Weekend Watchdog

It's been a nail-biter of a week, as the nation's attention rocketed between the bailout wranglings on the Hill (Will there or won't there be a bailout package? There is. [1]) and the vice presidential debate (How will the candidates do? Both survived [2].). But the real question is: Who will be on the Sunday shows, and what questions will the watchdog ask?

For Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm (CBS, Face the Nation) [3]: A lot of the economic news this week impacts your state. The most recent news is that 1 in 5 car dealerships may fail [4] in 2009. That's got to mean that fewer people in your state will have jobs at some point. Meanwhile, the auto industry is set to get a $25 billion loan [5].

While we're bailing out Wall Street and the auto idustry, are workers in Michigan getting left out of the equation? With the McCain campaign leaving Michigan [6], what message are conservatives sending to workers like the ones in your state?

For Paul Begala (NBC, Meet the Press) [7]:

With the bailout vote behind us — to the tune of $700 million taxpayer dollars — we're now facing the worst jobs report in 5 years [8]. Given the considerable anger over the bailout, and the news that most Americans say they've been harmed by the financial crisis [9], what will it take to satisfy Americans beyond the bailout?

For Karl Rove (Fox, Fox News Sunday) [10]:

All week long, people have blamed regulation and de-regulation for the current economic crisis. What do you make of the New York Times report which blames a 2004 rule change — initiated by the Goldman Sachs head Henry Paulson — that allowed banks to pile up the debts and risks [11] taxpayers are now responsible for?

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