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Hardball airs exclusively on MSNBC at 7, 11 & 2 am est and 4, 8, & 11 pm pst We'll lead the show with none other than Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Lieberman with his reaction to last night's debate, the state of the Dem primary, his spat with Howard Dean over the U.S. foreign policy towards Israel and his big speech today... On the eve of the second anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Lieberman delivered a blistering critique of President Bush's handling of the war on terror and said an international administrator should take control of Iraq within 60 days. (AP) http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=703&e=3&u=/ap/20030910/ap_on_el_pr/lieberman_bush RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie will respond in the B block... On the eve of the two year 9/11 anniversary, we'll examine the decision by a federal judge yesterday to allow a lawsuit against the airline industry to proceed...The lawsuit was brough by 9/11 families who claim the airlines could have prevented the tragedy.. A federal judge in New York City said Tuesday that the airline industry could have guarded against the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and he ruled that lawsuits brought by 70 families of victims can proceed. (USA TODAY) http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usatoday/20030910/ts_usatoday/11829561 In the Buzz we'll talk to San Francisco mayor Willie Brown about the Recall and Bustamante's new strategy to distance himself from Gray... Faced with a rising unfavorable rating driven in part by his reliance on Indian casino contributions, Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante's campaign said Tuesday it was abandoning the "no on recall" part of its platform. (AP) http://www.oaklandtribune.com/Stories/0,1413,82~1865~1622296,00.html# "The governor is focused on the first question, and I have to be focused on the second," he said (SF Chronicle) http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/09/09/MN219178.DTL This just in...Mortman (or as we now call him, "dad") has a new column and a new kid: http://msnbc.com/news/960838.asp Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from Washington, DC Democrats clash in 2nd fall debate...In Baltimore, Democratic presidential contenders criticized President Bush's handling of the war on terrorism Tuesday in a campaign debate two days before the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/964178.asp Former Vermont governor Howard Dean and Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (Conn.) clashed sharply here tonight over the Middle East in a lively Democratic debate, with Lieberman charging that Dean would recklessly reverse half a century of U.S. policy and Dean accusing his rival of demagoguery. (The Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51099-2003Sep9.html Democrats assail Bush to gain the black vote...Amid questions on race, the 9 candidates attack Iraq policy, each other (The Baltimore Sun) http://www.sunspot.net/news/nationworld/bal-te.analysis10sep10,0,3893376.story?coll=bal-home-headlines Bush to deliver 9/11 progress report...Ahead of the Sept. 11 anniversary, President Bush on Wednesday embarks on two days of events in which he will claim progress bolstering America against future attacks. http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/964322.asp Curry: Post-war politics come bubbling up Senators see the local costs in U.S. occupation of Iraq http://www.msnbc.com/news/964073.asp Riddles remain about 9/11 attacks...FBI disputes findings of congressional inquiry (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.com/news/964101.asp?0dm=O15JN Santa Cruz Considers Impeaching Bush..Council Would Be First To Ask Congress...The Santa Cruz City Council is considering becoming the first local government in the country to ask Congress to look into impeaching President Bush. (Oakland 11) http://www.nbc11.com/politics/2467827/detail.html Opinion/Editorial Terry's latest: May Norton's Nightmare Come True...Eleanor Holmes Norton, Democratic delegate for the District of Columbia, went to the floor of the House last week, huffing and puffing that if Congress allows school choice in the Nation's Capital it will blow the doors off public schools nationwide. http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=1763 Margolis: The truth about 9/11: http://www.eric-margolis.com/archives/000008.php Miscalculating Sept. 11's aftermath...On 9/1, President Bush was handed a historic opportunity to unite the world against a common enemy. He rejected it. By Fred Kaplan. http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/963859.asp Ilana: Bush is a neoconservative http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=34517 Olbermann: Reflections on 9/11...MSNBC's Keith Olbermann covered the attacks and the aftermath for 40 consecutive days from the streets of New York City on 9/11. Of all of the images and grief and fears of those days, the efforts of New Yorkers to find, remember and honor the fallen remain http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/963810.asp Saunders: Arnold live http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/09/10/ED143243.DTL Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/ Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp ========================================= This email is never sent unsolicited. You have received The Hardball Briefing Newsletter because you subscribed to it or, someone forwarded it to you. 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