MS NOW March 2012 Articles

Meet Rosario Quiroz, undocumented American

Office Hours: MHP’s favorite First Lady (Bird)

This Week in God

Ladies first, yes? The March 31 preview

Good Look: Dress Code for Black Safety!

Join Ed Schultz in Madison on Monday!

Details of Tucson’s Welcome Home Veterans Parade

KISS seeks vet to serve in KISS crew

Matthews: Romney campaign’s ‘organizational ability’ could threaten Obama’s re-election

Robert Zimmerman’s audio trust issues

Toure blasts Zimmerman interview

‘Ed Show’ playbook: Fri., Mar. 30

Ahead on the 3/30 Maddow show

Romney’s image problem

Friday’s Mini-Report

Quote of the Day

The Orlando Sentinel rewrites itself

Federal court strikes down parts of Wisconsin’s collective bargaining law

POPitics: When actors get it right

Chambliss’ poor excuse

‘Hey, wait a minute dad, what’s going on?’

Super…Stalled Support?

‘Stand Your Ground’ bought and paid for by NRA

What would you do if you won the Mega Millions lottery?

$1 and a dream

Week in Geek, underwater edition

Week in Review: Romney’s review, Jim Yong Kim’s moves and ‘Anchorman’

The list of ‘other Trayvons’ keeps growing

Science need not be a partisan issue

Wisconsin sets recalls for Walker, GOP state senators; Republican majority at stake

Scarborough: People on far right fools for making Martin case a political issue

Friday’s campaign round-up

TDR MVP: Steve Wermiel

As GOP alienates women, Obama reaches out

Conservatives still hot over hot-mic story

Must-Read Op-Eds for Friday, March 30, 2012

Worst. Surrogates. Ever.

RNC manipulates court audio in new attack ad

Paul Ryan’s unbridled chutzpah on defense spending

Taking Reagan adulation a little too far

A.M. MHP: March 30

Morning Maddow: March 30

NOW Today: Wisconsin surprise?

Trending NOW

Morning Headlines: Friday, March 30

Zimmerman’s condition on the police tape

Trayvon Martin: The Very Last Word

Matthews: ‘Drift’ presents ‘sharp argument’ against America’s war habit

Romney mocked Kerry’s mega-mansion

‘Ed Show’ playbook: Thu., Mar. 29

Republican candidates can’t seem to excite voters

Ahead on the 3/29 Maddow Show

Colbert talks GOP youth vote

First Word: Zimmerman’s dad speaks out

Thursday’s Mini-Report

NOW & Later: S.E. Cupp gets attacked by a catfish

Plenty of ‘limiting principles’ to go around

‘Daily Show’ deems Melissa to be a Jedi

House approves radical GOP budget plan

Elections officials say Scott Walker recall is a go

Wisconsin’s recall count is in

George Zimmerman’s father says Trayvon Martin threatened to kill his son

Could the health care law fail over an ‘oversight’?

‘Today I’m leaving the Republican Party’

‘Unbranding’ print ads to reveal the true audience

New video in Trayvon Martin shooting

Video of Zimmerman shows him uninjured after shooting

Rev. Jesse Jackson responds to right-wing attacks

Video shows inconsistency with police report

Mitt Romney and GOP exposed by Jay Leno

Late night television politics

Jobless claims remain at four-year low

Stand your (back)ground

Senate votes to protect oil company subsidies

Thursday’s campaign round-up

It’s going to be a long seven months

Must-Read Op-Eds for Thursday, March 29, 2012

Challenge: Creative license in Virginia

Putting the ‘judicial activism’ talking point to the test

Gabba Gabba Hey: Morning Joe pays tribute to the Ramones

GOP favorability moving in the wrong direction

A.M. MHP: March 29

Rubio backs Romney with tepid praise

Let Me Start…

Romney and those ‘humorous’ layoffs

Morning Maddow: March 29

NOW Today: Another debate?

Trending NOW

An excerpt from Byron Dorgan and David Hagberg’s “Blowout”

Morning Headlines: Thursday, March 29

No visible injuries on Zimmerman tape

Romney jokes about factory layoffs

Dan Rather’s report on Bahrain and the Strait of Hormuz re-airs this Saturday

Trayvon’s killer deploys the ‘black friend’ defense

Matthews: Fate of health care–and Obama’s legitimacy–hangs in the balance

‘The member is out of order’

Video reveals no blood or bruises on Trayvon Martin shooter George Zimmerman

Rep. Rush kicked off floor over hoodie

‘Ed Show’ playbook: Wed., Mar. 28

Mitt Romney laughs off his father’s layoffs

Ahead on the 3/28 Maddow Show

SCOTUS showdown: Day three

Rough week at Supreme Court for individual mandate advocates

First Word: New details in Trayvon case

Trayvon Martin was ‘guilty of being black’

Wednesday’s Mini-Report

About that ‘limiting principle’

Joe Oliver: My role ‘doesn’t make sense’

There is no ‘Cornhusker kickback’

Rep. Rush’s full tribute to Trayvon Martin

What Now?! Keystone rivals?

Living in the Shadows

Today in hyperbole: Wisconsin Lt. Gov. plays the ‘sugar daddy’ card

What we’re watching: Wed., Mar. 28

Specter invokes Bill Maher in saying Romney like a “pornographic movie queen”

Never give Antonin Scalia too much credit

The Ramone manifesto

What the health-care law means for you

Santorum’s latest attack ad

What the Supreme Court thinks of Congress

Quote of the Day: Arlen Spector on Rick Santorum

Rubio pushes Dream Act ‘Without the Dream’

Wednesday’s campaign round-up

Romney’s problem: disliked candidates usually lose

What Issa considered an ‘outright lie’

Ron Johnson, contraception, and the power of the Internet

Must-Read Op-Eds for Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Romney: ‘You’ve got to get insurance’

A.M. MHP: March 28

Day 3 at the Supreme Court

Gingrich lays off staffers, scales back campaign

Morning Maddow: March 28

NOW Today: What if?

Trending NOW

The Tease: Coming up on MJ

NRA selling ‘concealed carry’ hoodie

Bad day for Obamacare at Supreme Court?

Matthews to Romney: Welcome to the big kid stage

Art imitates

Ahead on the 3/27 Maddow show

‘Ed Show’ playbook: Tue., Mar. 27

Obama vs. Romney health care law: ‘same eff-ing bill’?

Rachel on the road

What do these two things have in common?

Tuesday’s Mini-Report

First Word: Mandate’s destiny

Santorum, Gingrich open to VP slot

Finding a Statesman

Santorum snaps on NYT’s Jeff Zeleny

What we’re watching: Tue., Mar. 27

The two constants in health care polling

How much power does Congress have over health care?

Reading the tea leaves at the Supreme Court

Watch out for Zimmerman’s lawyer…

Ryan’s radical path

Repeal and replace with … nothing

The #hcr debate is too important to be tired of

Tuesday’s campaign round-up

Anti-gay group eyes ‘fanning the hostility’

Kyra Sedgwick on sustainability and ‘Singles’ 20 years later

Who among us does not have an elevator for our cars?

The economic pivot: from assigning blame to taking credit

The importance of Romney’s accidental candor

Let Me Start…

Santorum envisions an Obama-driven dystopia

Romney doesn’t know how to fake foreign policy acumen

Morning Maddow: March 27

Must-Read Op-Eds for Tuesday, March 27, 2012

NOW Today: Double bullpen day

Trending NOW

Morning Headlines: Tuesday, March 27

Zimmerman’s lawyer bails on interview

Speaking softly on DOMA, and carrying a big stick

Scarborough: GOP not conservative enough

Penalty vs. tax in Obama’s health care law

Romney on energy: then and now

Rick Santorum, dog whistle virtuoso

Matthews: Most important Court decision since Civil Rights Act

Join Ed Schultz in Madison this Monday!

‘Ed Show’ playbook: Mon., Mar. 26

Zimmerman’s story emerges, protesters rally

Ahead on the 2/26 Maddow show

Debating the health care mandate

Friend: Trayvon Martin shooter would like his life back

Monday’s Mini-Report

Still creating their own reality

Bunny murder in Herman Cain video?

Day 1 at the Supreme Court

Trayvon mother: ‘They’re trying to kill his reputation’

First Word: Justice for all

When presidents meet a ‘hot mic’

Talking about race

What we’re watching: Mon., Mar. 26

You’re treated better if you are wealthy and guilty than if you are poor and innocent

Romney is not without a base

Dem senators push for social-media privacy

Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Trayvon Martin case: There’s not enough information

Monday’s campaign round-up

The federal highway bill: less than a week to go

When in doubt, pick a fight with the New York Times

Plouffe targets the ‘Romney-Ryan’ plan

Must-Read Op-Eds for Monday, March 26, 2012

Legal experts: Court won’t strike down ‘Obamacare’

Ryan debt plan ‘is not a plan at all’

Let Me Start…

An ‘appalling’ take on Trayvon Martin

Morning Maddow: March 26

NOW Today: ‘Quit distorting my words!’

Trending NOW

The Tease: Coming up on MJ

Morning Headlines: Monday, March 26

Remixing the not-so-halcyon days of ‘Mad Men’

Rachel on Meet the Press this morning to talk about ‘Drift’

Santorum cruises in Louisiana

Who’s zoomin’ who? The March 25 preview

Good Look: TV, on the radio

Who will Louisiana Catholics choose tonight?

Meet Michael Brooks, pastor and educator

This Week in God

Warren takes center stage in Obama campaign video

‘We want justice!’ The March 24 preview

Katniss for Senate, 2016 (A ‘Hunger Games’ primer)

A different kind of ‘youth vote’

Office Hours: Justice for Trayvon

Ahead on the 3/23 Maddow show

Geraldo’s cause of death? Trayvon’s hoodie

‘Ed Show’ playbook: Fri., Mar. 23

Second anniversary of ‘Obamacare’

POPitics: Mitt Memesanity is back

Coming up on Hardball…

Obama addresses Trayvon Martin shooting

Friday’s Mini-Report

Gingrich still hung up on algae

Team Obama embraces ‘Obamacare’ label

Rivera: Hoodie as responsible for Trayvon’s death as shooter

Chronicling Mitt’s Mendacity, Vol. XI

Cantor’s faith in Stearns

Romney should read Paul Ryan’s budget plan

Santorum considers staying ‘with what we have’

Friday’s campaign round-up

Obama: ‘If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon’

Obama introduces Kim, comments on Trayvon

Must-Read Op-Eds for Friday, March 23, 2012

The Week in Geek: Video Extravaganza Edition

Don’t blame the hoodie

‘If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon,’ Obama says of Florida slaying case

Political metaphor waits to happen, dirt path edition

Deciphering opposition to health care reform

Let Me Start…

Imagining the 2012 GOP race that could have been

The House’s IPAB mistake

Joe and Lyle Lovett perform in studio

DeMint’s seal of approval

Morning Maddow: March 23

NOW Today: That other branch of government

Trending NOW

Morning Headlines: Friday, March 23

Rewriting the end of a hate crime trial

The Tease: Coming up on MJ

Correcting a map from last night’s show

Scenes from the Trayvon Martin rally

Matthews: Romney? Forged-aboud-em!

Top three mistakes by Sanford police

‘Ed Show’ playbook: Thu., Mar. 22

Now in tablet form

Ahead on the 3/22 Maddow show

Gingrich shakes up the Etch A Sketch jokes with an alligator

Romney struggles to ignore toy gaffe

Coming up on Hardball…

Coroner: Whitney Houston accidentally drowned due to effects of heart disease, cocaine use

Thursday’s Mini-Report

Sanford police chief out temporarily

The one who actually needs to apologize

First Word: Rally for Trayvon Martin

Looking at the troop count

Drilling down into the truth

Show me the money: How the presidential candidates and Super PACs are spending money

Sanford police chief steps down temporarily over Trayvon Martin case

House GOPer accidentally tells the truth about Solyndra

Media Matters launches anti-Rush Limbaugh radio campaign

Chris Moneymaker gives us his best poker face

GOP senator bucks party on Planned Parenthood funding

Jonathan Capehart on why Trayvon Martin’s death affected him personally

Could the Ryan plan fail in the House?

Remember when Romney liked higher gas prices?

Thursday’s campaign round-up

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

Rove picks the wrong fight over OBL killing

Hoover Dam, political metaphor

What’s actually ‘scary’

Romney credits Bush with preventing economic collapse

Jobless claims figures just keep getting better

From an Etch A Sketch to a spinning top

Morning Maddow: March 22

NOW Today: Can you say “coalesce”?

Trending NOW

Suspending Florida police chief an option

The Tease: Coming up on MJ

Romney’s day

Matthews: There is no superhero coming to save the GOP

Million Hoodie March for Trayvon Martin

Ahead on the 3/21 Maddow show

‘Ed Show’ playbook: Wed., Mar. 21

The Etch A Sketch, new campaign trail prop

Romney secures Illinois win and endorsement from Bush

Super Donors

Wednesday’s Mini-Report

First Word: Justice for Trayvon

Poll: Effect of ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ repeal less than expected

Jeb’s underwhelming praise

Appointed rounds and a bit of history from a New Mexico post office

Etch A Sketch gaffe fodder for Romney opponents, critics

States with ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws

A line that will be tough to live down

A long time ago, in a galaxy far far, a gay…

Jeb Bush endorses Candidate ‘Etch-a-Sketch’

Make women watch an abortion before having one, says Arizona lawmaker

Romney backs Ryan plan, to Dems’ delight

Must-Read Op-Eds for Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Gingrich’s convention problem

A ‘Scrooge-like, Gilded-Age’ budget plan

Wednesday’s campaign round-up

I don’t care what you say, I want to believe it

The nature of debt comparisons

The 2012 Etch-A-Sketch plan

Rachel Maddow on the run, part 2

Issa’s revealing new conspiracy theory

Less presidential talk, more action on Trayvon

Left with no choice, Romney pivots on economy

What is wrong with Cliff Stearns?

Let Me Start…

An excerpt from David Corn’s new book “Showdown”

Romney cruises in Illinois, but slog continues

Morning Maddow: March 21

Scarborough and Morning Joe panel on shooting of Trayvon Martin

NOW Today: Is this thing over?

Trending NOW

Chat with David Corn this morning

Morning Headlines: Wednesday, March 21

Bruce Springsteen advises young musicians

Impact of Ryan plan 2.0 on GOP nominee

‘Ed Show’ back live at 11pET on MSNBC!

NBC: Romney wins Illinois Republican primary

Judge: Michigan violated law in appointing Flint emergency manager

‘Ed Show’ playbook: Tue., Mar. 20

‘They could go wherever they’d like to go’– What Mitt Romney doesn’t understand

Mitt Romney ‘rapping’ to Eminem

Ahead on the 3/20 Maddow show

The Tease: Coming up on MJ

Romney, Santorum spend and outspend in Illinois

Tuesday’s Mini-Report

Zimmerman still allowed with concealed gun

The opposite of seriousness

Martin Trayvon shooting renews debate over ‘stand your ground’ laws

First Word: Land of Lincoln showdown

Forget what you’ve heard from the GOP about spending and regulations

Liking Ike (Modern vs. Classical)

Update: Five from Southern Miss pep band disciplined

Why the House GOP may not love its own budget plan

Trayvon Martin and institutional racism

Expanding the fight over women’s health

Tuesday’s campaign round-up

Obama reelection campaign look ahead

The wrong champion for the safety net

Romney’s stricter individual mandate

Must-Read Op-Eds for Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Don’t call Ryan-Wyden a ‘compromise’

How not to compete for the youth vote

What to expect when you’re expecting Paul Ryan’s plan

Let Me Start…

Romney’s ‘freedom to dream’

Why unemployment ‘doesn’t matter’ to Santorum

Morning Maddow: March 20

NOW Today: Alex Wagner is back!

Trending NOW

Links for the 3/19 TRMS

Feds to probe death of Trayvon Martin

Web extra: NNSA administrator Tom D’Agostino on nuclear security

Web extra: The lesson of nukes: Be really, really careful

Can Gingrich learn the art of skillful losing?

Matthews: Rep. candidates make ‘death march’ to White House

‘Ed Show’ playbook: Mon., Mar. 19

The Tease: Coming up on MJ

Mandatory ultrasound measure approved by Idaho senate

History of a brokered GOP convention

The political war over gas prices

Coming up on Hardball…

Ahead on the 3/19 Maddow show

Monday’s Mini-Report

FDR vs. BHO: Who did more for the 99%?

Mitt Romney, Fair Harvard

First Word: Convention wisdom

112% wrong in Pennsylvania

Wisconsin firefighters union head enters lt. governor’s race

Crawford names his price

Instant folk art: By way of antidote

Abandoning the minimum wage, too

‘At least we can remember their names’

Monday’s campaign round-up

Adrien Brody on the set of Morning Joe

What Romney’s Puerto Rico win doesn’t mean

Daniels’ elusive credibility

Deep Dive: 1964 Election

Must-Read Op-Eds for Monday, March 19, 2012

‘His name is Trayvon Martin’

The details Paul Ryan has forgotten

Rick Santorum: Mitt Romney is a big government heavyweight

Santorum doubles down on porn

Religious freedom for all?

What would Lincoln say?

Let Me Start…

McCain urges GOP to give up on contraception fight

Morning Maddow: March 19

NOW Today

Trending NOW

The Tease: Coming up on MJ

A ‘disorderly caucus’ in Missouri

Sandra Fluke, welcome to #nerdland

You got game? The March 18 preview

MHP’s homework invites you to dig deeper

Meet Grace Brown, unbreakable photographer

This Week in God

Can’t live without my radio! The March 17 preview

Good Look: The ‘Biggie segment’

Cocktail Moment: Cameron’s Kick

Kansas, too: County turns down funding for birth control

Office Hours: When spring comes to #nerdland

Matthews remembers Kennedy’s legacy on St. Patrick’s Day

Poll: Do you trust Republicans with women’s health issues?

Could the Ryan plan ‘destroy’ Romney?

‘Ed Show’ playbook: Fri., Mar. 16

Ahead on the 3/16 Maddow show

Pa. gov to women: Just close your eyes

The Very Last Word weekly round-up

Romney, Santorum prepare for showdown in Chicago

Moo cows, moo problems

Coming up on Hardball…

Friday’s Mini-Report

Obama campaign unveils 2012 theme

Wisconsin GOP senator facing recall resigns to deal with family issue

Chronicling Mitt’s Mendacity, Vol. X

It’s not what you say, it’s what people hear

George Clooney arrested at embassy

POPitics: This week in Mitt Memes

IMOD

The Week in Geek: The Flying Jenny edition

A closer look at the ‘enthusiasm gap’

Romney’s ‘subterranean mansion’

Friday’s campaign round-up

Must-Read Op-Eds for Friday, March 16, 2012

‘I don’t understand why this man has not been arrested’

GOP lawmakers think twice on contraception

‘A ton of interviews,’ indeed

Jonathan Capehart to Mike Barnicle on his Friday outfit: C’mon, man!

Santorum would target porn if elected

The price of alienating a key constituency

‘Less mean-spirited and more generous’

Let Me Start…

An excerpt from Maria Goodavage’s book “Soldier Dogs”

So much for ‘he made it worse’

Morning Maddow: March 16

NOW Today: All eyes on Illinois

Trending NOW

Morning Headlines: Friday, March 16

Democrats fight back on VAWA

Not as easy as closing your eyes, actually

The Tease: Coming Up in the MJ Rundown

Joe Biden is baaaaack

Matthews: ‘Glenn Beck is a nincompoop’

Poll: Who will be better for the economy: President Obama or the GOP?

Ahead on the 3/15 Maddow show

‘Ed Show’ playbook: Thu., Mar. 15, 2012

Santorum tells Puerto Rico to speak English if it wants statehood

Battle for blue collar voters

Thursday’s Mini-Report

Dance for Uganda? Invisible Children in ’06

North Carolina county possibly sorry about turning down state money for birth control

Republicans ‘dead wrong,’ Biden says in first major campaign foray

Santorum’s problem with moderates

What the CBO said (and didn’t say) about the Affordable Care Act

Trenton cops, firefighters will have toilet paper. You can stop worrying!

Mr. Romney, have you been to Mississippi?

An excerpt from Anthony Shadid’s House of Stone

First Word: Obama-Biden get fired up

A crack in the GOP’s anti-tax wall

It’s all about priorities

What we’re reading: March 15, 2012

Should the US accelerate draw down in Afghanistan?

2012: Year of the Woman

Democrats on offense over ultrasounds

Thursday’s campaign round-up

Limited diversity on 2012 ballots

Lindsey Graham’s elusive credibility

The cost of Afghanistan, as metaphor

Must-Read Op-Eds for Thursday, March 15, 2012

Gingrich faces dwindling odds, support

Seen in Pennsylvania: Love thy neighbor

Why Romney’s pass on Medicare matters

Jobless claims remain at four-year low

Let Me Start…

House GOP plans to renege on budget deal

Morning Maddow: March 15

NOW Today: Not your typical Thursday

Trending NOW

Sandra Fluke: Let’s get back to policy talk

TV exclusive: Prof. Ogletree on why he ‘hid’ Obama-Bell hug tape

The Tease: Coming Up in the MJ Rundown

Goldman Sachs exec and Darth Vader quit

Matthews: Romney-Santorum race will determine direction of GOP

‘Ed Show’ playbook: Wed., Mar. 14, 2012

Wisconsin recalls tentatively set for June 5

Ahead on the 3/14 Maddow show

When Rush Limbaugh turned the tide

Romney’s ‘inevitability’ not so inevitable after all

Wednesday’s Mini-Report

You might be a politician if…

Winning by losing

Do you use birth control for recreational sex? You’re fired!

Outside our windows: Mitt Romney

First Word: Mitt misses in Miss. and Ala.

Why the highway bill matters

POPitics: Newt gets roundhouse kick of endorsement

Mostly cloudy, slight chance of inspiration

Reid’s hardball pays off on judicial nominees

Taking polls with a grain of salt

Watching the beach for reminders of Japan

Michael Steele: A fan of busting out into song, “Glee” and Broadway

Wednesday’s campaign round-up

Daniels wants Simpson-Bowles ‘reunion tour’

What we’re reading: March 14, 2012

Romney tries his hand at energy policy

Must-Read Op-Eds for Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Obama, Cameron do March Madness

Allen West has it all figured out

Romney vows end to Planned Parenthood funding

Weighing Gingrich’s future

Let Me Start…

Mitt Romney isn’t just awkward, he’s flossing

‘Inevitability’ gets deep fried in Alabama, Mississippi

Morning Maddow: March 14

NOW Today: What did last night mean?

Trending NOW

Morning Headlines: Wednesday, March 14

Tonight’s other race

Santorum sweeps deep south

Very Last Word: Run Rachel, run!

Links for the 3/13 TRMS

Santorum wins Mississippi and Alabama primaries

‘Ed Show’ back live at 11pET on MSNBC!

Mitt Romney plans to ‘get rid’ of Planned Parenthood’

‘Coo coo for Cocoa-puffs’ hard to overcome in a candidate

Matthews: GOP race could break open tonight

Encyclopaedia Britannica goes digital

‘Ed Show’ tonight: Tue., Mar. 13, 2012

Ahead on the 3/13 Maddow show

Programming note! Of the good news, bad news variety

Romney and Santorum need one win in the South

Tuesday’s Mini-Report

War on women, as told by women

The GOP line on Afghanistan

Tonight, two Yankees try to win Dixie

Block the Vote

Dissent can be fun

First Word: Southern primary night

Quote of the Day

Where in the world is Joe Scarborough?

Another bad week for Rush Limbaugh, and it’s only Tuesday!

Dick Cheney deems Canada excessively dangerous

Reid’s clever move on judicial nominees

Deep Dive: War weary

An excerpt from Ryan Tubridy’s new book “JFK in Ireland”

Understanding ‘the death of the political middle’

Tuesday’s campaign round-up

Santorum for VP? Romney doesn’t think so

Limbaugh’s pain, Huckabee’s gain?

Must-Read Op-Eds for Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Rubio preps for national spotlight

Don’t believe the ‘away game’ hype

Let Me Start…

Florida congressman joins ‘birther’ brigade

Romney fumbles with NFL answer

Morning Maddow: March 13

NOW Today: The most important to date

Trending NOW

Morning Headlines: Tuesday, March 13

Rewriting Romney’s lie on Medicare

Exclusive: Widow of Professor Derrick Bell speaks out

Janet Dewart Bell talks with Ed Schultz about her husband’s legacy

Chuck Norris robocalls for Newt Gingrich

Matthews: Winning ‘hearts and minds’ harder than ever in Afghanistan

Rachel explains ‘Drift’

‘Ed Show’ tonight: Mon., Mar. 12, 2012

Many southerners say Obama is Muslim

Ahead on the 3/12 Maddow show

99 problems, and a job is one

Santorum urges Gingrich to step aside so he can beat Romney

Tight race in Alabama and Miss.

Coming up on Hardball…

Monday’s Mini-Report

Mitt Romney, Pisces

Why the former half-term governor matters

Feeding zebras & the life of Newt Gingrich

‘It should be illegal to read off a teleprompter’

First Word: Delegate mathematics

Senator Inhofe: Climate change is fake because it says so in the Bible

NOW & Later

Intern Moment of the Day: College Debt

Misleading Mitt misguided on Medicare

Justice Dept opposes Texas voter ID law

Next-level Chairlift music video lets you choose your own adventure

Texas to voters: Help yourselves

Tilting at Dutch windmills

Douthat’s excessive generosity

On ‘Doonesbury,’ and what counts as good taste

Monday’s campaign round-up

Zombie lies linger in the Deep South

Paying back Americans Elect’s millionaires

Must-Read Op-Eds for Monday, March 12, 2012

NYC’s digital chief on empowering a ‘digital city’

Doonesbury tackles the ’10-inch shaming wand’

Alienating 53% of the electorate

An excerpt from Jonathan Haidt’s book “The Righteous Mind”

What hath Rush wrought?

Let Me Start…

Gov. Ultrasound struggles to defend his record

Morning Maddow: March 12

NOW Today: Game changers?

Trending NOW

Morning Headlines: Monday, March 10

#Wisconsin still looks mad from here

Meet Zack Kopplin, out to save science class (really)

Rick, Chalk, Jayhawk

Y’all want some grits? The March 11 Preview

MHP’s (powerful) homework assignment

Sort of a really long, one-man parade for injured troops

How to find the missing who we’re missing

How to win friends and affluent people

This Week in God

Who has the power? The March 10 Preview

Links for the 3/9 TRMS

Highlights: ‘Ed Show’ covered it all

Office Hours: Flailing arms at shadow dangers

Matthews: Palin’s VP nomination is a lesson for all in politics

‘Ed Show’ tonight: Fri., Mar. 9, 2012

Rick Santorum, ‘snob’ trendsetter

Weinstein rejects Obama’s movie pitch

Very Last Word weekly round-up

Uppity Alabama women, FTW

Ed Schultz to respond to (bogus) right-wing attack

Ahead on the 3/9 Maddow show

The Speaker’s take on his Congress

Staff supper, Friday, March 9

Santorum is on the attack, but Gingrich won’t back down

Friday’s Mini-Report

Mitt likes grits, y’all

Romney struggles with improved economy

Dick Armey, RINO

The Week in Geek: Potpourri edition

17-year-old boy shot and killed for being suspicious while buying candy

Week in Review: Peyton, Prince Harry and Snooki’s pregnancy

Professor Palin is back, says Obama itching for pre-Civil War days

Chronicling Mitt’s Mendacity, Vol. IX

What Just Happened?!

Live: Alabama civil rights march ends with rally

Santorum advance guy on how it’s done

Romney: A ‘John Kerry’ good for a corporate boardroom?

‘A Platform to Revitalize America’

Friday’s campaign round-up

Inhofe refutes climate science with scripture

But are the grits the right height?

What we’re reading: Friday, March 9

‘The wind is coming back’

RNC stumbles on meaning of ‘improving’

Jobs picture continues to improve, economy adds 227K

Let Me Start…

‘Playing with fire’ on 2013 budget

Morning Maddow: March 9

NOW Today: It’s the economy, stupid!

Must-Read Op-Eds for Friday, March 9, 2012

Trending NOW

Morning Headlines: Friday, March 9

Invisible Children responds to critics

Ahead on the 3/8 Maddow show

Righties fuel gas price hysteria

Twitter Asks: What About International Men’s Day?

Challenge: (Physicists)x = LOL. Solve for x.

Matthews: Leaders should take a page from Kennedy’s approach to business

‘Ed Show’ tonight: Thu., Mar. 8, 2012

Trying to vote, Texas edition

Republicans tolerate, but don’t love, Romney

Lady Alex Wagner

Thursday’s Mini-Report

Obama turns to Hollywood for doc

Will the House move on its own Blunt Amendment?

What is Critical Race Theory?

What passes for a jobs bill in the House

Post Script: Was That Necessary?

Pic: ‘Go probe yourself’

Yet another setback for Speaker Boehner

First Word: No end in sight

TLC cancels ‘All-American Muslim’ reality show

Republicans for signing ceremonies

Today in hyperbole: If it’s Sandra Fluke and liberals, Sharia law must be at hand

Thursday’s campaign round-up

Talking about Iran from a few different points of view

Romney changes course on minimum wage

So much for ‘repeal and replace’

Why Gingrich’s ‘must win’ declaration matters

Must-Read Op-Eds for Thursday, March 8, 2012

‘The Jeremiah Wright of academia’? Nice try

The fiendishly clever White House

Jobless claims tick higher

Let Me Start…

What Bachmann thinks ‘isn’t far-fetched’

Morning Maddow, March 8

Donny Deutsch does the weather

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Morning Headlines: Thursday, March 8

Paint Misbehavin’ (We Love Wisconsin edition)

Rewriting exit polls in Ohio

Matthews: Where are the political stars?

Pic: Outside our windows

The fuss over Obama’s college video

‘Ed Show’ tonight: Wed., Mar. 7, 2012

Ahead on the 3/7 Maddow show

NOW & Later: The Cameo Edition

Still no love for Mitt

Utah passes abstinence-only sex ed bill, prohibits discussion of homosexuality, contraception

First Word: Obama won last night

Wednesday’s Mini-Report

Virginia calling: An open letter to Bob McDonnell

It’s hard to live down Seamus

Ohio gerrymandering costs Congress a liberal

Limbaugh attacks another ‘young single white’ woman threatening our ‘freedom’

Limbaugh can’t help himself

Mitt Romney’s Worst Nightmare

Santorum superPAC to Gingrich: Time to leave the party

Pingree passes on Senate race in Maine

If I were president I would…

‘It can’t be scored’

Let Me Start…

Wednesday’s campaign round-up

A campaign years in the making

(Mid)Morning Headlines: Wednesday, March 7

Delegate Count: Where we stand

Yesterday in ‘Trying to Vote’

Guess who won Ohio?

Must-Read Op-Eds for Wednesday, March 7, 2012

What we’re reading: March 7, 2012

Romney extends lead, but race drags on

GOP loses its appetite for contraception fight

Santorum to Newt: Please go away

Kucinich, Schmidt falter in Ohio

So much for Super Tuesday clarity

Morning Maddow: March 7

NOW Today: On very little sleep

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Behind the scenes: MSNBC’s Super Tuesday 2012 coverage

Ed Schultz: Gingrich ‘lying’ about gas prices

Scenes from Super Tuesday

NBC News projects Romney in Massachusetts; Oklahoma, Tennessee too early to call

Ed asks Sen. Sherrod Brown, ‘What do you fear?’

On Rush, speaking from personal experience

NBC News projects Gingrich in Georgia; Vermont, Virginia too early to call

The bust is yet to come

35 advertisers dump Rush Limbaugh…and counting

Matthews: Why Iran war talk isn’t presidential

Super Tuesday coverage starts at 6pm ET

Tuesday’s Mini-Report

Super Tuesday, here we come!

President Obama: War with Iran ‘is not a game’

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

Obama mocks gas-prices question

McDonnell translated: Please stop talking about my ultrasound bill

First Word: Super Tuesday

Romney hit for “dishonest” campaign

Romney struggles with the basics in Iran

Calling all the ladies

SUPER TUESDAY: Romney’s path to 200

Obama comments on Limbaugh controversy

Political reporters and caffeine: Just how much do they consume?

Will all the jelly beans add up for Mitt Romney?

Super Tuesday analysis

Obama comments on Limbaugh controversy, ‘war on women’

White, male and heteronormative (On, Wisconsin!)

What Gingrich considers ‘Cloud Cuckoo Land’

Julianne Moore drops by Morning Joe to talk “Game Change”

Driving Latino voters to Obama

Tuesday’s campaign round-up

Murkowski’s second thoughts

Grand bargain, redux?

A little, blue response to Ohio’s ‘heartbeat’ bill

Alienating students, too

Covering gas prices — in 2008

In Bob McDonnell’s Virginia

Let Me Start…

Another Romney surrogate undercuts campaign

Limbaugh loses favor with those who pay his bills

Morning Maddow: March 6

The NBC guide to Super Tuesday delegate numbers

NOW Today: It’s Super Tuesday – let the games begin!

Must-Read Op-Eds for Tuesday, March 6, 2012

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Reid: Limbaugh remarks ’embarrassing’ to U.S.

Team Romney on Super Tuesday eve

A MaddowBlog exclusive ‘Drift’ excerpt

Matthews: Romney misses a major moment to shine

The meaning of ‘Monkees’

‘Ed Show’ tonight: Mon., Mar. 5, 2012

Longer race is worse for GOP

Coming up on Hardball…

Stop right there: The City 2.0

Why Illustration of the absurd with absurdity matters

Ahead on the 3/5 Maddow show

Another unprovoked GOP effort to thin its ranks

Monday’s Mini-Report

A leadership team divided against itself

Flashback: Ed Apologizes to Laura Ingraham, takes one week suspension

First Word: Harry Reid on Last Word

No Bromance

Pic: Not politics

Let’s go to the tape

Alex Wagner’s sidekick?

Super Tuesday: What you need to know

Moving towards a new energy-focused economy

Limbaugh ‘apology’ doesn’t end controversy

Sandra Fluke: Limbaugh apology unaccepted

Draw your own conclusions

When in doubt, Romney relies on fear

‘I did not mean a personal attack on Ms. Fluke’

Monday’s campaign round-up

Rick Santorum’s amateur hour

Sarah Palin’s PAC releases trailer response to ‘Game Change’

The ’96 strategy

Morial: What’s the motivation all of the sudden for voter ID laws?

GOP process takes a ‘corrosive’ toll

“Corrosive” toll

‘Three steps backwards for Virginia women’

“State by State”

Profiles in courage — or lack thereof

GOP sees Obama gas-price conspiracy

Let Me Start…

What passes for a Limbaugh apology

Must-Read Op-Eds for Monday, March 5, 2012

Morning Maddow: March 5

NOW Today: Confronting the tough issues

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An excerpt from Grover Norquist and John Lott’s new book “Debacle”

President Obama speaks to AIPAC live

Romney scores easy win in Washington

What’s the magic number? The 3/4 Preview

‘MHP’ is down the hall from ‘SNL’ at 30 Rock…

Limbaugh apologizes to law student for insult

MHP Homework: Bayard, Buckeyes, and babies

Meet Joseph Williams, UVa hunger striker

This Week in God

Ohio, Ohio, Ohio! The 3/3 Preview

Office Hours: Education is not just about a job

Highlights: ‘The Ed Show’ covered it all

On the corner in Ohio, with bagpipes

Matthews: Certain issues transcend the latest news

Ahead on the 3/2 Maddow show

Poll: Would you buy anything advertised on the Rush Limbaugh program?

‘Ed Show’ tonight: Fri., Mar. 2, 2012

Advertisers drop Limbaugh after savage attacks on Fluke

Very Last Word weekly round-up

Coming up on Hardball…

Friday’s Mini-Report

Team Sarah Palin rewrites ‘Game Change’

Snowe’s Senate

Resistance takes genius

A few scenes from today’s education town hall in Fort Lee, New Jersey

Chronicling Mitt’s Mendacity

Rush continues personal attacks on Sandra Fluke, says she should have less sex

Obama calls Sandra Fluke, offers support

NOW & Later

Must-Read Op-Eds for Friday, March 2, 2012

Georgetown faculty condemns ‘personal attacks on our student, Sandra Fluke’

What Just Happened?!

The Week in Geek: Otherworldly Earth edition

Santorum, Romney and the Big Mo

The house that meh built

President Obama calls Sandra Fluke, thanks her for speaking out

Just in time for Super Tuesday…the latest NBC polls

Willie Geist’s “First Impression” of The Masters golf tournament

100 Hours until Super Tuesday!

Regrets, Mehlman’s had a few

Christie for bipartisanship on education: “We’ve got to work together”

Friday’s campaign round-up

Mitt Romney would love Mitt Romney’s tax cuts

Hitting Limbaugh where it hurts

Holistic approach to education can close achievement gap

August vs. November vs. January

Romney tax plan favors the richest of the rich

Student to Christie: You passed an anti-bullying law but vetoed gay marriage?

Chart: What Walker promised Wisconsin

Marriage equality reaches Maryland — sort of

Anti-Obama judge to face misconduct review

Let Me Start…

Ignoring the ‘acceptable bounds of civil discourse’

Morning Maddow: March 2

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Lawrence O’Donnell to debate Ann Coulter

Matthews sounds off on Limbaugh’s comments

‘Ed Show’ tonight: Thu., Mar. 1, 2012

Georgia House passes ‘fetal pain’ bill

Michigan GOP changes at-large delegate award after vote

Rove: Santorum done if he loses Ohio

Ahead on the 3/1 Maddow show

Voting on rights, Ohio edition

Coming up on Hardball…

“Don’t get mad. Get elected.”

Thursday’s Mini-Report

First ‘Drift’ excerpt released!

Romney’s reluctance to ‘elaborate’

The GOP’s Blunt amendment backfires

EXCLUSIVE: Sandra Fluke will respond to Limbaugh’s ugly sexist attacks tonight on ‘Ed Show’

Obama, Dems target oil-industry subsidies

Women’s reproductive ‘health experts’

First Word: Blunt bill rejected

A subject Vitter should probably avoid

Post script: Why the ‘birther’ issue won’t go away

Danny DeVito stops by Morning Joe, reads the paper

Charts: GOP shifts right

Andrew Breitbart passes away in Los Angeles at the age of 43

Senate defeats bill to reverse birth control rule

Senate narrowly defeats Blunt Amendment

Scarborough on Santorum: It’s over

SNEAK PEEK: Friday, March 2nd

Thursday’s campaign round-up

What we’re reading: March 1, 2012

Morning Joe will be live tomorrow in Fort Lee, New Jersey

Dems eager for Blunt Amendment fight

Must-Read Op-Eds for Thursday, March 1, 2012

Conservative firebrand Andrew Breitbart dies at age 43

Andrew Breitbart dies at age 43

Federal judge struggles with allegations of racism

Jobless claims remain at four-year low

Let Me Start…

‘I’m not for the bill’

Morning Maddow: March 1

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Morning Headlines: Thursday, March 1