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Tonight, '08 candidate John Edwards (D) plays Hardball!
With polls showing Iowa's Democratic primary locked in a three-way race, can
Edwards break away from the pack to win the first critical contest of the '08
election? Edwards will join us from Des Moines where he kicked off his
eight-day Iowa bus tour this afternoon.
Talk show host Oprah Winfrey drew capacity crowds as she hit the campaign trail
for Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) this weekend. Hardball's David Shuster will report
on the reaction and then MSNBC's Pat Buchanan and Social Commentator Nancy
Giles will give you their thoughts on how Oprah's star power may affect the '08
race.
Fmr. Cheney chief-of-staff Scooter Libby has decided to no longer appeal his
conviction in the CIA leak case -- will he now receive a Presidential pardon?
Newsweek's Mike Isikoff will give you the latest news and analysis.
We'll then take a look at these stories and more in our roundtable discussion
with the Chicago Tribune's Jill Zuckman, the New Republic's Michael Crowley and
Tom DeFrank of the New York Daily News.
With Giuliani's intense interview on "Meet the Press," Oprah's whirlwind
campaign tour and Romney's religion speech, it was a big week for '08 politics.
Tune in to the Hardball Power Rankings live during the 7pm edition of the show
for a look at who has the momentum.
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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