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Sorry folks about yesterday but the MSNBC server was down yesterday which is why I
didn't get a Briefing out...We're about to head into the studio to do some pre-pro
(pre-production) stuff so really have to make this short and sweet...
It's been freezing all across America so tonight Hardball will turn up the heat to
warm you up! Dornan, Bauer, Mezvinsky (yes, MMM is back!) and Fund duke it out for
the front half of the show on the latest poll numbers, specifically, what does Bush
have to say on Iraq to convince the American that the time for acting is now? Does he
need an Adlai Stevenson at the UN moment? (you old timers know what I'm talking about)
Plus, his handling of the economy numbers are dropping too...What will he say to
restore confidence?
We preview Tuesday's State of the Union Address
And my favorite little spat du jour...Howard Dean rips John Kerry over his criticism
of Bush "rushing to war"....Dean charges hypocrisy for Kerry trying to have it both
ways: Ripping Bush while voting for Iraq war resolution....I've got the sot and full
screen quote all cued up to go!
In the D block, we'll do crime and punishment: the latest on the Laci Peterson case
and the one with that woman who ran down her cheatin' hubby in Houston....Tacopina,
Crier & Abrams will join us to kick it...
In the E/F block we'll do Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman on those controversial Vegas promo
ads which the NFL is refusing to run during the Super Bowl...
Great show, set the VCR, do what you must but pls watch...
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from deep inside the Beltway...
The latest New York Times/CBS News poll finds discontent on President Bush's economic
policy and foreign issues.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=68&ncid=68&e=2&u=/nyt/20030124/ts_nyt/bush_s_backing__though_still_strong__shows_steady_decline
Sen. John F. Kerry came under fire yesterday from one of his Democratic presidential
rivals, Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, who scolded the senator for trying to have it both
ways on Iraq. (The Boston Herald)
http://www2.bostonherald.com/news/national/kerr01242003.htm
Send in your funny caption! (Mortman brought this to my attention)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030122/168/33if8.html
Talk show host Jerry Springer has a secret of his own to share: He's considering
running for the U.S. Senate next year. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=496&ncid=703&e=4&u=/ap/20030124/ap_on_en_tv/people_jerry_springer
Secretary of State Colin Powell's offer of a fresh U.N. debate on using force against
Iraq has not stilled European resistance to an attack. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=542&ncid=703&e=5&u=/ap/20030124/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_iraq
Neighbors urge Iraq to cooperate...Iraq's neighbors urged Saddam Hussein on Thursday
to cooperate fully with U.N. arms inspectors, but they didn't ask the Iraqi president
to step down.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/862181.asp
$390 billion spending bill approved...The Senate approved a $390 billion measure
Thursday financing most federal agencies, blessing the long-delayed last chunk of this
year's budget stalled last fall in a standoff with President Bush.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/863620.asp
Time offers retraction of story...The article "Look Away, Dixieland" [Jan. 27] stated
that President George W. Bush "quietly reinstated" a tradition of having the White
House deliver a floral wreath to the Confederate Memorial at Arlington National
Cemetery - a practice "that his father had halted in 1990." The story is wrong.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,410965,00.html
Changing of the times...American Jews, so prominent in anti-Vietnam war activities,
have been almost silent on the issue of Iraq. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washtimes.com/culture/20030124-32874728.htm
Flirting with disaster...Brash and controversial, former US representative Cynthia
McKinney could lead the Green Party to prominence in 2004 - or right over a cliff (The
Boston Phoenix)
http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/talking_politics/documents/02664242.htm
Former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter, a harsh critic of the Bush
administration's push toward war with Iraq, suggested that recent news reports of his
arrest in an Internet sex sting last year were part of an attempt to silence him. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030123/ap_wo_en_po/na_gen_us_weapons_inspector_charges_1
Eye on Edwards: U.S. Sen. John Edwards on Thursday told a gathering of Democratic
mayors that President Bush "is not focused on the people you represent." (Raleigh News
& Oberserver) http://www.newsobserver.com/edwards/latest_all/
Jeannette Walls: Redford fears Bush censorship...Plus: Under Angelina Jolie's skin;
Matt Drudge's secrets http://www.msnbc.com/news/863002.asp?0cv=CB20
Opinion/Editorial
Joshua Green: Reagan's Liberal Legacy...What the new literature on the Gipper won't
tell you. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2001/0301.green.html
Pious political pair...By any objective standards, Sens. Joe Lieberman and John McCain
are among the very best of our national politicians, but they're also very annoying.
By Michael Kinsley.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/863447.asp
The Wall Street Journal: Nos Amis the French...It isn't America that's showing
contempt for the U.N. http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110002960
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
Mallard http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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