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Dear Hardballers...
It is a bittersweet day since our friend Dominic Bellone is off beginning today, due
to minor surgery. I can happily report that the surgery was successful and we are
counting down the days until he returns! You know him as the briefer but he is our
beloved colleague and friend and every day without him is much longer and not as much
fun.
No one loves Hardball and the Hardball experience more than Dominic, and he is the
heart of our family. Keep it real, dear pal.
We awoke today to read in USA Today about Hardball's role in hooking up Bill Burkett
and CBS. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30537-2004Sep17.html.
Dom would be cheering Chris today because Senator John McCain is our featured guest,
and a Hardball favorite. What follows is a not-to-be missed discussion about Dan
Rather, Joe Lockhart and CBS. The guests include Ken Bode, a former NBC correspondent
and a journalism professor at DePauw University, Ben Ginsburg, the Republican Election
Attorney, Deborah Orin from the New York Post and Editor of The Hotline, Vaughn
Ververs.
David Shuster has a terrific piece on Dan Rather's career and controversial moments,
too.
I hope you will read the attached Op-Ed piece written by an off-camera NBC star,
Elizabeth Wilner, NBC's political director. It is well crafted and well reported, a
true insider's take on what is happening in the campaigns. I tried to get her on the
air! http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30537-2004Sep17.html
Of course we at Hardball are always check the blog and I hope you do at
www.Hardblogger.MSNBC.com
And I will let you in on a secret since you have scrolled down this far: We will
launch a new web site for our Friday election program, The Horserace. You can get a
sneak look right now at www.Horserace.MSNBC.com.
Enjoy the show!
Tammy Haddad
Executive Producer
Hardball
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