02pm on Feb. 10, 2008 The Sunday Morning Talk Shows - The Review

By Mark Kilmer

Sunday, February 10, 2008

On TW, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley and Virginia Governor Tim Kaine talked to host George Stephanopoulos on behalf of Hillary and Obama respectively. Kaine, the Obama guy, said that Clinton's recent racist remarks will be forgotten by November. O'Malley argued that the Superdelgates, the Dem Party's circuit breaker in case their voters get it wrong, are "part of the process" and that Hillary probably won't need them anyway.

Next on TW, Tom DeLay argued that John McCain had to prove himself to conservatives on such issues as immigration and the 2nd Amendment. (Not sure what the latter is about.) He argued that Mike Huckabee had not yet earned McCain's veep slot. Tom Davis added that conservatives might "come back" to the party's nominee once it became more widely known that McCain has long been a leader in opposing earmarks. (Some of us never left, Tom.)

Mike Huckabee was host Tim Russert's guest on NBC's Meet the Press. Huckabee thinks competition will be good for the GOP and will not let al Qaeda win by handing the election to Hillary or Barry. He had good words for Rush Limbaugh and what the radio talker has done for conservatism. He did not insult anyone except when he called John McCain's immigration position, "way out the mainstream" and "unorthodox."

On FNS, President Bush seemed relax talking to host Chris Wallace at Camp David. He seems ready to begin duties on the campaign trail, and I'm certain McCain has a fundraising position with the President's name on it.

On FTN, Mike Huckabee argued that, math be darned, anything was possible. Karl Rove brought his white board to show that McCain matches up well with Hillary and with John McCain, then old Howard Dean hand predicted that the Hillary vs. Obama race "could end up ugly" and be decided at their convention by fat cat Superdelegates with cigars.

LE Host Wolf Blitzer spoke to Mike Huckabee in an interview taped after Huck's Kansas demolition Saturday. Huckabee argued that ongoing competition in the Republican nominating process makes for a stronger nominee, just as competition is always good in the private sector. He promised to say in the race until his supporters tell him to hang up his cleats.

Nancy Pelosi told Blitzer on LE that the President has no say in the debate over earmarks. She said that though our military had won the military part of the surge, it was a lost cause because the Iraqi politicians had made no progress. Blitzer pointed out some of the real, tangible progress being made, and she referred to them as: "baby steps, too late." Too late for victory or too close to November, Nance, who sees everything, including the lives of our soldiers, in terms of electoral politics.

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