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Tonight I'm issuing a warning to the fans of Hardball...Turn up the air conditioner,
open up the window if the weather's chilly or have a cold beer on hand because lemme
tell you folks, it's gonna get hot tonight...We lead with CBS's fiasco in the wake of
its decision to pull the Reagan mini-series....We'll talk to Ann Coulter and David
Corn, two cable news pros...CBS is giving this hot potato to Showtime but will it
quiet the conservative grassroots? I don't think so judging by Gillespie's challenge
to Showtime (The same one he issued last week to CBS)...We've got the fullscreens
built for the show tonight so don't fret...
In the B block we'll talk to Bernie Goldberg about his new book "Arrogance: Rescuing
America from the Media Elite." He'll weigh in the Reagan mini-series controversy as
well as the state of the media...His last book "Bias" made a huge stir in the media
and I'm sure this new one will create a similar splash....
In the D block we'll debate whether we need more U.S. troops in Iraq or should we
internationalize the effort?
In the E block we'll talk to "The Donald" on the economy, President Bush and
Iraq....Trump, that is, not Rummy...
In the F block, Peggy weighs in on, you guessed it, the Reagan mini series...
Hardball Briefing subscriber and PR whiz gal Debbie Berger threw a helluva party last
night at Zola/Spy Museum with her boss John Podesta to kick off their lefty think
tank, Center for American Progess...The party was populated with the
Clinton/Democratic intelligensia...Hillary, Franken, Kim Gandy, Mikulski, Lockhart,
Sandy Berger, Rosa DeLaura and hubby Stan Greenberg, Al Hunt from the WSJ, Gephardt
campaign honcho Steve Elmendorff, Joe Wilson (of course), CAP research guru David
Sirota, as well a slew of media types: Fox News' Jim Angle, National Review's Byron
York, Cap Report EP Steve Lewis, MSNBC booker Tom Young, Mortman of course, Meet the
Press producer Michelle Jaconi, Anne Schroeder from the Washington Post, The Atlantic
Monthly's Josh Green (Josh also gets props for being a Briefing subscriber as well),
Crossfire's Tucker Carlson & Paul Begala, CBS News' Bill Plante and tonight's guest
David Corn...All that was missing was the K. St. cameras...Lots more folks and I'm
sorry if I didn't get your name in there but it's late and gotta run....
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from Washington, DC
Just don't call him 'Scooter'!: NBC producer Brian Doherty was taking a stroll with
friends around Miami Beach the other day when he saw a strange apparition: three beefy
men barreling toward them on those weird-looking vehicles called Segways. (Lloyd
Grove's Lowdown) http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/133118p-118729c.html
This one comes from Sharpton embedd Tommy Llamas...Democrat Al Sharpton, whose
one-liners and pointed rhetoric have added laughs to the presidential campaign, will
host "Saturday Night Live" next month. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=494&ncid=763&e=1&u=/ap/20031104/ap_en_tv/sharpton_snl
JFK special
Viewer thoughts on JFK anniversary
http://www.msnbc.com/news/989191.asp?0cb=-314190665
Barraged by accusations from conservatives that it was distorting the legacy of a
president, CBS announced Tuesday it was pulling "The Reagans" miniseries off the air.
(AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031104/ap_on_en_tv/tv_cbs_reagans_1
de Moraes: 'The Reagans': Too Hot for CBS to Handle?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60101-2003Nov3.html
Following a storm of protest, CBS has yanked its sweep miniseries "The Reagans," a
controversial four-hour glimpse of the 40th president and his family, sources close to
the production said. (Hollywood Reporter)
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2016642
Soldier killed, 2 wounded by Baghdad bomb...One American soldier was killed and two
more were wounded when their vehicle ran over a bomb planted on the road in the Iraqi
capital Baghdad on Tuesday morning, the U.S. army said.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/870749.asp
Few 'foreign fighters' gather in Syria...What had once been an assembly point in Syria
for Arabs eager to fight in Iraq is now abandoned. Posters of Palestinian 'martyrs' in
Iraq in a Palestinian refugee camp near Damascus are torn and faded.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/988917.asp
53% of registered voters nationwide approve of the job President Bush is doing in
office. This represents a 17% decrease in President Bush's approval rating since April
of this year. (Marist Release) http://www.maristpoll.marist.edu/default.htm
The hotly contested California recall election is over. Fires that ravaged southern
California are all but surrounded. Enter President Bush, who on Tuesday is touring
scorched parts of the state he lost in 2000 but has hopes of winning next year. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&ncid=703&e=1&u=/ap/20031104/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush
Congress clears revised Iraq funding bill...Congress gave final approval Monday to an
$87.5 billion package for U.S. military operations and aid in Iraq and Afghanistan.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/981452.asp
As President Bush lined his bulging campaign coffers with another $1.85 million from
an Alabama fund-raiser yesterday, his chief pollster warned loyalists that Bush will
trail his Democratic rival at some point next year. (NY Daily News)
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/story/133672p-119181c.html
President Bush blundered by failing to bring more countries into the war in Iraq, in
part by refusing to listen to a wider circle of advisers, Democratic presidential
candidate Richard A. Gephardt said yesterday.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2003/11/04/gephardt_says_bush_ignored_iraq_advice/
Uncertainty of Times Shaping 2004 Race...Candidates Aim to Adapt to Latest News (The
Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59776-2003Nov3.html
Nine-way Democratic presidential debates are ``silly,'' ``unproductive'' slugfests
that waste voter and candidate time, Teresa Heinz Kerry said yesterday - skewering the
vaunted forums on the eve of her husband's hometown faceoff at Faneuil Hall. (The
Boston Herald) http://www2.bostonherald.com/news/local_regional/kerr11042003.htm
Leaders of Mayor Street's and Sam Katz's campaigns yesterday stood outside the
National Constitution Center, a building that symbolizes liberty and voting rights,
and loudly accused each other of planning to scare voters away from the polls today.
(Philly Inquirer) http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/7178436.htm
Fierce Campaigns Go Into Overdrive...Virginia Gov. Mark R. Warner made a final
campaign swing through Northern Virginia Monday to bolster support for Democrats
running for state and local offices. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59910-2003Nov3.html?referrer=email
Zell will be our guest on Thurday: 'Able Democrats, but left-wing all the
way'...Second of three parts: Whenever the Democratic candidates encounter a political
action committee, they preen and flex their six-pack abs for these special-interest
groups, which I call "the Groups," like bodybuilders in a Mr. Universe contest.
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20031104-120610-1191r.htm
There are 403 mayoral races throughout the country today and if some of the candidates
are to be believed, the outcomes could shed light on how the country will vote in the
2004 presidential election. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20031103-113756-2411r.htm
Barbra Streisand defends Brolin's Reagan role....Plus: Gest's gravy train; Mariah
Carey's obsession http://www.msnbc.com/news/970610.asp
Scream House in Pembroke Pines traumatizes kids, angry parents say
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-scare25oct28,0,2214697story
Opinion/Editorial
Jaroch's Monday Morning Monologue: http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/monday.html
Katrina's Editor's Cut: Sign the Lincoln Call...We need a comprehensive break from the
campaign finance status quo. http://www.thenation.com/edcut/index.mhtml?bid=7
Lithwick: Justice Scalia's Big Mouth
Two weeks ago, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia recused himself from what would
have been one of the most important church-state cases of his career.
http://slate.msn.com/id/2090532/
Karl: A Democrat Who Dissents...Zell Miller on his party: "Have we lost our minds?"
http://www.opinionjournal.com/la/?id=110004254
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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