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This is clearly another one of those "must watch" Hardball nights...Powell gave his
presentation to the UN Security Council this morning laying out the case against
Saddam...Did he convince you? Was it an Adlai Stevenson "j'accuse!" moment?
Using secretly recorded conversations and spy photos, Secretary of State Colin Powell
on Wednesday laid out the "deeply troubling" and "irrefutable" case to the U.N.
Security Council that Iraq has made no effort to disarm as demanded by the
international community. (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.com/news/842500.asp
Powell verbate http://msnbc.com/news/869007.asp?0cv=CA01
Regardless of your take on Powell's presentation, it appears all over but the
shouting...We'll get a read on Washington sentiment "election night" style with
Senators John Warner and Dianne Feinstein...Fmr. House Majority Leader Dick Armey and
Bill Arkin will be here as will fmr. UN weapons inspector David Kaye who's been
stationed up there all day...The Buzz is still up in the air but the early read is
we'll have one of the Godfathers of the Neocon dump Saddam movement and souffle chef
Richard Perle...(he usually does lemon but his guests prefer chocolate he once
informed me)...Molinari on deck as well..It's crazy around here today folks, stick
with us...
Perle Backgrounder: France is no longer an ally of the United States and the NATO
alliance "must develop a strategy to contain our erstwhile ally or we will not be
talking about a NATO alliance" the head of the Pentagon's top advisory board said in
Washington yesterday. (UPI) http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030204-031831-1626r
As is typical on the "election night" style specials, guest are subject to change but
the quality and intensity with which we present our guests and topics will not...
Pls join us....Dominic Bellone put this together for you...
Secretary of State Colin Powell on Wednesday played tapes and showed satellite
pictures that he said proved the Iraqi military had conspired to conceal banned
weapons from U.N. weapons inspectors (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=AU11K43VNFWT0CRBAEZSFFA?type=topNews&storyID=2175214
Powell Accuses Iraq of Undermining Inspectors...Secretary of State Colin Powell on
Wednesday played for the U.N. Security Council an audiotape in which one Iraqi officer
tells another to make sure that no modified vehicles are present if U.N. arms
inspectors visit.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=540&ncid=716&e=1&u=/ap/20030205/ap_on_re_mi_ea/us_iraq
Michael Moran: 'First hand' data, but who's hand?...Powell makes the case, but will
world see evidence or misinformation? http://msnbc.com/news/868989.asp
Howard: Powell faces his defining moment...U.N. speech on Iraq is his political point
of no return http://www.msnbc.com/news/868780.asp?0cv=CA00
More than 110,000 National Guard and reserve forces are now serving around the nation
and overseas as the United States continues its buildup for a possible war with Iraq.
(AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=542&ncid=703&e=4&u=/ap/20030205/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/reserves_activated
U.S. promises to hold talks with N. Korea...Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage
yesterday promised that the United States would hold direct talks with North Korea.
(The Washington Times) http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20030205-147680.htm
Bush Support for 2004 Dips Below 50%...Results suggest a close partisan balance is
reemerging. Lieberman and Kerry emerge as early Democratic leaders in the race. (LA
Times)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/whitehouse/la-na-reelect5feb05001443,0,6824926.story
Poll Analysis: Bush Is Not The Stealth Candidate He Was Right After 9/11...Sens. Joe
Lieberman and John Kerry are leading the pack of Democratic contenders for president.
(LA Times)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/timespoll/la-na-reelect5feb05-481pa2an.story
Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts has lengthened his lead in New Hampshire and pulled
even with Rep. Dick Gephardt in Iowa, according to a new poll of voters in the two
states with the first presidential balloting next year. (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/news/0203/05dems.html
France's rejection of an early decision by the United Nations to take military action
against Iraq puts it in a minority in Europe, a White House spokesman said on
Wednesday (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=2174923
Former South African President Nelson Mandela said Wednesday U.S. Secretary of State
Colin Powell's presentation to the United Nations undermined the U.N.'s own efforts to
determine whether Iraq was concealing weapons of mass destruction. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030205/ap_wo_en_po/af_gen_south_africa_mandela_us_1
To pay for some of his proposed tax cuts, President Bush wants to raise more than $2
billion by charging new or larger fees on everything from stockyard, kennel and
poultry plant inspections to military veterans' health care and Medicare claims
processing (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=544&ncid=693&e=2&u=/ap/20030205/ap_on_go_pr_wh/budget_user_fees
Democrat pork gets the chop...Senate Republicans have slashed millions of dollars
worth of pet projects that Democrats had earmarked for their home states. (The Hill
News) http://hillnews.com/news/020503/pork.aspx
The March issue of The Atlantic Monthly features a lengthy piece on Bill Clinton, in
which the former president offers his take on U.S. Sen. John Edwards' presidential
candidacy. Here's an excerpt on what Clinton has to say about Edwards on television,
including an appearance on "Meet the Press," which drew criticism from political
pundits...(Eye on Edwards) http://www.newsobserver.com/edwards/
A war with Iraq could help lead the U.S. economy out of the doldrums - if everything
goes quickly and smoothly and casualties are low. (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2003-02-04-wareconomy_x.htm
Senate OKs resolution opposing war in Iraq (Maine Press Herald)
http://www.pressherald.com/news/statehouse/030205resolution.shtml
Kurtz: The Clinton Chronicles, Continued
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28398-2003Feb5.html
The Day Adlai Stevenson Showed 'Em at the U.N....Will Powell Be as Persuasive Today?
(The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26586-2003Feb4.html?referer=email
British theater-goers are flocking to a new farce that mocks President Bush as a
pajama-wearing buffoon cuddling a teddy bear while his crazed military chiefs order
nuclear strikes on Iraq. (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=638&ncid=579&e=2&u=/nm/20030205/en_nm/iraq_britain_play_dc
Rush & Molloy: Richard Gere stunned fellow liberals Monday by suggesting that
President Bush is doing a better job of fighting AIDS than President Bill Clinton did.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/57376p-53747c.html
Opinion/Editorial
Illana: Much ado about conservatives and pop culture
http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=30878
Shapiro: Deficit schmeficit: Not a Bush priority
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20030205/4838768s.htm
Kaplan: The Goods on Saddam...The problem with showing our Iraq evidence at the U.N.
http://slate.msn.com/id/2077961/
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