Rachel reports on the little noticed change to the tax code reversed by the Treasury Department in the middle of the bailout which might be illegal and is a tax give away to the banks. David Sirota weighs in.
Robert Kuttner on Hannity and Colmes and when Hannity doesn't like what he's saying he starts talking over him and bullying, and Kuttner having none of it and threatening to walk off the set.
Keith reports on a leak to come out of the Obama administration that Hillary Clinton might be being considered for Secretary of State. Chris Kofinis weighs in.
Chris Matthews looks like he actually grew a set here taking on campaign surrogate and former Koch Industries oil lobbyist Nancy Pfotenhauer when she endlessly repeats McCain talking points on the economy.
Rachel talks to Jonathan Turley about the mistake the Bush administration made with not knowing the deadline to slip through last minute regulations, and whether Bush will try to give blanket pardons at the end of his term.
Rachel talks about the lastest news on the Alaska Senate race and all the numbers which aren't adding up there this election cycle with Alaska Sen. Bill Wielechowski.
Rachel Maddow takes a look at Sarah Palin's interview on ABC News with John Gibson and her earmark comments. Joan Walsh from Salon weighs in and pretty well shreds Palin and the talking points coming out of the campaign and how backwards their messaging is.
While discussing the future of the GOP and it's failure to attrack minority voters, Pat Buchanan pisses off Mile Paul on the air so badly he forgets what the hell he even said to him by the time he gets a chance to respond to it and claims he said he needs to move to Canada when what he said was that he should check himself.
