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Cheney's fear and loathing March 18: Ret. Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, Colin Powell's former chief of staff, wrote an article about former Vice President Dick Cheney's "fear-mongering" interview and his handling of Guantanamo Bay while he was in office. Rachel Maddow talks to Retired Col. Wilkerson about his comments.

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TPM's Kurtz: No Ideas, No Plan, No Nothing

Larry O'Donnell went to town this morning on Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA). The ostensible issue was whether Cantor was going to support Rep. Charlie Rangel's bill to tax the heck out the AIG bonuses when it comes up for a vote later today. He couldn't get an answer out of Cantor, though to my ears it sounded like a no. But the larger issue this exchange exposes is just how bereft of solutions the Republicans are right now. The only thing they have managed to muster is a faux populism over the AIG bonuses -- a passing fancy they hope will score some short-term political points:

From White House to big house March 18: Ms. Information: Rachel Maddow reports on some stories that didn't make the front page, including how another former Bush official is going to serve some jail time. "They could, like, have a prison softball team at this point."

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