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President Bush touted new economic numbers today that show the projected
deficit will be smaller than expected. The president credited tax cuts for what
he called "a good day for the American taxpayer." Here's more from the AP:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13813379/.
Is the president's sense of the economy on the money or way off? Tonight on
Hardball, Chris crunches the numbers with Robert Reich, former Clinton
Administration labor secretary, and Pat Toomey, president of the Club for
Growth and a former Pennsylvania congressman. Plus, in his 601st collaboration
with uber-producer Chris Pendy, Hardball's David Shuster will report on the
reaction to the forecast and what it could mean for Decision 2006.
Meanwhile, hundreds of people were killed and injured today as bombs exploded
on commuter trains in India. Chris will talk with Tom Ridge, former
Pennsylvania governor and Bush Administration homeland security secretary,
about what India's prime minister said was the work of terrorists. Read more
from MSNBC: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10958641/.
Also tonight, Newsweek Chief Political Correspondent Howard Fineman, former
Nixon/Ford/Reagan/Clinton White House Adviser David Gergen, and Human Events
Editor Terry Jeffrey will talk to Chris about the economy and the latest
headlines from across the country in Decision 2006, including Karl Rove's
speech today to Latino civil rights activists in Los Angeles. They'll also
check out our clip of the day on YouTube!
Don't miss us live from Hardball Plaza on Wednesday! If you're on Capitol Hill,
then come by and see Hardball in person for great debates and surprises! It's
your chance to play Hardball!
By the way, the White House announced today that former NBC Universal public
relations executive Kevin Sullivan will be the new assistant to the president
for communications. Congrats Kevin! Learn more here:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/07/20060711-4.html.
Here are some things you might not have read yet today:
--AP reports on the House raising the stakes on Internet gambling
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13805452/
--Newsweek's Richard Wolffe previews the Bush-Putin dynamic for the G8
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13805550/site/newsweek/
--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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