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Special Programming Note: Live Dem Debate from Greenville, SC hosted by Brokaw exclusively on MSNBC tonight at 7 pm ET/4 pm PT... Folks this is down to the wire...If you've been with us from the get go on this horse race, don't stop now...The candidates will be en fuego...Look for a big bullseye on Kerry's back tonight...He's the guy to take down...If Dean's gonna get his mojo back, he's gotta knock the Massachusetts senator off his stride...And with Dean's campaign rapidly imploding, look for him (along with Clark & Edwards) to be lobbing some serious grenades.. More from your MSNBC lineup tonight 8:30 pm ET-9 pm/5:30 pm PT: Chris slices and dices with Buchanan and others for a half hour post debate reax...We're definitely "efforting" some candidates...We'll also talk to the Palmetto state's newest king maker, Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC), who endorsed Kerry today... "I would not call that dancing," Clyburn cracked in his deep baritone, to laughter from the audience. With a wounded look, Kerry said, "I thought for a white guy I showed some rhythm." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60495-2004Jan29.html?nav=hptop_tb 9 pm ET/6 PT Norville Tonight...She talks to Kerry's kids tonight...It's a cool show, check it out...It had my hooked last night 10 pm ET/7 PT Scarborough Country..."It's not just geographical, it's a state of mine" -Joe Scaborough 1/27/04 Then we're back live at 11 pm ET/8 pm PT with a full on explosive, "must watch", post game slice and dice exegetical! Oh, did I already say that? How about "chew & spew"? Whaddaya you think of that imagery? Hah! Ron Reagan is back by popular demand from Seattle as well as an in depth look at the candidates' "southern strategy" with Steve Jarding and "Mudcat" Saunders (The guy who first identified and targeted the NASCAR dad)...Plus, Katrina and Buchanan will join us as well... I forgot to put this in yesterday's Briefing...Here's the NY Observer's interpretation of Tuesday night's coverage: "No word from Dean, huh?" asked Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC's Hardball at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 27. He was off the air, between commercial breaks, sitting in the makeshift set at a ski lodge in Manchester, N.H. http://nyobserver.com/pages/frontpage5.asp Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from Washington, DC Democrats head to South Carolina for debate...Kerry gains momentum as Dean campaign continues to regroup (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4087956/ "This is a two-man race," former S.C. Democratic Party chairman Dick Harpootlian said. "It's Kerry and Edwards." (Columbia State) http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/7821726.htm Fun Clinton News...Former President Clinton huddled with Senate Democrats Thursday to discuss how best to unite the party as it draws up its agenda for this legislative year and prepares for the presidential election this fall. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040129/ap_on_go_co/clinton_democrats_1 Three of the Democratic presidential candidates swept into St. Louis with a common message Wednesday: President George W. Bush must go. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/News/AB82BE98EDC610A186256E2A002558D8?OpenDocument&Headline=Candidates%3A+Bush+must+go White House raising Medicare bill by a third...Bush's new budget predicts record half-trillion-dollar deficit (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4098618/ Afghan weapons explosion kills 7 U.S. soldiers...Three others injured and one missing after blast (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4098731/ Rice rejects calls for outside probe of Iraq intelligence...Security adviser admits some prewar data flawed (Reuters) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4049012/ With seven crucial nominating contests looming next week, the Democratic presidential hopefuls rolled into South Carolina on Thursday for the first debate since John Kerry rose to the front-runner's position. (Reuters) http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=615&e=4&u=/nm/20040129/pl_nm/campaign_dc Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean said Thursday that he doesn't need to win any of the seven states holding contests Tuesday to keep his beleaguered campaign alive. (AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040129/D80CM1PG2.html Facing a new Democratic front-runner in John Kerry, President Bush's re-election campaign is quietly shifting gears, preparing for the possibility it will confront a war hero and current senator. (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-01-29-bush-kerry-run_x.htm In a speech to the Republican winter meeting today, Gillespie plans to attack Kerry's past votes to cut intelligence budgets. The votes "do not support his assertion that his approach to national security will make us safer as a nation," Gillespie said in an interview. (USA Today) http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-01-28-after-nh_x.htm Democratic presidential contender John Kerry on Thursday said he welcomed a debate over his record on defense and vowed to conduct a vigorous race throughout the South. (AP) http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=703&e=2&u=/ap/20040129/ap_on_el_pr/kerry Mortman: Dean bloggers feast on press 'bias'...'The media is disgusting, they can just go to hell' http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4064624/ Kurtz: Dean trailing in the media primary, too...Hot-and-cold press coverage sparks debate over objectivity http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4090705/ Dean's news release was just the latest in a series of offbeat announcements made by the candidates as they seek to win the support of every available constituency. MSNBC.com columnist Howard Mortman, in fact, has compiled a list of the presidential campaign's best news releases. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45315-2004Jan24.html Dean's Money Advantage Dwindles...Candidate Won't Buy More Feb. 3 Ads (The Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58369-2004Jan28.html?nav=hptop_ts Wesley Clark, the four-star businessman...Military background augmented success as lobbyist (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4090703/ Sen. John Edwards, the North Carolina Democrat who finished fourth in Tuesday's presidential primary in New Hampshire, refused to answer allegations that he had used "junk science" in part to win hugely lucrative legal judgments or settlements against the medical profession. (CNSNews.com) http://www.cnsnews.com//ViewPolitics.asp?Page=\Politics\archive\200401\POL20040128d.html Bush would veto trims in Patriot Act...Ashcroft says changes would undermine war on terrorism (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4079785/ Opinion/Editorial Katrina: Of Horse Races and Issues http://www.thenation.com/edcut/ The Arizona Republic: Be bold, Arizona...A vote for Joe Lieberman would be a fresh message, not an echo http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/0129thur1-29.html The Washington Post: Mr. Kay's Truth Telling: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58491-2004Jan28.html Broder: Awaiting Answers On Iraq http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58510-2004Jan28.html ========================================= This email is never sent unsolicited. You have received The Hardball Briefing Newsletter because you subscribed to it or, someone forwarded it to you. 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