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Decision 2006 rocks on Hardball tonight as Chris breaks down the latest news
and developments in the hottest races across the country. Former House
Republican Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) will be here to talk about how Republicans
are trying to hold on to the majority he helped build, how the White House is
encouraging their party to run on the war, and how the Supreme Court's decision
today to (mostly) uphold the Texas congressional map that DeLay helped design
could affect politics down the road. The AP has more on that decision:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13592999/.
The president is in Missouri tonight for a $1 million fundraiser for Sen. Jim
Talent (R-MO), who trails Democratic opponent Claire McCaskill 49% to 43% in a
recent poll of Missouri voters by Research 2000. Tonight, McCaskill plays
Hardball about her campaign, her party, and Democrats' chances of winning a
majority in the Senate in 2006. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has a quick preview
of the president's visit tonight:
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/1133609007BB83708625719B001E2429?OpenDocument&highlight=2%2C%22bush%22+AND+%22talent%22
Also tonight, Hardball Political Analyst Bob Shrum and Republican strategist Ed
Rogers will talk about the landscape for the midterm election and what both
parties are doing to try to win. Craig Crawford, MSNBC political analyst and
Congressional Quarterly columnist, and Bob Zelnick, Boston University
journalism professor and former ABC News correspondent, will talk about the
Republican battle against the New York Times. Read Craig's latest take on
Hardblogger: http://hardblogger.msnbc.com.
Read House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL)'s comments today on the situation:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13597703/.
Plus, actress Mia Farrow will be here to talk about her recent trip to Darfur.
What is happening there? What needs to happen and what can the U.S. do? Read a
recent report on Farrow's trip in the Sudan Times:
http://www.sudantribune.com/article.php3?id_article=16290.
Don't miss Hardball Thursday night for a special Hardbrawl political roundtable
with guests Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post, Kate O'Beirne of the
National Review, and radio host Michael Smerconish. You don't want to miss it!
Here are some things you might not have read yet today:
--AP reports on the floods in the northeast http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13589161/
--MSNBC's political calendar has everything that's coming up
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/
--H-A-R-D-B-L-O-G-G-E-R http://hardblogger.msnbc.com
--NBC's "First Read" http://firstread.msnbc.com
--Doonesbury http://doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html
Brooke Brower compiled the "Hardball Briefing" in Washington, D.C.
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