Guests weigh in on range of issues By POLITICO STAFF | 09/06/09 4:47 PM
A wide-ranging week on the Sunday shows, as Dean calls Van Jones's resignation a "loss to the country," and ...
More...... Gibbs and Axelrod stick to the script.
Gibbs says a public option is "valuable," hedges on whether Obama would veto a bill without one. But Axelrod tells POLITICO the White House is firm in its stance on a public option.
Gingrich says Republicans won't accept a public option trigger, And he's not signing on to the anti-school speech bandwagon.
Pawlenty wants more troops in Afghanistan, but Nelson's not ready to sign on just yet.
George Will elaborates on his call to withdraw U.S. troops, and says he's got "plenty of brass on my side."
Arne Duncan, in his Sunday shows debut, doesn't think much of No Child Left Behind. He calls the school speech fuss"silly stuff," and Axelrod is "bewildered" by it.
CDC Director Tom Frieden says the American health system "is not well set up" to handle H1N1. Giuliani's keeping his options open.