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First up - the war next door. Yesterday, Secretary of State Clinton bluntly said America bears some responsibility for the increasingly violent drug wars taking place across the border. The question is - what are we going to do about it? That's what we'll ask Rep. Duncan Hunter (D-CA) and the Former Mayor of San Francisco, Willie Brown (D). For more on the Mexican drug wars, go to: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1887535,00.html And today, President Obama hosted the first-ever online Town Hall meeting where he answered questions sent in by every-day Americans. What was he asked and how'd it go? The Politico's Roger Simon and USA Today's Susan Page will fill us in. For more on the President's Online Town Hall, go to: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/obamas-interactive-town-hall-meeting/?hp Next up - as the race to replace Kirsten Gillibrand (D), the former Representative of New York's 20th congressional district who's now serving in Hilary Clinton's old Senate seat heats up, we've got to ask: is this an early indicator of what the 2010 midterm elections will look like? Maybe that's why it's garnering so much national attention. Democrat Steve McMahon and Republican Todd Harris will weigh in. For more on New York's Special Election, go to: http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-03-26-special-election_N.htm And in the Politics Fix: we'll talk to the Washington Post's Lois Romano and Mother Jone's Magazine's David Corn about Sarah Palin's recent speech at a GOP dinner. Turns out she had some bones to pick with everyone from Senator John McCain (R-AZ) to actress Ashley Judd. For more on Sarah Palin's speech, go to: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/26/palin-sounds-off-on-media_n_179406.html Plus, we've got a Hardball Award to hand out tonight. Tune in and find out who the winner is in the Hardball Sideshow! ========================================= This e-mail is never sent unsolicited. You have received this The Hardball Briefing Newsletter newsletter because you subscribed to it or, someone forwarded it to you. To remove yourself from the list (or to add yourself to the list if this message was forwarded to you) simply go to http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25810860, select unsubscribe, enter the email address receiving this message, and click the Go button. Microsoft Corporation - One Microsoft Way - Redmond, WA 98052 MSN PRIVACY STATEMENT http://privacy.msn.com <http://privacy.msn.com/>