VEEP TRYOUTS ON THIS SUNDAY'S TALK SHOWS

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Ticket notice: Sunday talk shows -- Ridge, Pelosi, Lieberman

ABC "This Week": Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif./Obama supporter); former Gov. Tom Ridge (R-Pa./McCain supporter). Round table with David Gergen (Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University) and Donna Brazile, Jake Tapper and George Will of ABC News.

CBS "Face the Nation": Former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin (Obama supporter), former Hewlett-Packard Chief Executive Carly Fiorina (McCain supporter) and David Brooks of the New York Times.

Sen. Joseph Lieberman, a John McCain backer, prepares to talk

CNN "Late Edition": Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo./Obama supporter) and Rob Portman (former White House budget director/McCain supporter); Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni; Army Maj. Gen. Mark Hertling, commander, Multi-National Division-North; Nancy Pfotenhauer (McCain economic advisor) and Laura Tyson (Obama economic advisor); Jim Glassman, undersecretary of State for public diplomacy.

"Fox News Sunday": Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C./McCain supporter) and former Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D./Obama supporter).

NBC "Meet the Press": Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass./Obama supporter/Democratic presidential candidate 2004) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn./McCain supporter/Democratic vice presidential candidate 2000). Round table with Andrea Mitchell and Chuck Todd of NBC News, Judy Woodruff of PBS' "NewsHour" and GOP strategist Mike Murphy.

I THINK RIDGE AND ROMNEY AND GRAHAM ARE THE FRONT-RUNNERS FOR MCCAIN.

AND I THINK OBAMA WILL PICK RICHARDSON OR REED OR NELSON. UNLESS HE DECIDES HE CAN HANDLE BOTH JOBS HIMSELF!