The Sunday Morning Shout Down
As a youngster, I remember watching Meet the Press on Sunday mornings. I have a feeling this began when I stayed overnight at my maternal grandmother's Chicago apartment (4051 West School Street). She was the home district secretary to Congressman Roman C. Pucinski (D), 11th Congressional District of Illinois, and had a keen interest in the workings, and machinations, of politics. Rose Laura Dach Piekielko was a died in the wool Richard C. Daley (D), Mayor of Chicago, Democrat. Those beliefs had a significant impact on my own political ideals. Consequently, it has become my habit to watch the Sunday morning political interview shows. I stuck with Meet the Press when Tim Russert and Chuck Todd were the hosts. Television scheduling being what it is, Meet the Press interfered with the last half hour of CBS Sunday Morning, another stalwart view in our home. Scrolling around, it seemed as if the various political parties shilled out the same p...