------------------------------------------------------
The Hardball Briefing On MSNBC
------------------------------------------------------
Hardball airs tonight at 7, 11 & 4 am et/4, 8 & 1 am pt...
In our ongoing Battle For The White House series, retired General Wesley Clark takes
the stage at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government to face the "Matthews
Primary"...We'll hit all the hot topics and maybe throw in a curve ball or two...Does
he have what it takes to bring regime change to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.? We'll find
out out tonight...Don't miss it...
Marissa Buchanan, MSNBC's Clark "embed" provides this snappy backgrounder
http://www.msnbc.com/news/1001231.asp
Democrat Wesley Clark, focusing his presidential campaign on domestic issues, said
Sunday he has plans to raise family income by $3,000 a year and provide health
coverage to 30 million more people. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031208/ap_on_el_pr/clark_6
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from Washington, DC
A memo written by a top Washington lobbyist for the controversial Iraqi National
Congress raises new questions about the role Vice President Dick Cheney's office
played in the run-up to the war in Iraq. (Newsweek)
http://www.msnbc.com/news/1002223.asp
Calling it "the greatest advance in health care coverage for America's seniors since
the founding of Medicare," President Bush on Monday signed into law a $400 billion
overhaul. In doing so, the president checked off another priority amid questions about
the law's fiscal wisdom. (AP) http://www.msnbc.com/news/1002622.asp
U.S. Solider Killed in Iraq While Guarding Gas Station...Sunday, Roadside Bomb Kills 1
Solider, Wounds 2 (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45638-2003Dec8.html
U.S. regrets Afghan children's deaths...U.S. officials offered their regrets Sunday
and said they were "deeply saddened" by the deaths of nine children in a raid on an
Afghan village. http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/1002011.asp
As the current frontrunner in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination,
Howard Dean, the former Vermont governor and the only physician in the field of
candidates, has been clear about his support for abortion rights, but adamant that he
never performed an abortion himself. (CNS.news)
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=\Politics\archive\200312\POL20031208a.html
Curry: Dean airs ad blitz in key states...If pattern over six elections holds, Dean's
financial clout will lead to his winning the Democratic nomination
http://msnbc.com/news/1002716.asp?0cv=CB10
Democratic presidential candidate Al Sharpton busted some James Brown moves on his
"Saturday Night Live" debut, but many viewers didn't get the chance to see them. (AP)
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/entertainment/7438026.htm
Democrats' ads attack Bush tax cuts...Major presidential candidates take calculated
risk (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.com/news/1002607.asp?0sl=-12
U.S. troops north of Baghdad seized $1.9 million in cash and false identification
documents in a raid targeting a suspected financier of insurgents, the U.S. military
said Monday. Meanwhile, a U.S. soldier was killed in a drive-by shooting in northern
Iraq. (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.com/news/870749.asp?0dm=N14ON
Dissent in the Bunker...Newt Gingrich, a quiet Rumsfeld confidant, thinks the U.S.
went 'off a cliff' in Iraq. A NEWSWEEK exclusive
http://www.msnbc.com/news/1002188.asp?0cv=KB10
Former House speaker Newt Gingrich said yesterday that the Bush administration has
gone "off a cliff" in postwar Iraq and that "the White House has to get a grip on
this." (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44036-2003Dec7.html
Actor and longtime conservationist Robert Redford criticized the Bush administration's
energy legislation, calling it one of the worst bills he's seen in his lifetime. (AP)
http://www.rgj.com/news/stories/html/2003/12/07/58545.php?sp1=rgj&sp2=News&sp3=Local+News&sp5=RGJ.com&sp6=news&sp7=local_news
Bin Laden's Iraq Plans...At a secret meeting, bin Laden's reps give bad news to the
Taliban: Qaeda fighters are shifting to a new front (Newsweek)
http://www.msnbc.com/news/1002197.asp?0cv=KB10
Campaign 2004: Looking for Skeletons...The attack season has begun. The oppo squads
are busy scrubbing their files-to figure out what's in Howard Dean's closet (Newsweek)
http://www.msnbc.com/news/1002289.asp?0cv=KB10
Pork hidden in big budget bill...Critics say the $373 billion measure is packed with
pork-barrel projects at a time Congress should be worried about soaring budget
deficits. (AP) http://www.msnbc.com/news/1002064.asp
John Kerry used profane language to assess President Bush's Iraq policy, and Bush's
chief of staff said Sunday the Democratic presidential candidate was out of line. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20031208/D7VA9A8G0.html
Lieberman Versus Hollywood...Attack on the entertainment industry resounds in Conn.
senator's quest. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44110-2003Dec7.html
It was a long time in the making, but word is former President Bill Clinton will be in
San Francisco for a final get-out-the-vote pep talk Monday for Democratic mayoral
candidate Gavin Newsom. (Matier & Ross)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/12/07/BAG9F3H59635.DTL
Opinion/Editorial
Fineman: Dean Stumbles Over Sealed Records...Is Howard Dean ready for prime time? I'm
not so sure after watching him handle--if that is the word--the issue that has taken
possession of his campaign this week: the 10-year seal he placed on the records of his
12-year tenure as governor of Vermont.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/1000747.asp
Pat: Re-election year is shaping up as positively for George W. Bush as it did for LBJ
in 1964 and Richard Nixon in 1972. http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36008
Barnicle http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ideas_opinions/story/143393p-126965c.html
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
=========================================
This email is never sent unsolicited. You have received
The Hardball Briefing Newsletter because you subscribed to it or,
someone forwarded it to you.
To remove yourself from the list (or to add yourself to the list if this
message was forwarded to you) simply go to
http://www.msnbc.com/tools/newstools/e/emailextra.asp?nfeature=19
<http://www.msnbc.com/tools/newstools/e/emailextra.asp?nfeature=19>
