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Tonight Hardball airs for a special two hours to cover the election of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as Pope Benedict XVI tonight from 6 to 8 pm ET... We've got the story covered from Rome to Washington with experts on the papacy, Catholic Church and Ratzinger himself...You loved him in Rome, now tune into MSNBC once again as Chris anchors coverage on the new Pope... We'll do the Bolton and DeLay stuff tomorrow and later in the week...Some new stuff below on those fronts btw...Bolton vote delayed! Sorry it's been a crazy day and I haven't had a lot of time to get you more links and background on the show...I hope you'll join us nonetheless....Thank you Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from Washington, DC Benedict XVI: German cardinal elected pope...'I entrust myself to your prayers,' he tells crowd (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7523254/ Guardian of Church Orthodoxy (The Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A1334-2005Apr19?language=printer The Vatican's enforcer (The National Catholic Reporter) http://www.natcath.com/NCR_Online/archives/041699/041699a.htm What's in a pope's name? Benedict XVI will be scrutinized for clues about his philosophy http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7540353/ Homily by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger...Full text of the sermon from the funeral of Pope John Paul II http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7427983/ New pope a conservative who divided Germans...But Ratzinger a favorite son in Alpine hills of Bavaria (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7560325/ See photos of Ratzinger as a youth http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3284096/ Shuster's Vatican Diary http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5445086/ DeLay plays defense on ethics allegations...Lashes out at Democrats in letter to donors, supporters (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7550959/ DeLay said in the message, titled "What the Press Isn't Telling You" and covering about six single-spaced pages, that his overseas trips were "proper" and "properly vetted and undertaken" and that if there were any question about the source of funding for that travel, no member of Congress "should be responsible for deceptive behavior by outside organizations." (The Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64194-2005Apr18.html Rove backs up DeLay, calls critics 'desperate'...The White House yesterday stepped up its defense of embattled House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, dispatching political strategist Karl Rove to deride Democratic attacks as "drivel." (The Washington Times) http://washingtontimes.com/national/20050419-121820-4270r.htm U.S. Senate panel delays vote on Bolton for U.N.... The Senate Foreign Relations Committee delayed a vote on the nomination of John Bolton as U.N. ambassador after a Republican senator said he was not prepared to vote for him Tuesday, casting the nomination in doubt. (Reuters) Democrats hope to delay vote on Bolton's nomination...They say more time needed to study allegations that U.N. nominee is a hothead (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7552333/ Bush cites 'good ideas' on Social Security...President Bush yesterday said raising the retirement age for Social Security and recalculating how future benefits are paid are among many "good ideas" on the table in the discussions about overhauling the 70-year-old retirement system. (The Washington Times) http://washingtontimes.com/national/20050418-112653-4618r.htm Opinion/Editorial Hitchens: Two Ibrahims and Two Women...Four individuals who took on the powerful. http://slate.msn.com/id/2116901/ Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/ ========================================= This email is never sent unsolicited. You have received The Hardball Briefing Newsletter because you subscribed to it or, someone forwarded it to you. To remove yourself from the list (or to add yourself to the list if this message was forwarded to you) simply go to http://www.msnbc.com/tools/newstools/e/emailextra.asp?nfeature=19 Microsoft Corporation - One Microsoft Way - Redmond, WA 98052 MSN PRIVACY STATEMENT http://privacy.msn.com