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First up - fights from the right! Republicans have been heating up and sounding off this week. Everyone from Karl Rove taking on Vice President Biden to Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL) accusing 17 members of Congress of being secret Socialists. What exactly is going on here? The Washington Post's Eugene Robinson and the Atlantic Media's Ron Brownstein will weigh in. For more, go to: http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/04/a_brief_history_of_the_bush-ob.html Plus, anti-war Democrats aren't too pleased with the President's $83.4 billion dollar request for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. And according to General Odierno, we may even miss our deadline to start withdrawing U.S. combat troops from Iraqi cities this June. As the wars drag on, is the President at risk of losing support from the left? That's what we'll ask Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA) and former Congressman and National Director of Win without War, Tom Andrews (D-ME). For more on funding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, go to: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/09/AR2009040904299.html On the bright side, according to a survey conducted by the Wall Street Journal the recession could be over a whole lot sooner than expected. Is the light at the end of the tunnel really starting to appear? CNBC's Chief Washington correspondent John Harwood and Joshua Cooper Ramo, author of "The Age of the Unthinkable," will gives us their takes. For more on the light at the end of the economic tunnel, go to: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123921340472201877.html#mod=article-outset-box And remember those GOP Governors who didn't want in on the bailout funds for their states? Well it looks like they threw in the towel! We'll talk to MSNBC Political Analyst Jim Warren and the Politico's Ken Vogel about that and more in tonight's Politics Fix. For more on the Governors giving in, go to: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/21086.html And sure, President Obama has accomplished a lot in his life so far - just not enough for an honorary degree from Arizona State University ... where he'll be giving the commencement speech next month! That's in tonight's 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/>