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Special timing tonight...Pls take note...3:30-4 pm et pre-debate preview...4-6 pm et
Dem Des Moines Debate...6-8 pm et Post-Debate Super Sized Hardball...
Democratic Debate Specs
http://www.msnbc.com/news/983193.asp
You know when you go through the drive through at McDonald's or Burger King and you
order the # 1 and they ask you if you want it super-sized with cheese? You want to
say yes even though it's bad for you...Tonight's Hardball is like that meal except
it's good for you..
If you have a TV at the office I urge you to commandeer the remote from those dweebs
who want to watch the Soaps all day and switch it over to MSNBC at 3:30 pm et
today...Chris and his superstar panel (Peggy, Howard, Stephen Hayes & Jesse Jackson)
will be all over this debate from top to bottom, soup to nuts...
We'll talk to Brokaw before the event to preview his moderating strategy and what
issues he'll be hitting on...We'll also talk to RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie about the
new ad he's running touting the President's doctrine of pre-emption and his War on
Terror performance...Needless to say a number of Dems are crying foul over the ad and
a couple of them (Kerry & Dean) are going to run counter ads in Iowa...We'll even talk
to Des Moines Register political reporter Thomas Beaumont for the "on the ground"
perspective...
>From 4 to 6 pm et Brokaw takes over and moderates the debate from Des Moines...Kerry
>& Edwards will participate via satellite from our MSNBC Washington bureau due to the
>emergency Senate vote on the Medicare bill...Lieberman won't be in the debate, don't
>ask...Long story..
>From 6-8 pm et Hardball is back on the case with the aformentioned panel and a cast
>of Dem contenders with post-debate reax...We'll also throw in a Luntz focus group
>from DC...Lots of other surprises so pls tune in...The "CW" (conventional wisdom) is
>that Iowa is a Dean-Gephardt battle...We'll have a post-debate debate with Steve
>Murphy from the Gephardt camp and Steve McMahon from the Dean to discuss their
>campaign's death match in the Heartland...
David Shuster's "What to watch for tonight": Dean-Gephardt, Gephardt-Dean. Iowa is a
two man race... and the battle between these two over the last week has been
downright nasty. Clark will be trying to raise his own stature... Kerry will be
portraying his appearance by satellite as a reminder of his experience in fighting
republicans on the front line... same with Edwards. Finally, there are still some
democrats in this state who think the best candidate would be Hillary Clinton. Given
Hillary's show stealing performance last week at the J&J dinner, the most important
group to watch tonight will may be those Iowa 'undecideds,'" who may be as much as 25%
of the electorate."
More Shuster tales from the road: "My flight from NY to Chicago took off really
late... so late, in fact, that I missed the last connection last night from Chicago
to Des Moines. 3 abc producers/embeds were on my flight...so we rented a car at
midnight and drove the 5 hours to Des Moines. Got in at 5am.. slept for 3 hours...
but the adrenaline rush of this event has me totally wired."
You gotta see this folks...We'll put the "Zoom" in the "Zoom-Zoom"
Btw, in case you can't see the debate live, we'll re-air it at 9 pm et on MSNBC...
Dominic Bellone wrote, edited and compiled The Briefing from Washington, DC
Curry: Dems battle before Iowa debate...Gephardt blasts Dean positions on fiscal
matters http://msnbc.com/news/997195.asp?0sl=-13
Nearly a year of solid campaigning by Democrats running for the 2004 presidential
nomination has failed to produce a solid favorite in the race for the Iowa caucuses.
(Des Moines Register) http://desmoinesregister.com/news/stories/c4789004/22842271.html
Democratic presidential candidate Dick Gephardt says Howard Dean, as governor of
Vermont, was prone to targeting services for the poor and disabled when his state's
budget had to be cut. (Des Moines Register)
http://www.dmregister.com/news/stories/c4789004/22837177.html
Two Democratic presidential candidates will participate in Monday's Iowa debate by
satellite, allowing the senators to continue fighting against a GOP-backed Medicare
bill in Washington. One rival cried foul because he was excluded from the special
arrangement. (AP)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/11/23/national2214EST0574.DTL&type=printable
Sen. John F. Kerry is facing a backyard beating at the hands of presidential primary
nemesis Howard Dean, losing his own state by a staggering 9 points in a new Boston
Herald poll. http://www2.bostonherald.com/news/local_regional/kerr11242003.htm
US Senator John F. Kerry is facing a serious challenge from Democratic rival Howard
Dean in Massachusetts, according to a Boston Globe/WBZ-TV survey of likely voters in
the state's presidential primary. (The Boston Globe)
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2003/11/23/dean_bid_showing_strength_in_mass/
Leading Democrats demanded Sunday that the Republican National Committee stop running
a new television ad that defends President Bush's handling of the war in Iraq and
charges that Bush's critics were attacking him "for attacking the terrorists." (The
Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8735-2003Nov23.html
Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle is demanding that Republicans stop showing their
first television ad of the 2004 presidential race, which he called "repulsive and
outrageous." (AP) http://washingtontimes.com/national/20031124-120311-9298r.htm
More Democrats back Medicare bill...The roster of Democrats supporting a Medicare
prescription drug bill grew Monday in advance of a showdown on the sweeping measure in
the Republican-controlled Senate.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/992373.asp
WashPost: Medicare bill would enrich firms...The Medicare legislation that passed the
House near dawn on Saturday and is moving toward a final vote in the Senate would
steer at least $125 billion over the next decade in extra assistance to the health
care industry and U.S. businesses.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/997308.asp
More attacks on U.S. near Mosul...U.S. troops opened fire after an explosion near a
military convoy Monday in Mosul, as fears grew that the anti-coalition insurgency was
spreading north a day after two American soldiers were savagely beaten and killed in
the same city.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/870749.asp
Moving Targets...Terror wave: New bombings, and worries about a 'spectacular.' Al
Qaeda is badly wounded, but far from defeated (Newsweek)
http://www.msnbc.com/news/997146.asp?0cv=KB10
It's been done in elections past with abortion, school prayer, gun control and other
emotional issues. Now conservatives intent on turning gay marriage into the top social
issue of the next election have gotten a boost from a Massachusetts court ruling that
homosexual couples have the right to marry. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=703&e=4&u=/ap/20031124/ap_on_el_pr/gay_marriage_politics
President Bush signed a $401.3 billion defense authorization bill Monday, saying
members of the U.S. armed forces are facing "a great and historic task" in confronting
and defeating the forces of terrorism. (AP) http://msnbc.com/news/997431.asp?0cv=CB10
Stars the turkey may have pushed his luck by gobbling throughout a Rose Garden
ceremony on Monday but President Bush just the same gave him a presidential pardon
from being served for Thanksgiving dinner (Reuters)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=584&ncid=584&e=3&u=/nm/20031124/pl_nm/bush_turkey_dc
Biden: Gay 'marriage' inevitable...A leading Senate Democrat yesterday said nationwide
same-sex "marriage" is inevitable, and the Republican speaker of the House conceded
that congressional action to prevent such unions will be difficult. (The Washington
Times) http://washingtontimes.com/national/20031124-120303-4131r.htm
Democratic presidential wannabe Gen. Wesley Clark said yesterday that Americans admire
President Bush because of the way he overcame "alcoholism" and salvaged his marriage
by sobering up. (NY Post) http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/11659.htm
Richard Gere ambushed Wesley Clark Thursday night at a presidential campaign
fund-raiser. The activist actor asked the retired Army general to state his stance on
the death penalty during a Q&A at Diane von Furstenberg's West Village atelier. (NY
Daily News) http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/139606p-123917c.html
Jackson tells fans he's innocent...Michael Jackson, addressing his fans directly via a
new Web site, says the child molestation allegations made against him are "predicated
on a big lie" and he will be exonerated in court.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/996672.asp
P. J. O'Rourke: Man on the Street...P. J. O'Rourke on Iraq, Michael Kelly, and taking
a country's measure by just "hanging out." (The Atlantic Monthly)
http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/interviews/int2003-11-13.htm
Confessore: Meet the Press...How James Glassman reinvented journalism--as lobbying.
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2003/0312.confessore.html
Opinion/Editorial
Katrina's editor's cut: Alabama on My Mind...Why do people consistently vote against
their own material interests? http://www.thenation.com/edcut/index.mhtml?bid=7
Kinsley: In defense of Vermont...Republicans have had a talent for geographical
chauvinism since Nixon's southern strategy. Wherever a Democratic candidate happens to
be from, that place turns out to be isolated and unrepresentative and not part of the
real America.
http://slate.msn.com/id/2091461/
Pat: Time for a new Boston Tea Party
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35782
Jaroch's Monday Morning Monologue: http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/monday.html
Coulter: The party of ideas
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/ac20031120.shtml
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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