March 31, 2006

Hotline After Dark -- What You Missed Thursday Night

Apparently "Earl" had to die so we decided to stick to cable.

Lots of coverage of Jill Carroll's release. But there were also lots of pols on last night:

House Min. Leader Nancy Pelosi was on "NewsHour." She said she supports the McCain-Kennedy-Gutierrez immigration bill. On the Dem nat'l security plan: "You have President Bush saying: Stay the course, and I'll leave it up to a future president to clean up my mess behind me. And you have the Democrats saying: 2006 must be a year of transition" (PBS, 3/30).

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) was on "Situation Room" and "Hannity & Colmes." He talked about immigration and Iraq and then was asked about speaking at Liberty Univ. McCain: "I speak to between three and five colleges and universities around the country for commencement every year. The same message this year. I'm speaking at a new school in New York and Ohio State University, as well." More: "The Reverend Falwell came to see me. We had a good conversation. There are areas we're in agreement on, and I'm sure there are areas that we're in disagreement on. And he asked me to speak at his commencement. I was glad to do it" ("Situation Room," CNN, 3/30).

Asked if he gets top billing on the immigration bill, McCain: "Yes, whether I want it or not" ("Hannity & Colmes," FNC, 3/30).

Newt Gingrich was also on "Hannity & Colmes," where he talked about his Time interview: "Republicans have to be the party of reform, because we're the people who pay for pork. We're not the people who get excited when it's delivered. And so I think that we're in a very delicate period right now where the Republican Party has to recapture a focus on being a reform party. And I was trying to be quite clear. I have every reason to believe we can win this fall, but I think it does require real change. And not just doing more of the same, but real change" (FNC, 3/30).

SOMEONE ISN'T GOING TO GET INVITED TO DAVOS

Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) was on "Hardball," talking about the situation in Iraq and immigration. Biden, speaking in English: "I can't think of a country that has two languages as their accepted languages, that is doing all that well, including Switzerland and/or Canada" (MSNBC, 3/30).

Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) was on CNBC's "Street Signs" talking about foreign investment in U.S. companies.

JUST IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING ...

Lou Dobbs is still in Cancun and still talking about immigration. [EMILY GOODIN]

Posted at 07:15 AM

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