Hardball Briefing for Tuesday, December 9

[Hardball with Chris Matthews]

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First up - Illinois Governor Blagojevich is arrested!

This morning federal agents arrived at the Gov. Blagojevich's home and arrested 
him for a laundry list of corruption charges including payoffs and influence   
peddling. What's next for the Governor? NBC's Pete Williams, MSNBC contributor 
Jim Warren and Chicago Tribune columnist Lynn Sweet will weigh in on the 
latest. 

To get more information on the corruption scandal surrounding Governor 
Blagojevich:  
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/09/us/politics/10Illinois.html?_r=1&hp

Plus, who will pick Illinois's new Senator? Governor Blagojevich used to have 
that power, but with these recent developments there's now talk of a special 
election. We'll ask the Chicago Tribune's Jill Zuckman about the impact of 
today's events.
 
To learn more about the future of the Illinois senate seat check out: 
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/09/who-can-name-obamas-successor/

Next - we'll take a look back at Chicago's recent political scandals with 
MSNBC's Pat Buchanan and Stan Brand, former counsel to the U.S. House of 
Representatives.

Plus - is Sen. Ted Kennedy "politicking" for his neice to get New York's 
soon-to-be-open Senate seat? We'll bring you the latest on that story in 
tonight's Politics Fix. 

For the latest on all of today's political news, go to the best political 
website www.politics.msnbc.com, powered by NBC News and the National Journal. 
And, don't forget to check out NBC's "First Read" and MSNBC.com's Hardblogger.

 

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