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We're gonna come out of the box tonight with that strange case in Ft. Worth, Texas of the woman who hit a homeless guy in a drunken/drugged stupor in her car and he got stuck in the windshield...He bled to death in her garage...Is she liable for murder? We'll get come legal types to hash it out... Defendant's friend describes how man died in windshield (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/local/6157583.htm Peggy Noonan will be here to discuss the Bush/Cheney fundraising juggernaut, the Wash Post poll (below) and Dean's announcement... There's a new poll out from The Washington Post which says a majority of Americans want to use military force against Iran to stop its nuclear program...Other interesting numbers as well: 24% of Americans think Iraq actually used Weapons of Mass Destruction...We'll debate the wisdom of attacking Iran in our D block debate... Poll: Majority Backs Use of Force in Iran...Survey Reflects Concern on Nuclear Effort http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23974-2003Jun23.html In the Buzz, J.D. Hayworth and Sheila Jackson-Lee will discus J.D.'s proposal to lower our U.N dues, SCOTUS decision on Affirmative Action and maybe some other fun stuff...Maybe some stuff from the poll... Shuster was up in Vermont yesterday for the big Dean announcement and reported to The Briefing on the Ben & Jerry's graveyard of flavors and the poems dedicated to their demise...He read the Cannoli flavor poem on my voicemail and it sounded so yummy I think there should be a recall movement to bring it back...In honor of Dean's announcement, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream dedicated a sundae to him: The "Maple Powered Howard," Vanilla ice cream, maple-flavored whipped cream, maple syrup and walnuts....Christina Jamison Dig the Dean coverup...A Nader supporter held up a sign behind Dean...Click and scroll: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24098-2003Jun23.html Mortman's latest: The Clintons suck. No, really. They do suck. Seriously, that's what the media keep telling us. Apparently - and I'm not making this up - Bill and Hillary Clinton are able to suck oxygen. And they can do it right out of thin air! Their only props are one book and one 22nd Amendment to the Constitution. Everything else is pure lung. http://msnbc.com/news/927935.asp?0dm=C1FRO Curry on the Moveon.org primary Democrats vie in Internet 'primary'...Group expects hundreds of thousands to cast votes http://www.msnbc.com/news/928506.asp Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from Washington, DC 6 British soldiers killed in Iraq...8 others wounded in a separate attack near Basra http://www.msnbc.com/news/870749.asp?0cv=CA01 U.S. and British forces came under fire in Iraq on Tuesday, as security around the country's vital oil pipelines was beefed up after several explosions blamed on sabotage (Reuters) http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=SD3CIL5MRGZWSCRBAE0CFFA?type=topNews&storyID=2979378 Split decision on racial preferences...A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld a university law school admissions policy that gives minorities an edge, but the justices overturned a second policy that relied on a point system. http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/929326.asp Post Analysis: Court Mirrors Public Opinion...The U.S. Supreme Court can be awfully imposing in those black robes on that elevated bench inside that Corinthian temple, but sometimes, the court looks just like America. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24534-2003Jun23.html?nav=hptop_tb White House Statement: President Applauds Supreme Court for Recognizing Value of Diversity http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/06/20030623.html Democratic White House hopefuls called yesterday's Supreme Court rulings on racial preferences a defeat for President Bush, and a reminder of the need for defenders of civil rights on the nation's highest court. (NY Post) http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/1684.htm Library online filter law upheld...Congress can force the nation's public libraries to equip computers with anti-pornography filters, a divided Supreme Court ruled Monday. http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/930166.asp President Bush banked $4 million for his re-election campaign Monday, telling donors in this city scarred by Sept. 11 that "terrorists declared war on the United States of America, and war is what they got." (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.com/news/927796.asp?0dm=C19ON Vice President Cheney began his 2004 fundraising chores today with a 13-minute speech in Virginia's mecca of political money, raising about $500,000 for the White House reelection effort. (The Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24346-2003Jun23.html Democrat Howard Dean came home to Burlington on Monday to formally announce for the presidency. He gave a crowd-rousing speech that gave Vermonters a glimpse of the more passionate, more populist politician Dean has become. (Burlington Free Press) http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/bfpnews/news/1000h.htm Joe Lieberman's got Sister Sledge, Richard Gephardt's groovin' to Tina Turner and the Rev. Al Sharpton's jammin' to Bob Marley. But where, oh where, is presidential-wannabe John Kerry's campaign theme song??? (Boston Herald) http://www2.bostonherald.com/inside_track/inside_track/track06242003.htm A planned endorsement of the Rev. Al Sharpton's presidential campaign by nine prominent politicians turned embarrassing yesterday when neither Sharpton nor half the advertised supporters showed up. (NY Daily News) http://www.nydailynews.com/news/story/95094p-86216c.html Maynard Jackson Jr., who was elected the first black mayor of Atlanta in 1973 and transformed urban politics in America by forcing the city's white business elite to open doors to minorities, died Monday at 65. (AP) http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=703&e=5&u=/ap/20030624/ap_on_re_us/obit_jackson Atlanta Journal Constitution Obit: http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/0603/jackson/24maynardmain.html The Left Wing group Moveon.org is sponsorsing the first in the nation Internet primary today http://www.moveonpac.org/moveonpac/ Some California Republicans fear recall of Gray would damage Bush (Hallow) http://www.washtimes.com/national/20030623-101444-7865r.htm Rumsfeld the Poet: http://www.washtimes.com/national/inbeltway.htm Kurtz: Washington Times Editor's Soft Pitch for Saddam Interview http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24718-2003Jun23.html?referrer=email Opinion/Editorial Terry: Clear vision of civil rights http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/tjeffrey.htm Curry on O'Connor: O'Connor wields immense power...First woman on high court often provides decisive votes http://www.msnbc.com/news/902084.asp Pat: Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that created a woman's right to an abortion, was the most controversial of the last century. It divides us yet. http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=33215 Andrew Sullivan's weekly dish: http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/asullivan.htm Joe's "Real Deal" on Affirmative Action http://www.msnbc.com/news/930600.asp Closet centrist...Howard Dean, who officially entered the Democratic presidential race today, isn't quite the left-winger his supporters and critics make him out to be, writes Will Saletan. http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/930194.asp Landfield: Challenging America's Claim As Defender of Freedom: Our Neglect of Liberia http://www.practicalpolitics.net/landfield/6_18_03.html Graham: Like white on Rice http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0603/graham.html Noah: Can Bush Be Both Ignorant and a Liar?...Yes. There's no reason for Bush-bashers to choose between the two. http://slate.msn.com/default.aspx?id=2084730 Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/ Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp ========================================= 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 <http://www.msnbc.com/tools/newstools/e/emailextra.asp?nfeature=19>