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Tonight: a faltering economy and the politics of distraction!
Wall Street showed again today that it's not at all impressed with last week's
bailout vote. At one point the Dow Jones fell over 800 points, dropping below
the 10,000 mark for the first time in four years:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122330227418607665.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
How many more Boomers will end up having to put off retirement?
Meanwhile, Gov. Palin continues to blast Sen. Obama for his past ties to 1960s
radical Bill Ayres, citing this story in the New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/us/politics/04ayers.html?ref=politics
Today the Obama campaign fired back with ads spotlighting Sen. McCain's
involvement in the 1980s "Keating Five" scandal:
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/06/1498542.aspx
We'll take a look at the economy with CNBC's Jim Cramer and the changing
campaign dynamics with Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson and Wall
Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan, author of "Patriotic Grace."
Next - today's the deadline for voter registration in many parts of the
country. It turns out Democrats are making huge gains in registering new
voters, helping make Sen. Obama competitive in traditionally Republican states:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100502524.html?hpid=topnews
What does this mean for the 2008 electoral map? We'll bring in NBC News
Political Director Chuck Todd and Jennifer Donahue from the New Hampshire
Institute for Politics to break down the numbers.
Plus, Sens. Obama and McCain are gearing up for their second presidential
debate tomorrow night in Nashville, Tennessee:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100502356.html
We'll preview the debate and talk about what each candidate needs to accomplish
with GOP Consultant Mike Paul and Jennifer Palmieri from the Center for
American Progress Action Fund.
And on the Hardball Sideshow, we'll bring you "Saturday Night Live's" take on
the Vice Presidential debate. You won't want to miss this!
Then in the Politics Fix, we'll take a look at the latest '08 campaign strategy
with MSNBC Senior Campaign Correspondent Tucker Carlson and Tom DeFrank of the
New York Daily News.
Plus, be sure to tune into a special 7pm edition of the show tonight. Chuck
Todd will be on hand with the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll numbers.
Tomorrow Hardball moves to Nashville, TN for the second Presidential debate
between Sens. Obama and McCain, moderated by NBC News's Tom Brokaw. Don't miss
special live editions of the show at 5pm and 7pm ET, then a post-debate edition
at Midnight. It's only on MSNBC - the place for politics!
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 Hardblogger.
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