The Chris Matthews Show: By far my favorite program, at least after today's broadcast. Matthews is a talented orator in his own right but seems to live for the back-and-forth battle with guests, always pushing for answers that reveal the truth and not simply a rehearsed answer laced with ''spin''. Today's show delved into the many secrets of the 2008 Presidential campaign as revealed in the new exposee "Game Change: Obama and the Clinton's, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime" (image from Amazon.com) by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. Hailed as one of the best political novels in recent memory, "Game Change" has been featured across the spectrum of mainstream media from Politico to CNN. I appreciated Matthews discussion with his guests, including Senior Washington Correspondent for Newsweek Harold Fineman, over Sarah Palin's presidential prospects in 2012. I was shocked to see so many insiders publicly remark that yes, Palin was indeed preparing herself for the Republican ticket. (I especially enjoyed the fact that such remarks were immediately followed by discussions of Palin's inability to name a founding father other than Washington during a Glenn Beck interview). Overall, full marks.

This Week: Even without George Stephanopoulos this program has managed to maintain its poise. Filmed within the Newsuem several blocks from the Capitol, "This Week" didn't do it for me this morning. I didn't agree with Jake Tapper's questioning of top American commander in Haiti Gen. Ken Keen. Tapper treated Keen as a representative of the American government in a way that characterized him more as an out-of-touch bureaucrat than a soldier working diligently to help a fallen nation. In my opinion, Keen would have no way of knowing the exact duration of the U.S.'s involvement in Haiti nor the amount of troops necessary to secure aid transport. At least for the moment, Haiti is in ruins and needs help. We can discuss how much we spend later on after the recovery efforts have slowed a bit. I just don't see how anyone here in America can criticize volunteers in Haiti.

Meet the Press: I'll admit it-- I didn't really finish "Meet the Press." I was shocked, however, by the same vein of questioning I noticed on "This Week" of Gen. Keen. I promise that next week I'll try and make it through it!