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Folks this is definitely one of those "there's so much news out there I don't know
were to begin" day...We've got the Arnold and the women bombshell in the LA
Times...We've got Arnold in the last hour apologizing for it...We've got Arnold in his
big campaign tour bus moving across the state...We've got Chris ON THE BUS! No joke...
Six women who came into contact with Arnold Schwarzenegger on movie sets, in studio
offices and in other settings over the last three decades say he touched them in a
sexual manner without their consent. (The Los Angeles Times)
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1001arnoldwomen-ON.html
Gubernatorial front-runner Arnold Schwarzenegger acknowledged that he has "behaved
badly" to women and offered an apology Thursday. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=511&e=1&u=/ap/20031002/ap_on_el_gu/davis_recall
And I haven't even started on Iraq yet! Big news there too...Weapons Inspector David
Kay is testifying before Congress on his WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) report
card...Still haven't found any yet...Plus, more calls and questions for a special
counsel to investigate The White House over the alleged leak...69% of Americans
according to The Washington Post favor one...Btw, a couple of sine qua non reads
today: Milbank's lead Wash Post piece and George Will's latest column (see editorial
section below)...Milbank gives Chris and the show a nice shout out!
MUST READ Milbank: Outside Probe of Leaks Is Favored...Poll Findings Come As White
House Softens Denials (The Washington Post) http://msnbc.com/news/974684.asp?0cv=CA01
John Kerry just said on MSNBC that the situation is almost positively "Nixonian"
I love that term "Nixonian"...Sometimes I myself have been accused of being Nixonian...
We'll lead with a CA Recall group and bring you the latest from the campaign trail...
We'll talk to Senator Dianne Feinstein about "Leakgate" and get her take on the
Recall...
In the D block debate we'll get into the controversy over Rush Limbaugh's comments
about Donovan McNabb with "Coloring the News" author Bill McGowan and Court TV's James
Curtis...
In the Buzz we'll do THE Washington Wiseman himself, David Gergen, and then talk to
legendary Hollywood producer, director and actor Carl Reiner...
Clearly "must see" TV tonight folks! I've got my VCR set, do you?
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White House gathering inquiry data...The White House staff has begun preserving
records and phone logs that might be relevant to the criminal inquiry into disclosure
of a CIA undercover officer's identity, President Bush's spokesman said Wednesday.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/973047.asp
The White House on Thursday gave no ground on Democratic calls for a special counsel
to investigate the leak of a CIA agent's identity, despite a poll showing most
Americans want such an independent probe. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=3548588
The FBI 's first task in the investigation of a leak that disclosed the name of a CIA
officer is to narrow the list of government officials who may have known her identity,
a number that could be in the hundreds (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&e=2&u=/ap/20031002/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cia_leak
WashPost: Puzzling out the logic of a leak...Here's today's question, chattering
class: If the White House wanted to discredit and/or shut up Joseph "Yellowcake"
Wilson, who was embarrassing the administration over Saddam Hussein's alleged quest
for nuclear weapons, why would aides try to accomplish
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/974685.asp
The criminal investigation into alleged Bush administration leaks has increased the
vulnerability of a president already weakened by the public's doubts about his
policies for Iraq and the economy. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=3542796
Columnist plays down his story Robert Novak, no stranger to controversy, goes on
defensive over column (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20031002/5553453s.htm
Housekeeping link...California Recall coverage: Live all night next Tuesday Chris
Matthews and the best political experts on television guide you through a night where
anything can happen. Primetime coverage of the California Recall will begin with a
special 'Hardball with Chris Matthews" on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 7 p.m. onwards. Click here
for more information. http://www.msnbc.com/news/974609.asp
Actor leads race as outsider...Voters appear unfazed by criticism of Schwarzenegger
(The Washington Post) http://msnbc.com/news/974688.asp?0dm=N25EN
In the last phase of his campaign to become state governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger set
off on a bus tour of California on Thursday while a major paper published potentially
damaging allegations that he had a history of groping women. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=3548423
Political appointees dust off their resumes...Actor's pledge to clean house worries
staffers (SF Chronicle)
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/10/02/MN267369.DTL
Iraq attacks kill 3 GIs in 24 hours...Two U.S. soldiers were killed in separate
attacks in Iraq on Wednesday, the U.S. military said. In the most recent, a U.S.
soldier was shot dead and another wounded while patrolling an affluent suburb of
Baghdad.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/870749.asp
The money comes on top of at least $300 million that has already been spent on the
weapons search, officials said. (The New York Times)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=68&ncid=68&e=3&u=/nyt/20031002/ts_nyt/officialssaybushseeks600milliontohuntiraqarms
Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, embroiled in a controversy relating to a
comment he made about Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb, resigned from his position
late last night as a commentator on ESPN's NFL pregame show (The Philly Inquirer)
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/6910378.htm
GOP Senators Seek Loan Deal on Aid...The proposal would convert nearly half of
President Bush's $20.3 billion Iraqi reconstruction program into loans underwritten by
that nation's oil. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30556-2003Oct1.html
Some of Washington's top Republican lobbyists are counting on ties to the Bush
administration, the congressional leadership and the Iraqi provisional government to
turn the embattled country into a major new profit center. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30907-2003Oct1.html
Wilson, wife have tight ties to Democrats...Joseph C. Wilson IV, the man accusing the
White House of a vendetta against him and his wife, is an ex-diplomat turned
Democratic partisan. (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20031002-122228-5129r.htm
Rivals Target Dean's Blunt Comments...Unscripted Remarks On Key Issues Seen As Big
Liabilities (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30685-2003Oct1.html
Clark not registered Democrat...The campaign of Democratic presidential candidate
Wesley Clark said yesterday that the former general is not yet a registered Democrat,
but that the paperwork to change his registration "has been sitting on his desk for
the last couple of weeks." (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20031002-122243-1914r.htm
Gov. Bush ridicules Dean...Florida's governor labels Vermont's ex-governor a
presidential candidate for 'hot, angry people that aren't rational.' (The Miami
Herald) http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/state/6909889.htm
Clark Musters Out of Lobbyist Corps... The Democratic candidate also needs to register
to vote as a Democrat in Arkansas. (The LA Times)
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-clark2oct02,1,1652222.story?coll=la-headlines-politics
Bush administration officials yesterday angered lawmakers by refusing to take a
position on illegal aliens obtaining U.S. driver's licenses and avoiding questions
about its decision to recognize Mexican identification cards. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20031001-113722-8560r.htm
Opinion/Editorial
Will's "Must Read": Can't They Just Admit It?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30703-2003Oct1.html
General talking points...The first half of Gen. Wesley Clark's new book, "Winning
Modern Wars: Iraq, Terrorism, and the American Empire," is dull. But once it gets
going, it's as searing an indictment of George Bush's foreign policy as any tome out
there. By Fred Kaplan.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/974509.asp
Pat: Mass immigration: Suicide pill of the GOP
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=34870
K Street on the Tigris...Washington insiders are lining up to help corporate clients
cash in on rebuilding Iraq, whether the Iraqis like it or not. (Mother Jones)
http://motherjones.com/news/outfront/2003/40/ma_556_01.html
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