Lawrence Odonnell

O'Donnell: Health Care Bill Will 'Give Liberalism A Very Bad Name' (VIDEO)

Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics

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On MSNBC's "Morning Joe" Tuesday, Lawrence O'Donnell pushed back against those who say that liberal pressure on Congress to pass a better health care ...

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Lawrence O'Donnell, Anthony Weiner Rip Joe Wilson For "Idiotic" Health Care Proposal (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

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Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) had an epiphany about health care legislation while he attended a "luncheon" at "Enchilada's Mexican restaurant" with so...

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O'Donnell To Steele: "You Led Your Party To A Disastrous Loss... Congratulations" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

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Lawrence O'Donnell had some tough words for RNC chairman Michael Steele this morning regarding the GOP's loss of the 23rd congressional district in Ne...

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Lawrence O'Donnell Slams Liz Cheney For Criticizing Obama's Trip To Honor Fallen Soldiers (VIDEO)

Posted 10.31.2009 | Politics

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On "Countdown" Friday night, host Lawrence O'Donnell called out Liz Cheney for criticizing President Obama's visit to Dover Air Force Base to honor th...

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Lawrence O'Donnell Battles Joe Scarborough Over Cheney's Fear-Mongering (VIDEO)

Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

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Lawrence O'Donnell joined the panel on MSNBC's Morning Joe on Thursday and got into a heated debate with host Joe Scarborough over Dick Cheney's recen...

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Health Care Protesters: "I'm All Right, Jack"

Tom Sullivan | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

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Tom Sullivan

There is no "we" in the protester's view, no welcome for your tired, your poor, your huddled masses of fellow Americans, much less immigrants. There is only my family, my friends, my neighborhood, my church and my ethnic group,

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Lawrence O'Donnell Exposes GOP Congressman's Hypocrisy On Government Health Care (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

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Lawrence O'Donnell interviewed Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas) in a devastating segment on "Hardball" on Friday, implying that the conservative congress...

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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 08.06.2009 | 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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Think Again: Chiller, Socialist Theater

Eric Alterman | Posted 07.19.2009 | Media

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Eric Alterman

In conservative world, this administration is leading a march on socialism. Just last week alone, Media Matters counted more than 143 mentions of the word "socialism" on the cable news shows.

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Jason Linkins

Lawrence O'Donnell Rips Into GOP Strategist Over Torture (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

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Via Media Monitor LaRay B., comes video of a segment between Phil Musser and Lawrence O'Donnell, hosted by Norah O'Donnell on MSNBC. The discussion c...

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Jason Linkins

David Shuster: GOP "Going Nuts" For Teabagging, But They "Need A Dick Armey"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics

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HuffPost has comprehensive coverage of the Tax Day Tea Party protests. Click here for the latest photos and video. Media Monitor Julie notes that m...

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

The Huffington Post | Megan Slack | Posted 05.11.2009 | 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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Jason Linkins

Lawrence O'Donnell Reduces Eric Cantor To Babbling (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics

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Media Monitor Brian Cohoon drew our attention to this clip from MSNBC's Morning Joe, where Lawrence O'Donnell subjects Eric Cantor to some sort of rep...

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Ron Silver: A Great Friend, A Great Actor

Lawrence O'Donnell | Posted 04.18.2009 | Entertainment

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Lawrence O'Donnell

I'm one of the lucky ones who got to work with Ron. The West Wing was the perfect place for us to join forces professionally--a political operative got to write a political show and a political activist got to play a political operative.

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Jason Linkins

Michael Steele Gets Repeatedly Dissed On Morning Joe (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics

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RNC Chair Michael Steele, who's made all of the wrong kinds of news this week after he offered Rush Limbaugh a stooping apology for comments he made o...

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Caroline Has What It Takes

Lawrence O'Donnell | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics

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Lawrence O'Donnell

The worst thing the governor could do is appoint an obscure member of Congress who promptly loses the seat to the opposing party--exactly what happened the last time a New York governor appointed a senator.

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How Tim Russert Got His Start

Martin Nolan | Posted 06.24.2008 | Media

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Martin Nolan

For more than 30 years, my friendship with Tim was rooted in a shared Irish heritage and similar education, with minimal emphasis on self-expression and more on what Tom Brokaw calls "accountability."

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Jason Linkins

Lawrence O'Donnell Loses His Ever-Loving Mind on McLaughlin

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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A sane, if highly flawed, discussion of Mitt Romney's "Faith In America" speech on the McLaughlin Group was cold-cocked into the realm of crazy-faced ...

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