The Sunday Showdown

On the Sunday shows, which Marc Ambinder covers in five bullet points or less:

Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI), chair of Armed Services Cmte, says Pres. Obama needs to explain how additional U.S. Military forces will speed build-up of the Afghan Army.

The GOP's professional class, represented by ex-RNC chair Ed Gillespie, remains at odds with ideological conservatives, represented by ex-Rep. Dick Armey (R-TX) over the GOP's proposed purity resolution.

And Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) says he is open to the possibility of voting for health care legislation without a robust public option.

Also today, a Senate report suggests the Bush admin had the chance to capture Osama bin Laden in Dec. '01, and White House party crashers want to get paid while Sens. Evan Bayh (D-IN) and Jon Kyl (R-AZ) want them to be prosecuted.

And in WA, four officers have been killed in an ambush at a coffee shop just south of Tacoma.