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First up, the elephant in the room. Over the weekend, Republican moderate candidate Diedre Scozzafava dropped out of the race for the New York 23rd Congressional seat and endorsed the Democratic candidate Bill Owens. The Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman garnered national attention with support from Sarah Palin and the tea party people. Tomorrow's elections could define the Republican Party. Who runs the Republican Party? Will the moderates still remain a welcome group or will the grassroots groups take control of the party? Who's next if the populism of the tea party wins? We'll analyze tomorrow's big elections with MSNBC political analysts Newsweek's Howard Fineman and Washington Post's Eugene Robinson. For more, go to: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/11/02/2116435.aspx Next up, a Philly stand. The Philadelphia Phillies lost their third straight game in the World Series last night. We'll ask Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter to talk about tomorrow's elections and whether the Phillies can stay alive tonight in the World Series. For more, go to: http://bases.nbcsports.com/2009/11/phillies-have-a-125-chance-of-taking-this-thing.html.php Plus, the dithering memory loss of Dick Cheney. On Friday, the FBI released the transcript of the interview that Dick Cheney had during the Valerie Plame CIA leak investigation. Cheney declared, as his answer, that he had forgotten 72 times in the interview concerning key aspects of the investigation like whether he told his chief of staff, Scooter Libby, about Joe Wilson's wife working for the CIA. We'll discuss this new development in the CIA leak case with Newsweek's Michael Isikoff and Mother Jones' David Corn. For more, go to: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33122004/ns/politics-more_politics/ Finally, in the Politics Fix, we'll play Hardball with New Yorker's Rick Hertzberg, author of "Obamanos," and Washington Post's Anne Kornblut on who will control the GOP tomorrow, Afghanistan's election, and the rest of the day's political news. For more, go to: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33582240/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/ ========================================= 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/>