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First up - the anchor and the preacher.
Two years ago, John McCain was attacked for having Pastor John Hagee endorse
him for President. This Saturday, Glenn Beck outdid McCain by endorsing John
Hagee. He was there at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial, arm in arm with beck's
other proud associates, taking the cheers from the crowd. John Hagee, who
called the Catholic Church the great whore of Revelation Is this the love and
religious unity Beck appeared to personally give witness? Or is it more of the
old nativist attitude that derides any religious or ethnic difference? Salon's
Joan Walsh and Democratic strategist Bob Shrum will discuss.
Plus, seven and a half years ago, the war in Iraq began with shock, awe and an
evolving set of justifications by the neo-cons who dreamed up the war. Tonight,
as President Obama prepares to declare from the Oval Office that the United
States combat mission has ended, we'll look back at those reasons for war with
Mother Jones' Washington correspondent David Corn and former senior advisory
for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, Dan Senor.
Also, the now-you're-up-then-you're-down Gallup generic Congressional poll
shows the Republicans with their largest lead ever: ten points. MSNBC Political
Analysts Mark Halperin and John Heilemann will tell us what the Democrats can
do to stop the flood.
And money never sleeps. Even as President Obama is being battered on the left
for being too cozy with Wall Street, some of his biggest backers in the banking
world are deserting him and throwing money at Republicans instead. The
Washington Post's Eugene Robinson and Reuters' Chrystia Freeland will explain
what's going on.
Finally, Chris will give his thoughts on Iraq and why we should never have gone
to war in the first place.
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