Washington Senate Race

The staff is working its way in and we're preparing for today's program.

Shocking I know, but John McCain will appear on a Sunday talk show today.

We're going to open with what we'll call "Constitutional Tomfoolery, Part One" (you'll note that this implies, through a technique known as "foreshadowing," that the Republicans have exhibited some sheer silliness in reference to our country's founding governmental compact more than once in the past week).

"Platts Energy Week" (WUSA at 8 a.m.) interviews Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.), Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army-Energy Richard G. Kidd IV and Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy Thomas W. Hicks; "BioCentury This Week" (WUSA at 8:30) features ISI Group's Mark Schoenbaum and Johns Hopkins University's Thomas Smith; "Ideas in Action with Jim Glassman" (MPT at 8:30, 9:30 on WHUT) has author Joseph Nye and Brookings Institution's Robert Kagan; "Fox News Sunday" (Fox at 9) hosts Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Archbishop of Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl; "White House Chronicle" (WETA at 9) has George Washington University's Amitai Etzioni; "State of the Union" (CNN at 9) features former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), Gen. Peter Chiarelli, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and others; "The Chris Matthews Show" (NBC at 10) hosts Time's Joe Klein, New York Times's Helene Cooper, National Journal's Major Garrett and Associated Press's Kasie Hunt.

ABC's "This Week"— Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.