In a town that likens closeness to God to the radiance of network studio lights on a face pressed with TV makeup, Yeas & Nays thought it only appropriate to recognize D.C.’s celebrities in our year-end wrap-up to complement our Hollywood lists.
Bookers at ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and FOX have submitted their entries for 2009’s top Sunday morning talk show pundits.
And the awards go to …
NBC News’ “Meet the Press”
Michele Norris, Host of NPR’s “All Things Considered”
Katty Kay, Washington correspondent for BBC World News America
David Brooks, columnist for the New York Times
Tavis Smiley, host PBS’s “Tavis Smiley” and PRI’s “The Tavis Smiley Show”
Former Rep. Harold Ford Jr., D-Tenn., chairman of the National Democratic Leadership Council
Mike Murphy, Republican strategist
ABC News’ “This Week”
Donna Brazile, Democratic strategist and ABC News consultant
Paul Krugman, New York Times columnist and Nobel laureate
Matthew Dowd, former Bush strategist and ABC News consultant
Robert Reich, former Clinton Secretary of Labor, Berkeley
Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
Katrina vanden Huevel, The Nation
CBS News’ “Face the Nation”
Kathleen Parker, Washington Post columnist
Michael Eric Dyson, professor of sociology at Georgetown
David Brooks, New York Times columnist
John Dickerson, chief political correspondent for Slate magazine
Bob Woodward, associate editor of The Washington Post
CNN’s “State of the Union”
James Carville, political consultant and former strategist for Bill Clinton’s campaign
Mary Matalin, political consultant and former assistant to George W. Bush
Donna Brazile, political strategist
Bill Bennett, Reagan secretary of education
FOX News’ “Fox News Sunday”
Brit Hume, Fox News senior political analyst
Mara Liasson, National Public Radio and Fox News contributor
Bill Kristol, Weekly Standard and Fox News contributor
Juan Williams, National Public Radio and Fox News contributor
Dana Perino, former White House press secretary
