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We're in final sprint mode here at the MSNBC mother ship in Secaucus today...Booking
calls are burning up the phone lines, trucks are being ordered, studios are being
booked...No expense is being spared, least of all our sanity...Yeah, we're late today
but that's because I keep getting kicked off the computer and things are crazy today...
It's all in the name of hot cable tv which is what we live for at Hardball...Tonight
is going to be a two hour extravaganza and it goes without saying that you'll need to
break out the popcorn and late night munchies...We'll have the latest and greatest,
the hottest and most compelling night of politics on TV...In other words, it's going
to be a heck of a lot of fun...
Here's the rundown...We'll do the Election night panel for the first hour: Fineman,
Caddell, Noonan & Brazile...Looks like Bill Clinton will be speaking in New York at a
Carl McCall rally which we'll dip into for some hot sots (sound on tape)...We've got
the new Senator from Minnesota Dean Barkley on stand by for a 9-9:30...He's the one
Jesse just appointed this morning...
We'll also do some electeds like Rangel, fmr. FL Rep. Joe Scarborough, Chaka Fattah,
Bob Barr & Tom Davis...In the final half hour we'll do a "super size" Buzz with B-1
Bob Dornan & Katrina...
Plus, we'll do hits with Lester and Norah on the latest polling info and voter
trends...Plus, a special guest appearance by Hardball's favorite pollster, Frank
Luntz...
Lots of other variables still up in the air so fasten your seatbelts and pls do kick
it with us tonight...
Caddell Alert...Just had lunch with Pat in MSNBC's world famous "dot-commissary" and
he's really pumped for tonight...He's ready to explode...He even thinks we ought to
have popcorn on the set tomorrow but I'm thinking that might bring down the gravitas
level...
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from Secaucus, NJ
Tool Kit...Buy Chris' new book...Right Now..."American: Beyond Our Grandest Notions"
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743240863/qid=1036444757/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/104-6438696-3190343
MSNBC Politics Front http://www.msnbc.com/news/politics_front.asp
Balz/Broder Big Pic: Democratic House Is Less Likely Than GOP Senate...Parties Seem to
Be Headed For Status Quo in Congress (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59426-2002Nov2.html
Howard Latest: Jurassic Park, 2002...Politics needs a youth movement. Maybe next time
http://www.msnbc.com/news/894.asp
As top Republicans and Democrats mounted a final midterm election push Monday, a new
survey showed that most voters are focusing on local issues, not national ones like
terrorism or the possibility of a war with Iraq. Control of Congress is expected to
come down to a few dozen close races - among them a Minnesota Senate battle that saw
the leading candidates face off Monday in a nationally televised debate. (MSNBC)
http://msnbc.com/news/827795.asp
Stuckey: 10 races to watch on Election Night...From Florida to Minnesota, these races
are too close to call http://msnbc.com/news/829619.asp
Minority turnout may be key...To many blacks, Democrats miss the big issue: jobs (The
Washington Post) http://msnbc.com/news/829598.asp
Bush Urges Minn. to Back Coleman...President Bush plunged his prestige Sunday into the
race to defeat former vice president Walter F. Mondale's Senate bid. (The Washington
Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63903-2002Nov3.html?referer=email
Less than 24 hours before the polls open, Senate candidates Norm Coleman and Walter
Mondale sparred for an hour this morning in their first and only debate of the wildest
campaign in Minnesotans' memory. (Star Tribune)
http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/3408700.html
Transcript of Mondale-Coleman debate
http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/3409337.html
Gov. Jesse Ventura appointed longtime friend Dean Barkley this morning to replace the
late Sen. Paul Wellstone in the U.S. Senate until the candidate who is elected Tuesday
is seated. (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/4441266.htm
Barkley "has a keen sense of the what is in the best interest of ordinary
Minnesotans," Ventura said. "He will put the people's interest before the party's
interest." (Star Tribune) http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3408637.html
Former President Bill Clinton took to a palm-lined stage on the sands of Miami Beach
on Saturday to rally support for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill McBride, who
trails Republican Gov. Jeb Bush ahead of Tuesday's election in Florida, the decisive
battleground state in the 2000 election. (Reuters)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=564&u=/nm/20021103/ts_nm/election_florida_clinton_dc_2&printer=1
Battle for Senate May Outlast Election Day...Party Leaders Brace for Limbo (The
Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.com/news/830094.asp
Benedetto: Key Senate races in Tuesday's congressional elections are too close to
call, but Republicans appear to have gained strength in the final weekend as they
fight to retain and perhaps add to their thin House majority.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/2002-11-03-poll-usat_x.htm
Bush, Clinton stump for Florida hopefuls...Bill Clinton told black voters here
yesterday to "make it count this time" as he ended a 36-hour crusade across southeast
Florida (The Washington Post) http://www.washtimes.com/national/20021104-96772192.htm
President Bush made a final get-out-the-vote dash through four states Monday,
expecting to buck historical trends in mid-term elections by increasing the GOP's
majority in the House. The White House was less optimistic about the Senate. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&ncid=716&e=1&u=/ap/20021104/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush
Jean Carnahan and Jim Talent are on the ballot here in an election that will help
decide control of the deadlocked U.S. Senate. But at this point, the Democratic
senator and former Republican congressman have become bit players. (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20021104/4588686s.htm
The economy and other domestic issues are dominating voter concerns in the days
leading up to Tuesday's elections, polls suggest, but that doesn't appear to be giving
Democrats the boost they had predicted. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=548&ncid=703&e=4&u=/ap/20021104/ap_on_el_ge/campaign_polls
One Man, One Vote...Tom Daschle Isn't Up for Reelection, but He Could Still Lose Big
Tomorrow (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64226-2002Nov3.html?referer=email
The two major candidates for Illinois governor spent the final Sunday of the campaign
priming their supporters for what might be a close race, after all. President George
W. Bush, meanwhile, stumped in Springfield for a Metro East-area congressional contest
that could help determine whether the Republicans hold Congress. (St. Louis
Post-Dispatch)
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/News/50A2036A6AC445BA86256C6700168C28?OpenDocument&headline=Blagojevich,+Ryan+race+to+the+finish
Elections to Be New Test of Old Ideas...The American system of voting goes on trial
again Tuesday, two years after a deadlocked presidential election and a chaotic
recount of ballots in Florida revealed deep flaws in the way elections are conducted
across the country. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64247-2002Nov3.html?referer=email
The White House sought yesterday to lower expectations for tomorrow's elections,
saying a loss of five House seats still would be the best midterm performance in 40
years. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20021104-825346.htm
Maryland voters will decide the tight gubernatorial race tomorrow, closing a campaign
season in which fund-raising records were broken and the state budget collapsed. (The
Washington Times) http://www.washingtontimes.com/metro/20021104-98943016.htm
Largent loses lead for Oklahoma office...Republican Rep. Steve Largent, once ahead by
double digits in his race to become Oklahoma governor, has put on a mad dash in the
closing days of the election as the contest tightens (The Washington Times)
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20021104-26525733.htm
Tom Golisano stopped playing political possum last night by saying he's staying in the
governor's race - while Democrat Carl McCall again took on his own party for not doing
more to help his flagging candidacy (NY Post)
http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/61285.htm
Pierce "Inside Politics" http://www.washtimes.com/national/20021104-82603910.htm
Kurtz: The Early Finger-Pointing Begins...Why wait until Wednesday morning? We can
find the scapegoats for potential lost elections right now
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1171-2002Nov4.html
Mr. Stewart Goes to Washington...Jon Stewart's irreverent "Daily Show" on Comedy
Central is no joke for politicians trying to connect with a younger crowd that doesn't
watch the Sunday morning gabfests (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64140-2002Nov3.html?referer=email
Page Six: She's quoted bogus Shakespearean passages, misspelled the name of Sen. Dick
Gephardt, and issued a position paper identifying Saddam Hussein as the "president of
Iran." Now liberal activist Barbra Streisand is privately saying that Sen. Paul
Wellstone's plane crash was "no accident." http://pagesix.com/pagesix/pagesix.htm
Opinion/Editorial
Bartley: Declining Democrats, Intimidated Republicans...Reagan won because he wasn't
afraid to go on the offensive
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/rbartley/?id=110002569
Barnicle: Talk is cheap...Politics needs more bang for the buck
http://msnbc.com/news/811802.asp
Bowyer: Should the religion of John Allen Muhammad be considered important in our
national discussion of the Beltway Shootings?
http://www.jerrybowyer.com/index.php?newsid=120
Parker: No one running for office dare utter these unspeakable truths
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/kathleen/parker.html
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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