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The Hardball Briefing On MSNBC
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First up, Lawrence O'Donnell in for Chris Matthews, town hall rage winning
debate?
A new USA Today/Gallup Poll show protests are swaying independents 2-1 in favor
of the protesters. With former Governor Sarah Palin and Senator Charles
Grassley increasing the heat on "death panels," has the President already lost
the debate before a bill even hits the floor? We'll play Hardball with
Representative Niki Tsongas (D-MA) and Representative Brian Bilbray (R-CA) on
why crucial independents are being won over by the town halls.
For more on the town halls, go to:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32385814/ns/politics-capitol_hill/
Next up, is history repeating itself?
Sixteen years ago, health insurance rates were climbing and a vast amount of
people were uninsured in the United States. A first term Presidency attempted a
massive reform project of healthcare and failed in the fiasco known as
Hillarycare. Today, the situation remains much the same if not worse as the
Obama Administration attempts to overhaul healthcare. What can be learned from
the 1993 attempt at healthcare reform? Has the Obama Administration learned
anything from 1993? We'll reflect on the earlier attempt at healthcare reform
as it applies to today with Yale Professor and author of "The Road to Nowhere"
Jacob Hacker and Co-Author of "The Battle for America 2008" Haynes Johnson.
For more on the healthcare debate, go to:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32398264/ns/politics-the_new_york_times//
Plus, Dick Cheney's tell all book?
Recently, former Vice President Dick Cheney revealed a teaser for his book due
out in 2011. Cheney's tell-all memoir will reveal a frustration at losing
influence with President Bush during the second term. New York Daily News
Washington Bureau Chief Tom DeFrank and MSNBC Political Analyst Pat Buchanan
will join us to discuss the implications of a Dick Cheney tell-all.
For more on former Vice President Cheney's upcoming book, go to:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32398177/ns/politics-washington_post/
Finally, in the Politics Fix, we'll have Politico's Roger Simon and New
Yorker's Ryan Lizza to analyze Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's comments on
the 2000 Election, the town hall protests, as well as the rest of the day's
political events.
For more on Hillary Clinton, go to:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32355968/ns/world_news-africa/
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