she quit her white collar job months ago because she was stressed out. she has been cheering ever since. in canada a dog is getting fame for putting a new spin on chasing cars. the border collie has become a local celebrity on prince edward island for unusual behavior. tucker s owner says he has no idea why the dog does it. but it does make for a good road side show. sorry. that brings us down to the wire. in today s shuster showdown, now that he s gotten health care passed, has a freshly emboldened president obama decided to basically steal a big issue from republicans and move to the center while angering his own party? from offshore oil drilling to the surge in afghanistan to not closing gitmo is the president effectively disarming the other party? today the president said it s time to move on from political battles of the past. ultimately we need to move beyond the tired debates of the left and the right, between business leaders and
wonder concert. notice anything strange? right. there is braille on the billboard. and how exactly will that help the blind? braille on the billboard? the most bizarre billboard we ve ever seen. the president promised to create millions of new jobs but millions of americans are not seeing them. the shuster showdown is next. we re just moments away from seeing sarah palin and john mccain together again. palin is in arizona to stump for the arizona senator. we ll bring you that live when we come back. somewhere in america. there s a home by the sea powered by the wind on the plains. there s a hospital where technology has a healing touch. there s a factory giving old industries new life. and there s a train that got a whole city moving again. somewhere in america, the toughest questions are answered every day. because somewhere in america, more than sixty thousand people spend every day answering them. siemens.
numbers from the labor department today that show while seven states saw jobless claims drop at least four states experienced record unemployment with michigan topping the list at 14.1%. the national unemployment rate remains stagnant at 9.7%. so a big question in primaries and also for general elections in the fall, are the policies of the obama administration helping or hurting efforts to turn the economy around and create jobs? joining us for today s shuster showdown joan walsh editor and chief of salon and dennis prager a columnist with town hall.com. joan, for the people, the vote ners arizona who say, look, this isn t working, jobs are not being created, what s the answer? i think the answer is that he s certainly prevented a lot of jobs from being lost. we know the stimulus did that. but we also know whether we re democrats or republicans what didn t happen is a lot harder to sell than what did happen. so i think the jobs need to be next on his agenda. i think we also know d
the scene from carrie, the number one prom scene in movie history. coming up in just three minutes it took them a century to get this. it s not going to take us anywhere near a century to get rid of it. did rush limbaugh ever go to prom? it s no surprise passage of health care reform left rush limbaugh spewing angry rhetoric. does he speak for the republican party? should he? the shuster showdown is next. and a programming note. tomorrow on the daily rundown former bush adviser karl rove will join chuck and savannah, tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. here on msnbc. omnaris. (troops) omnaris! to the nose. (general) omnaris works differently than many other allergy medications. omnaris fights nasal allergy symptoms that occur from allergic inflammation. relieve those symptoms with omnaris. side effects may include headache, nosebleed and sore throat. her nose is at ease. we have lift off.
but our number one st. patrick s day tradition? tan s somethi and it s something all of us can participate in if we choose. the wearing of the green. it doesn t matter what your ethnicity is. today everyone is irish and eager to show it off. that goes for television anchors as well. i m sporting my green tie and i m not alone here at msnbc. several of my colleagues on the air and off are giving a nod to irish pride. wearing green. the number one st. patrick s day tradition. dennis kucinich says yes to health care. the liberal congressman switched his vote. which lawmakers will follow? the shuster showdown is next. hey can i play with the toys ? sure, but let me get a little infortion first. for broccoli, say on for toys, say two. ys ! the system can t process your response at this time. what ? please call back between 8 and 5 ceral standard time. he s in control. gobye.