Maddow Tongue-Tied, Matthews' Emotional Plea, Tragic News For Robin Roberts

Friday, August 31, 2012 WATCH: Rachel Maddow At A Loss For Words After Clint Eastwood's RNC Speech Rachel Maddow was at a loss for words on Thursday after Clint Eastwood finished what was largely considered a bizarre and awkward GOP convention appearance. "I don't -- I don't -- I don't know what was going on there," Maddow said, seemingly tongue-tied. "Clint Eastwood is 82 years old and I think that -- I don't know if that's what was going on there." Robin Roberts' Mother Dies Chris Matthews' Emotional Comment On Racism WATCH: Invisible Obama Joins Ahmed Romney Speech Draws Less-Than-Thrilled Reaction WATCH: Convention-Goer Balloonbombs MSNBC BLOG POSTS Bob Burnett: Mitt Romney: The Great White Hope To secure the 2012 Republican Presidential nomination, Mitt Romney had to take increasingly conservative positions. Many observers expected that once he became the nominee, Romney would move towards the political middle ground. But he hasn't. Zach Green: Twitter Reveals Obama and Romney Are Ignoring Their Best Attacks Retweets act as a real-time, national focus group. Each retweet reflects a supporter deciding "I want to spread this." More retweets indicate an issue resonates effectively. Steven Conn: Best Democratic Party Convention Ever! The Republicans have raised the bar very high for the Democrats when they meet in Charlotte. It will be difficult for Democrats to supply a more rousing defense of their own party's programs than the one Republicans just gave them in Tampa. Jamin Raskin: Robert Bork: Mitt Romney's Corporate-Power Tool With Robert Bork at the helm, we will see more impunity and more unaccountability in corporate structures that are "too big to fail" and "too big to jail." Amir Aczel: Can Facebook Call the Election? It appears that Obama is more liked on Facebook than Romney by a ratio of five to one, but I want to know whether there is a bias in using Facebook as an indication of who might win the election.

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