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David Bender is filling in for Rachel today. He'll be talking to Andy Borowitz, California State Senator Sheila Kuehl , and Mark Green

Today is Guestapalooza!  First, we have San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom who will be commenting on the court decision in California striking down the state's gay marriage ban.

Then Laura Dern will be here IN STUDIO to talk about her latest film, Recount.  She plays everyone's favorite vote-stealer, Katherine Harris. 

And THEN, as if that were not enough, Rachel will be joined by Rand Beers who will react to Bush's outrageous attack on Obama while on his Israel trip today.

Rachel interviews Laura Dern on her new movie, ‘Recount.’

On today's show Rachel is going to be talking to New York Times' political writer John Harwood about his new book, Pennsylvania Avenue: Profiles in Backroom Power.

Also, we have reason to believe that John Edwards is going to be endorsing Barack Obama at approximately 6:30 pm ET.  We will carry that live.  And then Rachel will talk to her politcal guru David Bender about they why and the when on this endorsement.

Today is the West Virginia primary, a contest that Hillary Clinton is expected to win by huge margins.  But does it matter?  David Bender, the master of electoral politics, will be taking your calls.  (866) 303-2270

RACHEL MADDOW: Every day here on the Rachel Maddow Show, or whenever we feel like it, we do enjoy, poking a sharp stick at the soft white underbelly of the rrrrrrrrrrrightwing scheme machine <<SFX UBELLY>>, giving you a little peek at their political playbook. 

Today’s underbelly political tactic?  Running on someone else’s record.