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You've seen her around a lot lately but you haven't seen her done Matthews style...Ann
Coulter is in the House tonight...She'll of course be discussing her new book Treason
for the first couple of blocks http://www.msnbc.com/news/931594.asp
She'll explain why and how treacherous liberals have undermined this country...
In the C or third block of the show Mortman will do his Decision 2004 political update
minute...Fineman will join in for a quick commentary as well...Some of things out
there of interest: Dean raises $6 million and confounds his enemies and makes a
serious bid for frontrunner status...Bush is scooping up a lot of cash these days as
well...He's on target to raise like $30 million just in the last two weeks...I
actually saw Air Force One taking off from San Francisco International on Friday as
POTUS left from a fundraiser in Burlingame, CA...Why all the sudden buck raising?
Midnight tonight is the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) deadline for fundraising
for the 2nd quarter of this year...Numbers are due on the 15th and all the
presidential candidates will want to have a strong showing...In politics as you know,
money is power...
In our D block debate: Should Utah school teachers be allowed to carry conceald guns?
Would you like your kids in that classroom? Are you a teacher yourself? Maybe you've
wanted a gun in there sometime? We'll debate it...
And in the Buzz we'll look at the latest in California and the Davis recall
effort...Luntz did a focus group of voters out there on why or why not they should
recall their Governor...And then "da Mayor" of San Francisco Willie Brown and B-1 Bob
Dornan will do reax and have some fun with the topic....
It's gonna be hot...
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from Washington, DC
Fun MSNBC links...News you can use...
Sam's at it again...First it was missed opportunities now it's....."Sleeping with
strangers"...Hospitality clubs allow travelers to score free lodgings across the globe
http://msnbc.com/news/931294.asp?0dm=C11VR
Mortman: Laughing it up...Mirth and Franken cents: When comedy causes collide
http://msnbc.com/news/931925.asp?0dm=R13PO
Calif. Near Financial Disaster...Hours Remain to Solve $38 Billion Shortfall (The
Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48925-2003Jun29.html?nav=hptop_tb
Looking to advance his re-election bid on two fronts, President Bush on Monday sought
seniors' votes by promoting his role in Medicare prescription drug legislation and
wrapped up the fund-raising swing of his campaign's initial $30 million
cash-collection drive. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&ncid=703&e=2&u=/ap/20030630/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush
Democrat Howard Dean's presidential campaign said Sunday it has taken in $6 million in
the past three months, fund raising the former Vermont governor attributed to support
from people not previously involved in politics.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030630/ap_on_el_pr/dean_fund_raising_4
The Senate majority leader said Sunday he supported a proposed constitutional
amendment to ban homosexual marriage in the United States. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030630/ap_on_go_co/frist_gay_marriage_5
"Countdown," Keith Olbermann's new weeknight news show with "attitude" on MSNBC, could
offer a glimpse of the future of TV news, writes Phil Rosenthal.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/rosenthal/cst-ftr-phil26.html
When the 2000 presidential election melted down in Florida, Democrats were admittedly
exhausted, caught off guard and outmaneuvered by Republicans. Now, Democrats are
applying the lessons they learned 3,000 miles away to the potential recall of Gov.
Gray Davis (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/06/30/MN284061.DTL
Dig the kid with the Davis pinata
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object.cgi?object=/chronicle/pictures/2003/06/30/mn_recall.jpg&paper=chronicle&file=MN284061.DTL&directory=/chronicle/archive/2003/06/30&type=news
Former Cleveland, Ohio mayor Dennis Kucinich, one of nine people seeking the
Democratic presidential nomination, promoted his peace platform Sunday in Connecticut
(AP)
http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/state/hc-30011922.apds.m0294.bc-ct--candjun30,0,897858.story?coll=hc-headlines-local-wire
The Bush administration is getting the same advice on Iraq from some Democratic and
Republican senators: Sign on anybody who wants to help police and rebuild the country,
including NATO allies who opposed the U.S.-led invasion. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20030630/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq&e=4&ncid=703
Ralph Nader, still blamed by many Democrats for draining critical votes from Al Gore
in the 2000 race for the presidency, says he is seriously considering running in 2004.
(USA Today) http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20030630/5284324s.htm
Opinion/Editorial
Joshua Green: Home Sick...The addictive allure of Home and Garden Television.
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2003/0307.green.html
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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