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Bills for making it harder for minorities and young voters to vote. Who are you going to call . Colin powell or Reince Priebus, the field marshal of the rnc. James peterson is a director at lehigh, an engineer, and Clarence Page a columnest for the chicago tribune. Lets start with colin powell and what he said in his own words. He was speaking in raleigh, where he criticized republican efforts to limit voting. The news and observer quotes him as saying, quote, i want to see policies that encoura...

Im Chris Matthews in washington. Let me start tonight with this. Colin powell, perhaps the most respected republicans in country, says his party is sending a message to africanamericans by pushing measures making it harder to vote, its saying that it the it wants to punish this puts colin powell, the hero of the gulf war in a battle with rnc chair Reince Priebus, who has presided over the multistate effort to close down voting days and set higher requirements for voting in this country. Who are ...

Inability to win the war or end it . What is it about john mccain that seems to excite those who know nothing about vietnam. Well tonight we dig into the deep well of resentment burning in john mccains patriotic heart. A resentment not against the north vietnamese who imprisoned and tortured him, not against george w. Bush and his political henchmen who tried to stain mccains reputation. But just like he did, in the same army of americas long nightmare in vietnam. Im joined by david corn with mo...

Republican party are digging in. Well look at what president obama can and cant accomplish on gun staft at the top of the program. Plus does president obama want a deal on illegal immigrati immigration . Which would be huge on his legacy. Or does he want the issue hanging around so republicans get punished at the polls by latino voters. Well get some answers tonight. And it may be last call for the tea party. Consider this. Republicans with National Ambitions claim they want tome to stop being t...

Good evening. Im Michael Smerconish in tonight for chris matthews. Leading off, gun fight. The pictures alone were dramatic. Former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords nearly killed by a bullet seated at the same witness table as the nras Wayne Lapierre. You must act. Be bold, be courageous. Americans are counting on you. As the rest of the country comes to the realization, something must be done to prevent gun violence. The nra and the allies in the Republican Party are digging in. Well look at wh...

Everybody can see how close this is. The loser will get pilloried by his party. How can you be so sought of it . The closing struggle begins this weekend. Then monday in boca raton, florida, for the final debate. This election is about the economy. President obama has two weeks to sell the country on what hed do in a second term. He needs to ramp it all up. The policy that saved the Auto Industry and how this kind of active industrial policy can bring a surge in american manufacturing. He needs ...

Former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords nearly killed by a bullet seated at the same witness table as the nras Wayne Lapierre. You must act. Be bold, be courageous. Americans are counting on you. As the rest of the country something must be done to prevent gun violence. The nra and the allies in the Republican Party are digging in. Well look at what president obama can and cant accomplish on gun safety at the top of the program. Plus does president obama want a deal on illegal immigration . Whic...

Right or wrong . Thats a pretty straightforward question. Well, im not going to give you a yes or no answer. Well, let the record show you refused to answer that question. And we begin with clashes on capitol hill with president obamas secondterm cabinet facing its first real fight. The confirmation for chuck hagel has just resumed. Hagel is again being grilled by his former Senate Colleagues to be the next secretary of defense. Earlier no one brought the heat like hagels selfdescribed old frien...

Another bigtime republican reveals his disgust for moochers on Social Security and medicare. Richard wolffe, Howard Fineman, and david corn break down the gops ongoing problem with half of america. And in center left america, it is no longer okay to be a homophobic professional athlete. To let all lgbt teams know that it gets better. Well tell you about the inspiring backlash to a 49ers antigay slur. Good to have you with us tonight, folks. Thanks for watching. You know, if you had lunch with so...

Do we now want another one with a far more powerful, more modern islamic country . The implication for romneys tough talk in iran is we can commit an act of out and out war against that country without using the ward wor. We attack their nuclear sites, they say urngcle, and thats the end of it. Thats where people like general kour tis le may said 50 years ago during the cuban missile crisis. Just knock out the soviet missiles in cuba. They wont do nothing. Nikita khrushchev had plans to hit new ...