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First up, big tent vs. pure party? Republicans are not alone in fighting among themselves. Liberals in the Democratic Party are furious at fellow Democrats for voting for increased restrictions on abortion. Now, groups like NARAL, are considering funding primary challengers to Democrats who voted for the restrictions. Can the Democratic Party be in the majority with a "pure" party? We'll discuss the composition of the Democratic Party with President of NARAL Nancy Keenan and Daily Beast's Peter Beinart. For more, go to: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/11/10/2123551.aspx Next, the latest on the Fort Hood Shooting. As more information comes in about the events leading up to the massacre at Fort Hood, were there missed warning signs? Could there have been a fear of accusations of being anti-Muslim that caused warnings to be over looked? We'll analyze and bring you the latest on the Fort Hood investigation with NBC News Terrorism Analyst Evan Kohlmann and Director of NYU's Moral Courage Project and author of "The Trouble with Islam Today" Irshad Manji. For more, go to: http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/declassified/archive/2009/11/11/did-imam-s-posting-trigger-hasan-s-gun-buy.aspx Plus, Republican resurgence? A new Gallup Poll has Republicans beating Democrats in a generic Congressional poll by four points. Now, the GOP is planning to resurrect their angry town halls. Is the GOP on the path to a return to power? We'll play Hardball with MSNBC Political Analysts Pat Buchanan and Eugene Robinson. For more, go to: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33839733/ns/politics-white_house/ Finally, in the Politics Fix, New York Magazine's John Heilemann and PoliticsDaily.com's Melinda Henneberger will join us to talk about the developments in Afghanistan, abortion and the health care bill, and the rest of the day's political news. For more, go to: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33859338/ns/politics-white_house/ ========================================= 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/25810860, 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/>