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Hardball airs tonight at 7, 11 & 4 am et/4, 8 & 1 am pt on MSNBC
Lots of big news tonight...From the just announced speech by CIA chief George Tenet
tomorrow and the WMD investigation to a new Mass. high court ruling on gay marriage
to figuring out what last night's election's results meant, we're all over it...
We've got a panel of top political strategists including Tony Coehlo and Frank
Donatelli to slice and dice today's political topography as well as a couple members
of the House Intelligence Committee to discuss the "sexed up" intel on Iraq and what
the Congress is gonna do about it..
A number of other guests are being "efforted" at this hour so stay tuned. The fruits
of our work will be self evident at 7 pm ET...
Pls join us and thank you all for staying up with us late last night. It was a real
hoot and I think we broke some news with Dean in full "pooh-pooh" mode on
Michigan...". Michigan, we don`t think we have a shot at winning, but we would like
to pick up some delegates."
Don't miss it tonight!
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from deep inside the
Beltway..
It probably won't prompt his former boss to raise his fist and shout "Yeahhh!" but
Howard Dean's ex-campaign manager, Joe Trippi, made is debut on Tuesday as a political
analyst on MSNBC. (Reuters)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040204/tv_nm/media_msnbc_dc_5
Bob Novak, the pugnacious conservative pundit, may have to answer an assault charge in
Manchester, N.H., stemming from an altercation with an activist on primary night last
month. The dust-up ensued after Brad Carr, 54, who calls himself "an independent
citizen" who's against the Bush administration, taunted Novak, 72, a host of CNN's
"Crossfire," which was broadcasting live from a restaurant. (The Reliable Source)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A10511-2004Feb3?language=printer
John Kerry's chief rivals campaigned on the strength of their Southern roots
Wednesday, all but ceding Democratic presidential nomination contests in Michigan and
Washington state in favor of a showdown closer to home. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040204/D80GH8I02.html
Dean rules out Michigan...Kerry's lead too big; Edwards gets boost (Detroit Free
Press) http://www.freep.com/news/politics/cauc4_20040204.htm
How will Edwards run against Kerry?...With Sen. John Edwards' win in South Carolina, a
crucial questions now arises for the Edwards campaign: Are there significant
differences between Edwards and front-runner Sen. John Kerry on the issues that
Edwards could use as the lever to pry Democratic voters away from Kerry?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4156095/
Exit polls: Economy, electability top voter concerns...Many voters in Democratic
presidential contests around the country Tuesday said they thought the economy and
jobs were the top issues in the campaign, according to NBC News exit polls.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4155532/
Anti-Bush sentiment driving Democrats to polls...Exit polls reveal that beating the
president is prime issue (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4159963/
Democratic presidential hopeful Wesley Clark, appearing energized Wednesday by his
first election victory, questioned policy positions of his major rivals while focusing
his campaign on the Tennessee primary next week. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040204/D80GIDP00.html
The race for the Democratic presidential nomination shifts next to delegate-rich
Michigan and Washington, where Howard Dean will be back in the ring and fighting to
recapture the support and momentum he has lost in both states to John F. Kerry. (The
Boston Globe)
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/articles/2004/02/04/race_moves_on_to_mich_wash/
The Massachusetts high court ruled Wednesday that only full, equal marriage rights for
gay couples - rather than civil unions - would be constitutional, erasing any doubts
that the nation's first same-sex marriages would take place in the state beginning in
mid-May. (AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040204/D80GI6504.html
Film director Spike Lee criticized Janet Jackson's surprise breast-baring during the
Super Bowl halftime show last weekend as a "new low" of attention-getting antics by
entertainers. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040204/ap_on_en_tv/super_bowl_jackson_43
Sharpton vows to continue campaign despite showing...The Rev. Al Sharpton may not have
clinched the South Carolina Democratic primary yesterday, but he said he has
invigorated black voters, one of the key goals of his campaign. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20040204-123037-1944r.htm
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Wednesday he is not ready to conclude that
Iraq did not have weapons of mass destruction before U.S. troops invaded to depose him
last year. (AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040204/D80GHKNO0.html
President Bush's decision to appoint a commission on Iraq intelligence was intended to
take pressure off a potentially explosive political issue. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040204/D80GHDC00.html
National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice has agreed to be interviewed by the
bipartisan 9/11 commission on Feb. 7, after weeks of resistance from the White House
to the bipartisan panel's requests, The Observer has learned. (NY Observer)
http://www2.observer.com/observer/pages/frontpage1.asp
Senate grapples with toxin attack...Investigators are attempting to determine whether
letters containing ricin found in mail facilities that serve the White House and a
South Carolina airport could be connected to mail that carried the deadly poison into
a Senate office.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4143594/
Investigators intensified efforts Wednesday to identify the letter or parcel that
brought ricin to a Senate mailroom and to determine whether the incident is linked to
the deadly poison found last fall in letters at mail facilities serving the White
House and a South Carolina airport. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040204/D80GH1R80.html
Halliburton to repay $27.4 million...Reimbursement represents possible overcharges
(The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4157304/
Pierce: Retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark's only son blasted the news media yesterday for
its coverage of his father's bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/inpolitics.htm
Opinion/Editorial
Quinn: Judy Dean Didn't Apply For This Job
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7031-2004Feb2.html
McGovern: A Campaign Fiasco That Wasn't
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10795-2004Feb3.html
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