Hardball Briefing for Monday, December 6

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Tonight on Hardball: With Bush-era tax cuts set to expire on the 31st of this month, President Obama is caught between Republicans, who demand extended tax cuts for everyone including the rich, and Democrats, who don't want to see tax cuts extended for the rich. Today the President called a meeting Democratic leaders to the White House. So what should he do now? We'll talk to MSNBC Political Analysts Howard Fineman and John Harris. Plus: What can the Democrats do to stop the Republicans? We'll ask Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), then the Washington Post's Chris Cillizza.

Then: Amidst suspicion that she'd run for RNC Chair, Sarah Palin made a statement today that she's planning no such move. But is she eying a 2012 run at the Presidency? Newt Gingrich is signaling a run, as is Mike Huckabee. We'll go to MSNBC Political Analysts Pat Buchanan and Eugene Robinson for their take on how the race is shaping up.

And then: Prop. 8, California's same-sex marriage ban, is back in the news today as a federal appeals court heard arguments. David Boies and Chad Griffin, both of the American Foundation for Equal Rights, think it's time to overturn the ban. We'll hear from them tonight. Don't miss it.

Erin Delmore wrote the "Hardball Briefing�? from Washington, D.C.

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