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Hardball airs live tonight at 7 p, 11 p & 4 a et and 4 p & 8 p & 1 a pt
We're live once again from Manchester, New Hampshire...Chris will talk to a few
surprise victors of New Hampshire primaries past: John McCain, Pat Buchanan & Gary
Hart...We'll also talk to GOP media guru/Arnold/McCain/Dennis Miller consultant Mike
Murphy....Legendary publisher of the almighty Manchester Union-Leader Joe McQuaid will
be here to discuss the offical paper of record for the New Hampshire primary...Folks
to be honest with you I don't have much more juice this week...We've been up working
to midnight the last several nights so we're all pretty beat...I knew though when I
got a call from my mother last night complaining about not receiving her Briefing that
I had to swing into action so here it is..
Just so you know for your planning purposes, on Monday and Tuesday we'll have our
election night panel of Jacques DeGraff, Howard Fineman, Campbell Brown & Joe
Scarborough plus a number of guests, players, observers and those ubiquitous political
"strategists" to slice, dice and just plain make sense of New Hampshire..
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from Washington, DC
Mortman: From Hootie to Mars, it's news to Dems...Candidates offer all that fits in
their press releases http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4018606/
Kerry lead widens in N.H. surveys...Voters over 65 back him 2 to 1, MSNBC poll shows
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4012693/
Dean says new Fed chief needed...'I think Alan Greenspan has become too political,'
Democratic hopeful says (Reuters) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4037773/
After a bitter campaign in Iowa, the seven Democratic Presidential hopefuls last night
kept from attacking one another, while Howard Dean worked to defuse fallout from his
bombastic post-caucus speech. (Manchester Union Leader)
http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_showa.html?article=32142
Stung for days by his screaming Iowa concession speech, Howard Dean last night issued
a televised mea culpa - admitting it was ``not for a moment'' presidential and
trotting out his wife as an 11th-hour character witness. (Boston Herald)
http://news.bostonherald.com/election2004/election.bg?articleid=616
President Bush portrayed himself as above election-year politics Friday and said he
did not want the presidential campaign "to get in the way of me doing my job." "I
don't care what your party is, I don't care who you're for, for president, I have a
job to do and so do you," (AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040123/D808L4A01.html
Sudden front-runner John F. Kerry largely breezed through the final New Hampshire
debate last night, nicked only by subtle swipes from his Democratic rivals, who
instead focused on President Bush. (The Boston Herald)
http://news.bostonherald.com/national/national.bg?articleid=617
Kerry, Dean Defend Their Electability...Democrats Steer Clear of Attacks In N.H.
Debate (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39910-2004Jan22.html?nav=hptop_tb
Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean on Friday derided Washington politicians
who "say anything just to get elected," a slap at his Beltway-based rivals. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040123/D808M0G80.html
Fineman: Dissecting Howard Dean's Implosion...Former front-runner undone by long list
of flaws http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4037574/
Rep. Richard Gephardt, D-Mo., said Thursday that he was unlikely to endorse one of his
former Democratic presidential rivals before Missouri's primary and might stay out of
the nominating battle entirely. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/News/5F14766B0FD1C07A86256E240015352C?OpenDocument&Headline=Gephardt+is+not+planning+to+endors
Opinion/Editorial
Terry: Zell Miller's March to Life http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=2892
Katrina: What was all that stuff about steroids?
http://www.thenation.com/edcut/index.mhtml?bid=7
Henniger: Thanks, Iowa...In politics, unreality takes a holiday.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/dhenninger/?id=110004597
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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