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The '08 Democratic candidates are rolling out the big guns in Iowa.
Fmr. Pres. Bill Clinton is joining his wife out on the campaign trail this week
while Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL)'s campaign has enlisted the help of Oprah
Winfrey in the homestretch to the Iowa caucus. With polls in early primary
states showing the race tightening, will the contest boil down to candidate
likeability? Hardball's David Shuster will report on the latest exchanges on
the trail and then we'll hear from MSNBC's Pat Buchanan and the Nation's
Katrina Vanden Heuvel on where the primary is headed.
Actor Alan Alda, author of "Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself," will
also give us his thoughts on celebrity endorsements and the role that gender
politics could play in this election.
Next, representatives from 44 nations met at the Middle East conference in
Annapolis, Maryland today. We'll talk to Washington Post columnist David
Ignatius about the news coming out of the conference and its implications to
U.S.-Arab relations.
Plus, what does author Stephen King have to say about the Bush administration's
torture policy? And what are the '08 presidential candidates' favorite TV shows?
We'll have these stories and more in our roundtable discussion with the
Washington Post's Jonathan Capehart, the Weekly Standard's Matt Continetti and
the Houston Chronicle's Julie Mason.
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.
And, don't forget to check out NBC's "First Read" and MSNBC.com's political
calendar.
Vidhya Murugesan compiled the "Hardball Briefing" from Washington, D.C.
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