------------------------------------------------------ The Hardball Briefing On MSNBC ------------------------------------------------------ Senate Democrats want to take back the president's war authorization and replace it with a resolution that would limit the military's role in Iraq. Tonight, on Hardball, Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE), one of the authors of the new measure, talks about what it all means and if he has the support in the Senate to make it happen. Read more from the AP here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17286793/.
And earlier today, former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack (D) dropped out of the race for '08, citing a lack of money. He'll be here tonight to tell us why and when he'll back someone else (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17297085/). Then, more news from the 2008 field. The NY Times reports Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) says he was occupied with a red-eye flight and a haircut - among other things - and unaware of the back and forth this week between his campaign and Sen. Hillary Clinton's (D-NY). We'll hash it all out with the Hardballers: MSNBC Political Analyst Mike Barnicle and Ron Christie, GOP consultant and former aide to both President Bush and Vice President Cheney. And later in the show, we'll hear from MSNBC Political Analyst Craig Crawford and The Hill's A.B. Stoddard. Read the latest from Stoddard http://pundits.thehill.com/author/ab-stoddard/. Hardball's David Shuster will have the latest tonight on Day Three of the jury's deliberation in the Scooter Libby CIA leak trial. Plus, we'll take a look at the new documentary "Ghosts of Abu Ghraib," and talk to producer Rory Kennedy. Read the Washington Post's Tom Shales on "Ghosts of Abu Ghraib: Fearlessly Facing the Shame" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/21/AR2007022102105.html. And this weekend the National Governors' Association holds its winter meeting here in Washington. Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D) is NGA Chairwoman. She'll be here to talk about the NGA's agenda, what the presidential candidates need to make it in Arizona and the West, and how her state is handling illegal immigration from Mexico. 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. Don't forget to check out NBC's "First Read" http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/ and MSNBC.com's political calendar http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14708421/. Shelby Poduch compiled the "Hardball Briefing" from Washington, D.C. ========================================= This e-mail is never sent unsolicited. You have received this The Hardball Briefing Newsletter 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.msn.com/id/7140407/, select unsubscribe, enter the email address receiving this message, and click the Go button. Microsoft Corporation - One Microsoft Way - Redmond, WA 98052 MSN PRIVACY STATEMENT http://privacy.msn.com <http://privacy.msn.com/>