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Hardball Panel Debates Why Politicians, And The Public, Can't Stay Faithful (VIDEO)

Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics

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The recent string of marital affairs conducted by high-profile politicians, such as Senator John Ensign and Governor Mark Sanford, has left the public...

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Hardball Panel Debates Palin's Presidential Ambitions: "She Thinks She's Got A Shot... But She Needs An Education" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

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Pat Buchanan and Newsweek's Howard Fineman joined Lawrence O'Donnell (filling in for Chris Matthews) on "Hardball" tonight to discuss Sarah Palin's pr...

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Chuck Todd, Mike Murphy Discuss GOP's 'Circular Firing Squad' Over Sarah Palin (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 07.01.2009 | Politics

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The sniping between McCain staffers and Palin defenders has only gotten worse since Todd Purdum's lengthy Vanity Fair article slamming Sarah Palin cam...

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Todd Purdum Discusses His Vanity Fair Article On Palin: "Desperate" Decision That Revealed McCain's "Appalling Egotism" To His Staffers

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 06.30.2009 | Media

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Todd Purdum was a guest on 'Hardball" tonight to discuss his mammoth 10,000-word Vanity Fair article on Sarah Palin and her involvement in the McCain ...

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Chuck Todd Interviews Robert Gibbs On "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," Health Care Reform, Stimulus (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics

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NBC's Chief White House Correspondent Chuck Todd, filling for Chris Matthews as host of "Hardball" tonight, conducted a lengthy interview with White H...

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David Axelrod Discusses Obama's Iran Response, Health Care Reform, Fox News Reporter On "Hardball" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 06.23.2009 | Politics

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David Axelrod, senior adviser to President Obama, appeared on "Hardball" tonight to discuss Obama's press conference earlier this afternoon. Two core ...

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"My Face Was Ripped Off" and Other Arguments for a Public Option

Bob Cesca | Posted 06.17.2009 | Politics

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Anyone who is trying to tell you that the public option is unpopular, controversial, fringe or out-of-touch is either lying, bought off by the healthcare lobby, a spineless capitulator, or all three.

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Matthews Calls Gingrich Comments Xenophobic, "Anti-World" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 06.09.2009 | Politics

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On "Hardball" Tuesday Chris Matthews criticized Newt Gingrich for comments he made at a GOP Senate-House fundraising dinner Monday night, saying his s...

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A Brief for Pat Buchanan: The Invincible Race-Baiter

Bob Cesca | Posted 06.03.2009 | Media

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I'm convinced now more than ever that the real Pat Buchanan is definitely not the Friendly Wingnut he's tricked some viewers into believing.

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Evolution Devolution

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics

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Evolution isn't something you choose to believe in, like Jesus or your Little League coach. It's a hypothesis with so much evidence to support it, we call it a "fact."

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Chris Matthews On Palin Book Deal: "What An Embarrassment"

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 05.13.2009 | Media

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***SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO*** On "Hardball" tonight Chris Matthews sat down with Mike Allen of Politico and Jennifer Donahue of the New Hampshire Ins...

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Republican Incoherence on Climate Change

David Roberts | Posted 05.07.2009 | Green

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Republicans are completely a mess -- a familiar mess, trapped between their increasingly loopy base and the American mainstream. Their base is full of flat-earthers that don't believe the scientific consensus.

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Marriage Wars: The Real Fight is Over Moral Superiority

Bella DePaulo | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

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Have you seen the "Gathering Storm" ad? It is the latest from the anti-gay marriage machine. Set against a gray, lightening-pocked, ominous background...

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What Do a Rabbit, Colored Eggs and Candy Have to Do With Jesus? The History of Easter Revealed

Kari Henley | Posted 04.10.2009 | Living

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Some old guy makes up a weird story about a goddess who never existed who turns a bird into a rabbit that lays colored eggs; and it morphs into a mega-watt holiday celebrated the modern world over.

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Obama Notre Dame Debate: O'Donnell Smacks Down Buchanan (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Megan Slack | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

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Lawrence O'Donnell and Pat Buchanan faced off on Hardball Thursday over President Barack Obama's invitation to deliver the commencement speech at Notr...

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Christopher Hitchens Debates Kenneth Blackwell About Religious Influence In America (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 04.08.2009 | Living

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Christopher Hitchens was a guest on Hardball tonight along with Kenneth Blackwell, from the Family Research Council, to discuss Newsweek's recent cove...

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Pat Buchanan Recommends Sniper-Based Border Security

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics

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Media Monitor Greg doesn't want you to go without seeing this disconcerting moment from last night's edition of Hardball, in which Pat Buchanan, press...

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Down for the Count: The Real Fight for 2012

Karl Frisch | Posted 03.02.2009 | Media

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The fight over the 2010 census, which will ultimately dictate how congressional districts are drawn in 2012 and potentially influence party control of Congress for years to come, has already started.

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Christopher Hitchens Discusses Obama's Iraq, Afghanistan Plans (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics

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Christopher Hitchens appeared on Hardball tonight to discuss President Obama's plan to withdraw a significant number of U.S. combat troops from Iraq. ...

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Tom DeLay Slams Obama's Address To Congress On Hardball (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics

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Tom DeLay, appearing on Chris Matthews' show Hardball opposite Harold Ford, ripped into Barack Obama's speech last night before a joint session of Con...

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Media Snow Job: Weather Events Used to Cast Doubt on Reality of Climate Change

John W. Delicath | Posted 02.13.2009 | Green

It's factually incorrect. It's not witty. And it perpetuates the falsehood that the science on global warming is not settled.

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Bush Media Guru McKinnon on Obama: "Good Integrity," but a Token

Jackson Williams | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

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Mark McKinnon has implied that Obama deserved the keys to the Oval Office because he's African-American. That smacks of tokenism. It's also not the reason the Illinois senator won.

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Underestimate Obama At Your Peril

Alan Fein | Posted 02.11.2009 | Politics

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I think Washington insiders underestimate Obama at their peril, and often look silly doing it. They act like the kid who used to be the smartest kid in the class, until the new kid came along.

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Obama and the Press Play Wiffle Ball While Americans Strike Out?

Phil Bronstein | Posted 02.10.2009 | Media

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One of the things we were promised by this president was straight talk, express and local. Obama's not living up to that promise or doing public service by fudging in the name of optimism.

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Dicks Cheney and Armey and Other Republicans

Lea Lane | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics

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Without a full accounting, and justice applied, Dicks such as Cheney and Armey will continue sneering and laughing in the face of all of us.

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