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Hardball HQ was rocking today to celebrate the 38th birthday of our dear friend
and colleague Tucker Carlson. We feasted on not one, but two cakes and even
more cupcakes. Tucker was showered with gifts, including a belt with needle
point river bass, frog cuff links and a posh green tie.
On a different note, if you haven't read Kit Seelye's blog about the debate,
read it while watching HB tonight. It's masterful:
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/05/15/live-blogging-the-gop-debate-2/.
Get up early tomorrow to watch NBC's David Gregory anchoring MSNBC and WFAN's
morning show. Tomorrow his guests include Senator Barack Obama!
Your nation's capital was spellbound by the incredible testimony of former Bush
Justice Department Deputy James Comey's testimony splashed across the front
pages this morning. What really happened during that late night visit to
former Attorney General John Ashcroft's hospital bedside in March of 2004?
What led to several weeks of NSA domestic spying without Justice Department
approval and the near-mass resignation of several top Justice officials and
aides? Tonight, Hardball investigates.
Then, the President's tapped Army Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute to oversee the
conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, in a newly-created position. But can Bush's
"war czar" get us out of Iraq? We'll debate with Reps. Debbie Wasserman
Schultz (D-FL) and Jack Kingston (R-GA) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
And MSNBC officially kicked off the 2008 debate season with our
first-in-the-nation debates from California and South Carolina. Tuesday night
marked Round Two for the Republican contenders. We'll get the highlights from
NBC News Political Director Chuck Todd and Washington Post editorial board
member Jonathan Capehart. And later in the show, our Hardballers: Matt
Continetti from The Weekly Standard and Democratic consultant Jenny Backus hash
out the debate, the Wolfowitz scandal and all the big political news.
For the latest on all of today's political news, go to the best political
website www.politics.msnbc.com, powered by NBC News and the National Journal.
Don't forget to check out NBC's "First Read" www.firstread.msnbc.msn.com and
MSNBC.com's political calendar.
Tammy Haddad and Shelby Poduch compiled the Hardball Briefing from Washington,
D.C.
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