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Tales from the Lobotomy Ward: The Stupidest Republican Talking Point I've Heard in a Long Time

David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
David Sirota

It's moronic for conservatives to believe that they will derail a proposed universal health care system by likening it to a program whose only problem is that the public loves it far too much.

Fox and G.E. Reach Deal to End O'Reilly-Olbermann Feud

nytimes.com | BRIAN STELTER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

It was a media cage fight, televised every weeknight at 8 p.m. But the match was halted when the blood started to spray executives in the high-priced ...

GOP Rep. Tom Davis Warns Republicans: "We've Become A Rural And Southern Party" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Tom Davis, a former GOP Congressman from Virginia, had some tough, but seemingly sensible, advice for his party during an appearance on "Hardball" on ...

Jason Linkins

Rachel Maddow Discusses 'Birthers' With Washington Independent's Dave Weigel

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

Everyone's been talking about these crazy insane "Birther" folk, and their amazing, generations-spanning, bipartisan super-conspiracy to get a Kenyan ...

Jason Linkins

Bad Day For 'Birthers' As Matthews Picks Up Where Sanchez Left Off

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

Earlier this afternoon, CNN's Rick Sanchez did a segment on the so-called "Birther" movement: that merry gang of wackjobs that gallivant around the co...

The Day the Dialogue Died: Remembering George Liston Seay

John Milewski | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
John Milewski

George was a practitioner of the increasingly lost art of conversation. He found his fellow humans, of all political persuasions, endlessly fascinating and used his program to learn about them.

Bill Maher Defends Sanford: "At Least Sanford Was Truly In Love" And Not Having "Sleazy" Sex With The "Easiest Roadkill" He Could Find (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Bill Maher, comedian and host of HBO's "Real Time," appeared on "Hardball" tonight to discuss a wide range of issues, from Maher's trip through the So...

Chris Matthews On Liz Cheney Running For Office: "Sounds To Me Like She's Caught The Political Bug" (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Dick Cheney's daughter Liz has been one of his most vocal defenders since he left office, appearing all over the networks to push back against critici...

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

Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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

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 05.25.2011 | Politics

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...

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

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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

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 05.25.2011 | Media

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 ...

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

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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

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

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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

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

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Bob Cesca

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.

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

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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

A Brief for Pat Buchanan: The Invincible Race-Baiter

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Bob Cesca

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.

Evolution Devolution

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Michael Sigman

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."

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

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

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

Republican Incoherence on Climate Change

David Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
David Roberts

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.

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

The Huffington Post | Megan Slack | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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

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

Kari Henley | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Kari Henley

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.

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

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

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

Jason Linkins

Pat Buchanan Recommends Sniper-Based Border Security

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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...

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

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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