by Lucas O'Connor [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

by Sheri Divers [courtesy of Blog for America]

This Week (ABC): Republican Presidential candidate, Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, and Vietnam veteran Senator John McCain (R-AZ) joins George Stephanopoulos to discuss when and whether American troops should begin withdrawing troops from Iraq and whether the Iraqi government has successfully met the benchmarks for progress set by Congress.Then, we get the Democratic response from another Vietnam veteran, former Presidential candidate, and member of the Foreign Relations committee, Senator John Kerry (D-MA).

Roundtable: Sam Donaldson, Cokie Roberts, and George Will debate the week's politics. Plus, Actor Alan Alda, author of the new book, "Things I Overheard While Talking To Myself" on living a meaningful life. And, as always, "This Week" honors lives of note In Memoriam, and catches up on the best in political comedy in the Sunday Funnies.

Face the Nation (CBS): Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and Former National Security Advisor Gen. Brent Scowcroft discuss Iraq, Gonzales and Politics.

by Carole Dorshkind [courtesy of Blog for America]

On Friday six peace-loving, dedicated San Mateo County (CA) Democracy for America members visited Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA 12), Chair of the House Foreign Relations Committee, to ask him to continue to support the efforts to get out of Iraq.

Check out the excellent diary created by one of the group on Daily Kos and find out why we're watching  for Lantos' wink: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/8/31/172930/691

Give us a wink Congressman Lantos! Our SMCDFA Visit by Heather in SFBay Fri Aug 31, 2007 at 08:05:50 PM PDT

According to Tom Lantos, he told us he's going to have one of the busiest Congressional schedules he's had in his career this next week.

The question is, busy or not, will it be as productive as we hope?

Oh that, and will I really be able to tell if the Congressman winks?

by Sheri Divers [courtesy of Blog for America]

This Week (ABC): Check out the first Sunday morning interview with Senator Barack Obama.   George Stephanopoulus will press Obama for more specifics about his vision, positions, campaign promises, etc.

Also, there's a new feature for This Week - "Be Seen, Be Heard." It is setup so people can submit video questions to guests (with chosen ones featured on This Week).   They can submit videos to Senator Obama at this link: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/BeSeenBeHeard/story?id=3078388, or they can email questions to thisweek@abc.com.

You can check out a preview on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjP5L7OggEw

Face the Nation (CBS): Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Nebraska of Foreign Relations Committee discusses the war in Iraq.

60 Minutes (CBS): In what may be his strongest public statements against the Bush administration, presidential candidate Mitt Romney says his fellow Republicans in the Bush White House made mistakes in Iraq that the country is still paying for.