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Unless you've been living under a rock or are new to the Hardball family, you'll know
that Joe Biden is joining us tonight for the full hour at the University of Delaware
for another exciting edition of our College Tour...Late today, President Bush came out
against the affirmative action race based admissions policy at the University of
Michigan...Sure to spark controversy, we'll ask the students and Biden to weigh in...
President Bush, stepping into a major affirmative action case, asserted Wednesday that
a program of racial preferences for minority applicants at the University of Michigan
was "fundamentally flawed" and unconstitutional (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=544&e=1&u=/ap/20030115/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_affirmative_action
Plus, you know Rangel is pushing a draft bill for young people to be pressed into
military and/or public service...Last night Freshman senator Lindsey Graham announced
on Hardball that he would support Rangel....Our tv/web synergy "swat team" went into
action and produced the following piece this morning: Sen. Graham backs Rep. Rangel's
draft re-instatement proposal..."I am for the idea of compulsory service to make this
more real to people," Graham said http://www.msnbc.com/news/859635.asp
Btw, I mentioned the quote from Lindsey yesterday about 2 am calls and being "up to no
good"?? (see yesterday's Briefing)...Well he told me off air last night that now it's
at 10 pm that you're up to no good if you're making calls...Who says the American
culture is slouching towards Gommorah??
Plus, war with Iraq, the crisis in North Korea, the Dem presidential field for '04 and
a few other surprises...Must watch TV for sure...
Sorry I'm late tonight...I've had a busy day...Dominic Bellone, your Briefing
editor...out...
For those tracking the Novak Column fallout: Senators say Bush should confide...Sen.
John W. Warner said yesterday that he expressed concern about a lack of full White
House consultation with Congress on Iraq and North Korea as a means of "instruction
only." http://washingtontimes.com/national/20030115-799937.htm
Lloyd Grove: Our eagle-eyed Post colleague Mary Remuzzi was intrigued when she spotted
freshly minted Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman shopping around 9 p.m. Monday at the Harris
Teeter supermarket in Arlington.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57543-2003Jan15.html
Racial Politics Emerging as Major Issue for Bush...President's Actions Don't Match
Words When It Comes to Inclusion Efforts (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55743-2003Jan14.html
On racial outreach, Republicans are struggling for a delicate balance as they try to
put Trent Lott behind them and focus on the 2004 elections. The party is seeking to
mollify blacks within its ranks and recruit more minorities at the same time President
Bush is ready to oppose affirmative action in a key court case. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=544&ncid=693&e=3&u=/ap/20030115/ap_on_go_pr_wh/affirmative_reaction
Senate Democrats hang on to gavels...Top Senate Republicans yesterday said Democrats
are attempting an orchestrated "coup" to keep control of the Senate and ignore the
results of November's elections. (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20030115-865198.htm
Democratic presidential hopefuls are reaching out early to the party faithful, by
phone, mail and the Internet, in an effort to gather the tens of millions of dollars
they will need to stay in the long race. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=694&ncid=703&e=5&u=/ap/20030115/ap_on_el_pr/presidential_fund_raising
U.N. experts visit Saddam's palace...U.N. weapons inspectors searched a presidential
palace in the heart of the Iraqi capital Wednesday, making their second visit to a
residence of President Saddam Hussein since inspections resumed last year.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/842500.asp
Mugabe Watch: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe sought yesterday to end talk that he
was considering early retirement, telling a skeptical nation that it would be
"foolhardy" for him to step down just months after a fiercely contested election. (The
Washington Times) http://washingtontimes.com/world/20030115-77709348.htm
Amid crisis, Koreas agree to talks...South and North Korea agreed Wednesday to hold
Cabinet-level talks in Seoul next week as tension mounted over Pyongyang's nuclear
weapons development, South Korean officials said.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/850567.asp
Strikes in S. Iraq 'no-fly' zone grow...Air attacks' growing precision, scope may aid
invasion (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.com/news/859330.asp?0cv=NA01
MSNBC Reports: The Next War...American troops now challenged as never before
http://www.msnbc.com/news/858848.asp
Democrats lack unity on tax-cut alternative...Senate Democrats are united in opposing
President Bush's tax-cut package, but they haven't unified behind a plan of their own.
(The Washington Times) http://washingtontimes.com/national/20030115-905481.htm
Democratic candidates called short on stature...The emerging Democratic presidential
field for 2004 is short on stature in the party's effort to unseat President Bush, say
some campaign strategists and pundits. (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20030115-93708456.htm
Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Sen. John Edwards was unable Tuesday to land
the Iowa Democratic Party's executive director as his Iowa caucus campaign director.
(Des Moines Register) http://desmoinesregister.com/news/stories/c4789004/20229897.html
Miami-Dade County Mayor Alex Penelas said Tuesday night that he is strongly
considering running for the U.S. Senate in 2004 if Sen. Bob Graham decides, as is
expected, to run for president rather than reelection. (Miami Herald)
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/4948780.htm
John D. Negroponte, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, knows a thing or two
about regime change. As a young Foreign Service officer during the Vietnam War and
later as ambassador to Honduras, he was at the center of troubled American efforts to
overthrow communist governments in North Vietnam and Nicaragua. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51490-2003Jan13.html
Ouch!!: "You hear the name Dick Gephardt," says a top aide to another likely
candidate, "and you can't help but think of Members Only jackets, Atari, and Frogger."
(Washington Whispers) http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/whispers/whisphome.htm
Jeannette Wall: Boos for Bush silenced at AMA?
http://www.msnbc.com/news/859301.asp?0cv=CB20
Sneed hears Moseley-Braun, who has been telling top Dems privately that she is eyeing
a bid to recapture her old Senate seat, has been talking to others about a
presidential possibility. http://www.suntimes.com/output/sneed/cst-nws-sneed15.html
Capital Comment -- Daily news notes, political rumors, and important events that shape
politics and public policy in Washington and the world from United Press
International. http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030114-052710-2175r
Opinion/editorial
Pat: Declaring the imposition of the death penalty to be "arbitrary, capricious ...
and immoral," Illinois' exiting, scandal-plagued Gov. George Ryan commuted the death
sentence of every rapist-murderer and child-killer in the state.
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/pb20030115.shtml
The options handcuff...Even if Bush's plan to eliminate the tax on dividends passes,
don't expect cash-rich companies like Microsoft and Dell to start paying dividends.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/857211.asp
Prager: Why the Arab world hates America
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/dennisprager/dp20030115.shtml
The Wall Street Journal: Marx Without the Realism...The intellectual roots of
America-bashing. http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110002911
The Wall Street Journal: Bush's Labor Buddy...The president takes a powder on union
democracy. http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110002912
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