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Hardball airs tonight at 7, 11 & 4 am ET...Out west that's 4, 8 & 1 am
Did I mention to you that we're on from 7-9 pm ET tomorrow night (Saturday 2/7) for
special Michigan, Washington state primaries & pre-"Meet" and Maine caucus coverage?
We'll have our political panel (Howard, Jacques, Joe & Joe (Scarborough & Trippi),
Peggy, Ron) as well as some special guests and live reports from key battleground
states...Shuster will be stationed in Richmond, VA at the Jefferson-Jackson dinner
where a number of top candidates are scheduled to speak....
Tonight Shuster brings us an exclusive interview with Dick Gephardt who just endorsed
John Kerry today in Michigan...We'll ask him why and what he plans to do to help get
Kerry elected...Actually I'm not quite sure what Shuster asked him, we'll just have to
see tonight!
Today President Bush named 7 of the 9 member commission panel thingy to investigate
problems with the intelligence which lead us to war with Iraq...Plus, this weekend he
does the full hour on Meet the Press...Why now? What's the White House hope to
accomplish? We'll talk to Norah, Dee Dee, Dana Priest of the Post and GOP media
strategist Sheri Annis....
Then we'll do a little panel with Tina Brown (her new season of "Topic A" debuts
Sunday night on CNBC), Danny Goldberg (Dig this, fmr. publicist for Led Zeppelin and
vice president for their Swan Song label...How cool is that?? He's done a helluva lot
of stuff since then but in my mind it doesn't get any better than working for
Zeppelin) and Access Hollywood's Pat O'Brien...We'll follow up on the Janet/Justin
episode and discuss what, if any, public policy measures should be taken to deal with
this sort of lascivious behavior....Is it a public menace to society?
Finally we talk to actress turned activist Kathleen Turner...Remember that great scene
in the movie Body Heat where William Hurt throws the chair through the glass door to
get to her and they (MSNBC censorship stamp here)...You'd do the same thing if you
were locked out of your house and needed to get in to watch Hardball...We'll talk to
Kathleen about her latest political project for Planned Parenthood...
Keep it real for real...Tune in tomorrow at 7 pm ET/4 pm PT
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from Washington, DC
President Bush named seven people, including a sitting U.S. senator, former governor
of Virginia and retired federal judge, to sit on an independent study commission to
look into intelligence failures regarding Iraq's weapons capabilities. (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4184744/
President Bush's public support dropped sharply over the past month, especially among
older voters, political independents and people in the Midwest, an Associated Press
poll found. (AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040206/D80HR1900.html
John Kerry, virtually unchallenged in three weekend elections, added even more steam
to his campaign Friday with the endorsement by former rival Richard Gephardt while his
closest opponents bickered over the latest personal attacks. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040206/D80HV56G1.html
The political season revving up, President Bush will attend the Daytona 500 Feb. 15 in
Florida, his 19th trip to the state that decided the 2000 presidential race. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040206/D80HTC2G0.html
Post: Analysis...Competition Becomes Democrats' Elixir
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17227-2004Feb5.html?referer=email
Car issues may slow Kerry in Michigan...Senator's push for tougher fuel standards rubs
auto industry, workers the wrong way (Detroit News)
http://www.detnews.com/2004/politics/0402/06/a01-57339.htm
GOP slams Bush policies at retreat...Growing frustration over President Bush's
immigration plan and lack of fiscal discipline came to a head behind closed doors at
last weekend's Republican retreat in Philadelphia. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040205-115100-7758r.htm
President Bush is expected to name a commission today to examine intelligence failures
involving Iraq...Democrats have been clamoring to find out whether the White House
pressured analysts or manipulated intelligence, but it's not clear whether the
commission will address those areas. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040206/D80HP5GG0.html
The counsel on judicial nominations for Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.)
has resigned in response to a probe of how Republican staff members gained access to
Democratic computer files on President Bush's most controversial choices for the
federal judiciary. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17164-2004Feb5.html?referer=email
Opinion/Editorial
Q&A: Robert Reich on the Dems...A former Clinton official believes the Democrats have
failed as a party. He explains what they need to do to get back on track
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4164784/
More on the Janet Jackson fall-out The story just won't go away
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4184600/
Why Wes Clark Is Still In The Race...Wes Clark's Oklahoma victory suggests that the
retired general does have a future in politics. It just may not be in this campaign
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4163913/
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