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| June 2, 2013 |
Roundtable: Former deputy chief of staff and senior adviser to President George W. Bush, Karl Rove, now a Fox News Contributor, faces off with Bloomberg TV contributor and former Obama White House senior adviser David Plouffe on the powerhouse roundtable.
The two former advisers debate those issues and more with editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post Media Group Arianna Huffington, PBS' "Washington Week" moderator and managing editor Gwen Ifill and Wall Street Journal editorial page editor Paul Gigot Sunday on the "This Week" powerhouse roundtable.
And as the Syrian civil war continues, ABC News global affairs anchor Christiane Amanpour, TIME International editor Bobby Ghosh and Aaron David Miller, vice president of new initiatives at the Wilson Center, weigh in on what's next.
Then, in this week's "Sunday Spotlight," Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., discusses his historic 57-year congressional career, as next week he becomes the longest-serving member of Congress.
| May 26, 2013 |
Show Guest: Sen. Rand Paul
Roundtable: And in a "This Week" exclusive, retired Gen. John Allen, former commander of international forces in Afghanistan, speaks out for the first time since being cleared in the Petraeus investigation. On this Memorial Day weekend, Allen discusses the fallout from the Petraeus scandal, as well as the deteriorating situation in Iraq, the ongoing fight in Afghanistan, and the battle against sexual assault in the military.
Plus, two powerhouse roundtables tackle all the week's politics, from the national security debate to continued fallout over the IRS scandal to progress on immigration reform. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y.; DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla.; former Director of National Intelligence Ret. Admiral Dennis Blair; New York Times national security correspondent Mark Mazzetti; ABC News Senior National Correspondent and Fusion White House Correspondent Jim Avila and Politico senior political reporter Maggie Haberman debate those topics and more, Sunday on "This Week."
And in this week's "Sunday Spotlight," the creators and executive producers of Showtime's "Homeland" Alex Gansa and Howard Gordon discuss their hit show.
| May 19, 2013 |
Show Guest: Obama senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer
Roundtable: Plus, key lawmakers on both sides of the aisle – Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., and Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., – debate the fallout from the IRS, Benghazi, and AP leak investigation scandals, only on "This Week." Then, the "This Week" powerhouse roundtable takes on all the week's politics, with ABC News' George Will; National Journal Editorial Director Ron Fournier; American Urban Radio Networks White House Correspondent April Ryan; editor and publisher of The Nation Katrina vanden Heuvel; and ABC News Senior Washington Correspondent Jeff Zeleny.
| May 12, 2013 |
Show Guest: Sen. John McCain and Sen. Jack Reed
Roundtable: "This Week" foreign policy roundtable examines the fallout over Benghazi and Syria, with ABC News' George Will; former Joint Chiefs of Staff Vice Chair Gen. James Cartwright (USMC, Ret.); Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus; and ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl, who will cover the latest on his exclusive report on the administration's response to the Benghazi attacks.
And the "This Week" powerhouse roundtable takes on all the week's politics, from continued gridlock in Washington to Chris Christie's weight loss surgery, with ABC News' George Will, Donna Brazile, Matthew Dowd, and Jonathan Karl, plus former Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe, author of the new book, "Fighting for Common Ground."
Plus, in a special Mother's Day Sunday Spotlight, Martha Raddatz speaks with moms on Capitol Hill – Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., Rep. Linda Sanchez, D-Calif., and soon-to-be mother Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Wash.
| May 05, 2013 |
Show Guest: Warren Buffett
Roundtable: James Carville and Mary Matalin, Heritage Foundation president and former South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint, former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, and ABC News' Cokie Roberts.
| April 28, 2013 |
Roundtable: House Intelligence Committee chair Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., ranking member Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Md., and committee member Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., join Atlantic national correspondent and Bloomberg View columnist Jeffrey Goldberg to debate the latest news from Boston and Syria, Sunday on "This Week."
And the "This Week" powerhouse roundtable tackles all the week's politics, from the fallout from the Boston attacks, the battle over budget cuts and airport delays, and the legacy and future of the Bush family following the opening of President George W. Bush's presidential library. ABC News' George Will, ABC News contributor and Democratic strategist Donna Brazile, ABC News political analyst and special correspondent Matthew Dowd, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa debate those topics and more, only on "This Week."
| April 21, 2013 |
Show Guest: Mayor Thomas Menino
Roundtable: Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and Senate Intelligence committee member Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind., join the "This Week" roundtable to analyze the fallout from the Boston attacks, with Council on Foreign Relations president Richard Haass; ABC News Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz; and editor of The New Yorker David Remnick.
Plus, in this week's Sunday Spotlight, author and Boston native Dennis Lehane reflects on the resilience of the people of Boston.
| April 14, 2013 |
Show Guest: Sen. Marco Rubio, Sen. Charles Schumer, and Sen. Jeff Sessions
Roundtable: ABC News' George Will; House Judiciary Committee chair Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va.; Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill.; Washington Post Columnist Ruth Marcus; and Wall Street Journal Columnist Kimberley Strassel.
Plus, in this week's Sunday Spotlight, legendary New York Yankees' closer Mariano Rivera – the last Major League Baseball player to wear Jackie Robinson's number 42 discuss the new film "42" and Jackie Robinson's legacy.
| April 07, 2013 |
Show Guest: President Obama's senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer
Roundtable: ABC News' chief global affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz, just returned from reporting at the North Korea border; New York Times chief Washington correspondent and author of "Confront and Conceal" David Sanger; Fox News anchor Greta Van Susteren; and ABC News' George Will.
And the "This Week" powerhouse political roundtable tackle all the week's politics, including the battle over the budget and economy, gun control, and immigration, with president and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post Media Group Arianna Huffington; Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman; former Reagan budget director David Stockman, author of "The Great Deformation: the Corruption of Capitalism in America"; Fox News anchor Greta Van Susteren; and ABC News' George Will.
| March 31, 2013 |
Show Guest: Cardinal Timothy Dolan
Roundtable: Newark Mayor Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., join the powerhouse political roundtable to debate all the week's politics, including the Supreme Court taking on the debate over gay marriage, with ABC News political analyst and special correspondent Matthew Dowd, ABC News senior Washington correspondent Jeff Zeleny, and editor and publisher of The Nation Katrina vanden Heuvel.
And a special "This Week" roundtable examines the intersection of religion and politics and the spiritual state of the nation, with writer and religious scholar Reza Aslan; Rev. Calvin Butts, Pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York; author and atheist Susan Jacoby; Dr. Richard Land, of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission; and Sojourners president Rev. Jim Wallis, author of "On God's Side."
Plus, in this week's Sunday Spotlight, former White House photographer Eric Draper discusses his new book, "Front Row Seat: A Photographic Portrait of the Presidency of George W. Bush.
| March 24, 2013 |
Roundtable: Former Obama 2012 campaign manager Jim Messina, former Bush deputy chief of staff Karl Rove, Terry Moran, who covers the Supreme Court for ABC News; Democratic strategist and ABC News contributor Donna Brazile; and Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan.
Then, as President Obama returns from the first overseas trip of his second term, a special foreign policy roundtable examines major challenges abroad, including the U.S. relationship with Israel and the prospects for reviving Middle East peace talks, and how the United States should handle the growing crisis in Syria, with ABC News global affairs anchor Christiane Amanpour; Atlantic national correspondent Jeffrey Goldberg; former Romney campaign senior adviser Dan Senor, co-founder of the Foreign Policy Initiative; and Time Magazine assistant managing editor Rana Foroohar.
Plus, in this week's Sunday Spotlight, director Alexandra Pelosi and former New Jersey Gov.Jim McGreevey discuss their new HBO film, "Fall to Grace," about McGreevey's life and work since his controversial exit from office.
| March 17, 2013 |
Show Guests: House Speaker John Boehner
Roundtable: ABC News' George Will and Matthew Dowd; House Democratic Caucus Chair Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif.; co-host of NPR's All Things Considered Audie Cornish; and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, chair of Good360.
And as President Obama heads to the Middle East next week, a special foreign policy roundtable examines major challenges abroad, including the state of the war in Afghanistan and the growing cyber-security threat, with former Clinton Secretary of State Madeleine Albright; former Bush National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley; and former Joint Chiefs of Staff Vice Chair Gen. James Cartwright (USMC, Ret.).
Plus, in this week's Sunday Spotlight, ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff reflects on the 10-year anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War.
| March 10, 2013 |
Show Guests: Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush
Roundtable: Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., who joined GOP senators dining with President Obama this week; DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla.; ABC News' George Will; Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman; and Bloomberg News White House correspondent Julianna Goldman.
| March 3, 2013 |
Show Guests: White House economic adviser Gene Sperling, Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., and former NBA star Dennis Rodman
Roundtable: ABC News' Matthew Dowd and Cokie Roberts; Democratic strategist James Carville; Wall Street Journal editorial page editor Paul Gigot; and Mia Love, Republican mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah.
| February 24, 2013 |
Show Guests: House Intelligence Committee Chair Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., and Foreign Affairs Committee ranking member Rep. Eliot Engel, D-NY, join ABC News' George Will and ABC News Global Affairs Anchor Christiane Amanpour to debate how the U.S. should respond to the cyber threat from China, and the latest challenges in Syria and Iran.
Then, the political roundtable debates all the week's politics, with George Will; Democratic strategist and ABC News contributor Donna Brazile; TIME Magazine contributor Steven Brill, author of this week's cover story "Bitter Pill" on rising health care costs; former Lead Auto Adviser and Counselor to the Treasury Secretary Steven Rattner; and Wall Street Journal columnist Kimberley Strassel.
| February 17, 2013 |
Show Guests: Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., and White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough
Roundtable: ABC News' George Will; Rep. Joaquín Castro, D-Texas; Former House Speaker and 2012 Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich; Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus; and Romney 2012 campaign senior adviser Stuart Stevens.
And in this week's Sunday Spotlight, Dr. Ben Carson, Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins, gives his diagnosis for the current state of our union and discusses his recent remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast.
| February 10, 2013 |
Show Guests: Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla.; Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn.; Republican strategist and ABC News political analyst and contributor Nicolle Wallace; and Obama 2012 deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter debate all the week's politics, with the latest reporting from ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl and ABC News Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz.
And in Sunday Spotlight, author George Saunders discusses his critically praised short story collection, "Tenth of December."
| February 3, 2013 |
Guests: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
Roundtable: Political strategist and ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd; Univision anchor Jorge Ramos; Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman; former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina; and Rep. Lou Barletta, R-Penn.
Plus, controversial education reformer Michelle Rhee -- former Washington D.C. public schools chancellor and author of the new book "Radical: Fighting to Put Students First," -- discusses the future of education in America.
| January 27, 2013 |
Guests: Sen. John McCain and Sen. Robert Menendez
Roundtable: ABC News' George Will; Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz.; Democratic strategist and ABC News contributor Donna Brazile; NPR "Morning Edition" host Steve Inskeep; and New Republic owner and publisher Chris Hughes.
| January 20, 2013 |
Guests: Obama Senior Adviser David Plouffe
Roundtable: ABC News' George Will and Cokie Roberts; political strategist and ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd; former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, host of Current TV's "The War Room"; and 2012 Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, chairman of Patriot Voices.
| January 13, 2013 |
Guests: Sen. Jack Reed, Sen. Bob Corker, Sen. Joe Manchin and Jon Huntsman.
Roundtable: Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman; Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan; Bloomberg View columnist Al Hunt; "PBS NewsHour" co-anchor and senior correspondent Judy Woodruff; and David Walker, former U.S. comptroller general and founder and CEO of the Comeback America Initiative.
| January 6, 2013 |
Guests: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, Rep. Joaquín Castro and Rep. Tom Cotton.
Roundtable: ABC News' George Will; Fox News anchor Greta Van Susteren; PBS' "Washington Week" moderator and managing editor Gwen Ifill; University of California, Berkeley professor and former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich; and ABC's Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl.
| December 30, 2012 |
Guests: Sens. Charles Schumer and Jon Kyl
Roundtable: Former Vermont governor and founder of Democracy for America, Howard Dean; former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, president and CEO of the Financial Services Roundtable; Politico senior political reporter Maggie Haberman; and Vanity Fair national editor Todd Purdum.
| December 23, 2012 |
Guests: Asa Hutchinson, Sen. Johnny Isakson and Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Roundtable: Newark Mayor Cory Booker; Americans for Tax Reform President and NRA board member Grover Norquist; political strategist and ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd; Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan; and WashingtonPost.com columnist and Editor and Publisher of The Nation Katrina vanden Heuvel.
| December 16, 2012 |
Guests: Gov. Dan Malloy, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Sen.-Elect Chris Murphy, and Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra
Roundtable: Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Md., Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, TIME Magazine political columnist Joe Klein, ABC News' George Will, and Democratic strategist and ABC News contributor Donna Brazile.
| December 9, 2012 |
Guests: Sen. Tom Coburn, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, Rep. Jeb Hensarling, and Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva
Roundtable: Democratic strategist James Carville, Republican strategist Mary Matalin, Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, and ABC News' George Will and Matthew Dowd.
| December 2, 2012 |
Guests: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner
Roundtable: Deputy Majority Whip Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla.; Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus; former Romney campaign senior adviser Dan Senor; former Counselor to the Treasury Secretary and Lead Auto Adviser Steven Rattner; and ABC News' Cokie Roberts.
| November 25, 2012 |
Guests: Sen. Lindsey Graham, Sen. Dick Durbin and Ben Affleck
Roundtable: ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd, TIME Magazine's Joe Klein, Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus, Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan, and The New York Times' David Sanger, author of "Confront and Conceal."
| November 18, 2012 |
Guests: House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Peter King and Sen. Carl Levin
Roundtable: House Democratic Caucus Vice Chairman Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, and ABC News' George Will, Donna Brazile and Jonathan Karl.
| November 11, 2012 |
Guests: Sens. Patty Murray, Saxby Chambliss
Roundtable: Fox News anchor Greta van Susteren, Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Ill., Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Md., The Wall Street Journal's Paul Gigot, and The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel.
| November 4, 2012 |
Guests: David Plouffe and Ed Gillespie
Roundtable: ABC News' George Will, Cokie Roberts, Donna Brazile, Matthew Dowd, and Ronald Brownstein of National Journal.
| October 28, 2012 |
Guests: Stephanie Cutter and Newt Gingrich
Roundtable: ABC News' George Will; PBS' "Washington Week" moderator and managing editor Gwen Ifill; Andrew Sullivan, editor of "The Dish" at The Daily Beast; former Obama economic adviser and ABC News consultant Austan Goolsbee; and Republican strategist and ABC News political analyst and contributor Nicolle Wallace.
| October 21, 2012 |
Guests: Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Sen. Marco Rubio
Roundtable: Democratic National Committee Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz; Faith and Freedom Coalition founder and chair Ralph Reed; former Obama White House environmental adviser Van Jones, co-founder of Rebuild the Dream; Fox News anchor Greta Van Susteren; and political strategist and ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd.
| October 14, 2012 |
Guests: Sen. Rob Portman and Beau Biden
Roundtable: 2012 Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich; former Senator and 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Chris Dodd; Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz, moderator of this week's vice presidential debate; presidential historian Richard Norton Smith; ABC News' George Will; and Democratic strategist and ABC News Contributor Donna Brazile.
| October 7, 2012 |
Guests: Robert Gibbs, Ed Gillespie and Bill O'Reilly
Roundtable: Democratic strategist James Carville; Republican strategist Mary Matalin; Nobel Prize-winning New York Times columnist Paul Krugman; Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan; and ABC News senior political correspondent Jonathan Karl.
| September 30, 2012 |
Guests: Gov. Chris Christie and David Plouffe
Roundtable: Mississippi governor and RNC chair Haley Barbour; former Vermont governor and DNC chair Howard Dean, founder of Democracy for America; Democratic strategist and ABC News contributor Donna Brazile; political strategist and ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd; and POLITICO senior political reporter Maggie Haberman.
| September 23, 2012 |
Guests: David Axelrod and Reince Priebus
Roundtable: Republican strategist and ABC News political analyst and contributor Nicolle Wallace; former Obama domestic policy adviser Melody Barnes; conservative commentator Ann Coulter, author of the new book "Mugged"; Univision anchor Jorge Ramos; and University of California, Berkeley professor and former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich.
| September 16, 2012 |
Guest: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice
Roundtable: ABC News global affairs anchor Christiane Amanpour, ABC News senior foreign affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz, ABC News chief investigative correspondent Brian Ross, ABC News' George Will; Fox News contributor and former State Department official Liz Cheney, co-founder of Keep America Safe; Ret. General Wesley Clark, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe; PBS' "Washington Week" moderator and managing editor Gwen Ifill; and ABC News senior political correspondent Jonathan Karl.
| September 09, 2012 |
Guest: GOP Vice Presidential Nominee Paul Ryan
Roundtable: Newark Mayor Cory Booker, co-chair of the Democratic platform committee; Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., author of the new book "Government Bullies"; ABC News' George Will; ABC News' Cokie Roberts; and Nobel Prize-winning New York Times columnist Paul Krugman.
| September 02, 2012 |
Guest: Obama Senior Adviser David Plouffe
Roundtable: ABC News' George Will; Priorities USA co-founder Bill Burton; Romney campaign senior adviser and former Massachusetts Lt. Governor Kerry Healey; Democratic strategist and ABC News contributor Donna Brazile; and political strategist and ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd.
| August 26, 2012 |
Guests: Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Gov. Bob McDonnell
Roundtable: ABC News' George Will; Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Md.; former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, host of Current TV's "The War Room"; Republican strategist Mary Matalin; and FOX News anchor Greta Van Susteren.
| August 19, 2012 |
Guests: Obama Deputy Campaign Manager Stephanie Cutter and Romney Campaign Senior Adviser Kevin Madden
Roundtable: Senate Budget Committee member Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa.; House Budget Committee ranking member Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.; former TARP Special Inspector General Neil Barofsky; former Obama economic adviser Austan Goolsbee; Americans for Tax Reform president Grover Norquist; and Wall Street Journal columnist Kimberley Strassel.
| August 12, 2012 |
Guests: Obama Campaign Senior Adviser David Axelrod and Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty
Roundtable: ABC News' Cokie Roberts, former Vermont Governor and founder of Democracy for America Howard Dean, Wall Street Journal Editorial Page Editor Paul Gigot, California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, host of Current TV's "The Gavin Newsom Show," and Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan.
| August 5, 2012 |
Guests: Democratic National Committee chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Republican National Committee chair Reince Priebus
Roundtable: ABC News' George Will, ABC News senior political correspondent Jonathan Karl, conservative commentator Ann Coulter, former Obama White House environmental adviser Van Jones, and former Counselor to the Treasury Secretary and Lead Auto Adviser Steven Rattner.
| July 29, 2012 |
Guests: Obama Campaign Senior Adviser Robert Gibbs and Romney Campaign Senior Adviser Kevin Madden
Roundtable: ABC News' George Will; Democratic strategist and ABC News contributor Donna Brazile; Yahoo! News Washington bureau chief David Chalian, radio host and Brietbart.com contributing editor Dana Loesch, and Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus.
| July 22, 2012 |
Guests: Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, Aurora Mayor Steve Hogan and Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey
Roundtable: Former Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, author of the new book "A Nation of Wusses," ABC News' George Will, ABC News' Cokie Roberts, TIME Magazine political columnist Joe Klein, and The Washington Post's Jennifer Rubin.
| July 15, 2012 |
Guests: Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Sen. Kelly Ayotte
Roundtable: ABC News' George Will; Democratic strategist James Carville, co-author of the new book "It's the Middle Class, Stupid!"; Republican strategist Mary Matalin; Democratic strategist and ABC News contributor Donna Brazile; and political strategist and ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd.
| July 8, 2012 |
Guests: Gov. Bobby Jindal and Gov. Martin O'Malley
Roundtable: ABC News' George Will; Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne, author of the new book "Our Divided Political Heart: The Battle for the American Idea in an Age of Discontent;" PBS' "Washington Week" moderator and managing editor Gwen Ifill; former Counselor to the Treasury Secretary and Obama administration Lead Auto Adviser Steven Rattner; and Mort Zuckerman, editor in chief of U.S. News & World Report.
| July 1, 2012 |
Guests: Vicki Kennedy, Rep. Paul Ryan and Obama Chief of Staff Jack Lew
Roundtable: Keith Olbermann, ABC News' George Will, Democratic strategist and ABC News contributor Donna Brazile, former Rep. Artur Davis, and "Nightline" co-anchor Terry Moran, who covers the Supreme Court for ABC News.
| June 24, 2012 |
Guest: Rep. Darrell Issa
Roundtable: Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., ABC News' George Will, National Journal White House correspondent Major Garrett, Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan, and Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen.
| June 17, 2012 |
Guest: Obama Senior Adviser David Plouffe
Roundtable: Romney national campaign co-chair and former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, ABC News' George Will, political strategist and ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd, former Obama economic adviser and ABC News consultant Austan Goolsbee, and editor and publisher of The Nation Katrina vanden Heuvel.
| June 10, 2012 |
Guests: Obama Campaign Senior Adviser David Axelrod and former Sen. Rick Santorum
Roundtable: Former Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, author of the new book "A Nation of Wusses," and Fox News host and former Republican Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee join the "This Week" powerhouse roundtable to debate all the week's politics, with conservative commentator Ann Coulter and former Obama White House environmental adviser Van Jones.
| June 3, 2012 |
Guests: Obama Deputy Campaign Manager Stephanie Cutter and Romney Campaign Senior Advisor Eric Fehrnstrom
Roundtable: Obama deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter faces off with Romney campaign senior advisor Eric Fehrnstrom on the "This Week" powerhouse roundtable, with ABC News' George Will, Democratic strategist and ABC News contributor Donna Brazile, and Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, author of the new book "End This Depression Now!"
| May 27, 2012 |
Guest: Defense Secretary Leon Panetta
Roundtable: ABC News' George Will, former Michigan governor and host of Current TV's "The War Room" Jennifer Granholm, Fox Business Network anchor Liz Claman, Washington Post national political reporter Nia-Malika Henderson, and National Journal editorial director Ron Brownstein.
| May 20, 2012 |
Guests: House Speaker John Boehner and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
Roundtable: ABC News' George Will, political strategist and ABC News contributor Donna Brazile, political strategist and ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd, radio host Laura Ingraham, and California Lieutenant Governor and Current TV host Gavin Newsom.
| May 13, 2012 |
Guests: Rep. Barney Frank and Rep. Marsha Blackburn
Roundtable: Republican strategist Mary Matalin, former New York governor and host of Current TV's "Viewpoint" Eliot Spitzer, Faith and Freedom Coalition founder and chairman Ralph Reed, Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen, and Politico senior political reporter Maggie Haberman.
| May 6, 2012 |
Guests: Obama Campaign Senior Adviser David Axelrod and Sen. John McCain
Roundtable: ABC News' George Will, former Obama economic adviser and ABC News consultant Austan Goolsbee, Romney campaign adviser and president of The American Cause Bay Buchanan, radio and television host Tavis Smiley, and Fox News anchor Greta Van Susteren.
| April 29, 2012 |
Guest: White House Counterterrorism Adviser John Brennan
Roundtable: Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard and co-chair of Mitt Romney's California campaign, Jennifer Granholm, former Michigan governor and host of Current TV's "The War Room," Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist, Eric Schmidt, executive chairman and former CEO of Google, David Walker, former Comptroller General and Founder and CEO of the Comeback America Initiative.
| April 22, 2012 |
Guests: Sen. Susan Collins and Rep. Carolyn Maloney
Roundtable: Keith Olbermann, ABC News' George Will, political strategist and ABC News contributor Donna Brazile, political strategist and ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd, and Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan.
| April 15, 2012 |
Guest: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner
Roundtable: ABC News' Cokie Roberts; former Obama domestic policy adviser Melody Barnes; Wall Street Journal editorial page editor Paul Gigot; advisor to the Romney campaign Kevin Madden; and Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation.
| April 8, 2012 |
Guest: Pastor Rick Warren
Roundtable: ABC News' George Will, Yahoo News Washington bureau chief David Chalian, author and Georgetown University professor Michael Eric Dyson, Thomson Reuters Digital editor Chrystia Freeland, and Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan.
| April 1, 2012 |
Guests: Rep. Paul Ryan and Rep. Chris Van Hollen
Roundtable: George Will, conservative commentator Ann Coulter, former White House environmental advisor Van Jones, author of "Rebuild the Dream," Matt Bai of The New York Times Magazine, and "Nightline" co-anchor Terry Moran.
| March 25, 2012 |
Guests: Obama Senior Adviser David Plouffe and Rep. Michele Bachmann
Roundtable: ABC's George Will and Cokie Roberts, Democratic strategist and ABC News contributor Donna Brazile, political strategist and ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd, and "Nightline" co-anchor Terry Moran.
| March 18, 2012 |
Guest: Former Sen. Rick Santorum
Roundtable: ABC's George Will, former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, Priorities USA co-founder Bill Burton, Washington Post national political reporter Nia-Malika Henderson, and Washington Post columnist and associate editor David Ignatius.
| March 11, 2012 |
Guests: Sen. Charles Schumer and Sen. Lindsey Graham
Roundtable: Senior White House correspondent Jake Tapper, former Obama economic adviser and ABC News consultant Austan Goolsbee, Republican strategist Mary Matalin, former New York governor Eliot Spitzer, and Nicolle Wallace, Republican strategist and senior adviser to the McCain-Palin 2008 campaign.
| March 4, 2012 |
Guests: Former Speaker Newt Gingrich and Obama Campaign Senior Adviser David Axelrod
Roundtable: ABC's Christiane Amanpour and George Will, political strategist and ABC News contributor Donna Brazile, political strategist and ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd, Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan, former Vermont Governor and founder of Democracy for America Howard Dean, and The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg.
| February 26, 2012 |
Guests: Former Sen. Rick Santorum, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick
Roundtable: ABC's George Will and Cokie Roberts, plus former Democratic Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, host of Current TV's "The War Room," and former Republican Michigan Gov. John Engler, president of the Business Roundtable, debate the state of play in the Wolverine State.
| February 19, 2012 |
Guests: Sen. John McCain and Former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs
Roundtable: ABC's George Will, ABC News senior political correspondent Jonathan Karl, FOX Business Network host Lou Dobbs, Vanity Fair contributing editor and former Clinton White House press secretary Dee Dee Myers, and Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page.
| February 12, 2012 |
Guests: Former sen. Rick Santorum, White House Cheif of Staff Jack Lew, and Rep. Paul Ryan
Roundtable: ABC's George Will, political strategist and ABC News contributor Donna Brazile, Fox News contributor and co-founder of Keep America Safe Liz Cheney, and Washington Post columnist David Ignatius.
| February 5, 2012 |
Guests: Rep. Ron Paul, Former Obama Adviser Lawrence Summers, Top Romney Economic Advisor Glenn Hubbard, and Diane Swonk of Mesirow Financial.
Roundtable: ABC's George Will, political strategist and ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd, AOL Huffington Post Media Group president Arianna Huffington, and radio host and Bigjournalism.com editor Dana Loesch.
| January 29, 2012 |
Guests: Former Speaker Newt Gingrich, House Speaker John Boehner
Roundtable: George Will, Democratic strategist Donna Brazile, former Obama economic adviser Austan Goolsbee, and radio host and Fox News contributor Laura Ingraham.
| January 22, 2012 |
Guests: Former Sen. Rick Santorum
Roundtable: ABC's George Will, political strategist and ABC News analyst Matthew Dowd, National Journal's Ron Brownstein, and The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel.
| January 15, 2012 |
Guests: Gov. Rick Perry and Stephen Colbert
Roundtable: ABC's George Will and Cokie Roberts, ABC News senior political correspondent Jonathan Karl, the Wall Street Journal's Peggy Noonan, and New York Times columnist and Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman.
| January 8, 2012 |
Guests: Obama Campaign Senior Adviser David Axelrod and Former Gov. Mike Huckabee
Roundtable: ABC's George Will, Republican strategist Mary Matalin, ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd, Democratic strategist Donna Brazile and ABC News senior White House correspondent Jake Tapper.
