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Hardball airs tonight at 7, 11 pm & 4 am et and 4, 8 & 1 am pt on MSNBC
Break out the TV trays alert night!! Order your favorite carryout food, pop the
popcorn, you know the drill...This is one of those cable news nights made for junkies
like us!
Clearly the big story tonight is Gore's endorsement of Dean...We'll slice and dice it
from every angle possible with some of the biggest names in the business...As is
typical with a big day like this, our ducks aren't totally in order so I don't want to
drop a lot of names and then disappoint you when they don't show up...We'll have one
show planned at 9 am, one at Noon and then change it all by 3 or 4...That's the nature
of our business..
Some of the strategists we'll tap into for sure are Caddell, Buchanan, Dean's guy
Steve McMahon, DeDe Meyers, Donna Brazile & Howard...
We're taping Jimmy Carter today and Thomas Friedman today...Friedman will air tonight,
Carter tomorrow...Friedman's got a new Discovery special on the wall in Israel airing
tomorrow night...We'll get a preview...
Tonight is all the kind of night which separates the booking men & women from the
booking boys & girls
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Brieifng from Washington, DC
Gore endorses Dean for president...Surprising Democratic Party observers, Former Vice
President Al Gore on Tuesday endorsed Howard Dean for the Democratic presidential
nomination. http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/1002878.asp
"Howard Dean really is the only candidate who has been able to inspire at the
grass-roots level all over this country the kind of passion and enthusiasm for
democracy and change and transformation of America that we need," said Gore (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=QEFGIXKQVXICYCRBAEZSFEY?type=topNews&storyID=3962308
Former Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore is expected to endorse Howard Dean
today in Cedar Rapids, a move likely to bolster the former Vermont governor's position
as the party's 2004 front-runner. (Des Moines Register)
http://desmoinesregister.com/news/stories/c4789004/22964978.html
Sen. Joe Lieberman said Tuesday he was caught "completely off-guard" by the revelation
that former Vice President Al Gore was endorsing Lieberman rival Howard Dean for the
Democratic presidential nomination. (AP)
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/lieberman/articles/2003/12/09/lieberman_says_he_was_blindsided_by_gore_endorsement_of_howard_dean/
Curry: Gore in tune with Dean ideology...Endorsement by 2000 candidate signals
Establishment acceptance of one-time maverick
http://msnbc.com/news/1002950.asp?0cv=CA01
U.S. copter forced to ground in Iraq...Witnesses said a U.S. military helicopter was
shot down Tuesday in Fallujah, Iraq, just hours after a car bomb near Mosul wounded 41
U.S. soldiers, mainly with flying debris and glass, the military said.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/870749.asp
Suicide bomber wounds 41 troops...In separate events, chopper makes hard landing and 3
killed at mosque (MSNBC) http://msnbc.com/news/870749.asp?0si=-
Wall Street reached one of the most significant milestones of its recovery from the
bear market Tuesday, as the Dow Jones industrials crossed 10,000 for the first time in
18 months. (AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20031209/D7VAULQ00.html
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton campaigned for San Francisco's Democratic mayoral
candidate Gavin Newsom on Monday on the eve of an election in which the Green party
challenger has a chance at a come-from-behind upset. (AP)
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2003/12/09/bill_clinton_stumps_for_san_francisco_candidate/
Rep. Bill Janklow, a dominating figure in South Dakota politics for nearly 30 years,
was convicted of manslaughter Monday for speeding through a stop sign at a rural
intersection and colliding with a motorcyclist. (AP)
http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/7449326.htm
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has dropped a plan to conduct his own investigation into
allegations of sexual misconduct against him, a spokesman said. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20031209/D7VAPP3G0.html
"After consulting with legal counsel and advisors, the governor has concluded that
given the political nature of the allegations, an investigation would only provide
more fodder for his political opponents,'' said Schwarzenegger spokesman Rob Stutzman.
(San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/12/09/MNGEH3J5K31.DTL
Former Sen. Bob Kerrey, D-Neb., who served as vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence
Committee, was named Tuesday to fill a vacancy on the independent commission studying
the Sept. 11 attacks. (AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20031209/D7VAVBTG0.html
Opinion/Editorial
Kaplan: Building a Better Occupation...The U.S. Army has made some smart moves in
Iraq--and some blockheaded ones, too. By Fred Kaplan.
http://slate.msn.com/id/2092178/
Katrina: Building A Progressive Majority...It's no secret that progressives need to
build a stronger political infrastructure.
http://www.thenation.com/edcut/index.mhtml?bid=7
Jaroch's Monday Morning Monologue: http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/monday.html
Mondo Washington: Settling Some Debts...Like Fox to Henhouse, Baker Goes to Iraq
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0350/mondo1.php
Landfield: Abercrombie & Fitch: Child Pornography or Trendy Marketing?
http://www.practicalpolitics.net/landfield/12_9_03.html
Counterpoint: Abercrombie & Fitch Advocates Group Sex
http://www.practicalpolitics.net/cirignano/12_9_03.html
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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