Highlights from Thursday night’s ‘The Rachel Maddow Show’

Posted by Ezra Klein at 10:36 AM ET, 05/18/2012

I hosted “The Rachel Maddow Show” Thursday night. The first segment was on the GOP’s burgeoning affection for Bill Clinton, and on what Clinton’s policies should actually have taught them:

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Next up, the case against the filibuster:

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The irony of GOP governors who, in refusing to implement Obamacare, might turn their state’s health care system over to the Obama administration:

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This last one is more geeky than wonky, but it’s amazing. Hint: Mind-controlled robots.

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I’ll be hosting the program again Friday night. And yes, I know I could stand to slow down a notch.

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