When Christiane Amanpour took over ABC's "This Week," one of the things she said she wanted to shake up was the weekly roundtable. You know how it looks at the moment: George Will spars with Paul Krugman or Donna Brazile, while Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts give their two cents.
This weekend, Amanpour seems to be fulfilling her promise to bring in new faces to the roundtable. While not exactly coming from outside of New York-Washington media circles, at least three of them are new to "This Week."
Below, take a look at the new faces, and tell us if you approve — or if you'd rather stick with the tried and true guests. Also, tell us who you would personally like to see at the roundtable!
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![New Face: Gillian Tett]()
Tett is the U.S. managing editor for the UK's Financial Times.
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![New Face: John Harris]()
Harris, co-editor of Politico.com, is an old Washington hand, but he's new to "This Week."
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![New Face: George Packer]()
While Packer, who writes for The New Yorker, may be new to the "This Week" panel, he's no stranger to the Sunday morning talk show—as can be seen in this photo of Packer on "Meet The Press."
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![Veteran: Michael Gerson]()
Gerson, who will appear this week with Packer, Tett, Harris and George Will, was George W. Bush's chief speechwriter; he has appeared on the show a few times before. As is often the case, he has also appeared on "Meet The Press."
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![Veteran: George Will]()
The conservative Washington Post columnist is the only fixed member of the roundtable and has been with the show since it began in 1981.
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![Veteran: Donna Brazile]()
Brazile is a longtime strategist and a panel regular.
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![Veteran: Paul Krugman]()
The New York Times columnist (and Nobel Prize winner) has been a frequent panelist in the last few years.
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![Veteran: Sam Donaldson]()
Donaldson is not just a former White House correspondent for ABC and a long-time panelist. He also co-hosted the show from 1996 to 2002.
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![Veteran: Cokie Roberts]()
Remember when we said Sam Donaldson co-hosted the show? Roberts was the second half of the duo. She's also a longtime commentator for NPR.
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![Veteran: Robert Reich]()
Reich has a long resume: Labor Secretary for Bill Clinton, economics professor at U.C. Berkeley, and co-editor of The American Prospect magazine. He often alternates with Krugman as the panel's resident left-wing economist.
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![User Submission: James Howard Kunstler]()
Donpsims:James Howard Kunstler on the Colbert Nation.
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![User Submission: Amy Goodman]()
Jill Westerholm:Amy Goodman,host of Democracy Now
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![User Submission: Elizabeth Warren]()
Mike Cowger:
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![User Submission: Larry Fink]()
OffTheLows:The Chairman and CEO of Blackrock and frequent CNBC guest could provide a healthy dose of private sector input from a landscape dominated by journalists, professors and DC insiders who have no executive level knowledge of the economy.
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![User Submission: Yves Smith]()
emmittc:Naked Capitalism Blog
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![User Submission: Andrew Sullivan]()
bignewf:
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![User Submission: Rachel Maddow]()
cbmd1:would like to see her on the show w/ christiane
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![User Submission: Josh Marshall]()
eztempo:Editor of "Talking Points Memo" - outside the bubble, but inside the DC scene. Knows electoral terrain and issues in front of Congress backwards & forwards.
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aaronwysocki:Host of The Young Turks and MSNBC Contributor/Guest Host
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![User Submission: Naomi Klein]()
hoops44:Canadian author and activist known for her political analysis and criticism of corporate globalization.
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![User Submission: Nicholas D. Kristof]()
Jim Killingsworth:As close to a "voice for the people" as can be found in today's media corps, since the normal talking heads tend to deal more in the philosophies and abstractions of current event.
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![User Submission: Thom Hartmann]()
hoops44:Syndicated radio host and progressive political commentator.
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![User Submission: Randi Rhodes]()
hoops44:Syndicated radio talk show host and progressive political commentator.
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![User Submission: Ralph Nader]()
hoops44:Activist
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![User Submission: Glenn Greenwald]()
LLeGrande:Mr. Greenwald is a very effective debater on many subjects. He's appeared on 'This Week' previously, and performed very well.
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![User Submission: Michael Eric Dyson]()
Roxanne Peyton:
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![User Submission: Angela Davis]()
Roxanne Peyton:
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![User Submission: Melissa Harris-Lacewell]()
Roxanne Peyton:
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![User Submission: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.]()
hoops44:An attorney specializing in environmental law, author and co-host of Ring of Fire syndicated radio show.
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![User Submission: Liz Cheney]()
Rainbo Culpepper:
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![User Submission: Wikileaks]()
2huffypuffy:Julian Assange
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![User Submission: Ross Douthat]()
freethink:The rational 'conservative' from the New York Times.
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![User Submission: James Falllows]()
nunsuch:National correspondent for "The Atlantic" magazine.
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![User Submission: Noam Chomksy]()
Samuel Pernick:MIT Linguistics Professor and Political Dissident
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![User Submission: PeeWee Herman]()
Will Benshoof:Would counterbalance Sarah Palin were she to appear on show.
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![User Submission: Mike Malloy]()
vsjim:
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![User Submission: Sam Seder]()
vsjim:
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![User Submission: David Brancaccio]()
ProgressiveForever:
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![User Submission: Gene Lyons]()
ProgressiveForever:
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![User Submission: Bill Moyers]()
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