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Chris is still up in Philly doing his book tour gig so he'll broadcast from
there...Appropos of the location, we'll talk to the Governor-elect and an old buddy of
the show, Eddie Rendell...Plus, Republican Senator Rick Santorum will join us from
Pittsburgh (Howard Fineman's hometown)...
Hey, a couple of big polls from The New York Times and USA Today out there
today...Support for Bush and GOP up...Support for Democrat party: down...Support for
GOP agenda: down...Support for Al: down...Support for war with Iraq: up...I got it all
below and we'll slice and dice 'em with Luntz from the White House lawn....
In the D block, we'll ask the question: Who is Hans Blix and is he the right man for
the job? (btw, he's the chief UN weapons inspector dude in Iraq but we're going to go
behind mere trivial titles)
In the Buzz we'll do Chaka and Curt Weldon on the upcoming congressional agenda, Iraq
and the Canadian "moron" comment flap...
NB: The Briefing will be off until Monday, December 2nd...Tomorrow will be Hillary at
Albany...Thursday and Friday will be some of your favorite segments...a "best of
Hardball" if you will....
Oh, and tell Grandma you'll pick her up from the airport tonight AFTER
Hardball...She'll understand...Only on MSNBC: Turn it on America!
This just in from Mortman: The media, war and Iraq...Six ways the next Gulf conflict
will be covered differently from '91 http://msnbc.com/news/839858.asp
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing in Washington, DC
Not a Hardball topic tonight: Sex 138 times a year is U.S. average...Americans make
love an average of 138 times a year, according to a survey released by condom
manufacturer Durex. (Reuters)
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/839720.asp
The top aide to Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien who created a swirl of
controversy by dismissing U.S. President George W. Bush as a "moron" resigned on
Tuesday. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20021126/wl_canada_nm/canada_usa_moron_col_1
Grove: Al and Tipper, Still Not a Bestseller
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38897-2002Nov25.html
Al Gore is said by associates to be surprised that his newest books on family aren't
selling well. The pair of books co-written with wife Tipper Gore (one of them is a
coffee-table book intended to serve as companion to the "heavier" tome) are apparently
headed toward the remainder bin as bookstores move more popular and potential
Christmas gift fare into the line of sight of customers. (American Prowler)
http://theamericanprowler.com/article.asp?art_id=2002_11_25_0_1_52
Milholin: Mr. Blix Goes to Baghdad...A U.N. bureaucrat won't be willing to hand the
world a war. http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110002685
U.N. Inspectors Pledge Close Scrutiny in Iraq...The first contingent of experts to
arrive in Baghdad on Monday pledged an immediate assessment of Iraq's pledge to give
unfettered access to any site they wish to visit. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38810-2002Nov25.html
Three weeks after Republicans captured control of the government, Americans hold
favorable views of the party and President Bush, but they are less enthusiastic about
some of the policies Republicans are promoting, according to the latest New York
Times/CBS News poll. (The New York Times)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=68&e=4&u=/nyt/20021126/ts_nyt/positive_ratings_for_the_g_o_p___if_not_its_policy
..And in a measure of additional concern for Democrats, Al Gore, who is the best-known
Democrat who might run for president in 2004, is today viewed unfavorably by almost
2-1, despite a weeklong bath of favorable publicity that accompanied his national tour
promoting two new books about the American family. (Nashville Tennessean)
http://www.tennessean.com/government/archives/02/11/25729695.shtml?Element_ID=25729695
Benedetto: Most Americans support going to war against Iraq if it is found to have
weapons of mass destruction, but first they want to give the United Nations every
chance to disarm the country peacefully, a USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll finds.
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20021126/4652321s.htm
Saudis face U.S. demand on terror...National Security Council seeks to curb financiers
(The Washington Post) http://msnbc.com/news/840000.asp?0cv=CA01
Terrorism link weighs on U.S.-Saudi relationship...Saudi Arabia has been dogged for
years by charges that portions of its vast oil wealth have been diverted to Islamic
terrorist groups such as al Qaeda. (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/world/20021126-77905969.htm
Klein adviser calls Bush 'idiot'...Media firm's VP apologizes for 'editing error' in
memo on Ducros (Edmonton Journal)
http://canada.com/national/story.asp?id=%7BAFC42C56-BB5F-457B-AEAF-5D58F21AB39C%7D
Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson said yesterday the news media and political
leaders have failed to educate Americans about violence in the Koran and in Islamic
history and wishes President Bush had never said that "Islam is a religion of peace."
(The Washington Times) http://www.washtimes.com/national/20021126-14786718.htm
Sperling: Democrats battling themselves...The party's inner struggle is a problem for
its big 2004 struggle http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/1126/p11s02-cogs.html
Milbank's White House Notebook...Is Judge's Past Prologue in Cheney Case?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38773-2002Nov25.html
Incoming Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott assured Louisiana voters Monday they won't
lose much influence in the Senate if challenger Suzanne Terrell beats U.S. Sen. Mary
Landrieu on Dec. 7. (The Advocate)
http://www.theadvocate.com/stories/112602/new_lott001.shtml
In case you were worried about it...The Agriculture Department's Plum Island Animal
Disease Center, among others, will join the department [Homeland Security Department]
June 1.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38978-2002Nov25.html?referer=email
Ridge Faces Daunting Task in Homeland Office...Analysts Question Nominee's Record So
Far and Whether He Can Win Bureaucratic Battles
http://msnbc.com/news/839840.asp?0cv=CB10
Congress is not fully prepared for a terrorism attack on its buildings and must act
urgently to ensure that emergency systems will work, a congressional report says. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=512&ncid=703&e=4&u=/ap/20021126/ap_on_go_co/congress_terrorism
Florida Gov. Bush extends mistaken congratulations to loser in Vermont (AP)
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/city/a26wronggov.htm
Forget Rummy - for many New York gals, it's all about White House press secretary Ari
Fleischer. The self-deprecating native New Yorker, 41, just got married to 26-year-old
Becky Davis - considered the luckiest woman in D.C. (NY Post)
http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/62879.htm
Rush & Molloy: Hollywood still belongs to Bill Clinton...Billy Crystal recalls how,
when he and Robert De Niro were shooting their mob comedy "Analyze That" in Harlem
earlier this year, the former President stopped by the set and offered to help Crystal
rehearse his lines http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/38641p-36448c.html
Mayor John Street was elected in 1999 by the slimmest of margins, beating his
Republican rival by fewer than 10,000 votes in a city dominated by Democrats. (AP)
http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PHILLY_MAYOR?SITE=DCTMS&SECTION=HOME
President Bush signed legislation Tuesday that will "get our economy back on its feet"
should another terror attack saddle the insurance industry with catastrophic costs.
(AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=544&ncid=693&e=1&u=/ap/20021126/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_terror_insurance
President Bush plans to create a new government agency to dole out billions of dollars
in foreign aid, forcing the world's poorest countries to compete against one another
if they want a share, administration officials said on Monday. (AP)
Kurtz: Exhuming John Kerry's Past
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40577-2002Nov26.html
The Longest Race...Louisiana's Mary Landrieu Didn't Lose on Election Day. But She
Hasn't Won Yet. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38790-2002Nov25.html
How the White House helped Bob Woodward (Washington Whispers)
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/021202/whispers/2whisplead.htm
Post Ombudsman...Bush (and Woodward) at War
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28351-2002Nov22.html
Opinion/Editorial
O'Rourke: Gore campaign would be a disaster to be proud of
http://www.suntimes.com/output/orourke/cst-edt-rour26.html
Toth: United We Stand...How to be friends with an antiwar nut.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110002678
Shafer: The New York Times' Augusta Blog...Stop me if you've read this story before.
http://slate.msn.com/default.aspx?id=2074599
Mondo Washington - by James Ridgeway
Bush Fronts Scalia for Chief Justice; the Pentagon's New Spy Technology
http://villagevoice.com/alertrd.php3?article=40208
Baghdad's next move....A look at how Saddam might try to weasel out of the U.N.
resolution. By William Saletan.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/837199.asp
Argus Hamilton's political zingers!
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1102/hamilton.html
Baghdad's next move...A look at how Saddam might try to weasel out of the U.N.
resolution. By William Saletan.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/837199.asp
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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