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Housekeeping right up front: Chris is on vacation this week so we've got Barnicle in
the chair with a twist...B-1 Bob Dornan will be co-hosting, serving as an "anchor
buddy" as we call them in the Biz...A color commentator if you will...It may get a
little crazy but you've come to expect that from our show...Barnicle will be out of
Boston and Dornan's here in DC...No surprise we're going big on Arnold and the Recall
tonight...We're throwing together a fun cast of characters including San Fran mayor
Willie Brown, Congressman David Dreier, GOP Strategist Ed Rollins and others...A
couple of polls taken over the weekend show Arnold would steal the show if the vote
were held today...
In the back half of the show we've got a Luntz extravaganza....Call it "Whole Lotta
Luntz"...All apologies to Zeppelin...He's done some serious focus grouping among Iowa
Dems and we'll get their read on the primary, the importance of their First in the
Nation status and the current bumper crop of folks vying for that Presidential
nomination...Btw, Biden just released a statement this morning: He's officially out of
consideration...Not gonna do it...
Hardball: The only show that dares to ask the tough questions like: "What's this race
gonna smell like?"...Pls join us tonight at 7 pm, 11 pm & 2 am eastern...
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from Washington, DC
GI killed, 2 hurt in Iraq bomb attack...Violence ebbs in southern city of Basra,
coalition says (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.com/news/870749.asp?0cv=CB10
Running Man's in N.Y.C. today...Ah-nold brings his campaign to New York today when he
comes to City College to visit an after-school program he helped found to help city
kids, many of them homeless, avoid drugs, gangs and violence. (NY Daily News)
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/story/108183p-97772c.html
Only in California....As Schwarzenegger tries out for governor, America's largest
state is hosting a helluva show. But politics isn't just a circus. Behind the
recall-and what's at stake. (Newsweek) http://www.msnbc.com/news/950553.asp?0cv=KA01
A key California Democrat yesterday all but conceded the gubernatorial race to Arnold
Schwarzenegger, while the state's senior U.S. senator focused on saving the party
rather than Gov. Gray Davis. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20030811-123909-5137r.htm
A Gallup survey released last night found 64 percent of voters favoring the recall. A
Time magazine/CNN poll taken Friday , showed 54 percent in favor of ousting the
governor, with 35 percent willing to keep him in office. Even among Democrats, only a
scant 51 percent majority backed Davis. (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/08/11/MN296167DTL
All That's Missing Is the Popcorn...Come one, come all, to the greatest political show
of the fall as Arnold Schwarzenegger vies for a chance to run California. Inside his
stunning decision-and why it would be a mistake to write off his chances. (Time)
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101030818-474507,00.html
Gov. Gray Davis called the effort to recall him an insult to those who voted for him
last year, and Bill Simon, one of the Republicans challenging him, cited his vision
for the future Monday and promised to be "the candidate of ideas." (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=511&e=3&u=/ap/20030811/ap_on_el_gu/davis_recall
Arnold's Finances: The movie star earned $26.1 million in 2001 and paid $7.4 million
in state and federal taxes, and, the year before, he made $31.1 million and paid $10.8
million in taxes. (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/6506298.htm
Scores file for Calif. recall...With California Gov. Gray Davis fighting for his job,
at least 150 potential replacement candidates will angle for attention as party
leaders search for strategies in an election with no historical precedent.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/945950.asp
Jesse Has Advice for Arnie...Be yourself. Be Arnold. Scripts are for actors (Time)
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101030818-474508,00.html
"As governor, Mr. Schwarzenegger would be a darker villain than any he has faced in
his movies," said the Rev. Lou Sheldon of the Traditional Values Coalition, who has
formed a group called Californians for Moral Government to stop the actor's march on
Sacramento. (NY Daily News)
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/story/108184p-97773c.html
In a season of excess, it had to happen - a command performance every day this week
for Democratic presidential candidates. (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/2003-08-10-forum-frenzy_x.htm
Democrats Unlikely to Retake Majority in House...Strong GOP fundraising, lack of
anti-incumbent anger are tough to surmount. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42074-2003Aug10.html
Sen. Joe Lieberman called George W. Bush "the worst president for the environment in
America's history." (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=703&e=4&u=/ap/20030811/ap_on_el_pr/democrats_lieberman
President Bush is trying to rally support for his environmental policies and pump up
his campaign funds, interrupting his monthlong vacation for a quick two-state trip.
(AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&ncid=703&e=3&u=/ap/20030811/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush
WashPost: Depiction of Iraq threat outgrew evidence...New information indicates a
pattern in which the White House made allegations depicting Iraq's nuclear weapons
program as more active, more certain and more imminent in its threat than the data
they had would support
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/950466.asp
Bremer: Terror group back in Iraq...The U.S. administrator in Iraq, L. Paul Bremer,
was quoted Sunday as saying that hundreds of Islamic militants who fled the country
during the U.S.-led war had returned and were planning to conduct 'large-scale
terrorist attacks.'
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/870749.asp
Huffington Is 'Running to Win'...Arianna Huffington, who is running for Calif.
governor in the Oct. 7 recall election and is a favorite of political progressives,
has no intention has no intention of being eclipsed by actor Arnold Schwarzenegger's
mega-celebrity. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41907-2003Aug10.html
Arianna Huffington, the socialite turned populist, was among more than 150 hopefuls
who filed papers to run for governor of California, despite pleas by her two daughters
not to. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20030810-114941-5270r.htm
Opinion/Editorial
Katrina's advice to parents on how to discuss the Bush administration with their
children http://www.thenation.com/edcut/index.mhtml?bid=7&pid=862
Barnicle: Time for Sharpton to get serious
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/col/mbarnicle/
Reese: I can't recall ever having written a commentary on California politics. That's
because, from afar, politics in California seem to be as complex, byzantine and
sometimes downright weird as those in the Middle East.
http://reese.king-online.com/Reese_20030811/index.php
Landfield: Hammond Egger for Governor of California!
http://www.practicalpolitics.net/landfield/8_7_03.html
Mission: Keeping the peace...Nigeria will probably succeed in its effort to bring a
short-term solution to the crisis in Liberia. The bigger problem is whether Nigeria
will be able to stabilize itself. By Chris Suellentrop.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/950058.asp
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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