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The Hardball Briefing On MSNBC
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Special Programming Note: Live Dem Debate from Greenville, SC hosted by Brokaw
exclusively on MSNBC tonight at 7 pm ET/4 pm PT...
Folks this is down to the wire...If you've been with us from the get go on this horse
race, don't stop now...The candidates will be en fuego...Look for a big bullseye on
Kerry's back tonight...He's the guy to take down...If Dean's gonna get his mojo back,
he's gotta knock the Massachusetts senator off his stride...And with Dean's campaign
rapidly imploding, look for him (along with Clark & Edwards) to be lobbing some
serious grenades..
More from your MSNBC lineup tonight
8:30 pm ET-9 pm/5:30 pm PT: Chris slices and dices with Buchanan and others for a half
hour post debate reax...We're definitely "efforting" some candidates...We'll also talk
to the Palmetto state's newest king maker, Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC), who endorsed Kerry
today...
"I would not call that dancing," Clyburn cracked in his deep baritone, to laughter
from the audience. With a wounded look, Kerry said, "I thought for a white guy I
showed some rhythm."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60495-2004Jan29.html?nav=hptop_tb
9 pm ET/6 PT Norville Tonight...She talks to Kerry's kids tonight...It's a cool show,
check it out...It had my hooked last night
10 pm ET/7 PT Scarborough Country..."It's not just geographical, it's a state of mine"
-Joe Scaborough 1/27/04
Then we're back live at 11 pm ET/8 pm PT with a full on explosive, "must watch", post
game slice and dice exegetical! Oh, did I already say that? How about "chew & spew"?
Whaddaya you think of that imagery? Hah! Ron Reagan is back by popular demand from
Seattle as well as an in depth look at the candidates' "southern strategy" with Steve
Jarding and "Mudcat" Saunders (The guy who first identified and targeted the NASCAR
dad)...Plus, Katrina and Buchanan will join us as well...
I forgot to put this in yesterday's Briefing...Here's the NY Observer's interpretation
of Tuesday night's coverage:
"No word from Dean, huh?" asked Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC's Hardball at 8:30 p.m.
on Tuesday, Jan. 27. He was off the air, between commercial breaks, sitting in the
makeshift set at a ski lodge in Manchester, N.H.
http://nyobserver.com/pages/frontpage5.asp
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from Washington, DC
Democrats head to South Carolina for debate...Kerry gains momentum as Dean campaign
continues to regroup (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4087956/
"This is a two-man race," former S.C. Democratic Party chairman Dick Harpootlian said.
"It's Kerry and Edwards." (Columbia State)
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/7821726.htm
Fun Clinton News...Former President Clinton huddled with Senate Democrats Thursday to
discuss how best to unite the party as it draws up its agenda for this legislative
year and prepares for the presidential election this fall.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040129/ap_on_go_co/clinton_democrats_1
Three of the Democratic presidential candidates swept into St. Louis with a common
message Wednesday: President George W. Bush must go. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/News/AB82BE98EDC610A186256E2A002558D8?OpenDocument&Headline=Candidates%3A+Bush+must+go
White House raising Medicare bill by a third...Bush's new budget predicts record
half-trillion-dollar deficit (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4098618/
Afghan weapons explosion kills 7 U.S. soldiers...Three others injured and one missing
after blast (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4098731/
Rice rejects calls for outside probe of Iraq intelligence...Security adviser admits
some prewar data flawed (Reuters) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4049012/
With seven crucial nominating contests looming next week, the Democratic presidential
hopefuls rolled into South Carolina on Thursday for the first debate since John Kerry
rose to the front-runner's position. (Reuters)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=615&e=4&u=/nm/20040129/pl_nm/campaign_dc
Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean said Thursday that he doesn't need to
win any of the seven states holding contests Tuesday to keep his beleaguered campaign
alive. (AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040129/D80CM1PG2.html
Facing a new Democratic front-runner in John Kerry, President Bush's re-election
campaign is quietly shifting gears, preparing for the possibility it will confront a
war hero and current senator. (AP)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-01-29-bush-kerry-run_x.htm
In a speech to the Republican winter meeting today, Gillespie plans to attack Kerry's
past votes to cut intelligence budgets. The votes "do not support his assertion that
his approach to national security will make us safer as a nation," Gillespie said in
an interview. (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-01-28-after-nh_x.htm
Democratic presidential contender John Kerry on Thursday said he welcomed a debate
over his record on defense and vowed to conduct a vigorous race throughout the South.
(AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=703&e=2&u=/ap/20040129/ap_on_el_pr/kerry
Mortman: Dean bloggers feast on press 'bias'...'The media is disgusting, they can just
go to hell' http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4064624/
Kurtz: Dean trailing in the media primary, too...Hot-and-cold press coverage sparks
debate over objectivity http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4090705/
Dean's news release was just the latest in a series of offbeat announcements made by
the candidates as they seek to win the support of every available constituency.
MSNBC.com columnist Howard Mortman, in fact, has compiled a list of the presidential
campaign's best news releases.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45315-2004Jan24.html
Dean's Money Advantage Dwindles...Candidate Won't Buy More Feb. 3 Ads (The Washington
Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58369-2004Jan28.html?nav=hptop_ts
Wesley Clark, the four-star businessman...Military background augmented success as
lobbyist (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4090703/
Sen. John Edwards, the North Carolina Democrat who finished fourth in Tuesday's
presidential primary in New Hampshire, refused to answer allegations that he had used
"junk science" in part to win hugely lucrative legal judgments or settlements against
the medical profession. (CNSNews.com)
http://www.cnsnews.com//ViewPolitics.asp?Page=\Politics\archive\200401\POL20040128d.html
Bush would veto trims in Patriot Act...Ashcroft says changes would undermine war on
terrorism (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4079785/
Opinion/Editorial
Katrina: Of Horse Races and Issues http://www.thenation.com/edcut/
The Arizona Republic: Be bold, Arizona...A vote for Joe Lieberman would be a fresh
message, not an echo
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/0129thur1-29.html
The Washington Post: Mr. Kay's Truth Telling:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58491-2004Jan28.html
Broder: Awaiting Answers On Iraq
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58510-2004Jan28.html
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