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A number of production elements are still up in there air at Hardball HQ this Monday
afternoon but here's the layout thus far....We've got the sweeping commutation that
Ilinois governor George Ryan granted to 167 death row inmates which is generating heat
on both sides of the issue...More than likely, this will lead the show...Famed
anti-death penalty crusader Barry Scheck and fmr. prosecutor Wendy Murphy will join
us...
Over the weekend The Washington Post reported a senior Bush administration official
blamed the Clinton administration for the trouble with North Korea...Is that accurate
or fair? We'll debate it in D...
In the Buzz we'll get into the shape of the Dem '04 field...Lieberman jumped in the
fray today at his Stamford, CT high school (The Briefing spotted The Post's Dan Balz
which clearly adds a marked level of gravitas to the presser), Sharpton did the
standard MTP (Meet the Press) presidential job interview yesterday and Graham made
this rather cryptic statement on Saturday...
"I am not running for president...I am going to to be the president of the United
States." Senator Bob Graham (D-FL) (Palm Beach Post)
http://www.gopbi.com/partners/pbpost/epaper/editions/sunday/news_e302ae8ba68d32c900e5.html
PS Brother Novak drops this little morsel in the mix today which I highly recommend:
"GOP senators on the warpath"
http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak13.html
Lieberman enters White House race...'Rise above partisan politics,' Senator urges
audience at alma mater
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/856649.asp
Balz: With Gore Out, Lieberman Announces Bid...Former VP Candidate Is Latest to Join
Presidential Race http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48545-2003Jan13.html
Kerry sets tone for campaign...''When I'm president of the United States, we're going
to have early childhood education,'' he said Friday night to a hearty round of
applause (The Boston Globe)
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/013/nation/Kerry_sets_tone_for_campaign+.shtml
Gephardt on Bush: "He is a nice man ... but he is uninformed, he is inexperienced and
he has no curiosity...He is not up to this job, and he needs to be replaced." (St.
Louis Post-Dispatch)
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/news/AE11B3999B44F6C786256CAB00165468?OpenDocument&highlight=2%2CGephardt&headline=Gephardt+courts+Democrats+in+South+Carolina,+offers+harsh+criticism+of+Bush
While Rep. Dick Gephardt's entry into the race for the 2004 Democratic presidential
nomination makes him the instant front- runner for the Iowa cau- cuses in 2004,
political insiders agree an early favorite will not diminish activity in Iowa and may
even invite more (Des Moines Register)
http://www.dmregister.com/news/stories/c4789004/20211198.html
Sharpton Off and Running, Going 'Full Speed Ahead' (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47267-2003Jan12.html?referer=email
A Leap of Fate...A governor's controversial last hurrah clears out Illinois's crowded
death row (Newsweek) http://www.msnbc.com/news/858247.asp?0cv=KB10
They wept--again. For the many relatives of victims of some of Illinois' most brutal
murders, Sunday was the day to let the world know how they felt about Gov. Ryan's
decision to commute the sentences of 167 Death Row inmates. (Chicago Sun Times)
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-death13.html
Human rights activists around the world on Sunday applauded the move by the governor
of Illinois to spare death row prisoners from execution and urged President Bush to
follow his lead by abolishing the death penalty. (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.com/news/857602.asp
The Rev. Jesse Jackson said yesterday that Illinois Gov. George Ryan "did an awesome
thing" in commuting the sentences of 167 death-row inmates. (NY Post)
http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/53154.htm
Bush team blames Clinton for crisis...Says 1994 N. Korea agreement left `the difficult
things' for next leader (The Washington Post)
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/nation/1732955
GOP Tightens Hold In the House...House Republican leaders, through a series of rule
changes and key appointments, are tightening their hold on power as they prepare to
push for new spending cuts, bigger tax breaks and a more ambitious social agenda (The
Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.com/news/858429.asp
Frist: Eyes always on the next step...Quest to stay ahead of pack leads to primacy in
the Senate (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.com/news/858149.asp?0sl=-13
High Roller...Bush upped the ante with his bold tax plan. But the Democrats are also
feeling lucky. Does the president have a winning hand? (Newsweek)
http://www.msnbc.com/news/858239.asp?0cv=KB10
Paul O'Neill on the Bush tax cut: 'I would not have done it' (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
http://www.post-gazette.com/nation/20030112oneilltwonat2p2.asp
The White House's lead salesman to Congress for the president's economic plan played
down opposition from Senate Republicans, saying Sunday that the proposal is not fully
understood. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=512&ncid=703&e=3&u=/ap/20030112/ap_on_go_co/congress_taxes
U.S. envoy: Aid to N. Korea possible...North Korea might get energy aid from the
United States and other countries if it resolves concerns over the communist nation's
nuclear weapons development, the top U.S. envoy for Asia said Monday after meeting
South Korea's president-elect.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/850567.asp
N. Korea will negotiate...North Korea is ready to negotiate an end to the standoff
with the United States, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said yesterday. (The
Washington Times) http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20030113-5562378.htm
Troop-carrying airliner targeted?...Evidence exists of a plot to blow up an aircraft
carrying troops and cargo to the gulf region, the New York Times on Monday reported
U.S. defense sources as saying.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/852248.asp
Petty Officer 2nd Class Edgar Rodriguez and his wife, Kerri, know that deployment with
little warning is part of Navy life. But that didn't make saying goodbye any easier
when he joined fellow sailors aboard the USS Ashland. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=519&e=2&u=/ap/20030113/ap_on_re_us/troop_deployment
EPA Rules Trouble Pentagon...Environmental laws inhibit wartime- readiness training,
U.S. military says (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47531-2003Jan12.html
Race appeal will test Bush record with court...If President Bush decides not to
participate in the Supreme Court case over whether public universities should favor
racial or ethnic groups in their admissions, it would run counter to his
administration's record. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20030113-490601.htm
GOP tries to increase black support...Top Republicans including national party
Chairman Mark Racicot and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist today will host a meeting
with Armstrong Williams. (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20030113-45108772.htm
Case Is Stepping Down at AOL...Resignation, Effective in May, Comes Under Pressure
From Shareholders (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47321-2003Jan12.html
..Mr. Case, a 44-year-old Hawaii native, said he decided to quit because "some
shareholders continue to focus their disappointment with the company's post-merger
performance on me personally."
http://washingtontimes.com/business/20030113-22020146.htm
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Sunday he supports President Bush's
renomination to a federal appeals court of a Mississippi judge whom Democrats rejected
last year when they controlled the Senate. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=512&ncid=703&e=4&u=/ap/20030112/ap_on_go_co/pickering_nomination
Cloning issue again before Senate...An effort to ban human cloning got under way in
the new 108th Congress last week. (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20030113-588910.htm
Angry that Democrats killed his bill to prevent another Clinton-style pardon scandal,
Sen. Arlen Specter says he'll reintroduce it this year in hopes the new Republican-led
Congress can approve it. (NY Post) http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/53185.htm
Kurtz: Frist Enjoying His Honeymoon...If ever a political figure was depicted by the
press as able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, it is Bill Frist. Not since
John McCain was giving out doughnuts on his bus in New Hampshire has the press swooned
for a Republican like this.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48951-2003Jan13.html
Clinton as 'supervisor in chief'...Here's how involved ex-President Bill Clinton has
become in the construction of his presidential library and museum in downtown Little
Rock. (Washington Whispers)
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/whispers/whisphome.htm
Young Presidential Adviser Returns Home -- for Now (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47138-2003Jan12.html
Sneed: It was not a day like any other. It was Gov. Ryan's last day. And he spent it
watching football, smoking a Cuban cigar, drinking a Coke, and chuckling at the
"gifts'' he left behind for his successor, Gov.-elect Rod Blagojevich.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/sneed/cst-nws-sneed13.html
Opinion/Editorial
Stars and stripes...Amid a growing mound of Confederate flag cases, one unsettled
legal issue in courts across the country is this: Can public schools ban the wearing
of Dixie Outfitters and other Confederate T-shirts?
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/857290.asp
The Wall Street Journal: Daschle's Election Lesson...Do Democrats know why they lost
the Senate majority? http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110002901
Barnicle: Here's the bottom line: 100G ain't so rich
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/col/story/50707p-47559c.html
Landfield: The Bush Economic Plan: Robin Hood in Reverse
http://www.politicsvt.com/Landfield/1_13_03.htm
Peggy: That Seven-D's Show...Democrats learned their lesson in 1992. Will they learn a
new one in 2004? http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110002891
Conason: Welcome, G.O.P.! Now, Please Leave!
http://www2.observer.com/observer/pages/conason.asp
Hanson: 'Bomb Texas'...The psychological roots of anti-Americanism
http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110002900
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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