Heads up: Rachel Maddow on Sunday night, right now.

[riverdeep]

She's talking about who leaked the status of Obama's half aunt, why, and the previous history of leaks. It should repeat later, plus you should be able to catch it on MSNBC archived

[bdamomma]

1. watching now.

and I don't like what Rachel is saying about the electoral map.

[DS1]

2. nevermind, found stream

[bdamomma]

3. about the toss up states which could elevate mc cain's

electoral numbers.

[msfiddlestix]

8. please provide link to stream!

I've been trying to navigate MSNBC on line for live streaming and can't seem to find it.. do they do live streaming? (I don't have msnbc on my tv)..

please pm me if i don't see your reply... thanks

[riverdeep]

10. No, they don't have live streaming.

However, they post the show very quickly after it airs, often within the hour of it ending. Here is the show:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#27508339

On the left you should see segments you can choose from, like "Down to the wire" or "Obama's Red State Push" (description appears when you hover mouse). Those are the segments from tonight's show, and it will play in the media player next to it. The picture and sound quality is very good. May take up to 30 seconds to load the initial segment, depending on your system, be patient. Once it loads, it's very smooth from then on.

[DS1]

11. here you go

http://channelsurfing.net/

[riverdeep]

4. She had a segment about why McCain is hopeful.

She mentioned that Bush was also hopeful in 2000, even though he had little reason to be. Said that the most likely path to a McCain win would be taking Penn and Florida. If Obama takes Florida, it should be over, but if he doesn't, there's a chance. All this in the context that this is an uphill battle for McCain.

Also had a comment about how McCain has closed the gap with independents and middle class voters.

Montana Gov. coming on next.

[riverdeep]

5. Actually, next segment was about the long lines at polling places.

Made a great connection to long lines and poll taxes, something that was supposedly in our past. Said that many people simply can't afford to stand in line for five hours, or the elderly or ill can't do it.

Pointed out that in Ohio in 2004, 129,000 people gave up standing in line. 10,000 more than the margin of victory for Bush in Ohio.

[lonestarnot]

6. Poll tax comment was a good one!

[upi402]

9. Ohio '04 129K people gave up standing in line. 10K more than margin of victory

That is soooo important to remember.
Thank you.

[riverdeep]

7. Gov Schweitzer believes Montana is in a toss up category.

He pointed out that Obama can win the same way that Bill Clinton won, with a little help from a third party. For Clinton, it was Perot, for Obama, it can be Barr and Ron Paul. He said they can get up to 7% of the vote, and Obama can get mid forties, which puts him over the top. But, it'll be a close race.

Also had amusing segment on weird moments of the campaign, including Huckabee talking about cooking squirrel in a popcorn popper.