Talk show day is upon us again. This week is the first in a while with­out an over­ar­ch­ing theme, now that the national debt isn’t daily con­ver­sa­tion, and Ames is behind us. Inter­est­ingly, Texas Gov­er­nor Rick Perry is nowhere to be found, a mere week after announc­ing his entry to the race. Accord­ing to Politico, here’s the lineup for this week:

David Axel­rod appears on two shows this week.

Meet the Press (NBC) — Obama Admin­is­tra­tion for­mer Press Sec­re­tary Robert Gibbs; Indiana’s Repub­li­can Gov­er­nor and non-​​Presidential-​​candidate Mitch Daniels.

This Week (ABC) — Obama cam­paign adviser and top polit­i­cal strate­gist David Axel­rod, fol­lowed by for­mer Utah Gov­er­nor and for­mer Obama Admin­is­tra­tion ambas­sador to China—and cur­rent Pres­i­den­tial candidate—Jon Huntsman.

Face the Nation (CBS) — For­mer Pres­i­den­tial can­di­date and cur­rent Ari­zona Sen­a­tor John McCain; for­mer Repub­li­can National Chair­man Ed Gille­spie; for­mer Demo­c­ra­tic National Chair­man Terry McAuliffe.

State of the Union (CNN) — Axel­rod appears here as well, along with Mary­land Gov­er­nor and chair­man of the Demo­c­ra­tic Gov­er­nors Asso­ci­a­tion Mar­tin O’Malley; also the chair­man of the Repub­li­can Gov­er­nors Asso­ci­a­tion, Vir­ginia Gov­er­nor Bob McDon­nell (rumored to be a poten­tial pick for Vice Pres­i­dent); also Demo­c­ra­tic Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Eli­jah Cum­mings, a mem­ber of the Con­gres­sional Black Cau­cus, expected to talk about Pres­i­dent Obama’s rela­tion­ship with black leaders.

Arne Dun­can gets two spots this week as well.

Fox News Sun­day — It’s “for­mer” week on Fox: polit­i­cal strate­gist and for­mer White House deputy chief of staff for the Bush Admin­is­tra­tion Karl Rove; for­mer White House deputy press sec­re­tary for Pres­i­dent Obama, Bill Bur­ton; and Pres­i­den­tial can­di­date and for­mer Penn­syl­va­nia Sen­a­tor Rick Santorum.

News­mak­ers (CSPAN) — Obama Admin­is­tra­tion Edu­ca­tion Sec­re­tary Arne Dun­can is inter­viewed by Alyson Klein from Edu­ca­tion Week and USA Today’s Greg Toppo.

Polit­i­cal Cap­i­tal (Bloomberg TV) — Dun­can appears here, too.