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Tonight on Hardball, Chris talks to 2008 presidential candidate and former
Senator John Edwards (D-NC) about President Bush and Iraq, poverty in America,
the potential 2008 field, and how things will be different if he is in the
White House.
Go to www.politics.msnbc.com for the latest on Edwards, remembering former
President Gerald Ford, and all of today's political news. And in case you
missed it yesterday, click here
(http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/28/23108.aspx) to read Chris'
blog, "Don't Overlook Edwards."
The former senator from North Carolina says he has an edge over rivals after
the 2004 campaign (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16390697/). Will America agree?
Hardballers Bob Shrum and Pat Buchanan will be here to sort through the entire
'08 field, including McCain, Giuliani, and two big names yet to announce if
they'll join the list of contenders - Senators Clinton and Obama.
Shrum and Buchanan will stick around to talk about the Nixon/Ford friendship
and the legacy of the 38th president (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16387228/).
If you haven't already, check out this must-read Shrum blog from earlier this
week, "A Good Man in a Bad Time":
http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/27/22846.aspx. Plus, the
Hardballers will keep us covered with the latest on Bush, Iraq and the
impending execution of Saddam Hussein
(http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/29/world/middleeast/30saddamcnd.html?hp&ex=1167454800&en=dfc360a1beb67ea4&ei=5094&partner=homepage).
And later in the show, we'll have the best and worst of 2006 - and a look ahead
to 2007 - with The Politico's Roger Simon and Lynn Sweet of the Chicago
Sun-Times. Read Sweet's "The Scoop" from here:
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/.
Stay tuned to MSNBC all this weekend for continuing coverage of former
President Ford's state funeral and the latest on Saddam Hussein's execution.
Stories you may have missed today:
-- AP: Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD) remains critical condition
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16385095/
-- Incoming House Intelligence chairman says U.S. intelligence was manipulated:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16390653/
-- Washington Post on Betty Ford: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16387233/
-- MSNBC's Political Calendar: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14708421/
Happy New Year from Harball!
Shelby Poduch compiled the Hardball Briefing in Washington, D.C.
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