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Thoughts. that wraps up this hour. im tamron hall. join me tomorrow and each week day 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. eastern time. ed schultz picks up our coverage. well have the latest on the search for the four missing miners in west virginia where a news conference is set to begin in about 30 minutes. theres a home by the sea powered by the wind on the plains. theres a hospital where technology has a healing touch. theres a factory giving old industries new life. and theres a train that got a whole...

Sarah palin or michele bachmann? 52% say palin, 48% say bachmann. thats "the ed show." im ed schultz. see you tomorrow night. "hardball" with chris matthews is next. confederacy of dunces. lets play "hardball." good evening. im chris matthews in washington. leading off tonight, the real republican leadership. mark your calendar today, april 7th, 2010. the new republican party showed its head today. move over, mish mcconnell, you rascal. move over mr. chip and pudgje john boehner. the crowds in...

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They rallied back to beat stanford, 53-47, part of an unbelievable streak u u-conn has won 78 straight games including two national titles and theyve been called one of the most dominant sports teams ever. men or women. so there. if you left that game back when the score was really skewed you would have missed an amazing comeback, ed. >> i tell you what. from the numbers you threw up there, heck, that rivals john wootens teams at ucla. >> right. ever. men or women. >> thanks, contessa. the rep...

Conservative movement, mr. slater, that can draw a crowd or money like sarah palin. now, if thats foaming at the mouth that might be what you call it where you come from and where you broadcast but the fact is she is a political force and right now id like you to tell me who is the political force greater than sarah palin in the gop? >> she is one of many forces and many voices. >> give me another name. that can compare to sarah palin in the republican party right now. newt gingrich doesnt get t...

>> okay. >> its not that important. its something. >> okay. >> does that make sense at all? >> stephanie, they say they look to the constitution. it naes the constitution to have a census and michele bachmann has urged people not to fill out the census. what do we make of that? >> yes. until she realized it might get her unelected if people dont fill out the census. you know, ed, why do we cover anything michele bachmann or sarah palin say? mike, what are you listening to them for, the intellect...

>> listen, these two women put the underpants in such a bunch it is so much fun to watch. the sooner you understand this stuff, your head will explode, schultz get ready for psycho talk. they are not the leaders of the tea party. we look at the 56 signers of the declaration for our cues and the sooner you understand that the sooner youll stop foaming at the mouth at every last move of sarah palin and michele bachmann. >> okay. ill take that as counseling, mike, in a very rude manner. stephanie, ...

Million raised for the republican national committee, their best march in a mid-term year ever. of course it was trumped. the democratic party raised $13 million in march. so a lot of energy and money around the health care debate. a good number for michael steele and the last big one i would look at is dont turn yourself, dont further yourself into a gaffe machine. michael steele has been very public for much of his chairmansh chairmanship, much to his detriment of his public image saying inopp...

Pressure and keep his job. chris is the author of "the fix" on washington post.com he joins us from the nations capital. chris, good to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> you bet. give us the comeback plan here. >> sure. >> what do you think michael steele has to do? >> let me give you a couple points. the first one, any time i can quote al davis the owner of the oakland raiders i try to. his famous credo, just win, baby. that is what michael steele needs to do. in some ways, ed, i think micha...

The pew center a couple years ago that found that fox viewers are actually less well informed than other americans. and not that it actually reduces your i.q. but the amount of misinformation and disinformation they found in this pew study, the fact 70% or 80% of fox viewers believe saddam hussein, not osama bin laden, was responsible for 9/11 speaks to what can happen when you watch too much fox. >> is this a turn by the republican party they might be a little more realistic about their colleag...