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It's primary eve in Connecticut tonight. What does the future hold for
three-term incumbent Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-CT)? Will Connecticut Democrats
decide on Tuesday that they are all out of Joe-mentum? Will Lieberman brush
aside a primary loss and press on as an independent candidate to win
re-election? MSNBC.com's Tom Curry preps you with a look at the latest poll
showing the gap narrowing for Lieberman as he trails Democratic challenger Ned
Lamont: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14228351/.
On Tuesday, Chris will be in Connecticut reporting for MSNBC throughout the
day, hosting two editions of Hardball, and bringing you the results first as
they become available on a special netcast at http://hardball.msnbc.com.
Hardblogger All-Star and NBC Capitol Hill Correspondent Chip Reid blogs about
"parachuting into a political war zone":
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14230700/#060807a.
But before Hardball heads to Connecticut on Tuesday, Chris will have more on
the national implications of this hot race with David Lightman, Washington
bureau chief for the Hartford Courant, Washington Post Columnist E.J. Dionne,
and Human Events Editor Terry Jeffrey. Here's Lightman's report on the race in
today's Hartford Courant:
http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-senate0807.artaug07,0,1923728.story.
Also tonight, Hardball Correspondent David Shuster will report on the debate
over whether there is a civil war in Iraq. For more on that, Chris will talk
with Maj. Gen. John Batiste (Ret.), the highest-ranking former military officer
to criticize the Bush Administration's handling of the Iraq War.
Here are some things you might not have read yet today:
--AP has President Bush's comments today on the Middle East
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14228246/
--MSNBC's political planner http://hardball.msnbc.com
--Hardblogger http://hardball.msnbc.com
--NBC's "First Read" http://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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