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After a report card of mixed marks for the Iraqi government on political and
military progress, President Bush says there is still "cause for optimism" in
Iraq. Meanwhile, U.S. intelligence officials warn that Al-Qaeda is becoming
stronger and better positioned to strike another attack. After nearly six
years of fighting the war on terror, are we any safer today? Guest host Mike
Barnicle is here to hash it all out tonight on Hardball.
With Iraq looking grimmer by the day, can President Bush convince Republicans
to stick with him on the war? We'll ask White House press secretary Tony Snow.
But we'll begin tonight with the latest on Bush and Iraq from Hardball
correspondent David Shuster.
Then, more on the politics of the war with Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO) and Majority
Whip Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), and later in the show, GOP strategist Karen
Hanretty and radio talk show host Ed Schultz.
Is the instability in Iraq irreversible? GOP consultant Ed Rogers and former
Rep. Tom Andrews (D-ME), national director of Win Without War, duke it out in
tonight's Hardball debate.
Plus, tonight's Hardball Panel: the American Prospect's Ezra Klein, CQ's
Jonathan Allen and Jim Matthews - yes, Chris Matthews' brother and a former
candidate for lieutenant governor in PA - will be here to slice and dice
today's presidential presser, the White House ratings on Iraq, 2008, and all
the hot topics you'll be talking about tomorrow.
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" http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/
and MSNBC.com's political calendar http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14708421/.
Shelby Poduch compiled the "Hardball Briefing" from Washington, D.C.
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