Meet the Press guest list for December 20, 2009

DAVID AXELROD
White House Senior Adviser

Dr. HOWARD DEAN
Fmr. Chair, Democratic National Committee
2004 Democratic Presidential Candidate
Fmr. Governor of Vermont (D)

JOE SCARBOROUGH
Host, MSNBC's "Morning Joe"

MARKOS MOULITSAS
Founder and Publisher, DailyKos.com

ED GILLESPIE
Fmr. Chair, Republican National Committee
Republican Strategist

TAVIS SMILEY
Host, PBS's Tavis Smiley
Host, PRI's "The Tavis Smiley Show"

Democrats fighting Democrats, causing division within the party which now threatens to stop health care reform. Can President Obama find the support he needs from his own party to ensure his administration does not fail on his key domestic goal? And what else is at the top of the president's agenda? What impact will his sliding poll numbers have on the future of this administration? We'll ask the man who sits closest to the oval office: White House Senior Adviser DAVID AXELROD.

Plus, the man who ignited this major division within his own party by coming out in opposition to the Senate's health care reform bill, the former DNC Chair and Vermont Governor, HOWARD DEAN sits down exclusively with "Meet the Press" to talk about the future direction of health care reform, the Obama presidency and the Democratic Party.

Then, the Politics of Reform: What does all this fighting within the democratic party mean for the future of health care reform, the rest of President Obama's agenda and his liberal/progressive political base? And how is the GOP faring through it all? We'll check in with our panelists on both sides of the debate: msnbc's JOE SCARBOROUGH; Daily Kos' MARKOS MOULITSAS; Fmr. RNC Chair ED GILLESPIE; and PBS's TAVIS SMILEY.

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