Pastor disaster; Dems divided; Gas Tax, McCain and Economy

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The Democrats are divided, as today’s show will clearly prove. The focus on the Reverend Wright may be news but is it important, or just a distraction to fueling Republican strategists’ dreams? Is a gas tax amnesty a gimmick or a legitimate cost-savings plan for Americans? John McCain proposes a tax break voucher for individuals to buy their own health insurance, but would he even be covered under such a plan given his pre-existing condition? And despite the gloom, is the economy doing better?

Links:

• Jeremiah Wright on Bill Moyers Journal
• Reverend Wright at NAACP pt.1 (YouTube)
• Defining Insanity by Mike Lux and Erica Payne (Huffington Post)
• The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict
• Rev. Jeremiah Wright Addresses Press Club
• Polls show voters drift to Clinton ahead of next primaries (New York Times)
• Zogby Poll: Obama Holds Big Lead Over Clinton in NC; Pair tied in Indiana
• Beijing Air Terminal Goes All Out for the Games (New York Times)
• As Gas Costs Soar, Buyers Flock to Small Cars

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Arianna Huffington

Progressive independent Arianna Huffington is the editor of the Webby Award-wining online blog, Huffington Post, a nationally syndicated columnist and author of numerous books, most recently Right is Wrong: How the Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America, Shredded the Constitution, and Made Us All Less Safe.

Tony Blankley

Tony Blankley, who served as press secretary to former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, is a columnist for the Washington Times newspaper. He is Executive Vice President of Edelman Public Relations in Washington, DC and a visiting senior fellow in national security communications at the Heritage Foundation. He is also the author of The West's Last Chance: Will We Win the Clash of Civilizations, published by Regnery.

Matt Miller

Matt Miller (center/moderator) is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress; a columnist for Fortune, and an award-winning contributor to The Atlantic Monthly, the New York Times Magazine and many other publications.  A former aide in the Clinton White House, Miller's first book, The Two Percent Solution: Fixing America's Problems In Ways Liberals And Conservatives Can Love, was a Los Angeles Times bestseller. His next book, The Tyranny of Dead Ideas, will be published by Henry Holt/Times Books in January 2009.

Robert Scheer

Robert Scheer is Editor of the Webby Award winning political website Truthdig.com. He’s a syndicated columnist based at the San Francisco Chronicle and a clinical professor in Communications at USC. He has authored numerous books, most recently The Pornography of Power: How Defense Hawks Hijacked 9/11 and Weakened America.

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