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Tonight, Chris welcomes Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) and Republican National Committee
Chair Ken Mehlman to talk about how Decision 2006 is shaping up across the
country. Tuesday's primary results are in and Hardball is the place to be for
all of the returns and analysis that you need to know. We do politics!
Hardball Correspondent David Shuster will have more on all of the results from
yesterday's primaries in eight states. Chris will also ask Biden and Mehlman
about the Senate's defeat today of a constitutional amendment to define
marriage. Here's more on that from the AP:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13181735/.
NBC Political Analyst Charlie Cook will be here to talk about what the
Republican victory means in the closely watched special election to replace
disgraced former Rep. Duke Cunningham (R-CA). Here's the AP's report on that:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13169540/.
MSNBC Chief Washington Correspondent Norah O'Donnell and Newsweek Chief
Political Correspondent Howard Fineman also will join Chris to talk about the
latest developments in the battle to control Congress as well as some of the
big races for governor across the country -- especially California! Check out
Fineman's latest thoughts in an exclusive MSNBC.com report:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13171460/.
Also tonight, former Rep. Pat Toomey (R-PA), president of the Club for Growth,
and Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, will discuss the
battle over the agenda among Republicans in this heated election year.
And don't miss Hardball on Thursday when we'll have an exclusive debate between
the Virginia Democrats who want to beat Sen. George Allen (R-VA) this fall.
Former Navy Secretary Jim Webb and businessman Harris Miller will be together
on Hardball on Thursday!
Here are some things you might not have read yet today:
--AP hears President Bush talk about immigration in Nebraska today
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13186250/
--MSNBC.com's Tom Curry hears from rank-and-file Democrats about "Clinton 2008"
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13149988/
--HARDBLOGGER http://www.hardblogger.msnbc.com
--NBC's First Read http://www.firstread.msnbc.com
--Doonesbury http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html
Brooke Brower compiled the "Hardball Briefing" in Washington, D.C.
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