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Two big stories we're tracking on our special Hardball Doppler radar: President Bush's
speech at the United Nations and the judgement from California's 9th Circuit that the
Recall will proceed on October 7th...Another editorial subtext is the USA Today/Gallup
poll released this week showing the President vulnerable in head to head '04 matchups
as well as Iraq...Wesley Clark, who just announced last week even has a slight edge
over POTUS, 49%-46%...
You can bet we'll be doing some major league slicin' and dicin' with Senator Joe Biden
(D-DE) and Peggy...We'll also do a hit at the top with Andrea Mitchell to fill you in
on the major highlights of the speech...
In the D block debate we'll dive into the Recall with a Dreier/Torres matchup...Folks,
don't even get me started on how "en fuego" that's gonna be!
In the Buzz we'll talk to Howard and Rollins about the polls, the speech, the Recall
and all that jazz...
Yo, did you see Buchanan & Press' Tammy Haddad on K St. the other night? She's been
getting a lot Buzz over it...No word yet from the William Morris agency yet..
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from Washington, DC...
Mortman: Those crazy Democrats...This word just keeps popping up along the campaign
trail http://www.msnbc.com/news/964353.asp
'Iraq needs ... our aid,' Bush says President offers U.N. limited role in rebuilding,
but won't yield on power transfer (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.com/news/965704.asp?0cv=CA01
Bush Addresses U.N. General Assembly...Transcript:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51755-2003Sep23.html
Secretary of State Colin Powell called the United States a Judeo-Christian country on
Monday but quickly amended that to "a country of many faiths." (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3489689
Milbank Analysis: At U.N., Bush is playing defense...President's term has so far been
marked by policy offensives http://www.msnbc.com/news/970466.asp?0dm=N22BN
The unsettled state of the presidential race is the key finding of a USA
TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll that shows retired general Wesley Clark and Massachusetts Sen.
John Kerry narrowly ahead of President Bush among registered voters.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2003-09-22-bush-poll_x.htm
Court Weighs Calif. Punch-Card Issue...Judges on a federal appeals court pressed
lawyers Monday to explain whether the punch-card ballots still in use in six urban
counties are so error-prone that they should postpone the Oct. 7 California recall
election. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47472-2003Sep22.html
The GOP congressman whose money put the recall on the ballot urged Republicans Monday
to keep Democratic Gov. Gray Davis in office if neither Arnold Schwarzenegger nor Tom
McClintock pulls out of the race by election day. (SF Chronicle)
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/09/23/ISSA.TMP
Judges skeptical of delay in recall...A federal appeals court panel will decide
Tuesday whether to reinstate the Oct. 7 date for California's recall election, a court
official said Monday evening.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/945950.asp
She has two Web sites urging her to run for president, a husband dropping hints and a
media buzz that won't quit. But Hillary Rodham Clinton is still saying what she said a
year ago: She's going to be a senator from New York at least until January 2007, when
her term expires. (USA Today) http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20030923/5523896s.htm
Democrats haven't been drawn to retired general Wesley Clark because of his detailed
policy positions. He doesn't have any. On his signature issue, opposition to the war
with Iraq, he has contradicted himself in recent days on whether he would have voted
last fall to authorize it. (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/2003-09-22-clark_x.htm
The Bush administration faced pointed new criticism Monday of its expensive Iraq
reconstruction plans from a key Senate panel, but it was unclear whether opponents
will mount enough resistance to deny the White House the money it is asking for. (USA
Today) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2003-09-22-Iraq-rebuild-funds_x.htm
Howard's latest: A general's life...The general did what he always does - shot to the
top of his class. But his skin is thin, and the climb is steep. Howard Fineman reports
on what Wesley Clark's arrival does to the Democratic field.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/969659.asp
Curry: Democratic presidential front-runner Howard Dean and Massachusetts Sen. John
Kerry are squaring off in an increasingly bruising battle to win the Jan. 27 New
Hampshire primary, which would give one of them a big, perhaps decisive, boost toward
becoming the Democratic nominee. http://msnbc.com/news/969879.asp?0dm=N1ANN
Gulf War vets risk paralyzing disease...Veterans of the 1991 Gulf War may have an
unusually high risk of a deadly and incurable nerve disease called ALS, or Lou
Gehrig's disease, according to two U.S. studies.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/970122.asp
You gotta love this! Larry Klayman - well known around Washington for his relentless
pursuit of the Clintons during the 1990s and more recently for suing Vice President
Cheney - has decided he wants to join Hillary Rodham Clinton, one of his prime targets
over the years, in the U.S. Senate. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030922/ap_on_el_se/klayman_senate_2
Opinion/Editorial
Joshua Green: Force Multiplier...Wesley Clark is not Haig and not Eisenhower. And some
Democrats are hoping he won't be Cuomo
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2003/10/green.htm
Pat: Clinton-Clark in 2004?..Asked about political chatter that Hillary might enter
the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, ex-President Clinton volunteered,
"That's a decision for her to make."
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=34721
Noah: Republicans for Hillary, Part 1...Why does the GOP yearn for the former first
lady to run for president? http://slate.msn.com/id/2088758/
Mondo Washington - General Alarm...Conspiracy Theorists See Clark as Another Piece of
the Waco Puzzle
In the latest Mondo Washington, James Ridgeway unearths conspiracy theorists who view
Dem candidate Wesley Clark as a piece of the Waco puzzle.
http://villagevoice.com/alertrd.php3?article=47252
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