With the conventions in the rearview mirror, the general election is off and running. The Romney campaign is wasting no time, branching out from the nominee's almost exclusive appearances on “Fox News Sunday†to date by scheduling Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, for an interview with NBC's “Meet the Press.â€
Meanwhile, his running mate, Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin, will speak for the Republican ticket on CBS's “Face the Nation†and ABC's “This Week,†addressing the latest jobs report.
CBS will also feature excerpts of an interview with President Obama, taped during a campaign stop in St. Petersburg, Fla. Plus, David Plouffe, a White House senior adviser, will talk ab out the race.
The Sunday show panels include some familiar faces from the conventions, including Mayor Julián Castro of San Antonio, who delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention and will appear on NBC. Mayor Cory Booker of Newark, co-chairman of the Democratic National Convention platform committee, and Senator Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky and author of “Government Bullies,†will join ABC's roundtable.
Following former President Bill Clinton's strong endorsement of Mr. Obama on Wednesday, Newt Gingrich will appear on CNN's “State of the Union,†talking about his experiences going head-to-head with Mr. Clinton when he served as speaker of the House in the 1990s - and how Mr. Romney can handle his attacks today. Also, Gov. Jerry Brown of California will explain his efforts to manage the state's fiscal crisis.
On “Fox News Sunday,†two economic advisers will weigh in on the presidential race: R. Glenn Hubbard, econ omic adviser to the Romney campaign and former chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers under President George W. Bush, and Austan Goolsbee, former chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers under Mr. Obama.
Also on Fox: Mayor Mia Love of Saratoga Springs, Utah, who is running for Congress and gave a speech at the Republican National Convention.
Univision's “Al Punto†has an interview with Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, House minority leader, on the election issues important to the Hispanic community.
Representative John B. Larson of Connecticut, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, is on C-Span's “Newsmakers†this week. He will talk about the agenda for the coming months and his party's prospects for winning back the House in November.
The Labor secretary, Hilda L. Solis, will discuss the latest jobs report on TV One's “Washington Watch.â€
And Bloomberg's “Political Capital†has J. An n Selzer, president of Selzer & Company and pollster for Bloomberg, and Mark Blumenthal, founding editor of Pollster.com and senior polling editor at The Huffington Post.
