Tonight on Countdown

Full ramp-up to the President's State of the Union address tonight... (the speech is at 9 pm et, our newshour will be must-see TV!)

We'll also have more than one segment devoted to Keith's interview with Senator Hillary Clinton.

And AFTER the speech, Keith and Chris Matthews will anchor until midnight.

Countdown w/ Keith Olbermann broadcasts LIVE at 8 pm et, and the count is never complete without you. Join us.

When President Bush delivers his next-to-last State of the Union address Tuesday night, he will confront this reality, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll: Nearly two-thirds of Americans appear to have given up on success in Iraq and also on his presidency. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16755951/

The Army general nominated to carry out President Bush's troop buildup in Iraq urged patience Tuesday and predicted "tough days" ahead. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16765243/

A second U.S. aircraft carrier strike group now steaming toward the Middle East is Washington's way of warning Iran to back down in its attempts to dominate the region, a top U.S. diplomat said here Tuesday. Nicholas Burns, U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs, ruled out direct negotiations with Iran and said a rapprochement between Washington and Tehran was "not possible" until Iran halts uranium enrichment. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16769024/

Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald used his opening statement in the CIA leak trial Tuesday to allege that Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff lied and destroyed a note showing Cheney's early involvement. Fitzgerald said Cheney told his chief of staff, "Scooter" Libby, in 2003 that Wilson's wife worked for the CIA and Libby spread that information to reporters. When that information got out, it triggered a federal investigation. "But when the FBI and grand jury asked about what the defendant did," Fitzgerald said, "he made up a story." http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16770023/

That's some of what we're planning tonight.

:loveya:

:wtf: Jeez, he's just a drunken cokehead giving a 30 minute slurred delusional speech on how he's the Savior of the western world.

KO show is 1 hour long. Shrub is supposed to have a shorter speech tonight than usual, so that should be NO LONGEr than 45 minsAT THE MOST! WHAT in the WORLD are they going to be talking about until MIDNIGHT?????

Yea, I know KO, Matthews, a old Joe will all be yacking, but OVER @ HOURS????

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