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With that one. i want to keep an eye on that one. this could become a very crackling story. they started this conversation asking whether supreme court nominee elena kagan is hostile to gun rights based on a 1996 memo about pending legislation where she put the inials nra and kkk under a heading bad guy orgs. they shot down it saying it's simply not credible. they say it's nothing but preliminary research on legal questions about what organizations would be covered under it. and it started a debate. this is a complicated legal issue. i remember the debate at the time. it was about product li...

In the spring it was a big yawner. are guns going to be an issue? >> there's a disclose act relating to campaign finance reform. a lot of conservative groups were very upset, myself included. they've got damage control to do. it took them a while to be cajoled and pushed tout come out against sotomayor. they may not have to do that now. they may come out aggressively against elena kagan up front. it would be against the people they rally to. to do damage to the other issue but also to defend themselves. >> how do they feel about this? i'm holding up the document because this is courtesy of the...

That context. it's important to note that elena kagan did not write the original memo lumping nra and kkk together. instead she was on phone, talking and writing notes down about it. obviously we weren't there in 1996. we don't know all the details. but the white house is insisting she did not lump nra and kkk together. she was debating it. i think bottom line behind the scenes at the white house, if this is going to be the flashpoint at the hearings, they think she's going to be confirmeded. >> one thing kagan has going for her in terms of the subplot is the chairman leahy is a gun owner and ...

Watch the president. he's going to go out and try to sell the stimulus record. wait, wait. wait. peter sell. the power of oprah. on our radar tonight, fascinating topics, including the trors about elena kagan. does the nra equal the kkk? and we'll also break down politically the power of palin. and in the play-by-play tonight, don't miss this. sheriff joe. you'll hear what he's talking about. and one primary candidate who lost his party. you're going to see him take a parting shot. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 i thought investment firms were there

Documents that could turn the battle. she scribbled notes from the nra to the kkk. the wlous says it's a desperate reading of it. there's nothing of the sort. remember these numbers, 58 and 4. back to those in the moment but the breaking political news first to help digest and debate the big developments. here in washington, cornell belcher, in new york ed rollins and in atlanta, the editor of the conservative redstate.com eric erickson. let's start with this controversy about joe barton. yesterday he apologizes twice to the chairman of bp. then he has to take it back because the republican ...