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21 days and counting...Tonight, a Decision 2006 Hardball-National Journal
Special Report. James Barnes from The National Journal and Chuck Todd,
Editor-in-Chief of The Hotline, will join us with the very latest numbers from
the National Journal Insider's Poll and will tackle the hottest races leading
into November.
Also tonight on Hardball: Battleground Iraq. Nearly 100 people were killed in
fighting in the Iraqi town of Balad this week, and dozens more were killed
today. We'll begin with a report from NBC's Jane Arraf in Iraq, part of a new
daily update Hardball will bring to you with the very latest news from the
front. Read more on the latest violence from the AP:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15300668/.
Then, did the Bush administration take advantage of Christian Conservative
voters? David Kuo, author of "Tempting Faith," will be here to discuss his new
book. And for the White House's response to Kuo's book, we'll be joined by Jim
Towey, former Director of White House Faith-Based & Community Initiatives. For
more on religious voters, be sure to check out NBC News' Jonathan Alter on "The
Myth of the 'Values' Voter" in this week's Newsweek:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15266550/site/newsweek/.
And get ready for the next stop of the Hardball College Tour. Tomorrow night
Chris will be live from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa with 2008
Republican frontrunner Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). Tonight, we'll gear up for
Iowa with David Yepsen of The Des Moines Register. He'll talk 2008 Iowa
Politics, including a recent visit to the Hawkeye state by former President
Bill Clinton, and how the poll numbers are stacking up between Hillary Clinton
and John McCain. Plus, we'll have a special preview of tomorrow's Iowa State
College Tour. Don't miss it! (Read the latest from Yepsen on Iowa politics:
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006610170355.)
Click here for all the info on tomorrow's Hardball College Tour at Iowa State
University http://www.iastate.edu/~nscentral/news/2006/oct/hardball.shtml.
Here are some stories you may have missed today:
--Anne Kornblut on Hillary's absence in Iowa:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/17/us/politics/17memo.html?_r=1&ref=politics&oref=slogin
--Boston Globe column: Kerry for President -- or Senate?
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/10/17/kerry_for_president____or_senate/
--Howard Fineman dines with Mehlman: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15302573/
--Time Magazine: "No Politics is Local in Ohio"
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1546415,00.html
--NBC's "First Read" http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/
--MSNBC.com's political calendar http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14708421/
--POLITICS.MSNBC.COM http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032553/
Shelby Poduch and Colleen King compiled the "Hardball Briefing" in Washington,
D.C.
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