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The President and Vice President hit the road today rounding out a busy week in
politics. According to the latest CBS News poll, Bush's immigration address
Monday night seems to have given him a bounce in their latest poll, up four
points to a 35% approval rating following this week's speech. For political
anlysis on the President and the politics of the Hayden hearings, Bloomberg
Columnist Margaret Carlson and Human Events Editor Terry Jeffrey will join
Chris.
HBO's new documentary "Baghdad ER" premieres on Sunday night and Emmy-winning
Director Jon Alpert will preview the movie. (Check out the web site here:
http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/baghdader/index.html.)
Iraq War Veteran and author of the book "Chasing Ghosts" Paul Rieckoff will be
with us to share his perspective on the war.
And be sure to stay tuned for our Friday feature, Hardball HotShots. Tonight,
in the chair will be Tucker Carlson, Ron Reagan, and Norah O'Donnell to hash
out all the hot stories of the week.
On Monday's Hardball, Maj. Gen. John Batiste (Ret.) US Army, a commander of the
1st infantry in Iraq, will join Chris to explain why he was one of at least six
former generals calling for Secretary Rumsfeld to leave his post at the
Pentagon.
On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) will play Hardball.
Stories you may have missed today:
-UN calls for Guantanamo closing
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/19/AR2006051900105.html
-Pat Buchanan: Is The GOP Ascendancy Over?
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2006/05/is_the_gop_ascendancy_over.html
- Margaret Carlson and Terry Jeffrey's most recent columns
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000039&sid=aJFVmLqSz9vo&refer=columnist_carlson
http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?print=yes&id=14981
Have a Hardball weekend!
Colleen King compiled the "Hardball Briefing" in Washington, D.C.
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