Hardball Briefing for Wednesday, February 9

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Tonight on Hardball—A Fox News focus group of Republican caucus voters in Iowa shows the false claim that President Obama is a Muslim still has legs. What's going on here? Josh Marshall, Founder and Editor of Talking Points Memo and Bob Shrum, Democratic Strategist, will discuss.

Then—The Tea Party flexed its muscle last night as its House members helped vote down an extension of the Patriot Act. Meanwhile – Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) made sure to court the Tea Party Express at one of their events last night. Will the Tea Party continue to cause trouble for the GOP? Phillip Dennis, Dallas Tea Party Organizer, and Matt Kibbe, President of Freedomworks will give you their thoughts.

Next—A new poll shows the GOP is more likely to see the protests in Egypt as bad news for America. Shouldn't we be on the side of Democracy? NBC Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel will give us a live update from Cairo, and MSNBC Political Analyst Eugene Robinson will weigh in. Plus— House Republicans are sponsoring bills that would make it harder for women to get abortions. Is this a push to ban abortions altogether? We'll hear from Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) tonight.

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

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