Who's on tonight 199 items | updated Feb 24 2012

Tonight on "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" former Senator Russ Feingold chats about joining the Obama campaign and the impact of Citizens United.

Plus, a look at Chris Christie's attempts to hide behind President Obama on marriage equality, the Palin movie and Romney portrayed as an Occupier?

Tonight on "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" Keith consults with Adam Goldman of the Associated Press to learn about his Polk Award-winning investigative reporting which uncovered the NYPD's use of covert surveillance to monitor American Muslim students at college campuses in the Northeast.

And Keith and comedian and "Countdown" contributor Maysoon Zayid call out Fox Business host Lou Dobbs' for his effort to label two animated films, "The Lorax" and "The Secret World of Arietty," as liberal propaganda aimed at children.

Follow tonight's guest on Twitter: @NiaWaPo, @Markos, @Goldmandc, @IrinCarmon and @MaysoonZayid

Tonight on "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" Keith discusses whether or not Rick Santorum's religious rhetoric attack strategy will work with White House reporter Joe Williams. 

Keith checks in with Politico reporter Dave Levinthal to learn how the candidates are faring in the quest for cash as the Federal Election Commission reported January fundraising numbers for each campaign.

And a new Andrew Breitbart mashup video!

Follow tonight's guests on Twitter: @JDub321, @AndrewKroll, @DaveLevinthal and @JonathanTurley

Tonight on "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" Keith talks about same-sex marriage wins and losses -- the Maryland House passes same-sex marriage and the governor is expected to sign, while Gov. Chris Christie vetoes it in New Jersey.

Plus, Santorum's response to Foster Friess's aspirin comment, Sam Seder on Tennessee push to outlaw mentioning homosexuality to kids younger than 9th grade and Virginia's new law requiring transvaginal ultrasound before an abortion.

Tonight on "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" Keith takes on Palin all but volunteering to be drafted at the GOP convention.

Plus, Romney outspending Santorum in Michigan but still lagging in the polls, Andrew Breitbart crumbles and comedian Maysoon Zayid on auditions for "The Ron Paul Girl."

Tonight on "Countdown with Keith Olbermann," Keith condemns right-wing blogger Andrew Breitbart for promoting an inaccurate roundup of 17 alleged rapes at Occupy protests on his websites. The list, which fails to mention that the legitimate rape victims were Occupy supporters, comes on the heals of Breitbart screaming "Stop raping people!" at a group of Occupy protestors at CPAC last weekend.

Plus, Keith takes on the "Worst. Campaign. Ad. Ever." The new political attack ad released by Santorum shows Romney trying to splatter him with unidentified frothy brown substance.

Tonight on "Countdown with Keith Olbermann," Keith welcomes Craig Crawford and Nate Silver to discuss Mitt Romney flailing in Michigan, as well as new polls showing Rick Santorum crushing Romney.

Plus, the consumer confidence index rises again, with 96 percent of Americans saying the poor or middle class were hit the hardest.

Follow's tonights guests on Twitter: @Craig_Crawford, @fivethirtyeight @MikeyMusto

Tonight on "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" Joe Williams chats about Romney's crooked win in CPAC's straw poll.

Also, the war against President Obama's new budget, Washington state starts marriage equality, more arrests in Murdoch bribery case and a Texas Congressman gets great stock tips -- at his committee hearing.

Tonight on "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" Markos Moulitsas discusses President Obama's compromise on access to contraception and the GOP culture wars.

Also, Judd Legum of American Progress explains Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's plan to use mortgage settlement money to pay the state's budget deficit and Oklahoma State Sen. Constance Johnson (D-Oklahoma City) talks about her proposed amendment to a personhood bill.

Tonight on "Countdown with Keith Olbermann," Tara McGuinness, senior vice president for communications at the Center for American Progress, joins guest host Sam Seder to talk about the right-wing claims that President Obama is waging a war on religion.

Plus, an Apple customer petitioning the company to improve working conditions and comedian Maysoon Zayid imagines the dating scene at a seminar for conservatives looking for love.

Tonight on "Countdown with Keith Olbermann," guest host David Shuster chats with Sarah Posner, author of “God’s Profits: Faith, Fraud, and the Republican Crusade for Values Voters” for insight into the controversy surrounding the Obama administration's mandate that religious schools and hospitals must provide access to contraception within their health care coverage.

Plus, political blogger Craig Crawford discusses Rick Santorum's three-state sweep on Tuesday, and whether Mitt Romney's massive campaign budget is paying off.

Tonight on "The Young Turks" Cenk and William Bunch analyze the role of religion in the GOP primary and Sushannah Walshe talks about Santorum's alliance with conservative businessman Foster Friess.

The Power Panel, made up of Faiz Shakir, Michael Solomon, and Richard Eskow, answers the question: should Progressives want Santorum to be the nominee?

Tonight on "The War Room," California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom joins Jennifer Granholm to discuss the federal appeals court's ruling that Prop 8's banning of same-sex marriages is unconstitutional.

Authors Alan Huffman and Michael Rejebian discuss the state of American politics and linguist George Lakoff talks about campaign rhetoric.

Watch "The War Room" weeknights at 9/8c on Current TV.

Tonight on "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" director of communications for the Human Rights Campaign, Michael Cole-Schwartz chats with Keith about how the federal appeals court ruled California's Proposition 8 law unconstitutional.

Plus, Jerry Springer and Keith discuss whether "Fox and Friends" hosts present balanced coverage of President Barack Obama, despite daily evidence proving otherwise. And Keith delivers a special comment on Karen Handel, Susan G. Komen for the Cure's vice president for public policy, handing in her resignation.

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Watch "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" weeknights at 8/7c on Current TV.

Tonight on "The Young Turks," Cenk breaks down Mitt Romney’s assessment of the U.S. military. Guests Ian Millhiser and Bob Edger discuss President Obama’s new stance on Super PAC funding.

The Power Panel, made up of James Poulos and Shaunna Thomas, debates the fallout surrounding the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure controversy.

Watch "The Young Turks" weeknights at 7/6c on Current TV.

Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan joins Jennifer Granholm tonight on "The War Room" to discuss national defense, Mitt Romney's tax dodge, campaign finance and more.

Also, Barbara Lippert from the ad agency Goodby, Silverstein & Partners talks about the Super Bowl ads that packed the biggest punch. (See "The War Room's" take on Clint Eastwood's "It's Halftime in America" ad for Chrysler here).

Journalist Thomas Frank, author of "Pity the Billionaire," and former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter join the show, as well. 

Watch "The War Room" at 9/8c on Current TV.

Tonight on "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" Markos Moulitsas joins Keith to discuss Senate hopeful Pete Hoekstra's claim that his anti-Asian Senate Super Bowl ad was a "compliment" to bilingual Chinese.

Plus, the right's reaction to Obama's favorable poll numbers, Indiana's GOP Secretary of State convicted of voter fraud and a Louisana congressman's overrreaction to an Onion story about a Planned Parenthood "Abortion-plex."

Tonight on "The Young Turks," Epic Politics Man Michael Shure shares the latest developments in the race for the GOP nomination as the candidates make their last push ahead of Tuesday's primary caucuses in Minnesota and Colorado.

Also, foreign policy blogger Steve Clemons, author of popular political blog The Washington Note, discusses the most recent attacks in Syria and the prognosis for the Bashar al-Assad presidency.

On the Power Panel, guests Jimmy Dore, Tricia Rose and Karl Frisch weigh in on the controversy surrounding Clint Eastwood's two-minute Chrysler ad that referenced America's struggling middle class, and outraged Republicans.

Watch "The Young Turks" weeknights at 7/6c on Current TV.

Former Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer, United Auto Workers president Bob King, and economist Laura Tyson join Jennifer tonight for a discussion on the 2012 campaign, the latest on jobs in America and more.

Also, tune in for a special on the work that went into building the set of "The War Room" on Current at 9/8c.

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