Sunday, April 30, 2006.

Dick Durbin was on Tim Russert’s panel on MTP. Durbin refused to share a laugh about Katie Couric contributing nothing of value to our economy, and Energy Secretary Sam Bodman tried to explain supply, demand, and profits to Russert. (As has been said, so much for pathos.)

WH Chief of Staff Josh Bolten told host Chris Wallace on FNS that he was there to “refresh, re-energize” the Administration. He suggested that the President wanted to “leave a legacy” of starting the process toward weaning Americans from “foreign oil.”

On TW, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice accused the Iranian mullahs of “playing a game” with the international community regarding its nuclear ambitions. Later on TW, Chuckie Schumer demanded action be taken against OPEC and American oil companies. He also asked for a Manhattan Project to reduce our dependence on oil. Fmr. Senator Bennett Johnston, Democrat of Louisiana, suggested that Hezbollah would raise our gas prices to $6.00/gallon if we bombed Iran.

On FTN, Rice got into an argument with host Bob Schieffer over whether the Iraqi army disintegrated or was abolished by President Bush. He also obsessed over the Star Spangled Banner in Spanish (the gimmicky Nuestro Himno), trying to see if Secretary Rice would say something outrageous.

Next on FTN, Maria Cantwell, Washington’s campaigning Democrat Senator, spouted off about price gouging while Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski suggested we explore and drill more domestically, off the coastal shelf and in ANWR.

On LE, Rice told host Wolf Blitzer that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said things which just aren’t spoken “in mixed company.” Wolf pressed her about admitting lots and lots of mistakes, and she said that was the job of studying in the future, “when I’m back at Stanford.” That’s her plan, evidently.

And the FNS “Power Player of the Week” was, of course, Tony Snow.

Catch the complete show-by-show review over at RedState.com.