*** Friday’s “The Daily Rundown” line-up: Former Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) on the fiscal cliff and the fight in the Granite State… Marist’s Lee Miringoff on the new numbers in Iowa and Wisconsin… NBC’s Luke Russert on what it was like inside the room for the Al Smith dinner… Latest campaign trail news with former Roll Call’s David Drucker, Daniella Gibbs Leger of the Center for American Progress, and former Gov. Bob Ehrlich (R-MD).
*** Friday’s “Jansing & Co.” line-up: MSNBC’s Chris Jansing interviews Democratic strategist Joe Lockhart (on the presidential race and the Bill Clinton factor), journalists Karen Tumulty and Ron Fournier, GOP pollster David Winston and former Democratic congressman Joe Sestak; Nicholas Kristof previews the foreign policy debate; Jonathan Allen on the senate debates last night; and Luke Russert tells us what it was like at the Al Smith dinner.
*** Friday’s “MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts” line-up: MSNBC's Alex Witt fills in for Thomas Robberts. Alex interviews Obama Campaign National Press Secy. Ben LaBolt, Political Analyst Larry Sabato, and CO Democratic Party Chair Rick Palacio. Today's Power Panel includes TheGrio.com's Joy-Ann Reid, Republican Strategist Susan Del Percio, and Democratic Strategist Chris Kofinis.
*** Friday’s “NOW with Alex Wagner” line-up: Alex Wagner’s guests include New York Magazine’s Jonathan Chait, CNBC “Squawk Box” Co-host Andrew Ross Sorkin, BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith, NBC News’ Luke Russert, MSNBC “UP” Host Chris Hayes, and MSNBC Host Melissa Harris-Perry
*** Friday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” line-up: NBC’s Andrea Mitchell interviews the Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Ambassador Nicholas Burns, The Financial Time’s Gillian Tett, Romney Campaign Economic Policy Advisor Vin Weber and Priorities USA Action Co-founder Bill Burton.
*** Friday’s “News Nation with Tamron Hall” line-up: Guests include MSNBC contributor Michael Smerconish, Democratic strategist David Goodfriend, Republican strategist Chip Saltsman, Erin McPike from Real Clear Politics, The Hill’s Justin Sink and Politico’s Martin Kady.
*** Saturday’s and Sunday’s “Weekends with Alex Witt” line-up: As part of her “Office Politics” segment, Alex Witt continues her discussion with “Morning Joe’s” Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski.
And also this weekend, on MSNBC Live, Richard Lui interviews Kofi Annan at 3:45 pm ET on Sunday.


Andrea should ask Hutchison if she supports Todd Akin.
Betcha' Hutchison will dance all around the question with no definitive answer when just a simple yes or no would suffice.
HERE's some honesty for you"honesty'
Obama has improved the economy with NO help from the repubs in congress...they voted no or fillabustered every jobs bill or economic bill Obama and the dems in the house in the senate tried to pass to improve the jobs in America and the economy...
and the senate minority leader said his number one job in the senate was to make Obama a 1 team president...He should have been impeached for treason! but you repubs celebrate him and others like him....
the truth is the American people should elect out the repubs in congress that vote again Ameria's interests over their partisian politics and then watch America grow and thrive...
Bill Clinton....25 million new jobs in 8 years....Baby Bush 3 million new jobs in 8 years
Obama 5 million jobs in 3 years 9 months.....now that's some honesty for you "HONESTY"
First of all, I must say how much I love reading 'First Read' everyday. It, quite literally, IS the thing I read first thing.
Second of all, I really am asking someone here - Chuck…are you listening? - to find a poll that compares the number of people answering and taking part in polls as compared to the number of people who took part in the 2008 election. Some people passively mention the fact about how many voters out there do NOT have regular landline telephones and who have cellphone-only families. This number has to have gone way up since 2008: I'm one of those people who've switched to cells-only and I am, by no means, a techie and or a young hipster, so the trend has hit the mainstream, unlike how it was four years ago. There is NO way this is not effecting poll numbers. I would just like to see actual numbers in regards to it. Anyone? Bueller?