Nov. 7: As President Obama heads to Capitol Hill to make a personal pitch for health care legislation, Reps. Eric Cantor, R-Va., and Steny Hoyer, D-Md., join NBC’s Amy Robach with their take on the status of the House bill. (Today Show)
During an episode of Sesame Street that was originally broadcast two years ago, a character tells Oscar the Grouch, who happens to be reporting for “GNN” (Grouchy News Network), that she is switching her news viewing loyalties to “Pox News,” adding, “Now there is a trashy news show.” Right winger Andrew Breitbart’s “Big Hollywood” blog [...]
Nov. 6: In a special edition of Oddball, Keith Olbermann shares a clip of an insulted Tom Tancredo storming off the set of msnbc's The Ed Show. (Countdown)
Nov. 6: Rachel Maddow relays the news that Rep. Michelle Bachmann's aide is quitting, quoting one anonymous Republican lawmaker as saying, “When your captain’s crazy, it’s time to find a new ship.” (Other)
Nov. 6: As military officials piece together what may have driven an Army psychiatrist to turn on his comrades, msnbc’s Chris Matthews and Nihad Awad of the Council on American-Islamic Relations discuss the incident. (Hardball)
Nov. 6: Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., and Brian Bilbray, R-Calif., join msnbc’s Chris Matthews to discuss the impending House vote on health care legislation. (Hardball)
The Week Ahead: Health vote nears ... Obama heads to Asia ... Plouffe book out ... Pawlenty to Mexico ... Spitzer talks ethics? ... Meet the Press has Barbour/Rendell (NBC News Web Extra)
During this afternoon’s Rules Committee hearing to determine which amendments would be introduced during floor debate of the House health care bill, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) announced that everyone can agree that Republicans want “all Americans to have affordable health insurance and good quality health care”: FOXX: I think we should start with the premise that [...]
One of the most disturbing images from yesterday’s Tea Party rally against health care reform on Capitol Hill was a protester’s gruesome sign showing a pile of dead Holocaust victims. The banner — captured by ThinkProgress here — read: “National Socialist Health Care: Dachau, Germany – 1945.” Another sign said that “Obama takes his orders [...]