The first Sunday show lineup of the New Year looks to be focused on the aftermath of the attempted bombing of Northwest Flight 253.
Among the guests appearing tomorrow will be Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) on CNN's State of the Union. Will guest host Gloria Borger ask DeMint about his vote against the FY 2010 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, which included $4,358,076,000 in funding for screening operations by TSA, $1,116,406,000 of which was specifically for explosives detection systems? [Senate Vote #323, 10/20/09]
Or how about his vote against the Improving America's Security Act of 2007, which implemented recommendations of the 9/11 Commission, including several provisions related to airline security? [Senate Vote #284, 7/26/07]
Terry Moran, who is guest-hosting ABC's This Week, is including Representative Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) on his roundtable. Given Dick Cheney's recent attacks on President Obama for not using the phrase “war on terror,” will Moran remind the Congressman of his own May 2008 comment that “the phrase 'war on terror' was the 'dumbest term...you could use'”? [Financial Times, 5/28/08]
Finally, Bill Kristol will take his regular spot on Fox News Sunday's panel. Will the other panelists allow him to blame Northwest 253 on Obama, or will they remind him of his previous statement that 9/11 is part of Clinton's “legacy”? [WeeklyStandard.com, 8/28/08]