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Ed Schultz: ‘Is this guy (Newt Gingrich) thinking about a possible independent run?’
Ed Schultz: ‘No downside to these negative ads?’
Mitt Romney wins big in Florida
For Gingrich, a disappointing second in Florida
Ed Schultz: Why are ‘people who served on your dad are not on board?’
Arizona: Worse than Wisconsin!?!
Romney rebounds with victory in Florida GOP primary
Ed Schultz: ‘Romney’s been a different guy’
Florida: The beginning and the end of Mitt Romney
Big Eddie on MSNBC panel tonight, ‘The Ed Show’ pre-empted
Downton Abbey meets Mitt Romney
Herman Cain’s ‘Awww Shucky Ducky,’: a retrospective
Coming up on Hardball… All eyes on Florida!
First Word: Florida primary research
Cain on racial overtones: ‘There’s nothing there’
Romney on health reform, then and now, II
Pressure increases to post Walker recall petitions
BECERRA: President’s actions beat GOP’s words
Taking the STOCK Act one step further
Joan Walsh: ‘This is a hate-off’
When defensiveness leads to dishonesty
Louis to South Beach: How do you feel about GOP candidates?
The efficacy of the Affordable Care Act
Mika: RNC chair’s comparison of Obama to cruise ship captain is ‘gutter politics, despicable’
CRIST: Might back Obama, run as Dem
Indiana may drug-test lawmakers
The House’s misplaced priorities
Grimm makes a name for himself
McConnell’s revisionist history
Must Read Op-Eds for Tuesday, January 31, 2012
An increasingly unappealing field
Scarborough: Why does Romney have nothing to say about Romney?
Morning Headlines: Tuesday, January 31
Flying people in New York City
Mitt Romney rewriting his heritage?
Kermit and Miss Piggy bash FOX News
Dragged out race annoying GOP voters?
Occupy Wall Street marches in solidarity with Oakland
Matthews: Florida race shows ailing democracy
Housekeeping note: The Steve Benen RSS feed
Robert Reich in tonight’s ‘Big Finish’ on ‘The Ed Show’
‘Ed Show’ tonight: Mon., Jan. 30, 2012
Found in Wisconsin: Dear Reince, Can you get Sarah Palin for us?
Governing is hard… with dragons
Coming up on Hardball… Nice guys finish last
The Buffett Rule headed to Congress
Priebus’ ‘Captain Schettino’ comparison trivializes victims
First Word: Florida primary preview
GOP works to win Florida’s Hispanic voters
Putting Romney’s wealth in context
Challenge: Stuff TRMS watchers say
Why every show should be at a Chinese buffet in Queens
And you, Mr. Lyman, your question?
When a stimulus meets a counter-stimulus
No need to fear zombie voters in South Carolina
No one is trying to ‘gut the military’
Scarborough: GOP establishment just wants to win; conservatives want to win the country
Must Read Op-Eds for Monday, January 30, 2012
What ‘carpet-bombing’ can do for a campaign
Mike Allen’s twit pics from Miami catch fire on the Interwebz
Why Mitch McConnell should avoid discussing the debt
What Rubio doesn’t understand about the economy
Shining the spotlight on process
Morning Headlines: Monday, January 30
Pics: St. Louis welcomes home the troops
Not because they are easy, but because they are hard
Ed’s full interview with Rep. Nancy Pelosi
Some good news for President Obama, finally!
Poll: Do you feel President Obama is starting to get on a roll?
‘Ed Show’ tonight: Fri., Jan. 27, 2012
Romney’s taxes, SOTU and the war on Newt
Tennessee Tea Party: Take slavery out of school textbooks
Gawker: Romneys converted Mitt’s dead atheist father-in-law to Mormonism
Seasonal Affective Disorder Palliative Vol. 2
President Obama and Secretary Duncan address college affordability
GOP’s “Night of the Living Dead”
Countdown to the Sunshine State
Shameless Plugs: Week-in-Review
Morning Joe is heading down to sunny South Beach, Florida
Report card for Thursday night’s debate
Chart: The Romney bounce, the Gingrich swoon
Warren: Romney earns $$$ the ‘wrong’ way
Romney is the aggressor in final Florida debate
Things I learned at work today
Warren, Brown limiting sway of super PACs
Matthews: How can you not love the Florida GOP battle?
Santorum says colleges spread leftie ideas
‘Ed Show’ tonight: Thu., Jan. 26, 2012
Voter ID bill advances in Iowa
Mazel Tov! Rep. Barney Frank to marry longtime partner
Romney revising disclosures for overseas accounts
Political metaphor waits to happen: The snoring dormouse
Who wants to go to the moon with Newt Gingrich?
Obama, Brewer share testy exchange
Voting on rights, from New Jersey to Maine, day 2
Happy Feet 3 (Kentucky variation)
An excerpt from Cullen Murphy’s new book “God’s Jury”
Ohio governor on Right to Work: Remember the sharks
Must Read Op-Eds for Thursday, January 26, 2012
Maddow to PolitiFact: What is wrong with you? Also, you’re fired.
Joe and Howard Dean go toe-to-toe on education reform
Morning Headlines: Thursday, January 26
Rewriting Newt as a ‘normal politician’
Newt Gingrich wants a moon colony
President Obama & Romney square off — sort of
Egyptians mark Tahir Square uprising
Newly released JFK tapes reveal conflicting reports about Vietnam
Poll: What do Republicans care more about: creating middle class jobs or defeating the president?
‘Ed Show’ tonight: Wed., Jan. 25, 2012
Indiana House OKs right-to-work bill
An emotional farewell to Gabby Giffords
Indiana House passes anti-union bill
Voting on rights, from New Jersey to Maine
Poll: Gov. Scott Walker would win recall election
Conan and Andy = Callista and Newt
Giffords resigns House seat to focus on recovery
Brzezinski: Mika was bumptious, lively and interesting as a kid
Pelosi hints, then denies she has Gingrich secrets
A quick moment with Andrea Mitchell and Reince Priebus
Ed: ‘President Obama drew a hard line in the sand’
First Word: State of the Union recap
America is better than this, too
Must Read Op-Eds for Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Dr. Brzezinski: I fear pressure in US to demonize the Chinese
Morning Headlines: Wednesday, January 25
Tonight’s addresses at a glance
‘Ed Show’ tonight: Tue., Jan. 24, 2012 (11pm ET)
Gingrich: Only a ‘small degree’ of black people understand entrepreneurship
What are the Koch brothers teaching your children?
Sarah Palin: Gov. Christie has his ‘panties in a wad’
Tea Party freshman Joe Walsh denies economic realities, deflects deadbeat dad allegations
The election, in one chart about Mitt Romney’s taxes
Announcing the coolest thing since Jackie Chan playing ping pong: Steve Benen on Maddow Blog
Gingrich: ‘Definer of civilization’
Indiana makes a comeback. Now what?
Rattner returns with charts: On Obama’s tax plan, SOTU, tax change for top 1%
Super awesome thing of the afternoon
Must Read Op-Eds for Tuesday, January 24, 2012
There’s every reason to love the fact that Ron Paul action figures exist
Maybe your rights matter after all
Dr. Brzezinski: Obama understands what’s new about 21st century
Cry from the conservative soul: ‘Draft Mitch Daniels’
Morning Headlines: Tuesday, January 24
Gingrich tones it down at GOP debate
Cable guide lists GOP debate as ‘Fear Factor’
Romney and Gingrich clash in Florida debate
Matthews: Gingrich – just what the ‘devil ordered?’
Poll: Has Barney Frank lived a good enough life to see Newt Gingrich be the GOP nominee?
‘Ed Show’ tonight: Mon., Jan. 23, 2012
Santorum ignores claim Obama is Muslim
Obama’s ‘wicked’ meeting with the Bruins
Barney Frank, fugitive from Newt Gingrich’s warped view of justice
Awesome Internets: Monday edition
First Word: GOP race wide open. Again.
Mr. and Ms. Gingrich explain this
Lunchpail Republicans challenging two seats in Indiana, promise more to come
GOP senator’s Twitter account hacked by SOPA opponent
Florida primary preview: Storm clouds, not sunshine, await Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney: ‘These are the people, and you’re the interrupters’
Ed: ‘Romney is still the guy to beat’
So, women and evangelicals DID vote for Newt Gingrich
Poll: Is Newt Gingrich winning the South Carolina primary a double-rainbow moment for Democrats?
If You Believe Karl Rove, Newt Gingrich is Toast
D.L. Hughley talks 2012 and the politics of race
Must Read Op-Eds for Monday, January 23, 2012
An excerpt from Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski’s new book “Strategic Vision”
Chuck Todd on Rick Santorum’s potential strategy
Warren Buffett, a sweatshirt, and a ukulele
Newt Gingrich going north, south
State of the Union: Letting the past be a guide
Joe Scarborough on Meet the Press
Gingrich wins South Carolina primary
Gingrich projected to win SC GOP primary, beating Romney
Primary Saturday’s big headlines
It’s primary day in South Carolina
Big Eddie on MSNBC panel tonight!
Before South Carolina, a ukulele break
Matthews: Romney isn’t what the GOP wants
Scenes from the “Rock Me Like a Herman Cain” rally in Charleston
Poll: Do you think there are skeletons in Mitt Romney’s tax closet?
‘Ed Show’ tonight: Fri., Jan. 20, 2012
Comedian Colbert campaigns day before SC primary
Awesome Internets: Friday edition
Coming up on Hardball… Newtron bomb!
Drop outs, open marriage and prostitutes!
This happened: Colbert and Cain hold rally
Stephen Colbert raises Cain in South Carolina
Exclusive: Ed to interview Occupy protester who questioned Romney
Must Read Op-Eds for Friday, January 20, 2012
‘I do not believe that the rich should be able to buy the government…’
Wisconsin loses jobs again, gains a honey badger
The (former) candidate and the comedian
President Obama lets loose at New York fundraiser
Where’s the Newt-mentum? Twenty-five people show up for Gingrich speech
Stephen Colbert: I know you hunger for my candidacy
Romney campaign releases hilarious press release on Gingrich grandiosities
Stephen Colbert makes his entrance at the Mills House
Morning Headlines: Friday, January 20
South Carolina crowd for Colbert… and Scarborough
Why is Seattle getting all of my snow?
‘Ed Show’ tonight: Thu., Jan. 19, 2012
Coming up on Hardball…Now that’s a game-changer!
Gingrich ‘open marriage’ request reignites hypocrisy charge
Morning Joe stops by Santorum’s South Carolina headquarters
MSNBC Exclusive: Jenny Sanford on Marianne Gingrich tonight at 5PM
Governor Daniels finds the spotlight
Perry, Gingrich & Romney the out-of-touch Ken doll
Chart: Your taxes and Mitt Romney’s
The math of Mitt Romney meets Newtmentum
Boehner’s ‘Congress of chronic chaos’
Seasonal affective disorder palliative, volume 1
Romney’s finances, comments paint him as ‘out of touch’
Wow for this: ‘Dismantling Detroit’
Rick Perry drags heart back to Texas
Must Read Op-Eds for Thursday, January 19, 2012
First show in Charleston winds down
Learned from watching too much wrestling: Being rich can make you evil
Morning Joe is live in Charleston
Stephen Colbert and Morning Joe: An exclusive, superPACked, serious, classy time
Morning Headlines: Thursday, January 16
Sparkly psycho talk: Behind the scenes
Gingrich fans the Romney tax flames
SOPA, PIPA, and the day LOL cats died
Matthews: ‘Republicans sure don’t act like Democrats’
Fumbling in the internet darkness
‘Ed Show’ tonight: Wed., Jan. 18, 2012
ABC News: Romney parks millions in offshore tax haven
Ad imagines Obama vs. Romney debate
Gay rights movement in seven minutes
President says no to Keystone pipeline; oil executives say they’ll try again
Early poll: Do you think Mitt Romney’s tax rate should be cut in half?
Palin urges tougher vetting of candidates, but fails to see irony
Erpenbach won’t say if he’s running against Walker
Senator Blunt withdraws sponsorship of PIPA, blames Senator Reid
Fighting to save public education
Answer: Five-time Jeopardy! winner and current CFPB chief
What’s at stake with SOPA, PIPA
Wisconsin gets another candidate
‘2012 will be decided in Wisconsin’
Scarborough: I suspect Romney campaign will regret tax rate talk
Must Read Op-Eds for Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Morning Headlines: Wednesday, January 15
Paul flying first class on congressional trips?
Gov. Walker opponents file recall signatures
Parade for returning Iraq war vets
New Gingrich ad touts debate controversy
Matthews: Gingrich ‘ought to be ashamed of himself’
Poll: Will grass roots efforts overcome Citizens United?
‘Ed Show’ tonight: Tue., Jan. 17, 2012
Bunny Ranch brothel endorsing Ron Paul
Ed: ‘It’s utterly amazing, Chris’
These folks are smiling in Wisconsin
Coming up on Hardball… Mitt’s Money!
First Word: Not-so-Sweet Carolina
$3.2 million deal in works save Pennsylvania school district
A million signatures for recalling Walker, and nine possible candidates
Groups file 1 million signatures to recall governor
Chris Christie running for something?
Occupy fracking, explosive water edition
Ed gets first look at Walker recall petition truck
And Mitt Romney keeps on talking, II
Mitt Romney hands out money to supporter in South Carolina
Walker recall organizers promise to turn in 3,000 pounds of petitions
Handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail…
‘The receding roar of white America’
Ed: ‘I can’t believe this is happening in America’
Scarborough: It doesn’t end in Florida
Must Read Op-Eds for Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Morning Headlines: Tuesday, January 14
Rewriting MLK’s drum major quote
Ed will be back at 11pmET for debate reaction
‘Ed Show’ tonight: Mon., Jan. 16, 2012
Attorney Gen. Holder decries voter suppression on MLK Day
Huntsman drops out, backs Romney
Coming up on Hardball…Mitt the inevitable?
Walker likely to face recall, but who will run against him?
‘Ed Show’ Fan favorite GOP presidential candidate drops out
Morning Joe is headed down to Charleston, South Carolina
Must Read Op-Eds for Monday, January 16, 2012
Scarborough: If I were in Huntsman’s place, I would probably get out as well
Heading for Congress, Occupiers kicked off the bus
Is Boehner Doomed to be a One Term Speaker?
John Edwards has serious heart condition says judge
‘Ed Show’ tonight: Fri., Jan. 13, 2012
Bain, angry Newt and zombie campaigns
Coming up on Hardball… Bain on the brain!
Bain company cited in Romney ad took taxpayer subsidies
Viggo Mortensen on playing Freud, working with Keira Knightley
Must Read Op-Eds for Friday, January 13, 2012
Another ‘Oops’ Moment: Rick Perry campaign now just painful to watch
Why President Obama should put Hillary on ’12 bill with him
The Week in Geek, viscous syrup miracle edition
Letter: Labor GOP, Occupiers have different goals, same motive
This is not a shoeshine, but it still doesn’t look so great
Stephen Colbert exploring a 2012 run
Morning Headlines: Friday, January 13
Rewriting Romney’s concept of ‘envy’
Trouble on the GOP home front noticeable for Romney
Poll: Does Mitt Romney need to come clean about his record at Bain Capital?
We’re all one button away from schlimazel
‘Ed Show’ tonight: Thu., Jan. 12, 2012
Denaturing the shrimp God paradox
Welcome @MichelleObama to Twitter
Kornacki talks Ron Paul after the show
Straight out of Indiana, Lunchpail Republicans
First Word: Romney’s Bain pain
And this is what autocracy looks like
Introducing Ed’s ‘vulture chart’
Chris Matthews in Washington Post Magazine
Scarborough: What I would do in South Carolina if I were Newt
Haley Barbour meets the rule of law
Must Read Op-Eds for Thursday, January 12, 2012
Wisconsin, you’re voting in Africa now
Morning Headlines: Thursday, January 12
Gingrich rewrites Romney on capitalism
‘King of Bain’ Romney movie released
The Huntsman-Kardashian connection
Ed’s bedtime story for Tim Pawlenty: ‘Goodnight Mitt’
Matthews: Romney gave a ‘restoration’ speech in N.H.
Getting to know the Romneys of Mexico
Poll: Does our country need a “vulture capitalist” in charge of the economy?
‘Ed Show’ tonight: Wed., Jan. 11, 2012
Republicans and teh voters and teh gays
Romney attacks Obama while Obama attacks unemployment
This is what theocracy looks like
What we’re watching: Wed., Jan. 11, 2012
Must Read Op-Eds for Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Romney to field: Take your best shot; I’ll have Obama on me if I’m nominee
Never too young to be a political prop in Ohio
Morning Headlines: Wednesday, January 11
Hi from Manchester, New Hampshire!
Mitt Romney ‘running against Europe’?
Friendly Wager: Joe vs. Dan Senor
Ed asks, “Who becomes the anti-Romney candidate?”
Sununu to Ed: ‘It’s a crock of crap’
Candidates running the New Hampshire gauntlet
NBC News: Romney wins N.H. primary, Paul second
Tim Pawlenty: ‘Ed, you owe me dinner’
Matthews: ‘I’d vote for Huntsman’
Big Eddie on MSNBC panel tonight, ‘The Ed Show’ pre-empted
Awesome Internets: Tuesday edition
First Word: New Hampshire primary
What we’re watching: Tue., Jan. 10, 2012
Indiana house panel passes ‘right-to-work’ measure
Huntsman: To win, we have to convince ’08 Obama supporters
Must Read Op-Eds for Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Challenge: Rule 2 of political ads
What’s missing for Jon Huntsman?
Indiana GOP advances anti-union bill
Morning Headlines: Tuesday, January 10
Romney’s pink slip fail lingers on
GOP sees through Romney disguise
Daley out as White House chief of staff
‘Ed Show’ tonight: Mon., Jan. 9, 2012
Gear for the on-the-go journalist
Clinton on 2012 ticket could invigorate the right-wing
Rick Santorum: No right to birth control
Giffords leads pledge at Tucson memorial
Indiana governor: Businesses support your right to work for less
Ind. Dems ending boycott, won’t promise labor vote
Foreclosure defense comes to Birmingham
What we’re watching: Mon., Jan. 9, 2012
Great expectations from Rick Santorum
Matthews: It was ‘Revenge of the Nerds’ at GOP debate
Must Read Op-Eds for Monday, January 9, 2012
And Mitt Romney keeps on talking
Happy Birthday, Stephen Hawking
Ed interviews debate watching crowd during a break
Ed arrives at Milly’s Tavern for debate watch party
Candidates can’t handle truth about Obama’s jobs record
Cab drivers know good food carts, cable news shows
Big Eddie and the Bison: “When the locusts come, they eat everything!”
Matthews: Republicans do it differently
Poll: Can the country afford four years of Mitt Romney’s “job creation”?
‘Ed Show’ tonight: Fri., Jan. 6, 2012
Super PACs, vests and the start of 2012
Gap between political press and voters
Join Ed in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Saturday Night!
Stephen Colbert talks to God about 2012
Yet another GOP leader is caught associated with racially charged remarks
Herman Cain: I’ll make an ‘unconventional endorsement’
What we’re watching: Fri., Jan. 6, 2012
Van Halen plays gig at tiny Manhattan club, and you didn’t see it
Late night pickle backs with Jimmy Fallon
Roemer: GOP candidates bought and sold by special interests
Looks like Rachel is already at work in New Hampshire
Must Read Op-Eds for Friday, January 6, 2012
Morning Headlines: Friday, January 6
Cordray talks CFPB appointment
Matthews: ‘Progress takes time’
‘Ed Show’ tonight: Thu., Jan. 5, 2012
Study: Romney plan raises taxes on poor families
America’s Santorum sweater obsession
Former aide to Scott Walker arrested with two others
Meghan McCain’s prayers for the GOP
What’s the deal with Right to Work?
What we’re watching: Thu., Jan. 5, 2012
First Word: GOP target practice
Scarborough: Why can’t Rick Santorum beat Obama?
Rattner returns with charts: On Congress, Paris Hilton, jobs
Republicans vs. the unions, 2012 edition
Must Read Op-Eds for Thursday, January 5, 2012
Does Santorum’s record matter?
Morning Headlines: Thursday, January 5
Gingrich’s anti-Romney rampage
Ed Schultz responds to liberal critics: ‘Shut up!’
Matthews: N.H. will be big for 2012
Romney and the chocolate box analogy
Michele Bachmann drops out of race
The meaning of Iowa? Ask Jon Huntsman, with New Hampshire ‘all to himself’
Indiana House Dem leader hints at possible walkout over ‘right-to-work’ proposal
Romney: I’ve got a big target on me now
An excerpt from Michael Hastings’ new book ‘The Operators’
What we’re watching: Wed., Jan. 4, 2012
The loneliness of the long-distance Perry
Must Read Op-Eds for Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Indiana backs down on limiting protest
What eight votes will (and won’t) get you
Mitt Romney takes Iowa by eight votes
Morning Headlines: Wednesday, January 4
Romney edges Santorum by 8 votes in Iowa caucuses, state GOP announce
Ed Schultz: ‘I was proud to call it’
GOP voters keeping Obama in mind
How to broker a political dropout
Other candidates ignore lessons of Ron Paul success
Ed’s final thoughts before the Iowa caucuses
Resources as significant as politics in Iowa
Candidates hiding behind super PACs?
Who will win the Iowa caucuses?
‘The Ed Show’ pre-empted, but Big Ed still on tonight
Things I’m digging about Iowa that have nothing to do with politics
Here’s what’s up with Rachel tonight
Iowa – ‘a preview of coming attractions’
Indiana next battleground for labor right
What we’re watching: Tue., Jan. 3, 2012
Romney on health reform, then and now
Eric Cantor can’t face reality
Where second place is really great
Up next: Indiana anti-union bill
Santorum: ‘Your blood will boil’
Must Read Op-Eds for Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Morning Headlines: Tuesday, January 3
Lawrence on the pre-Iowa caucus drag
Rewriting guns as Christmas gifts
What it means to be ‘Iowa nice’
What will Iowa’s results mean?
Poll: Will Rick Santorum win the Iowa caucuses tomorrow?
‘Ed Show’ tonight: Mon., Jan. 2, 2012
Top four eyebrow-raising quotes from Iowa
Iowa caucuses: Romney 2012 vs. Romney 2008
Republicans speaking other languages
First Word: Let the Iowa showdown begin
Instant Republican nostalgia, just add DeLorean
What we’re watching: Mon., Jan. 2, 2012
In Iowa, the Iron Lady finds a titanium spine