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Today on Capitol Hill, Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) was named GOP Minority Leader
over Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN), while Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO) held on to his
position as party Whip, defeating Rep. John Shadegg (R-AZ). Also today, Robert
Gates, the President's choice to replace outgoing Defense Secretary Donald
Rumsfeld, met with lawmakers from both parties. Go to www.politics.msnbc.com
for all of today's political news.
Tonight on Hardball, we'll begin with the latest on Congress from NBC's Mike
Viqueira. For more on today's votes, the new Congress, and the President and
Iraq we'll bring in the Hardballers: former Bush White House advisor Ron
Christie and Rev. Al Sharpton, founder of the National Action Network.
Then we'll be joined by Newsweek Editor Jon Meacham and Sally Quinn of the
Washington Post to talk religion and politics. We'll also hear about OnFaith,
a new interactive conversation on religion moderated by Meacham and Quinn. To
join the discussion click here:
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/.
Plus, was Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice the real force behind the
creation of the Iraq Study Group? Joan Walsh, editor of Salon.com, will join
Chris to talk about the new Salon.com article that says Rice made a secret end
run around Vice President Cheney and outgoing Defense Secretary Rumsfeld and
pressed the President to back the panel. You can read "Condi's Iraq Surprise"
here: http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/11/17/iraq_study_group/.
And a Friday night special: Check out Hardball Correspondent David Shuster take
a break from politics for a slightly different role - sports commentator! Read
his blog on this weekend's battle between Michigan and Ohio State
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15750829/.
Stories you may have missed today:
-- Washington Post: Five civilians abducted in Iraq
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/17/AR2006111700261.html
-- LA Times: GOP Can't Lose Latinos
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-jacoby17nov17,0,7542459.story?coll=la-opinion-rightrail
-- Chris Cillizza's The Fix from washingtonpost.com
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/
-- NBC's "First Read" http://firstread.msnbc.com
Shelby Poduch and Colleen King compiled the Hardball Briefing in Washington,
D.C.
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