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This has gotta be a short one today folks because I got a lot on my plate: looking for
polling data for Luntz (A/B block), reading through Eliot Cohen's new tome "Supreme
Command" on the tension between civilian and military authority (C Block)...Hey, don't
yawn...It's actually not as academic as you might think...We'll explain how and why
this tension may exist in Bush's White House over Iraq...Dubya is actually reading the
book at Crawford (you'll recall that from a previous "Real Deal" segment)...
Plus, I got the Buzz stuff I'm working on as well...Dem strategist Donna Brazile is
back from a bout with some illness or another (She was traveling around the country
for DNC stuff where she picked something up...It caused bad dehydration...I
recommended Gatorade and now she's back in action)...She'll face off with GOP
strategist Dave Winston...
In addition to Luntz at the top, we've got Howard (Fineman, not Mortman, he's the Real
Deal dude) who'll do the politics at 1600 Penn Ave. (NW to be exact) on Iraq and
congressional authorization...See NYT piece below on the matter...We'll get the
public's pulse on all this with Luntz as well as Dubya's numbers...Plus, we'll take
Congress' temperature with Representative Curt Weldon...
Last night, Texas executed a 17 year old kid...Is that morally right? We'll debate it
in D with Dudley Sharp of Justice for All (you'll recall him from Barnicle's show a
couple of years ago)...He's a death penalty advocate...Vincent Schiraldi from the
Justice Policy Institute will take the opposition...You'll note Schiraldi's name is
remarkable similar to Vince Guaraldi, the famous Jazz musician from San Francisco
wrote all that wonderful music for the Charlie Brown cartoon series...I gotta confess
I'm a huge fan...I even listen to the Christmas cd in the Summer..
And what's this about the Saudi's offering the U.S. a gift horse to commerate 9/11?
We'll look it in the mouth in today's Real Deal...Plus, why is Hillary popping up in
campaign ads across the country....
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A couple of Buzz items from the Jensen file:
Make-or-break nine weeks awaits president...Elections may ride on how agenda fares
(USA Today) http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20020829/4402239s.htm
Clinton, Bush and bad blood: What is it, 1992? Ex-president's defenders believe he's
the target of a family grudge. The current White House suggests the hard feelings stem
from preoccupation with his place in history. (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20020829/4402297s.htm
Definitely Buzzable/Real Deal: Voters around the country are seeing plenty of Sen.
Hillary Rodham Clinton - as a negative figure that Republicans in three states are
using as a weapon to wallop opponents. (NY Post)
http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/56010.htm
Warner wants hearings...The top Republican on the Senate Armed Services committee said
Wednesday he wants Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld to appear before the panel to
discuss how prepared U.S. forces are for a war against Iraq. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020829/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq_72
Administration officials said that they expected President Bush to seek some sign of
approval from Congress before launching any campaign against Iraq. (NY Times)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=68&ncid=68&e=3&u=/nyt/20020829/ts_nyt/bush_may_request_congress_s_backing_on_iraq__aides_say
This is real inside Washington stuff here: The Iraq debate has featured a parade of
foreign policy elders from previous Republican administrations bearing advice on Iraq.
Their counsel may differ, but they share one thing in common: business clients with
ties to the region (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=519&ncid=703&e=2&u=/ap/20020829/ap_on_re_us/iraq_advice_3
I like this one as well: The Saudi government has spent millions of dollars on
lobbyists and television advertisements in a drive to improve its image among
Americans. (NY Times)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=68&ncid=68&e=1&u=/nyt/20020829/ts_nyt/worried_saudis_try_to_improve_image_in_the_u_s_
Louisiana Gov. Mike Foster, angered over interference by national Republicans in a
Republican primary contest for the U.S. Senate, yesterday told the White House to stay
out of his state's politics. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020829-68214958.htm
Negotiations can still avert a possible U.S. attack on Iraq, Iraq's vice president
said as his country pressed ahead with its diplomatic campaign and the United States
got more advice to proceed with caution. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&ncid=716&e=1&u=/ap/20020829/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_us_27
War on Al Qaeda Funds Stalled...Network 'Fit and Well,' Ready to Strike, Draft of U.N.
Report Says (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9219-2002Aug28.html
Six men accused of aiding terrorists...In two separate indictments issued hours apart
Wednesday, federal authorities charged several men with offering "material support and
resources" to terrorists, including those in the al-Qaida network.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/800420.asp
Fear over war with Iraq has sent oil prices higher, but Saudi Arabia and its oil
dominance may well determine whether a U.S. attack on Iraq will have worldwide impact
on energy markets - and choke off a struggling U.S. economic recovery with higher fuel
prices. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=544&ncid=703&e=5&u=/ap/20020829/ap_on_go_pr_wh/oil_iraq_2
Israeli minister apologizes for deadly attack...Israel's defense minister expressed
regret and ordered an investigation Thursday after four Palestinians were killed and
four were wounded when Israeli tank shells slammed into a Bedouin encampment in Gaza.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/677951.asp
Germany says al-Qaida planned attack in 2000...German authorities have evidence the
Hamburg al-Qaida cell that included three of the Sept. 11 suicide pilots were planning
an attack on the World Trade Center as early as April or May 2000, the country's
federal prosecutor said Thursday.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/800260.asp
Tales from the restaurant wine wars...When it comes to ordering wine in restaurants,
the frustrations can be many. Readers write in to Wine of the Week by Edward Deitch.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/799001.asp
Traficant Can Run For Congress From Jail...Research Arm Said Qualifications Are Age,
Citizenship, Inhabitancy (AP) http://www.newsnet5.com/News/1618279/detail.html
Joe Lieberman's Delicate Conditional...Will He Run for President? It Depends on What
the Definition of 'If' Is. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8935-2002Aug28.html
Opinion/editorial
The Wall Street Journal: Bush's Iraq Resolution...The president should make Congress
an ally in fighting Saddam.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110002193
Novak: FBI's bullying tactics are growing tiresome
http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak29.html
Fund's Diary: Primary Voters...Republican Rep. Gilchrest may be too moderate for
Maryland. http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110002179
Goldberg: 'Sustainable growth' is not sustainable solution
http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/jonah.html
Will: Improvised war etiquette http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/will.html
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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