so you have a position where the president wants to have a peace deal, president karzai, sitting down with the taliban, something he s already been doing while the u.s. military in increasing cooperation with pakistan has been hunting down, killing and arresting senior taliban leaders. so there s a real difference in approach here. all right. nbc s richard engel live in kabul, afghanistan. thanks, richard. two more staffers quit the republican national committee in the wake of that sex club scandal, one of them now calling on chairman michael steele to step down. hey! increase in 6 months. pete, back it up! ( marker squeaking ) when business travel leaves you drained, re-charge with comfort suites. spacious rooms, free hi-speed internet, and free hot breakfast. comfort suites. power up. now stay two separate times with comfort suites.
that does it for us tonight. see you tomorrow night. hardball is next. good night. the mouse on the republican floor, let s play hardball. good evening, i m chris matthews in washington on this holy thursday. leading off tonight, the elephant in the room, sometimes a mouse is enough to scare an elephant. today, the mouse on the floor is the sex club scandal, that little rodent of a store that i that s causing such a big scare in the republican party. it s got them running for the trees. tony perkins family research council and of course, sarah palin are both running from the republican national committee. and now a group of big-name republicans are starting their own group to compete with the rnc. a group that could starve
you on your efforts. we continue to support any effort to develop real business in this country as opposed to game-rigging by corporationings. i m dylan ratigan. and hardball is up right now. the mouse on the republican floor, let s play hardball. good evening, i m chris matthews in washington on this holy thursday. leading off tonight, the elephant in the room, sometimes a mouse is enough to scare an elephant. today, the mouse on the floor is the sex club scandal, that little rodent of a store that i that s causing such a big scare in the republican party. it s got them running for the trees. tony perkins family research council and of course, sarah palin are both running from the republican national committee. and now a group of big-name republicans are starting their own group to compete with the rnc. a group that could starve michael steele s rnc of money. how bad will this get for the
deliberately misleads its viewers, 94% said yes, 6% said no. that s it. have a good holiday. chris matthews now with hardball. the mouse on the republican floor, let s play hardball. good evening, i m chris matthews in washington on this holy thursday. leading off tonight, the elephant in the room, sometimes a mouse is enough to scare an elephant. today, the mouse on the floor is the sex club scandal, that little rodent of a story that s causing such a big scare in the republican party. it s got them running for the trees. tony perkins family research council and of course, sarah palin are both running from the republican national committee. and now a group of big-name republicans are starting their own group to compete with the rnc. a group that could starve michael steele s rnc of money. how bad will this get for the grand old party?
outside the exchange as well. we ll have to see how that works. plus a lot of people will continue to be enrolled in their employer-based plans that are exempt really from state regulation, and that s another area that we ll need to be mindful of in watching. mr. potter, always a pleasure. great to have you on with us tonight. thank you. thank you, ed. let s turn to our panel for rapid fire response. one story, are democrats and the president getting a post-health care bounce? two polls show conflictingç results. president obama says he doesn t think all tea party protesters are part of the fringe. and the rnc s latest sex club scandal may be the last straw for chairman michael steele. with us tonight, democratic strategist todd webster and also radio talk show host heidi harris. all right, heidi. i guess what went on the road didn t stay on the road when it comes to what the republicans were doing with their money. how do you think michael steele