<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952400317559026372</id><updated>2011-04-21T18:14:12.034-07:00</updated><category term='Morning Joe'/><category term='advertising'/><category term='Race'/><category term='welcome'/><category term='hardball women pro-choice'/><category term='obama fun'/><title type='text'>Countdown to Hardball</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://countdowntohardball.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8952400317559026372/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://countdowntohardball.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Kevin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13399681685010671999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952400317559026372.post-8108850159921458539</id><published>2008-07-22T06:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-22T06:26:44.350-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Morning Joe'/><title type='text'>Joe vs. Mika</title><content type='html'>Joe slipped in a little late this morning to Morning Joe and the awkwardness ensured.  Joe calls Mike "honey" and then says she has an Obama sticker and is in the tank.  all in good morning fun.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="Redlasso" height="320" width="390"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://media.redlasso.com/xdrive/WEB/vidplayer_1b/redlasso_player_b1b_deploy.swf"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="embedId=b7126395-bf5e-48d3-9dd2-940df347d919"&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://media.redlasso.com/xdrive/WEB/vidplayer_1b/redlasso_player_b1b_deploy.swf" flashvars="embedId=b7126395-bf5e-48d3-9dd2-940df347d919" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" name="Redlasso" height="320" width="390"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' 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Mika'/><author><name>Kevin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13399681685010671999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952400317559026372.post-5092765991513293266</id><published>2008-06-18T05:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-18T05:44:18.631-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Morning Joe'/><title type='text'>Mika vs. The Major on Morning Joe</title><content type='html'>&lt;object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="390" height="320" id="Redlasso"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://media.redlasso.com/xdrive/WEB/vidplayer_1b/redlasso_player_b1b_deploy.swf" /&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="embedId=3358eff6-2bd7-4046-b9a9-41568d535a44" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://media.redlasso.com/xdrive/WEB/vidplayer_1b/redlasso_player_b1b_deploy.swf" flashvars="embedId=3358eff6-2bd7-4046-b9a9-41568d535a44" width="390" height="320" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" name="Redlasso"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8952400317559026372-5092765991513293266?l=countdowntohardball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://countdowntohardball.blogspot.com/feeds/5092765991513293266/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8952400317559026372&amp;postID=5092765991513293266' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8952400317559026372/posts/default/5092765991513293266'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8952400317559026372/posts/default/5092765991513293266'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://countdowntohardball.blogspot.com/2008/06/mika-vs-major-on-morning-joe.html' title='Mika vs. The Major on Morning Joe'/><author><name>Kevin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13399681685010671999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952400317559026372.post-1803653652905029836</id><published>2008-06-11T20:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-12T09:13:07.838-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hardball women pro-choice'/><title type='text'>Matthew's Diverse Female Panel</title><content type='html'>&lt;object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="Redlasso" height="320" width="390"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://media.redlasso.com/xdrive/WEB/vidplayer_1b/redlasso_player_b1b_deploy.swf"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="embedId=9f728276-1ead-40cd-b328-48fa99b036dd"&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://media.redlasso.com/xdrive/WEB/vidplayer_1b/redlasso_player_b1b_deploy.swf" flashvars="embedId=9f728276-1ead-40cd-b328-48fa99b036dd" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" name="Redlasso" height="320" width="390"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Only Chris Matthews could come up with a panel of 4 obama supporters in one segment.  Not only that, in Chris' world there are no pro-life women and the women who would vote for McCain, we don't really want to know what they have to say.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8952400317559026372-1803653652905029836?l=countdowntohardball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://countdowntohardball.blogspot.com/feeds/1803653652905029836/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8952400317559026372&amp;postID=1803653652905029836' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8952400317559026372/posts/default/1803653652905029836'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8952400317559026372/posts/default/1803653652905029836'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://countdowntohardball.blogspot.com/2008/06/matthews-diverse-female-panel.html' title='Matthew&apos;s Diverse Female Panel'/><author><name>Kevin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13399681685010671999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952400317559026372.post-15909965958241092</id><published>2008-06-06T13:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-06T13:06:22.291-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='obama fun'/><title type='text'>Obama On Your Shoulder</title><content type='html'>Thanks MKH&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8BtJG0BonMQ&amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed 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href='http://countdowntohardball.blogspot.com/2008/06/obama-on-your-shoulder.html' title='Obama On Your Shoulder'/><author><name>Kevin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13399681685010671999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952400317559026372.post-8480138225654627570</id><published>2008-06-05T20:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-05T20:14:07.011-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='advertising'/><title type='text'>New RNC Ad</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/T2DECDKOFnw&amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/T2DECDKOFnw&amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8952400317559026372-8480138225654627570?l=countdowntohardball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://countdowntohardball.blogspot.com/feeds/8480138225654627570/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8952400317559026372&amp;postID=8480138225654627570' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8952400317559026372/posts/default/8480138225654627570'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8952400317559026372/posts/default/8480138225654627570'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://countdowntohardball.blogspot.com/2008/06/new-rnc-ad.html' title='New RNC Ad'/><author><name>Kevin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13399681685010671999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952400317559026372.post-4592652573275162986</id><published>2008-06-04T07:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-04T07:04:24.982-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Morning Joe'/><title type='text'>Welcome Back Joe</title><content type='html'>Nothing like a little poke at Chris Matthews to start your morning right.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="390" height="320" id="Redlasso"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://media.redlasso.com/xdrive/WEB/vidplayer_1b/redlasso_player_b1b_deploy.swf" /&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" 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href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8952400317559026372&amp;postID=4592652573275162986' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8952400317559026372/posts/default/4592652573275162986'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8952400317559026372/posts/default/4592652573275162986'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://countdowntohardball.blogspot.com/2008/06/welcome-back-joe.html' title='Welcome Back Joe'/><author><name>Kevin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13399681685010671999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952400317559026372.post-1969263065995728713</id><published>2008-06-03T08:49:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-03T08:51:20.249-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='welcome'/><title type='text'>Welcome</title><content type='html'>We launched this website just this morning with a nice little clip from Morning Joe.  We hope to make this site a regular stop for people interested in this years election.  &lt;br /&gt;Thanks to Newsbusters for helping us get off to a good start.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope you all will come back again sometime.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;kevin&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8952400317559026372-1969263065995728713?l=countdowntohardball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://countdowntohardball.blogspot.com/feeds/1969263065995728713/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8952400317559026372&amp;postID=1969263065995728713' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8952400317559026372/posts/default/1969263065995728713'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8952400317559026372/posts/default/1969263065995728713'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://countdowntohardball.blogspot.com/2008/06/welcome.html' title='Welcome'/><author><name>Kevin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13399681685010671999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952400317559026372.post-8889707768883268330</id><published>2008-06-03T07:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-03T07:28:43.930-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Race'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Morning Joe'/><title type='text'>Hypocrisy Exposed</title><content type='html'>I never dreamed the day would come when I would actually see the issue of black preference addressed on MSNBC, also known as Obama Headquarters.  Of course it took Pat Buchanon, the token conservative to bring it up this morning.  Mika was on a bathroom break or something and Pat was given a window to pursue the tough (but overdue) question to richard cohen.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pat reveals the assumptions of the typical liberal elitist in a pretty powerful way.  The clips speaks for itself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="390" height="320" id="Redlasso"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://media.redlasso.com/xdrive/WEB/vidplayer_1b/redlasso_player_b1b_deploy.swf" /&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="embedId=939e9d9f-8051-4ab2-a792-f1672eb44eb7" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://media.redlasso.com/xdrive/WEB/vidplayer_1b/redlasso_player_b1b_deploy.swf" flashvars="embedId=939e9d9f-8051-4ab2-a792-f1672eb44eb7" width="390" height="320" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" name="Redlasso"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8952400317559026372-8889707768883268330?l=countdowntohardball.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://countdowntohardball.blogspot.com/feeds/8889707768883268330/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8952400317559026372&amp;postID=8889707768883268330' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8952400317559026372/posts/default/8889707768883268330'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8952400317559026372/posts/default/8889707768883268330'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://countdowntohardball.blogspot.com/2008/06/welcome-to-countdown-to-hardball.html' title='Hypocrisy Exposed'/><author><name>Kevin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13399681685010671999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>
