According to Nielsen’s Fast National ratings for Nov. 4, FOX News Sunday with Chris Wallace beat This Week, Face the Nation and Meet the Press in the Washington, D.C. market — for the first time ever. Wallace debuted a new series this past weekend titled, “American Leaders” with an exclusive interview with former President George H. W. Bush.

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Karen Feld recently caught up with Terry McAuliffe in DC as he continues on his non-stop quest to make his new book, “What A Party! My Life Among Democrats: Presidents, Candidates, Donors, Activists, Alligators, and Other Wild Animals,” number one of the New York Times bestseller list. (It’s currently tied at five.)

The former DNC chairman appeared confident that Hillary Clinton will be the next Prez, and he expects his buddy Bill to take on a unique role after the ‘08 election.

“If Hillary wins, it will only enhance Bill’s eight years,” McAuliffe told Feld. “His role as ‘First Gentleman’ will be that of ambassador-at-large.”

He also seems to have grown tired of appearing on traditional news news programs, like Meet the Press, and said The Daily Show is now tops on his list to get political messages out.

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It’s well-known that Andrea Mitchell has always wanted a higher profile within the NBC news division, and sources tell BHDC that the timing is right, if quite a few dominoes fall into place.

Mitchell is expected to be called by the Scooter Libby defense team today to explain why she said more than once that Valerie Plame’s identity was “widely known” even before Robert Novak’s infamous column was published, which outed Plame. 

Oddly, Mitchell said later that that she didn’t know how to explain her comments. But Why would a top-notch reporter like Mitchell suddenly become foggy on such a key question?

One possibility: Libby has said that Tim Russert told him in July 2003 that “all the reporters know” Plame worked for the CIA. But Russert says that’s not true because he didn’t know who Plame was at the time.

Observers are questioning whether Mitchell received the information from her boss, Russert, which would she may have been compelled to cover tracks for him.

If Little Russ ends up in the slammer, Mitchell’s seniority at the network could help her become moderator of Meet the Press. A long shot, but let’s see how this plays out, shall we?

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On Meet the Presss this morn to talk about Barack Obama’s candidacy, the PBS correspondent referred to herself not once, but twice, as the SON of West Indian parents.

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AMC has updated her recent blog entry, titled ”Everyone Hates Chris,” regarding just how much Tim Russert despises the diabetic Hardballer (and possible sexist, according to BHDC’s Mockette):

Just to be clear, not everyone hates Chris Matthews (though apparently many commenters do); I just think there’s something kind of awesome about “Everyone Hates Chris” being a show on the CW network. I am personal a long-time, committed fan of Matthew’s eccentric approach to political chat, n.b.: “ALL PANTS ARE MADE IN CHINA NOW!”

Yeah right, she hates him.

Fave commenter quote so far: “Chris Matthews gets all homoerotic talking about GOP politicians. He is practically orgasmic every time he mentions Bush, Ahnuld, Rudy and McCain, especially McCain. He can’t get over how manly they are. The guy is a classic closet case.”

I can tell you, from parties I’ve attended with both Tim and Chris, the two always offer up a lot of public adoration for each other. But, just like with me and Patrick Gavin, you’ve gotta know that what’s said in public doesn’t mean a lick.

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