MS NOW February 2012 Articles

Mormons proxy baptised Daniel Pearl

Sen. Hatch bashes Obama and hipsters

Bob Kerrey running for old Senate seat

Is Romney unfazed by America’s mounting debt?

‘Ed Show’ tonight: Wed., Feb. 29, 2012

Romney opposes Blunt, then supports it

NOW & Later

US Senate to vote on radical Blunt Amendment tomorrow

Coming up on Hardball: About last night…

Occupy Wall Street returns

Ahead on the 2/29 Maddow show

Wednesday’s Mini-Report

On Leap Day, it’s Occupy ALEC

First Word: Snowe storm in the Senate

Limbaugh takes aim at Sandra Fluke

Steady eddie

A ‘Eh, who cares’ style of leadership

Davy Jones of Monkees fame dies

Hobbling to a victory?

We love this

Holocaust ‘never happened’ says GOP congressional candidate

Farewell Davy Jones

Stimulus 101

Davy Jones, 1945-2012

Bearing no resemblance to the Obama-Clinton race

Wednesday’s campaign round-up

What we’re reading: February 29, 2012

Food stamp ‘reform’

Rev. Franklin Graham issues apology over Obama faith comments

Parties and markets and bears, oh my

Must-Read Op-Eds for Wednesday, February 29, 2012

From tire gauges to algae

Let Me Start…

Signs of economic life

Arizona lawmaker votes to require all students to pay $2000 in tuition, tells poor students ‘welcome to life’

Snowe’s stunning surprise

Romney survives, but race continues

Morning Maddow: February 29

NOW Today

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Morning Headlines: Wednesday, Feb. 29

The Steinbeck Center’s evening with Rachel Maddow

Romney declares he ‘won by enough’

Ed: Where are Romney’s business associates?

Ed sees possible ‘recovery opportunity’ for Mitt Romney

NBC News: Romney wins Michigan GOP primary, holds off Santorum challenge

Ed Schultz: ‘Who cares how it was done, a job is a job’

Romney projected to win in Arizona, Michigan too close to call

Ed Schultz: Rick Santorum isn’t for the laborers

Obama fires up the base, dings Romney

Williams and Fallon’s campaign slow jam

What is a politician?

Obama hails auto bailout, hits back at GOP critics

Tuesday night’s plan

Ed on tonight’s MSNBC election panel, ‘The Ed Show’ back tomorrow

First Word: Crucial test in Michigan

Coming up on Hardball…Fight night!

Tuesday’s Mini-Report

Maine’s Snowe won’t seek re-election

‘What is it about working men and women they find so offensive?’

Michigan sons Romney and Kid Rock unite

Swimming upstream as a black, gay conservative

Romney’s faux outrage at Santorum’s pitch to Dems

Virginia rolls ultrasound bill forward

So much for ‘zero tolerance’

Charging students fees for misbehavior?

Why the GOP wants IPAB to be DOA

Blue-collar appeal

‘Herding working-class voters back toward the president’

Post script: standing up against gun violence

William Shatner drops by Morning Joe

A nominating process as ‘a series of heresy trials’

Must-Read Op-Eds for Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Romney’s subtle shot at the GOP base

Tuesday’s campaign round-up

Pic: Democrat votes Santorum in Michigan

The first rule of debate club

What a difference a decade makes on income inequality

Exacerbating the gender gap

Let Me Start…

Santorum reaches out … to Democrats

Romney’s risible ‘recollections’

NOW Today

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An excerpt from Peter Kiernan’s new book “Becoming China’s B**ch”

Morning Headlines: Tuesday, Feb. 28

GOP malaise as primary season drags on

Newt Gingrich, San Francisco values, and the Union Square transvestite

Health care law trouble for Obama?

Viewer reactions to our Ron Paul Rewrite

Meow! Hank the cat running for Senate

Santorum targets JFK

‘Ed Show’ tonight: Mon., Feb. 27, 2012

JFK made Santorum ‘want to throw up’

Former Marine’s home saved from foreclosure

Ahead on the 2/27 Maddow show

Coming up on Hardball…

Monday’s Mini-Report

First Word: And the political winner is…

Understanding carbon emissions

Santorum: Obama a ‘snob’ for wanting ‘everybody to go to college’

Detroit revving its engine

Wisconsin governor won’t challenge recall signatures

Washington Post says Santorum ‘wrong man to be president’

Romney slams Santorum for agreeing with him

Class warfare

Fox Business analyst assails Gingrich’s $2.50 gas promise

Alabama GOP wants Virginia’s vaginal ultrasound bill

Kansas GOP takes from the poor, gives to the rich

American Future Fund takes aim at Obama, irony

An excerpt from Douglas MacKinnon’s “Rolling Pennies in the Dark”

Monday’s campaign round-up

The success story Romney doesn’t want to talk about

Gillespie: Killing bin Laden does not a foreign policy make

‘There’s nothing he’s not willing to do’

Santorum warns of higher ed ‘indoctrination’

Must-Read Op-Eds for Monday, February 27, 2012

Scott Brown, Elizabeth Warren, and contraception

Let Me Start…

What makes Santorum nauseous

Caption contest: Mitt Romney has a close encounter with the Santorum car

Who among us has not befriended NASCAR team owners?

Morning Maddow: February 27

NOW Today

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Morning Headlines: Monday, Feb. 27

Ladies and gents, the MHP Oscars Open Thread!

Get well soon, Madiba: the 2/26 preview

Rachel Maddow at the Steinbeck Center

MHP Homework: Help us ‘Help’ you

Faux-cus: For the love of Cindy Sherman

Heaven ‘Help’ us: The 2/25 preview

Talking Republicans, reproduction and Rick

Details on Fayetteville’s parade to honor Iraq war vets

Pic: ‘Show is exact’

‘Ed Show’ tonight: Fri., Feb. 24, 2012

Ahead on 2/24 Maddow show

‘Pearl Jam’ has Lin fever

Highlights: ‘Ed Show’ covered it all

Colbert proxy circumcises dead Mormons

Oklahoma congressman apologizes for ‘killing a couple’ senators comment

Coming up on Hardball…

Friday’s Mini-Report

Anti-Girl Scout rep regrets his tone

Office Hours: ‘I thought these issues were settled’

What was the Romney campaign thinking?

Stylist in New Mexico refuses to serve anti-gay marriage governor

Joe drops by Letterman last night

‘A campaign of almost pathological dishonesty’

Palin in 2009: ‘I can’t take it anymore’

Virginia Senate strikes transvaginal ultrasound bill. Sponsor: ‘a matter of conscience’

What Just Happened?!

The Week in Geek: Back to Earth edition

Lou Dobbs thinks “The Lorax” is brainwashing kids

Culture of Corruption Watch

What we’re reading: February 24, 2012

Friday’s campaign round-up

Talking with Little Steven about Norwegian folk music, upcoming tour

Santorum’s Dutch death panels

The fate of the contraception lawsuits

The end of a short-lived grace period

Raising the wrong Specter

GOP uses Bush as a model of moderation

Let Me Start…

The wrong way to argue about gas prices

Morning Maddow: February 24

Sandra Fluke gets her say on birth control

NOW Today

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Must-Read Op-Eds for Friday, February 24, 2012

An excerpt from Lawrence Lessig’s new e-book “One Way Forward”

An excerpt from Jay Wilkinson’s new book “Dear Jay, Love Dad: Bud Wilkinson’s Letters to His Son”

Rewriting Ron Paul’s ‘fake’ libertarianism

Santorum’s views on the Earth is questionable

Ahead on the 2/23 Maddow show

‘Ed Show’ tonight: Thu., Feb. 23, 2012

DNC: Romney most extreme GOP candidate

Coming up on Hardball…

Thursday’s Mini-Report

A hair don’t for New Mexico governor

Virginia Senate kills ‘personhood’ bill for this year

Virginia puts ‘personhood’ bill on hold

Allen West’s Hummer

Chris Christie clashes with columnist on gay marriage

Did anyone win?

What populism isn’t

Democrats hear from woman snubbed by GOP lawmakers

Mitt Romney and the Michiganders

From Marine to activist in ‘Semper Fi’

Giving the auto rescue center stage

Must-Read Op-Eds for Thursday, February 22, 2012

First Word: Obama rolls on

Art attack (God bless Wisconsin)

Worst. Surrogates. Ever.

Thursday’s campaign round-up

Who picked the contraception fight?

Chris Christie on why he vetoed same-sex marriage bill in NJ

What we’re reading: February 23, 2012

Romney vs. ‘the fastest-growing voting bloc in the nation’

Limbaugh ties Romney to ‘Occupy’ rhetoric

The ‘safety’ of America’s enemies

Jobless claims remain at four-year low

Let Me Start…

Four white wealthy men talk about contraception

Morning Maddow: February 23

Fashion tips from the Morning Joe crew

NOW Today

Trending NOW

Morning Headlines: Thursday, Feb. 23

Rick Santorum’s ‘B game’ performance

Flipping the bird, the English way

Romney and Santorum swap charges in 20th debate

Stop Colbert (Disclose, Reform, Amend)

Better babysitter: Obama or Romney?

On the fence

Matthews: 2012 election remains close

Budding bromance?

New black history museum on National Mall

‘Ed Show’ tonight: Wed., Feb. 22, 2012

Ahead on the 2/22 Maddow show

Breaking ground where ‘lives were once traded’

First Word: Dead heat in Michigan

Coming up on Hardball…

Wednesday’s Mini-Report

Gingrich gun rack challenge? Accepted.

Virginia House scales back pre-abortion ultrasound bill

Obama plan cuts corporate tax rate

Obama sings again, this time the blues with Jagger, B.B King

Romney tries again on tax policy

DEEP DIVE: Auto-Mitt-ic for the people?

Virginia Governor McDonnell backs away from transvaginal ultrasound bill

Santorum laughs off ‘Satan has his sights’ on the U.S. remarks

Lynn: Franklin Graham has ‘gone completely off the deep end’

Anti-Girl Scout state rep faces pushback, ridicule

Chris Christie on tax fairness: ‘Shut up’

Wednesday’s campaign round-up

Serious satire: ‘It is the purpose of the General Assembly to assert an invasive state interest in the reproductive habits of the men of this state’

Romney occasionally forgets what side he’s on

What we’re reading: 2/22/12

The right’s ongoing problems with children’s entertainment

‘Secular’ is not a dirty word

Santorum warns of Satanic efforts in U.S.

Must-Read Op-Eds for Wednesday, February 22, 2012

GOP shuts down Sandra Fluke (again)

Morning Maddow: February 22

NOW Today

Trending NOW

Morning Headlines: Wednesday, Feb. 22

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Pastor: I’ll ‘hold my nose’ voting Romney

President Obama sings the blues

SCOTUS revisits affirmative action on campus

Matthews: The GOP is becoming a ‘brownfield’

Birth control: The (non)issue blast from the past

‘Ed Show’ tonight: Tue., Feb. 21, 2012

Ahead on the 2/21 Maddow show

Coming up on Hardball… the battle for Michigan!

The ‘circus road show’

Tuesday’s Mini-Report

Is ‘Citizens United’ hurting Republicans?

Graham casts doubt on Pres. Obama’s faith

Michigan: where the trees are ‘the right height’

Rick Santorum: ‘Satan has his sights set’ on America

First Word: Fat cat Tuesday

How Gingrich defines ‘barely’

PBS looks back at the Clinton presidency in new documentary

Virginia House puts off ultrasound bill again

“Clinton”

Ali in Wonderland

Franklin Graham questions Obama, Romney on Christian faith

Happy Mardi Gras, from the Rachel Maddow Sheaux

Would Romney raise the debt ceiling?

In need of a new historical touchstone

Tuesday’s campaign round-up

Rove repeats a tired lie

Let Me Start…

Targeting the existence of public schools

‘You can’t spend more than you take in’

The ‘anti-science’ side of the political divide

Merit badges, cookies, and ‘the destruction of traditional American family values’

The ‘massive investment’ Romney got from Congress

Morning Maddow: February 21

NOW Today

Must-Read Op-Eds for Tuesday, February 21, 2012

An excerpt from Peter Diamandis’ new book “Abundance”

Trending NOW

Morning Headlines: Tuesday, Feb. 21

Rachel Maddow vs. PolitiFact: A history

Links for the 2/20 TRMS

Remembering America’s first foray into space

Ahead on the 2/20 Maddow show

‘Ed Show’ tonight: Mon., Feb. 20, 2012

Santorum: Privacy ruined everything

Coming up on Hardball…

Awesome Internets: Monday edition

Monday’s Mini-Report

What’s Sarah Palin up to?

First Word: Presidents’ Day

Santorum overlooks Godwin’s law

Santorum’s press sec’s verbal misstep

“Boy, that was a real fireball of a ride.”

Rick Santorum compares President Obama to Hitler?

Justice Dept backs equal benefits for gay couples in military

Silent protest outside, Virginia House puts off ultrasound vote

Romney’s gold-plated resume

Monday’s campaign round-up

Nerd alert: The New Yorker’s Kelefa Sanneh on hardcore music

McCain breaks with Romney on Taliban talks

Why would a politician attack pre-natal testing?

Right rallies to defend Va. ultrasound bill

What Santorum considers a ‘phony theology’

Let Me Start…

Romney’s Trump card?

Must-Read Op-Eds for Monday, February 20, 2012

Arizona’s Babeu caught up in scandal

Morning Maddow: February 20

Trending NOW

An excerpt from Steve Stoute’s book “The Tanning of America”

MHP Homework: President’s Day reading

Making empty promises? FDR has snark for you

The gap narrows in Maine

Relax your mind and let your conscience be free: The 2/19 preview

What we’re reading: 2/18/12

One #MHPshow down, so many still to go

Just a suggestion: ‘Panel Chosen to Discuss Viagra Distribution’

No, teen violence is never OK

What’s going on, #nerdland? The 2/18 preview

Highlights: ‘Ed Show’ covered it all

Blog Extra: Spike Lee says Lin is ‘like a gift from above’

Ahead on the 2/17 Maddow show

‘Ed Show’ tonight: Fri., Feb. 17, 2012

The Last Word rewind

The Week In Geek: Galaxy evolution edition

Office Hours with MHP: Difficult dialogues

Introducing the new MHP blog!

NJ Gov. Christie vetoes gay marriage bill as vowed

Maddow in the afternoon…

Friday’s Mini-Report

Team Obama nets $29.1M in fundraising

A twisted perspective in Virginia

Very Last Word weekly round-up

RYAN: Drafting me is “silly talk”

Friess ‘more reasonable’ than Santorum?

Rev. Al Sharpton has Lin fever!

Greenfield: I often write at the beach with a cigar

‘We’d get killed’

Romney used federal bailout for Olympics, but opposed government loans to save auto industry

Chronicling Mitt’s mendacity

Why DeWine’s switch matters

What Just Happened?!

Congress approves payroll deal

Santorum’s headache

Sarah Palin in 2012?

Best noon thing*

‘The Romney Family Trip Checklist’

Friday’s campaign round-up

Issa adds insult to injury

Foster Friess and his “quest for forgiveness”

The wrong ‘war’ at the wrong time

Must-Read Op-Eds for Friday, February 17, 2012

Michael Grimm’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad month

Lin’s ‘biggest anomaly’?

Let Me Start…

Romney digs deeper against auto-industry rescue

‘A Terri Schiavo moment’

Morning Maddow: February 17

NOW Today

Trending NOW

Remembering Anthony Shadid

Morning Headlines: Friday, Feb. 17

Santorum backer talks contraception ‘joke’

Politics brings women’s rights to the forefront

‘Ed Show’ tonight: Thu., Feb. 16, 2012

Ahead on the 2/16 Maddow show

Bass Ball

Romney says losing Michigan ‘won’t happen’

Coming up on Hardball: Gender wars and ad wars

#Occupy Round Up: This Week’s Top Stories

Thursday’s Mini-Report

Romney pro-union ’02 campaign materials surface on day he bashes unions

Put ‘aspirin’ between knees for contraception

Rachel Maddow on the thesis of ‘Drift’

Scott Brown stumbles on policy basics

EXCLUSIVE: Woman silenced at birth control hearing on ‘Ed Show’ tonight

Colbert Report suspended for ‘family emergency’

Romney to skip upcoming debate

‘Excuse me, I’m just trying to catch my breath from that Mr. Freiss, frankly’

Quote of the Day

Mitt Romney Catches Himself Agreeing Things Are Getting Better

Pelosi to GOP on contraception: ‘Duh!’

Struggling to prepare for prime time

KBH (sorta) backs Romney, Berman reacts to Super PACs

First Word: Capitol year-long vacation

Thursday’s campaign round-up

Howard Dean: Santorum has said a lot of incredibly intolerant things

Maloney asks, ‘Where are the women?’

Romney’s poorly-timed criticism of the auto rescue

Must-Read Op-Eds for Thursday, February 16, 2012

Issa to keep contraception fight going

Declaration of independents

Let Me Start…

Jobless claims reach four-year low

Congress strikes a deal on payroll cut

Morning Maddow: February 16

NOW Today

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Morning Headlines: Thursday, Feb. 16

Commemorative Bob McDonnell vaginal ultrasound probes!

Elie Wiesel talks Mormon proxy baptism

Why I relate to the Linderella story

Blog extra: John Nichols exposes Wisconsin’s labor ‘Uprising’

Funniest thing millions of people have apparently already seen before me but I’m sharing just in case you also missed it:

Matthews: Santorum’s never changed, Romney pretends to

Poll: Do tax cuts for the rich create jobs?

Ahead on the 2/15 Maddow show

‘Ed Show’ tonight: Wed., Feb. 15, 2012

Actress in horrible Hoekstra ad apologizes

And many more…

Mitt Romney cruises around Michigan in a foreign car for TV campaign ad

Wednesday’s Mini-Report

First Word: Santorum leading in Ohio

Coming up on Hardball… Face off!

Michael Grimm’s health care problem

Hide your sweater vests: Megadeth singer psyched for Santorum

Paul Ryan forgets the recent past

Facing recall, Walker gives Obama friendly welcome

Westminster show owner on diva puppies, doggy anxiety and retiring

Into the wild

Romney stalls in Michigan as auto past catches up

THURSDAY SNEAK PEEK

Van Hollen: Payroll tax deal is close

‘Some people’ believe conspiracy theories

Who benefits from health care reform?

Wednesday’s campaign round-up

A ‘uniquely terrible’ transportation bill

The silencing of Benton Harbor, ct’d

Romney targets Santorum’s vulnerabilities

Ignoring a consensus on contraception

Xenophobic ad backfires on Michigan’s Hoekstra

Romney’s hard-to-fix ‘unfavorable’ problem

Let Me Start…

Congress reaches tentative payroll deal

Morning Maddow: February 15

NOW Today

Trending NOW

Must-Read Op-Eds for Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Hey neat

Ann Coulter rewrites her endorsement

Rep. Walsh talks marriage equality

Matthews: Romney makes ‘moderation look meek’

‘Ed Show’ tonight: Tue., Feb. 14, 2012

100 years of hot-itude

Ahead on the 2/14 Maddow show

Norquist tells Romney who’s boss

Romney’s new Michigan ad looks like a retread

Romney in the doghouse at Westminster

Tuesday’s Mini-Report

Coming up on Hardball… Questions: Answered.

‘Helping victims of domestic violence shouldn’t be partisan’

Romney protest held outside Westminster dog show

‘That’s the stupidest analogy ever!’

First Word: Politics of love

An argument divided against itself cannot stand

Talk to the pug

The time Rick Santorum reminded me of the “London Calling” video

Still lacking a county’s votes, Maine GOP sticks with Romney as winner

The Republican party is skating on thin ice with female voters

Hatch’s not-so-factual statement

Scott Brown’s contraception confusion

Tuesday’s campaign round-up

Social Security’s alleged champions

Romney condemns auto-industry rescue

Send your sweetie some political commentary with a GOP Valentine

Those who ‘expect’ sexual assault in the military

Santorum, Romney moving in opposite directions

Must-Read Op-Eds for Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Republican divisions emerge on contraception

The payroll cut’s clouded future

Morning Maddow: February 14

An excerpt from Tim Weiner’s book “Enemies: A History of the FBI”

NOW Today

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Morning Headlines: Tuesday, Feb. 14

Wash. governor signs gay marriage into law

Santorum slips past Romney in new polls

Compromising on a budget

‘Ed Show’ tonight: Mon., Feb. 13, 2012

Ahead on the 2/13 Maddow show

Epic Whitney Houston Grammys tribute

Gulf of Mexico, rebranding challenge winners

Tuesday sneak peek

Monday’s Mini-Report

Coming up on Hardball… Budget: Unveiled.

Senator Jeff Sessions says Pres. Obama’s budget is not “honest accounting”

The silencing of Benton Harbor, Michigan

Tony Bennett calls for decriminalization of drugs following Whitney Houston’s death

Marriage equality reaches Washington

Valentine’s Day tips from Rev. Al Sharpton

First Word: Whitney remembered

GOP backpedals on payroll fight

Coroner: Some meds found in Whitney Houston’s room

Challenge: Fill out Gingrich’s timeline

“If he says so…”

Morning Headlines: Monday, Feb. 13

White House unveils budget plan

Go West(minster): Morning Joe on dogs and ‘Best in Show’

National Review calls on Newt Gingrich to quit

Virginia Dems say they can’t stop GOP tide

Monday’s campaign round-up

The week after: Continuing the HHS discussion

What if Santorum wins Michigan?

What drives the debt

Those who buy what they can’t earn

The Santorum Surge

Dropping the pretense in the war on contraception

Let Me Start…

The ‘drama’ of the payroll tax-cut fight

Morning Maddow: February 13

Must-Read Op-Eds for Monday, February 13, 2012

NOW Today

Trending NOW

What Just Happened?!

Romney’s underwhelming win in Maine

Parsing the President’s Spotify Playlist

President Obama’s favorite marshmallow cannon aimed at Ed’s head!

War on Birth Control

Highlights: ‘The Ed Show’ covered it all

Ahead on the 2/10 Maddow show

Very Last Word weekly round-up

‘Ed Show’ tonight: Fri., Feb. 10, 2012

Matthews: Gold star for Obama on change to contraception mandate

Spotted on the subway…

Luis Gutierrez takes Newt Gingrich to task on the ‘food stamp president’

Friday’s Mini-Report

MSNBC and NBC News are nominated for a Shorty Award!

This Week in God

Lee’s obstructionist plot falters

Romney’s early valentine to Big Business

President Obama revises his contraceptive plan — and the critics respond

Walker to siphon mortgage settlement money to plug failing budget

The Week in Geek

Chronicling Mitt’s mendacity

On the set of Morning Joe: Luke Russert

What was that?

Friday’s campaign round-up

Hannity’s disinformation campaign

That’s a joke, son

‘Common-sense solution’ on contraception

Is Rick Santorum a hypocrite for criticizing the contraception mandate?

Must-Read Op-Eds for Friday, February 10, 2012

An awkward time to ‘reconnect’

Obama, Congress moving in different directions

Romney distorts his contraception record

Let Me Start…

Culture of corruption, redux

Morning Maddow: February 10

Morning Joe invades CPAC

NOW Today

Trending NOW

Morning Headlines: Friday, February 10

New York City street faerie

Fmr. Komen board member wants Brinker to quit

Links for the 2/9 TRMS

Buying guns with no background check

Man in Blackface asks Brigham Young University students about Black History Month

Matthews: Politics in America is ‘tricky’

‘Ed Show’ tonight: Thu., Feb. 9, 2012

Ahead on the 2/9 Maddow show

Day two: Hannity releases “the tapes”?

President Obama made you a mix

Thursday’s Mini-Report

‘It’s all just a little bit of history repeating’

Dogs that will never be strapped to the top of a car

Desperate Santorum pulls out guillotine to whip up fear

Romney backs welfare drug-testing

Divided conference

Ralph Reed’s rehabilitation

Bipartisan pitch to birth control mandate

Political impact of birth control mandate

The tour dates for Drift!

It’s about contraception, not religion

What the FBI had on Steve Jobs

Challenge: Name the food stamp president

First Word: The art of the deal

Santorum: Fear the guillotine

Springsteen announces new sax player for upcoming tour

Awesome Internets: Thursday Edition

Thursday’s campaign round-up

Congress can still ‘muck’ things up

The right keeps targeting the Girl Scouts

Public revulsion towards Congress increases

Let Me Start…

Sen. Coburn: Contraception mandate blown out of proportion

Jobless claims continue to improve

The company CPAC keeps

Morning Maddow: February 9

NOW Today

Trending NOW

Must-Read Op-Eds for Thursday, February 9, 2012

Morning Headlines: Thursday, February 9

Constitutionality of birth control mandate

Jack Kennedy: All men a combination of ‘bad and good’

Viewer reactions to birth control debate

2012: The Year We Talk About Women’s Health?

Awesome Internets: Wednesday edition

Gay marriage pioneers file for divorce

Poll: Who was the big winner last night, Rick Santorum or Barack Obama?

‘Ed Show’ tonight: Wed., Feb. 8, 2012

Ahead on the 2/8 Maddow show

Very ape and very nice

Coming up on Hardball… They’re just not that into you!

Wednesday’s Mini-Report

Romney’s CPAC ’08 message

Fighting for the anti-gay vote

What a difference 11 years makes

First Word: Santorum sweep

Record Low: Just 10% of Americans approve of Congress

GOP, lobbyists partner to weaken STOCK Act

“Campaign for sale”

Michelle Obama vs. Jimmy Fallon

Speaker Boehner, Senator Rubio urge Obama admin. to reverse birth-control mandate

#ObamaDerangementSyndrome: Hannity Edition

Why jobs may be Romney’s weakest issue

The depths of Hannity’s imagination

NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar hangs out

A new enthusiasm gap

Wednesday’s campaign round-up

Did contraception ruling, Planned Parenthood controversy help Santorum?

Morning Headlines: Wednesday, February 8

New Hampshire voters like that liberty thing. Their legislature not so sure

The return of Culture Warrior Mitt

Payroll tax fight to go down to the wire

GOP turnout troubles continue

Boston, we have a problem

Morning Maddow: February 8

NOW Today

Trending NOW

Must-Read Op-Eds for Wednesday, February 8, 2012

An excerpt from David Jones’ book “Who Cares Wins”

Obama’s change of heart on super PACs

Awesome Internets: Tuesday edition

White House reevaluating birth control policy

Komen official Karen Handel resigns

Matthews on the conflict between church and state

Charles in charge

‘Ed Show’ tonight: Tue., Feb. 7, 2012

Ahead on the 2/7 Maddow show

‘Winning’

Former Walker aide cops guilty plea, agrees to help investigators

Maddow: The GOP plan for birth control

Giants celebrated at City Hall while vets still wait — though not all welcome — a parade

Tuesday’s Mini-Report

First Word: Komen official quits

Catholic hospitals and contraception coverage: MoJoe readers weigh in

Use and misuse of stock-market metrics

Gay marriage returns as campaign issue with Prop 8 ruling

Matthews: Elections are all about the incumbent

Prop 8 ruling

Damage Control on Birth Control

Biden’s 10-word pitch

Broad support for contraception coverage

Picture: A promise kept

Appeals court strikes down California’s Prop 8

Celebrating science

Tuesday’s campaign round-up

Karen Handel, Komen part ways

Heard in Wisconsin: ‘Ignore the public comments’

When Obama and Romney agreed on contraception

Optimism has a well known liberal bias

Must-Read Op-Eds for Tuesday, February 7, 2012

‘Democrats can’t be unilaterally disarmed’

Santorum’s day in the sun?

Morning Maddow: February 7

Morning Joe’s discussion of HHS ruling on contraception coverage continues

NOW Today

Trending NOW

Morning Headlines: Tuesday, February 7

Planned Parenthood repairing Komen ties

Romney dodging voters’ questions?

Clint Eastwood’s political play of the day

Behind the scenes: ‘The Ed Show’ at a Newt Gingrich rally

Wanted: Super Bowl ad actress

Political ad exploits negative Asian stereotypes

Pete Hoekstra raising money off Pete Hoekstra

‘Ed Show’ tonight: Mon., Feb. 6, 2012

Ahead on the 2/6 Maddow show

Monday’s Mini-Report

A tale of two recoveries

Arizona lawmaker suggests ‘White Appreciation Day’

From here to eternity

Eastwood Super Bowl ad scores with Democrats

Sneak peak at tomorrow’s Daily Rundown

First Word: The big game

Longest-running occupation* rolls up its dome and goes home

Actual voter fraud

Halftime in America

Chrysler CEO: Commerical not a political endorsement

New York City throws parade for Giants in a hurry. Iraq vets still waiting

Explaining job growth with a conspiracy theory

Monday’s campaign round-up

Pete Hoekstra’s viral bait

The process takes its toll on Romney

Morning Headlines: Monday, February 6

Ron Paul and ‘honest rape’

McDonnell’s muddled message

Scarborough, Brzezinski, Sharpton discuss Obama Catholic ruling

GOP turnout troubles continue

Morning Maddow: February 6

NOW Today

Trending NOW

Must-Read Op-Eds for Monday February 6, 2012

Rachel on Meet the Press this morning

Where the GOP race stands

Sunday’s Guests (Feb. 5)

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The Last Word week in review

‘Ed Show’ tonight: Fri., Feb. 3, 2012

Ahead on the 2/3 Maddow show

Conservative group One Million Moms wants this Macy’s ad pulled and Ellen Degeneres out at JC Penney

Friday’s Mini-Report

Putting veterans back to work

The Week ReviewED

Chart of U.S unemployment rate

The Week in Geek: Giant ants, swarming nano quadrotors

This Week in God

Trumped: Romney gets another Nevada endorsement

JOHANNS: President Obama’s Keystone decision based on getting votes in November

Chronicling Mitt’s mendacity

What Just Happened?!

In Virginia, the power of one woman’s story

GOP changes its mind on debt ‘trigger’

Could timing have been worse for a Trump endorsement?

A.G. Holder takes incoming, pwns 2 GOP reps.

Friday’s campaign round-up

Komen backs down, apologizes

Romney vs. Romney vs. Reality

He didn’t ‘misspeak’

Job growth picks up steam, reaches 2-year high

Komen starts changing its story

Morning Maddow: February 3

Must-Read Op-Eds for Friday, February 3, 2012

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An excerpt from Bill Press’ new book “The Obama Hate Machine”

Morning Headlines: Friday, February 3

MaddowBlog readers’ psyches exposed! Florida Rorschach results!

Rewriting the word ‘liberal’

WWJD? Tax the rich, says Obama

Ed Schultz on Trump’s endorsement of Romney

If the Giants and Patriots Deserve a Super Bowl Parade, Don’t Iraq Vets?

Matthews: Romney’s looking for ‘the upscale crowd to put him in office’

Apps schmapps

‘Ed Show’ tonight: Thu., Feb. 2, 2012

Ahead on the 2/2 Maddow show

The Obamas: A super family?

Thursday’s Mini-Report

Lawrence O’Donnell ‘likes’ liberals

At the intersection of faith and policy

Seamus in exile

Controlled funding

Newt wants Brad Pitt to play him in a film

TV alert: Teacher Sara Ferguson on ‘Ellen’ today

GOP to Bernanke: leave the economy alone

There Will Be Glitter: A Talk with Nick Espinosa

Out of Afghanistan!

Facebucks

Caption contest

In honor of Phil: Songs and bands with the word ‘Shadow’

First Word: The Trump bump

HELLER: Paul “could make some real moves” in NV

The accelerating U.S. auto industry

Best Noon Thing: Space Cats

Canadian rapper to Romney: ‘I do not endorse this message’

Is Mitt Romney just a ‘strange dude’ from Boston?

Punxsutawney Don

Must Read Op-Eds for Thursday, February 2, 2012

Thursday’s campaign round-up

Letters: The joke/not-joke of ‘self-deportation’

Trump Fools Us All

Romney dabbles in foreign policy

The story behind Komen’s cut-off

House GOP eyes ‘welfare integrity’

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Jobless claims continue to improve

‘What’s wrong with this guy?’

Morning Maddow: February 2

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An excerpt from Thomas Caplan’s ‘The Spy Who Jumped off the Screen’

Your Florida Rorschach test

Rewriting American Airlines’ bankruptcy

Links for the 2/1 TRMS

The ‘Biblical principle’ of paying teachers LESS!

‘Don’t Say Gay’ senator kicked out of restaurant

Komen Foundation’s race for GOP base?

Ed Schultz on Florida’s lesson for Obama

Matthews: Romney’s ridicule of Gingrich will ‘reap trouble’ for him

‘Ed Show’ tonight: Wed., Feb. 1, 2012

Ahead on the 2/1 Maddow show

Mitt Romney falls deeper into typecast trap

Wednesday’s Mini-Report

Vitter boasts about Komen move

First Word: Romney’s poverty fail

Will candidates address the issue of education while campaigning in Nevada?

Political metaphor waits to happen: Bulldog in a box

Is it really January?

A not-so-subtle shot

The plight of the poor

The groundhog and the introvert

‘Soul Train’ host Don Cornelius dead of suicide

Putting the ‘Buffett Rule’ to the test

This is great: A little something for Wes Anderson fans

Bad Lip Reading comes for Rick Santorum

The lessons out of Oregon

Will Romney’s ‘poor’ comment become fodder for rivals?

Wednesday’s campaign round-up

Theocracy on the move in Indiana

Romney rejects concern for the ‘very poor’

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Komen abandons Planned Parenthood

The GOP’s ongoing turnout problem

Must Read Op-Eds for Wednesday, February 1, 2012

The post-Florida state of play

Morning Maddow: February 1

Winning ugly vs. losing pretty: Living with attack ads

Halperin: Four reasons Romney took home Florida win

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