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The Hardball Briefing On MSNBC
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First up, Lawrence O'Donnell in for Chris Matthews, the President takes the
offensive in a town hall meeting in Montana!
Today, President Obama took his health care campaign to Montana. Can he
recapture the health care reform message in the heart of resistance in the
Mountain West? We'll bring you the latest from the town hall with NBC News
Chief White House Correspondent Chuck Todd and Time Magazine Washington Bureau
Chief Michael Duffy.
For more on the President's new town hall meeting, go to:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32413484/ns/politics-white_house/
Next up, conservatives against health care.
The conservatives in opposition of President Obama's health care seem to have
found an opportunity to weaken the President regardless of the truthfulness of
their claims. How much of the conservative argument is really about health
care? Or is it more opportunities to score political points on the President?
We'll play Hardball with Appropriations Committee Member Congressman John
Culberson (R-TX) on what the Republicans hope to gain from standing against
President Obama on health care.
For more on the opposition's strategy, go to:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32405377/ns/politics-white_house/
Plus, the John Edwards saga continues as reports say that John Edwards might
admit that he is the father of his ex-mistress' child. We'll update you with
the former Presidential candidate's situation as well as possible legal issues
with Democratic Strategist Steve McMahon and Slate's Mickey Kaus.
For more on John Edwards, go to:
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/08/14/2031310.aspx
Finally, in the Politics Fix, Politico's Jeanne Cummings and Washington Post
Reporter Anne Kornblut will join us to discuss the town hall meetings, Bill
Clinton at Netroots Nation, and the rest of the day's political events.
For more on the health care debate going on in town halls, go to:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32412764/ns/politics-the_new_york_times/
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