Rachel Maddow - Fox News helps raise money for Romney with fake scandal Part 1

May 15, 2012 Glenn Greenwald, contributing writer for Salon, talks with Rachel Maddow about Fox News partnering with the national finance co-chair of the Mitt Romney campaign, Frank VanderSloot, to manufacture a fake scandal to paint President Obama as a "terrorist" and solicit donations to a Romney-aligned Super PAC.

Rachel Maddow - Fox News helps raise money for Romney with fake scandal Part 2

Continued for part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJWGzsr7Mhc

The Rachel Maddow Show - Why Romney probably wasn't missing Bush

May 15, 2012 Rachel Maddow argues for why Mitt Romney would be better off not having an endorsement from George W. Bush.

G: Grover, G: Governance

Senator Tom Coburn talks with Ezra Klein about his objections to Grover Norquist's anti-tax pledge and the way Norquist defines a tax increase - objections increasingly shared by new Republican legislators. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Greece a bank run with a twist

Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize-winning economist and columnist for The New York Times, talks with Ezra Klein about what's at stake in the "country run" that is threatening to destroy the Greek economy. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Paper plane proxy pitcher a lesson in unfair advantage

Ezra Klein explains how the use of a ringer paper airplane thrower is a metaphor for the unfair advantage the wealthy have in using their money to make more money. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Improving economy undermines Romney narrative

Ezra Klein highlights as series of awkward campaign appearances by Mitt Romney in which his narrative of a failed economy was undermined by improving economic conditions in the state where he was campaigning. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Ugly echoes of 2008 encroach on Romney message

Melissa Harris-Perry, host of “Melissa Harris-Perry” on MSNBC and political science professor at Tulane University, talks with Ezra Klein about the Mitt Romney supporters recycling tactics from the failed McCain campaign. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Inequality of income, inequality of opportunity

Ezra Klein remarks on how wealth brings economic opportunity and wealth inequality yields opportunity inequality in a cycle that worsens the income gap. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

You’ll be glad to know

Bill Wolff, executive producer for the Rachel Maddow Show, shares a preview of Friday’s show – why the country of Greece is super important right now, with some help from Paul Krugman. Plus Senator Tom Coburn is on the show to talk taxes, and the implications of Facebook going public. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Rachel Maddow Discusses Ron Paul & GOP Conventions Chaos

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The Rachel Maddow Show - GOP frustrated as accountability sidelines talking points

May 10, 2012 Karen Finney, columnist for The Hill and former DNC communications director, talks with Rachel Maddow about the frustration Republican politicians express when confronted on their actions in the war on women or against homosexuals instead of their preferred talking points.

Heckuva job Andy!

Ezra Klein shares an exchange of letters between a boy who is requesting federal disaster relief funds for his messy room, and Ronald Reagan, who suggests he turn it into a one-man volunteer project. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Romney cites Clinton, takes none of the lessons

Jared Bernstein, former chief economic adviser to Vice President Biden, now a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, talks with Ezra Klein about why Mitt Romney and Republicans haven't learned anything about how tax cuts increase the deficit and ignore the lessons of the Clinton administration despite citing him on the campaign trail. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

The harmful effects of filibuster abuse

Congressman Keith Ellison talks with Ezra Klein about why he supports the Common Cause lawsuit arguing against the constitutionality of the filibuster, which has made the Senate dysfunctional and hurt people who should be helped by majority-supported legislation. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

The Rachel Maddow Show - Anti-gay politicians hoist with their own wedge issue

May 15, 2012 Rachel Maddow points out how ambitious politicians with anti-gay records are trying to present themselves as tolerant now that they see that most Americans support equal rights for homosexuals.

Robots respond to brain control

Ezra Klein offers a look at new technology that allows a stroke victim to control a robot arm with her brain. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Feds forced to step in where right-wing governors reject health reform

Ezra Klein explains how Republican governors pandering to the far right in their party by rejecting the responsibility of creating health care exchanges are only handing the job (and the fate of their state) to the federal government. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Romney sees greed's silver lining

Ezra Klein shows that despite the risk to the economy and taxpayers, Mitt Romney sees the risky trading that resulted in the loss of billions of dollars by JP Morgan as a good thing because someone was able to exploit it for financial gain. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Romney upset by criticism of his record, supporters plot anti-Obama smear

Gene Robinson, columnist for The Washington Post, talks with Ezra Klein about Mitt Romney's sensitivity to having his record criticized and false equivalency he draws between attacks on the record he's running on and a campaign based on character assassination. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

What Chris Christie doesn't 'got'

Ezra Klein shares clips from the recent video for the New Jersey Press Association's Legislative Correspondents Club featuring Newark Mayor Cory Booker and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

The Rachel Maddow Show - The Plundering of Pontiac

May 11, 2012 Rachel Maddow tells the story of how Pontiac, Michigan's unelected "emergency manager" sold the Silverdome at a discount price then tried to go into business with the man who bought it.

Never simple, but always makes sense

Cory Gnazzo, senior show producer for the Rachel Maddow Show, shares a preview of Thursday’s show – Mitt Romney expresses love for former (Democratic) President Bill Clinton, plus the Super PAC scandal of the day takes a few dozen weird turns, and we have some cross-franchise fun – a story both geeky and heartwarming. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Jane Lynch Sits In For Rachel Maddow, Plays Cable Host For Real

Glee's Jane Lynch sat in as host for a segment of Rachel Maddow's show on MSNBC and did a pretty credible job reporting on how Republican strategists are trying to convince their clients to change positions on gay marriage since polling shows Americans are inexorably moving that way. But it would have been better had she done it as Sue Sylvester.

Jane Lynch, Best New Thing

Jane Lynch, actress and author of the book “Happy Accidents” reports that the Best New Thing In The World is Republicans being taught how to lose gracefully on the issue of gay rights, and talks with Rachel Maddow about the changing tide of equality in America. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Pakistan expected to re-open roads to NATO for a fee plus 'services rendered'

Richard Engel, NBC News chief foreign correspondent, talks with Rachel Maddow about an expected new deal from Pakistan to re-open supply routes for NATO to Afghanistan, but at a heavy price that will be charged in addition to a huge bill for "services rendered in the war on terror." (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Romney: George W. Who?

Rachel Maddow points out that even as former President George W. Bush is making his way back into the political spotlight (including with a forthcoming book not ironically about growing the economy), Mitt Romney dares not even speak his name on the campaign trail. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Jane Lynch, masterful model of bad behavior

Rachel Maddow reviews some of the roles played by Jane Lynch as an authority figure behaving badly. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Will the GOP be too extreme for 2012 general elections?

Rachel Maddow looks back at how some of the more extreme right wing candidates who won Republican primaries in 2010 ended up costing the party because they were too radical for the general election, and wonders if a similar pattern is taking shape for 2012. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

House GOP follows Violence Against Women rollback with 'bullying' D.C. women

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, who represents the District of Columbia, talks about how House Republicans are bullying her district into radical anti-abortion laws it can't vote against, after attempting to undermine the Violence Against Women Act. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Even better together

Cory Gnazzo, senior show producer for the Rachel Maddow Show, shares a preview of Wednesday’s show – reproductive health rights are threatened in Washington, D.C. Plus Richard Engel is on the show and we’ve got the one and only Jane Lynch with us to help wrap up the hour! (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Jane Lynch on The Rachel Maddow Show Wednesday

In a sneak peek at Wednesday night's interview, Jane Lynch describes to Rachel Maddow her feelings about President Obama's endorsement of marriage equality. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Barney Frank on the political progress of gay rights - The Rachel Maddow Show (May 9th, 2012)

Congressman Barney Frank talks with Rachel Maddow about how attitudes toward the gay community and rights for homosexuals have changed in Washington, D.C., and the politics of declaring support for gay rights. From the May 9th, 2012 edition of The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC.

Putin's big play

Rachel Maddow has a laugh at the latest in a long series of publicity stunts set up to make Russian president Vladimir Putin look like a hero. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

'Not injurious' best Romney can hope for from Bush endorsement

Steve Schmidt, former senior strategist for the McCain-Palin campaign, debates with Rachel Maddow about whether George W. Bush's endorsement of Mitt Romney will actually do the candidate more harm than good. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Why Romney probably wasn't missing Bush

Rachel Maddow argues for why Mitt Romney would be better off not having an endorsement from George W. Bush. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Fox News helps raise money for Romney with fake scandal

Glenn Greenwald, contributing writer for Salon, talks with Rachel Maddow about Fox News partnering with the national finance co-chair of the Mitt Romney campaign, Frank VanderSloot, to manufacture a fake scandal to paint President Obama as a "terrorist" and solicit donations to a Romney-aligned Super PAC. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Anti-gay politicians hoist with their own wedge issue

Rachel Maddow points out how ambitious politicians with anti-gay records are trying to present themselves as tolerant now that they see that most Americans support equal rights for homosexuals. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

The Rachel Maddow Show - Scott Brown makes issue of Elizabeth Warren's ancestry

May 10, 2012 Frank Phillips, State House bureau chief for the Boston Globe, talks with Rachel Maddow about the weird line of attack Scott Brown has taken against Elizabeth Warren, accusing her of claiming to be part Native American when, in fact, she is.

Political sport

Bill Wolff, executive producer for the Rachel Maddow Show, shares a preview of Tuesday’s show – there is a new phony scandal circulating regarding the Obama 2012 campaign, and we’ve got Glenn Greenwald on the show to discuss. Plus, Mitt Romney was casually endorsed by a yet another major political figure, and today’s Best New Thing will turn any politics fan into a hockey fan. (The Rachel Maddo...

The Rachel Maddow Show - Romney's bane: Bain

May 14, 2012 Rachel Maddow describes how Mitt Romney's opponents are using his time at Bain Capital against him, to paint him as heartless and greedy at the expense of American taxpayers drawing parallels with bailout of the collapsed financial industry.

GOP finds Ron Paul a tough pill to swallow

Rachel Maddow shows how Ron Paul supporters are turning the Republican Party upside down even as Dr. Paul's candidacy may be on the wane. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Not your mother's women's rights movement anymore

Nancy Keenan, NARAL Pro-Choice America president, talks with Rachel Maddow about her decision to step down from the organization to make room for a younger generation of women leaders in the midst of an unprecedented attack of women's reproductive rights. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Where that whole 'war on women' idea came from

Rachel Maddow runs through a list of the most recent legislation attacking women's healthcare rights and access, as a means of demonstrating that the Republican war on women is not invented from nothing. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Cell phone justice in Oklahoma

Rachel Maddow hints at an upcoming segment with a bit of cell phone video in which one woman accuses another of punching her in the back. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Romney's bane: Bain

Rachel Maddow describes how Mitt Romney's opponents are using his time at Bain Capital against him, to paint him as heartless and greedy at the expense of American taxpayers drawing parallels with bailout of the collapsed financial industry. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Elizabeth Warren on risk and regulation

Elizabeth Warren, Democratic candidate for Senate from Massachusetts, who helped create the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, talks with Rachel Maddow about why the $2 billion dollar loss by J.P. Morgan is a sign that the banking industry is still not adequately regulated despite what should have been the lesson of the financial crash. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Mega-guest Monday

Bill Wolff, executive producer for the Rachel Maddow Show, shares a preview of Monday’s show – we’ve got U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren on the show tonight, plus Nancy Keenan, the president of NARAL, is stepping aside at the end of the year – and for a very important reason. Plus we’ve got the latest on the status of the Ron Paul campaign. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

The Partisans - ZOMBIE AYN RAND

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The Rachel Maddow Show - Romney's gayest week leads to Falwell's Liberty University

May 11, 2012 Rachel Maddow traces how the week's news cycle with overtaken by the discussion of gay rights, a subject Mitt Romney is not happy to talk about, particularly as he tries to court anti-gay factions of the Republican right.

Politifact Is "A Zombie Eating Our National Brains!" - Rachel Maddow (Part 5)

Rachel Maddow took on her arch-nemesis Politifact again, begging the fact-checking organization to "go away" after another egregious misstep.

The Rachel Maddow Show - House GOP lends Statuary Hall to religious extremists

May 8, 2012 Reverend Welton Gaddy, pastor for preaching and worship at the North Minister Baptist Church and president of the Interfaith Alliance, talks with Rachel Maddow about the religious extremists and revisionists granted the use of the Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol by House Speaker John Boehner.

The Rachel Maddow Show - Senator David Vitter blocks US economic recovery

May 7, 2012 Betsey Stevenson of the Wharton School of Business, and former U.S. Department of Labor chief economist, talks with Chris Hayes about Senator David Vitter's baseless block of two of President Obama's nominees to the Federal Reserve Board and the peril in which he puts the economy by playing partisan politics with economic policy.

Maddow - The Creepy Wit (Wisdom?) and Laugh-Out-Loud Hi-Larity of Mitt Romney

Clip from May 10, 2012, The Rachel Maddow Show where Rachel showcases Mitt Romney's creepy, inappropriate laughter and laugh-out-loud hi-larity (hilarity), particularly when his character is called into question by allegations of past, obnoxious behavior.

Obama declaration "icing on the cake" of gay rights legacy - The Rachel Maddow Show (May 9th, 2012)

Rachel Maddow emphasizes that policy is more important than personal views by politicians on gay rights and lists President Obama's achievements in helping to secure rights for gay Americans. Past presidents have asserted their personal friendship or sympathy for gay people while hurting them with bad policy and associating themselves with anti-gay hatemongers. From the May 9th, 2012 edition of...

The Rachel Maddow Show - Republicans create judicial crisis with partisan obstruction

May 7, 2012 Nan Aron, president of Alliance for Justice, talks with Chris Hayes about the enormous crisis created by Republicans blocking President Obama's judicial appointments and what the president and Democrats (and American citizens) need to do to help break the Republican obstruction.

Romney's gayest week leads to Falwell's Liberty University

Rachel Maddow traces how the week's news cycle with overtaken by the discussion of gay rights, a subject Mitt Romney is not happy to talk about, particularly as he tries to court anti-gay factions of the Republican right. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Will voters connect the dots from policy to politics?

Ed Rendell, former Pennsylvania governor, and former chairman of the DNC, talks with Rachel Maddow about whether President Obama and Democrats will ever match Republicans' skill at retail politics - making sure voters understand the benefits they're enjoying as a result of Obama's policies. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Otter thy father and thy mother

Rachel Maddow celebrates the new otters at the National Zoo, especially the one otter sibling with the oddball name. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Michael Moore on the failure of Michigan's 'managers'

Michael Moore, Academy Award-winning filmmaker and Michigan resident, talks with Rachel Maddow about the failures of the Michigan Emergency Manager law and why privatization hasn't served Michigan well. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

The plundering of Pontiac

Rachel Maddow tells the story of how Pontiac, Michigan's unelected "emergency manager" sold the Silverdome at a discount price then tried to go into business with the man who bought it. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Scott Brown makes issue of Elizabeth Warren's ancestry

Frank Phillips, State House bureau chief for the Boston Globe, talks with Rachel Maddow about the weird line of attack Scott Brown has taken against Elizabeth Warren, accusing her of claiming to be part Native American when, in fact, she is. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

On tonight's show

Bill Wolff, executive producer of the Rachel Maddow Show, shares a preview of tonight's show. How the Affordable Care Act is helping to stimulate the economy, the GOP’s “war on women” and Michael Moore joins us to discuss the Pontiac Silverdome. It’s a jam-packed show! Don’t miss it! (The Rachel Maddow Show)

GOP frustrated as accountability sidelines talking points

Karen Finney, columnist for The Hill and former DNC communications director, talks with Rachel Maddow about the frustration Republican politicians express when confronted on their actions in the war on women or against homosexuals instead of their preferred talking points. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

The Rachel Maddow Show - Inappropriate laughter calls Romney sincerity into question

May 10, 2012 Rachel Maddow traces a pattern of Mitt Romney laughing inappropriately when confronted with things about which he should be contrite, or at least sympathetic.

The Rachel Maddow Show - How Exxon makes American energy policy

May 2, 2012 Steve Coll, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of the new book "Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power," talks with Rachel Maddow about political power and the energy industry and the institutions that shape American energy policy.

The Rachel Maddow Show - No higher power than Exxon

May 2, 2012 Rachel Maddow shares stories of Exxon flexing its global political and economic muscles, and also asserting technological strength, though not necessarily in the field of oil spill clean-up.

Politifact completely wrong with 'mostly false' ruling

Rachel Maddow describes another instance in which the supposed fact-checking site rates a squarely false fact only partially false. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Inappropriate laughter calls Romney sincerity into question

Rachel Maddow traces a pattern of Mitt Romney laughing inappropriately when confronted with things about which he should be contrite, or at least sympathetic. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

How Exxon makes American energy policy - The Rachel Maddow Show (May 2nd, 2012)

Steve Coll, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of the new book "Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power", talks with Rachel Maddow about political power and the energy industry and the institutions that shape American energy policy. From the May 2nd, 2012 edition of The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC.

Preparing an exquisite show

Bill Wolff, executive producer for The Rachel Maddow Show, previews the stories for Thursday night's show. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Cory Booker talks to Rachel Maddow about marriage equality - The Rachel Maddow Show (May 9th, 2012)

Mayor Cory Booker of Newark, New Jersey talks with Rachel Maddow about why marriage equality is not a matter of gay rights but of equal rights for all Americans. From the May 9th, 2012 edition of The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC.

Obama’s gay-marriage stance to change 2012 race?

Msnbc’s Rachel Maddow talks to TODAY’s Ann Curry about President Obama’s endorsement of same-sex marriage, which she calls “an act of political bravery,” and how it will affect the 2012 presidential race.  (TODAY)

The Rachel Maddow Show - Romney, Republican finger puppet?

May 1, 2012 Rachel Maddow shares video of Grover Norquist explaining to conservatives that if they elect sufficiently conservative members of Congress, they need only elect a president whose fingers are capable of working a pen.

War on women's health is a war on freedom

Lizz Winstead, comedian and author of "Lizz Free Or Die," talks with Rachel Maddow about the Republican war on women and the importance of American women to have the freedom to make their own decisions about the course of their lives. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Booker: Marriage equality is about all Americans being equal

Mayor Cory Booker of Newark, New Jersey talks with Rachel Maddow about why marriage equality is not a matter of gay rights but of equal rights for all Americans. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Barney Frank on the political progress of gay rights

Congressman Barney Frank talks with Rachel Maddow about how attitudes toward the gay community and rights for homosexuals have changed in Washington, D.C., and the politics of declaring support for gay rights. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Obama declaration 'icing on the cake' of legacy advancing gay rights

Rachel Maddow emphasizes that policy is more important that personal views by politicians on gay rights and lists President Obama's achievements in helping to secure rights for gay Americans. Past presidents may have asserted their personal friendship or sympathy for gay people while hurting them with bad policy and associating themselves with anti-gay hatemongers. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Rachel Maddow on PBO endorsing gay marriage

Hard at work on another big show

Bill Wolff, executive producer for The Rachel Maddow Show, previews Wednesday night’s stories following President Obama’s declaration of support for marriage equality. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

The Rachel Maddow Show - McCain takes leadership role in GOP hypocrisy

May 1 2012 Rachel Maddow reviews the ways that John McCain campaigned on a secret plan to kill Osama bin Laden, Dick Cheney threatened the nation that if the vote went the wrong way there'd be more terror attacks, and Mitt Romney is literally taking lessons in the exploitation of 9/11 from Rudy Giuliani and yet Republicans are criticizing Obama for campaigning on the fact that he actually did o...

The Rachel Maddow Show - Michigan emergency managers undermine democracy

Rachel Maddow reviews the track record of governor-appointed "emergency managers" in Michigan and finds that towns that lost their democratically elected governments to emergency managers did not necessarily fare better economically as a result.

Rachel Maddow - Wealthy Romney fundraiser apologizes for gay reporter's 'personal pain'

May 4, 2012 Peter Zuckerman, former Idaho Falls Post Register reporter, talks with Rachel Maddow about his harsh treatment at the hands of a wealthy anti-gay activist and Mitt Romney fundraiser, and the persecution he suffered in his Idaho community once he was outed as gay.

The Rachel Maddow Show - The RNC is bad at its job

May 8, 2012 Rachel Maddow reviews a series of gaffes and self-defeating statements by Republican National Committee chairman Reince Prebus and other Republican officials and concludes that they're not very good at the job the're supposed to be doing.

No higher power than Exxon - The Rachel Maddow Show (May 2nd, 2012)

Rachel Maddow shares stories of Exxon flexing its global political and economic muscles, and also asserting technological strength, though not necessarily in the field of oil spill clean-up. From the May 2nd, 2012 edition of The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC. Link to Steve Coll interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be3h77sEpf0

Is Ron Paul's Delegate Strategy Working?

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Mississippi puts radical politics ahead of women's health - The Rachel Maddow Show (May 2nd, 2012)

Carl Reddix, an OB-GYN based in Jackson, Mississippi, has been blocked from serving on the state's board of health despite his obvious qualifications. Why? Though the doctor does not perform abortions, he has a remote tie to a women's health clinic that does, and that's enough for the Lieutenant Governor to declare him unqualified. Dr. Reddix joins Rachel Maddow to talk about the situation. Fro...

Election night recap

Rachel Maddow reviews the results of Tuesday night's elections in Wisconsin, Indiana and North Carolina. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Romney takes a huge pair of opposing positions on Detroit

Rachel Maddow marvels at Mitt Romney's chutzpah in claiming credit for the revitalization of the American auto-industry when his record so plainly shows his preference that it be allowed to fail. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

House GOP lends Statuary Hall to religious extremists

Reverend Welton Gaddy, pastor for preaching and worship at the North Minister Baptist Church and president of the Interfaith Alliance, talks with Rachel Maddow about the religious extremists and revisionists granted the use of the Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol by House Speaker John Boehner. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

A lot of be proud of in Detroit

Rachel Maddow describes the honor of receiving an award from the Detroit chapter of the NAACP and admires the pride Detroit has for its auto industry. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

The RNC is bad at its job

Rachel Maddow reviews a series of gaffes and self-defeating statements by Republican National Committee chairman Reince Prebus and other Republican officials and concludes that they're not very good at the job the're supposed to be doing. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Right wins, GOP loses in Tuesday elections

Steve Kornacki, senior writer for Salon, talks with Rachel Maddow about Tuesday night's election returns and what's at stake, the changes in the Republican Party, and whether it's ever possible for minority rights to pass in a state-wide ballot initiative. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

On tonight's show

Bill Wolff, executive producer for the Rachel Maddow Show, shares a preview of tonight's show. Major elections taking place in North Carolina, Indiana and Wisconsin. Also, find out about the special prayer event held at Statuary Hall today. Rachel is back from a much deserved day off. Don’t miss it! (The Rachel Maddow Show)

The Rachel Maddow Show - Republicans advocate failed European model for US

May 7, 2012 Chris Hayes reviews the failures of European austerity measures, not only economically but politically, and yet somehow Republicans are still pushing for austerity for the United States.

The Rachel Maddow Show - Wisconsin resists Walker's big spending

May 2, 2012 Rachel Maddow shows that despite spending over $10 million to convince Wisconsin voters not to kick him out of office, Governor Scott Walker's poll numbers not only didn't improve but got worse.

Mitt romney Scared Ron Paul is Winning

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GOP contest not over for Ron Paul

Chris Hayes reports on the latest political victories by Ron Paul in spite of the conventional wisdom that Mitt Romney is the Republican nominee for president in 2012. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Senator David Vitter blocks US economic recovery

Betsey Stevenson of the Wharton School of Business, and former U.S. Department of Labor chief economist, talks with Chris Hayes about Senator David Vitter's baseless block of two of President Obama's nominees to the Federal Reserve Board and the peril in which he puts the economy by playing partisan politics with economic policy. (The Rachel Maddow Show)

Republicans advocate failed European model for US

Chris Hayes reviews the failures of European austerity measures, not only economically but politically, and yet somehow Republicans are still pushing for austerity for the United States. (The Rachel Maddow Show)