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First up - Blowback
The debate over the planned Islamic Center in Lower Manhattan was always about
more than a building. It's about the right of people to worship whatever and
wherever they choose and it has always held the potential of metastasizing into
anti-Muslim behavior. We're seeing that now in the attack on a Muslim cab
driver in New York and in a Florida pastor's plan to burn Qu'ran's on September
11. That pastor, Terry Jones, president of the Council on American-Islamic
Relations Zead Ramadan and founder of The Agenda Project Erica Payner will join
us at the top of the show.
Plus, Democrats are beginning to feel a cold November wind. Politico reports
today that Democrats are growing increasingly pessimistic about their chances
of holding on to the House. Nate Silver from 538.com and Jonathan Martin of
Politico will discuss that and whether the Democratic Senate majority may be in
peril too.
Then, our strategists tell us what the Republicans can do to keep their
momentum heading into November and what the Democrats need to do to turn it
around. Todd Harris and Steve McMahon will break down the race to November.
Also, what can Brown do for you? Not much if you're Sarah Palin and the Brown
in question is Senator Scott Brown. Palin rips the Massachusetts senator in
tonight's Sideshow.
And, now that the former head of the Republican National Committee, Ken
Mehlman, has announced that he's gay, we wonder how much longer can the GOP be
seen as hostile to the gay community. Log Cabin Republicans executive director
R. Clarke Cooper will analyze this one for us.
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