TV Guide: Countdown

Video: Palin's Alaska tour guide diplomacy

MSNBC — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:31:46 -0400

Oct. 9: According to her official schedule, 10 percent of all Sarah Palin s foreign policy interactions as Governor were at the annual Fur and Ice festival. Keith Olbermann explains in McCain in the Membrane.

Video: Deja Bush all over again

MSNBC — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:31:44 -0400

Oct. 9: Bloomberg News Margaret Carlson describes John McCain s economic plan which puts big business ahead of individuals - more of the same Bush administration policies.

Video: McCain still flailing for economic answers

MSNBC — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:31:43 -0400

Oct. 9: Newsweek s Richard Wolffe talks about how nearly three weeks into the economic crisis the McCain campaign is still not grasping what they need to do to fix the economy and gain public attention while public confidence in Barack Obama grows.

Video: McCain attacks the troops

MSNBC — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:31:41 -0400

Oct. 9: In an interview with Marie Claire magazine, Cindy McCain claimed her husband never had any post-traumatic side effects from being held as a POW because he was trained to cope with those kind of situations unlike the 18-year-olds who were drafted. VoteVets.org s Jon Soltz discusses.

Video: McCain's desperation disgrace

MSNBC — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:31:40 -0400

Oct. 9: Dropping in the polls, the economy dragging the campaign down, and now leading conservatives are expressing their anger at John McCain for his behavior on the campaign trail. Newsweek s Howard Fineman comments on McCain s use of fear, hate and distraction.

Video: Worst Person: Bush spies on innocent Americans

MSNBC — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:30:41 -0400

Oct. 9: ABC News is reporting the National Security Agency (NSA) has claimed hundreds of U.S. citizens overseas including the military have been eavesdropped on as they called home despite assurances to the contrary by President Bush. Watch as President George Bush is named Worst Person in the World.

Video: Oddball: Toilet scooter rolls

MSNBC — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:30:32 -0400

Oct. 9: A man created a toilet scooter to promote his plumbing business in Silver Spring, Maryland. However, it is unclear whether the vehicle can run on alternative fuels.

Video: McCain forgets another glass house

MSNBC — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:31:29 -0400

Oct. 8: John McCain s 2000 remarks regarding air power, bomb droppings and civilian deaths in Kosovo were eerily similar to what Barack Obama recently said about a similar situation in Afghanistan. In McCain in the Membrane, Keith Olbermann wonders at McCain's inconsistency in criticizing Obama for something he himself did.

Video: McCain comes up short

MSNBC — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:31:28 -0400

Oct. 8: Washington Post.com s Chris Cillizza talks about the performances by the candidates in Tuesday's debate and whether the McCain campaign can come back from three debate losses in a row.

Video: Right wing forecloses on McCain’s mortgage plan

MSNBC — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:31:26 -0400

Oct. 8: MSNBC political analyst Lawrence O Donnell discusses the right wing outrage over John McCain s plan to buy billions of dollars worth of bad mortgages and renegotiate deals with homeowners if elected president.

Video: Guilt by association

MSNBC — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:31:25 -0400

Oct. 8: Why do William Ayers and Rev. Jeremiah Wright matter? According to the McCain campaign it has to do with Barack Obama s judgment, honesty and character. However, what about some of John McCain s questionable associations? Countdown s Keith Olbermann discusses.

Video: McCain’s healthcare plan – bad medicine?

MSNBC — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:31:23 -0400

Oct. 8: New York Times columnist Bob Herbert talks about John McCain's desire to deregulate the health care industry and what this means for Americans and the health of the system.

Video: Gibbs puts Hannity in his place

MSNBC — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:31:22 -0400

Oct. 8: MSNBC s Rachel Maddow talks about the showdown that took place between Obama Communications Director Robert Gibbs and Fox News Sean Hannity when speaking about Barack Obama s so-called terrorist connections.

Video: Worst Person: McCain chairman had racist streak

MSNBC — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:30:32 -0400

Oct. 8: Bobby May, McCain campaign manager in Buchanan County, Virginia, was fired after writing at article about Barack Obama which featured quotes such as Obama would hire the rapper Ludacris to paint the White House black. In Worst Person in the World, Keith Olbermann questions why other racists in the McCain campaign haven't been fired as well.

Video: Bushed: Bush puts McCain before country

MSNBC — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:30:29 -0400

Oct. 8: The Associated Press, quoting two administration officials, reports that U.S. plans for an interest section in Iran have been cancelled for fear of affecting the 2008 presidential race or being interpreted as political meddling. Keith Olbermann explains in Bushed.

Video: Oddball: Self addressed criminal

MSNBC — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:30:21 -0400

Oct. 8: A 19-year-old in Bristol, England was arrested by police after stealing some merchandise from a store. The police were able to find him because his surname and birth date were tattooed on his neck.

Video: Among McCain’s houses, some glass

MSNBC — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:31:29 -0400

Oct. 7: While the McCain campaign is trying desperately to drag Barack Obama into the mud with character smears, McCain himself is not without considerable skeletons in his closet. MSNBC s Rachel Maddow talks about McCain s, as well as Sarah Palin s, questionable political connections.

Video: McCain calls for bailout of homeowners

MSNBC — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:31:27 -0400

Oct. 7: NBC's Andrea Mitchell talks to Keith Olbermann about the surprise news John McCain made in the debate by announcing his plan to buy hundreds of billions of dollars worth of bad mortgages.

Video: Bailout on top of bailout?

MSNBC — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:31:26 -0400

Oct. 7: The Washington Post's Eugene Robinson talks to Countdown's Keith Olbermann about the "sharp reaction" that will follow John McCain's call for the government to buy out bad mortgages and then renegotiate them.

Video: Debate rests on demeanor

MSNBC — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:31:24 -0400

Oct. 7: MSNBC's Rachel Maddow and Pat Buchanan talk about the importance of personality during a presidential debate.