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Tune to MSNBC tonight from 6 pm to 2 am ET for all your DNC Convention needs. In fact, why not just go ahead and tune in right now. So I was heading to the dock at the Boston Harbor waterfront behind my hotel this morning when I see a bunch of secret service types and a big boat. I figured someone important, maybe the Governor of New Jersey, was arriving. Turns out Kerry was on his way from the airport to take the water taxi over to Charlestown Naval Yard http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5538024/ for his big "splash" arrival in Beantown. It was pretty cool to see Kerry kickin' it at the location where I was jogging this morning and catching the water taxi. Shuster was over covering his landing for the network and is supposed to blog on it Tonight's a big night as they do the traditional roll call of states announcing their number of delegates plus Edwards' big speech. My colleague Brian Doherty checks in from the Democratic "Tong" with this disturbing piece of news: "This will not be a typical VP convention speech. There will be no mention of Bush or Cheney. It's Edwards view that we can get into the issues that are important to the American people without personal attack. He won't get into personal invective." How boring. By the way, The Tong (hotlink to http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=tong) is the nickname for the private briefing the Kerry camp gives to each television network during the day to push its daily message and goals for the night. Going through our rundown tonight it appears we have another wingding of a show lined up...(More after the Jump to our blog) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5445086/ For all the latest convention news click here www.politics.msnbc.com Dominic Bellone, Live from Faneuil Hall ========================================= This email is never sent unsolicited. You have received The Hardball Briefing Newsletter because you subscribed to it or, someone forwarded it to you. To remove yourself from the list (or to add yourself to the list if this message was forwarded to you) simply go to http://www.msnbc.com/tools/newstools/e/emailextra.asp?nfeature=19 Microsoft Corporation - One Microsoft Way - Redmond, WA 98052 MSN PRIVACY STATEMENT http://privacy.msn.com