• Jess Levin, National Press Secretary for Media Matters for America, calls in at 9:05am ET / 6:05am PT to co-host Right Wing World
• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the Budget Battle and this weekend’s Tea Parties in the rudest way possible
• Gov. Deval Patrick (D-MA) calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about his new book, “A Reason To Believe: Lessons from an Improbable Life”
• Edie McClurg joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11:05am ET / 8:05am PT for another edition of “Mondays With McClurg”
• U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Sunday he was confident Congress would raise the nation’s debt limit and that it may need to do so before a deal is reached to rein in future budget deficits.
• The U.S. House of Representatives passed a Republican budget blueprint that proposes a fundamental overhaul of the main U.S. medical program while combating out-of-control budget deficits. It would impose sharp spending cuts on social safety net programs. It has little chance of passing the Senate.
• Sarah Palin defended Wisconsin’s governor at a tea party tax day rally Saturday, telling hundreds of supporters that his polarizing union rights law is designed to save public jobs.
