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

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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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Underestimate Obama At Your Peril

Alan Fein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Alan Fein

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 05.25.2011 | Media
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Phil Bronstein

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 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Lea Lane

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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Sam Stein

Dick Armey To Joan Walsh: "I'm So Glad You Can Never Be My Wife" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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In a heated debate over the state of politics and the economy on Wednesday night, former House Majority Leader Dick Armey almost certainly crossed the...

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Matthews Slams Reporter For Citing Blogs: "Let's Stick To Journalism. I Don't Do That Here" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Sabloff | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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On "Hardball" Thursday, Chris Matthews issued a stern rebuke to NY Daily News reporter Liz Benjamin when she cited blogs on the possible "affair quest...

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Chris Matthews Will Not Run For Senate: Brother

PolitickerPA | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Stop speculating: Chris Matthews isn't running for U.S. Senate. At least that's what his brother told PolitickerPA.com. Jim Matthews was left with th...

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Victory? You betcha!

Michael Rogers | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Michael Rogers

Remember, it's not about swaying our hard-lined opponents, it's about talking to those in the middle. That is done with composure and, more importantly, respect.

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Gay Rights Activist On Hardball, Repeatedly Frustrates Warren Defender

pamshouseblend.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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On Hardball Monday night (hosted tonight by the insufferable Mike Barnicle, who believes all the LGBTs and allies who are mad at Rick Warren live in o...

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Announcing the P.U.-litzer Prizes for 2008

Jeff Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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Jeff Cohen

Now in their seventeenth year, the P.U.-litzer Prizes recognize some of the nation's stinkiest media performances. And now, the P.U.-litzers Prizes for 2008.

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Chris Matthews Eviscerates Neocon Frank Gaffney: "4,000 People Are Dead Because Of The Way You Feel" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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Chris Matthews revisited the decision to go to war with Iraq Tuesday night on "Hardball," hosting neocon hawk Frank Gaffney and Mother Jones' David Co...

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Jason Linkins

Bill Ayers On Hardball: Calls Accusations "Profoundly Dishonest" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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"I don't tend to watch television news...I have three grown sons who kind of filter those things and they sent it to me." That's Bill Ayers, making a...

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236.com: Who's Long-Winded Enough To Replace Chris Matthews

236.com | 23/6: The News, But Funnier | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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As rumors of Chris Matthews' senate run become less exaggerated, he's reportedly being advised to quit MSNBC sooner than later. His contract expires ...

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Christopher Hitchens Battles Joan Walsh Over Obama's Foreign Policy Team On Hardball (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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President-elect Barack Obama announced his national security team today, and the confirmation of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, and Eric Holde...

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Christopher Hitchens Calls Hillary Clinton As Secretary Of State A "Ludicrous Embarrassment"

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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Christopher Hitchens appeared on "Hardball" Monday night and voiced his strong opposition to Hillary Clinton being named Secretary of State. Appeari...

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MacBush

Norman MacAfee | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Norman MacAfee

Stone assembled a game cast to play the characters who've wrought destruction upon the world in these past seven years. Except for two or three, they are bland and vague versions of the real.

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Hardball Reviews The Hot Senate Races: Can Dems Get To 60?

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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On MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews, Norah O'Donnell and Politico's John Harris discuss the hot Senate races to keep an eye on Tuesday night. Cli...

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A Night Out With Chris Matthews And His Wife

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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THE waiters at Martin's Tavern in Georgetown see a lot of Chris Matthews, host of the opinionated "Hardball" and the lower temperature, eponymously na...

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Michele Bachmann: "Not All Cultures Are Equal" (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO)

The Uptake | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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The Uptake

Rep. Michele Bachmann caught the national spotlight recently when she told MSNBC's Chris Mathews that Barack Obama "may have anti-American views....

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Friday Talking Points [53] -- Why McCain Is Losing, And Why Democrats Shouldn't Say So

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Chris Weigant

John McCain is losing the race for the White House. Now, this doesn't mean he has already lost it -- we've still got to go vote, after all. I'll cov...

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Last week I took on Michelle Bachmann -- Now the Red-Baiting Rep. Might Lose Her Job

Katrina vanden Heuvel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Katrina vanden Heuvel

The backlash to Bachmann's (and McCain-Palin's) politics of fear is reason for hope, and it also looks as though it might lead to this right-wing ideologue's well-deserved defeat in November.

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Bachmann Backpedals From "Anti-American" Comment, Blames Media

Jane Devin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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Jane Devin

Bachmann made a pointed accusation, defended it, and when faced with the politically disastrous consequences, took a page out of Palin's tired right-wing notebook and blamed the media.

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MSNBC Taken In By Right-Wing Smear Machine

Edward Rotchford | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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Edward Rotchford

The "Hardball" crew took the bait, ending its show Monday with an interview of representatives of Clintons4McCain.com, an organization that a mere 15 minutes on the Web can tell you stinks to high heaven.

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Corrupting Habit

Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler

Since the fall of 1969, media discourse has been dominated by debates about the news as a spin zone. But we think this argument over bias has obscured a far more fundamental reality.

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Is John McCain Responsible for His Own Negative Campaign?

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Robert Schlesinger

It's McCain's campaign, not Steve Schmidt's or Mark Salter's or anyone else's. We might joke otherwise, but John McCain does take credit for his bizarre ads.

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