Sunday, November 23, 2008ImagePREFACE:

On FNS, David Axelrod said that his role in the Obama Administration will be working with the President on the communications end of it, not policy formation. Next on FNS, House Republican leader John Boehner refused any blame for the House Republicans’ 50-seat losses in the last two elections. He said that the GOP has to again become a party of solutions based on “our principles.” Sitting next to him, House Dem leader Steny Hoyer argued that Obama will cut taxes for 95% of Americans and that tax cuts have given us the worse economy “since Herbert Hoover.” Go figure.

On TW, Axelrod said that Obama won’t give an answer on Hillary as Sec of State until after the holidays. Next up, Senator Richard Shelby said that the government should not bail out Citibank. Senator Schumer argued that the government should have bailed out Lehman Brothers.

On MTP’s first segment, James Baker said that the Republicans could support what moderator Tom Brokaw described as a “massive public stimulation program that is directed by the government,” suggested by Obama for the start of his term, depending on what is in it. Obama advisor Bill Daley said that it was more likely that Obama let the Bush tax cuts expire in 2010 than repeal them next year.

Next segment, Joe Lieberman smacked Brokaw’s derisive tones around on whether or not he insulted Barack Obama at the RNC. Lieberman also seemed to tacitly accept the Tina Fey-David Frum notion of Governor Sarah Palin.

On FTN, Austen Goolsby suggested that the government could provide “bridge financing” to the auto industry while credit was tight, provided it was not a “bridge to nowhere.” Next on FTN, Nancy said that federal government wanted to be a “partner” to the auto industry but that at some point, Congress might have to fire the Big Three auto execs.

On LE, Mitt Romney favored a bailout package for the auto industry provided they detail a plan for success. (This was contrary to his NYT op/ed and in line with the Pelosi plan.) Next, Michigan Governor Jenn Granholm seemed caught off guard by Romney’s sudden reversal, prepared as she was to attack his op/ed.

Read the show-by-show review at RedState.com