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First up: Stirring the Pot!
Newt Gingrich came out swinging this weekend, criticizing the Obama
administration's response to the North Korea missile test. What exactly did he
say? How did President Obama react? We'll bring you the latest with Mother
Jones's David Corn and Frank Gaffney, Fmr. Assistant Secretary of Defense for
International Security Policy.
For more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/20913.html
Next up - President Obama addressed the Parliament in Turkey today as part of
his first visit to a Muslim country. Can he win over the hearts and minds of
the Islamic world? We'll ask MSNBC Political Analyst Howard Fineman and NBC's
Chief White House Correspondent Chuck Todd to weigh in.
For more info:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/06/AR2009040600946.html?hpid=topnews
On the Hardball Sideshow - Levi Johnson opened up about his relationship with
Bristol Palin on "The Tyra Banks Show." We'll bring you what he said along with
the Palin family reaction.
And, with many Conservatives publicly calling for a revolution, has the
rhetoric gotten out of hand? We'll ask the New York Times's visual Op-Ed
columnist, Charles M. Blow, and Alan Gottlieb, founder of the Second Amendment
Foundation to debate that one.
Check out Blow's NYT Op-Ed:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/04/opinion/04blow.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=Charles%20Blow&st=cse
Finally, in Politics Fix, it's Axelrod v. Cheney! We'll bring you the latest in
this war of words with Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page and the
Financial Times's Chrystia Freeland.
For more info:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/05/axelrod-smacks-down-chene_n_183248.html
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