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First up: Less than a week to go!
The presidential candidates were both on the East Coast today trying to close
the deal. Sen. McCain campaigned in Florida where he claimed that Sen. Obama is
not up to the task of protecting the country, while Obama held a rally in North
Carolina and addressed McCain's most recent attacks on him. Tonight we'll talk
to fmr. House majority leader Tom DeLay (R-TX), a McCain supporter, and Rep.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), an Obama supporter, about the final days of
the election.
For more details:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iNxTApa2sQRu0Xx99P3jt2bEXw7gD9447QE80.
Next, is McCain hurting Republicans running for re-election? McCain mentions
"friends" a lot but are his "friends" in the GOP deserting him? Rep. Chris
Shays (R-CT) says McCain has "lost his brand as a Maverick." And other
Republicans have expressed skepticism about McCain's chances on Nov. 4th. What
does a damaged GOP brand mean for Republicans running this year? Find out what
The Chicago Tribune's Clarence Page and Politico's John Harris have to say.
And, a new McCain internal polling memo claims that this race is tightening up
and that the candidates are "functionally tied" in battleground states. What
are the strategies of both sides going into the closing days? Hardball
Strategists Democrat Steve McMahon and Republican Todd Harris will discuss.
For more on the McCain Camp memo:
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/10/29/politics/fromtheroad/entry4555451.shtml.
With just days until the election, the Politics Fix will take a look into the
latest camapign news with Salon's Joan Walsh and MSNBC Political Analyst
Michelle Bernard.
What chance do the the big odds makers give McCain of winning nect week? We'll
break down the numbers on the Hardball Sideshow.
And tonight - Obama goes prime-time! At 8pm ET, MSNBC will show Obama's
never-before seen 30 minute ad. Don't miss a special "Countdown" at 8:30pm ET
following Obama's infomercial, followed by "The Rachel Maddow Show" at 9pm ET
and a special live edition of Countdown at 10:00. So, stay tuned to MSNBC all
night long, 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" at
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/ and MSNBC.com's Hardblogger at
http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/.
Casey Lee wrote the "Hardball Briefing" from Washington, D.C.
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