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Hardball airs tonight at 7 pm ET, 11 pm ET & 4 am ET....Out west we air at 4 pm PT, 8
pm PT & 1 am PT
Tonight we lead with Shuster on the latest sniping from Dean at Kerry ("What we now
see is that John Kerry is part of the corrupt political culture in Washington") and
other assorted items from the campaign trail...Then we turn to New Mexico Governor
Bill Richardson (D) on the president's non-proliferation speech yesterday, Iraq, the
Dem primary and the upcoming Veepstakes...Richardson is one of those guys who's on
everone's proverbial "short list".
McCaffrey will do the latest out of Iraq and the brouhaha over Bush's Air National
Guard record...
Plus, our political buzz roundtable...roundtable will include Tony, Norah, who's been
covering the Bush national guard stuff from the north lawn, and fmr. Gephardt
strategist Steve Murphy...We'll do presidential politics from the Dem & GOP angles...
Mortman latest: Democrats MIA from values debate...Are Democrats out of synch with
American attitudes on pop culture and values? Are they ceding the culture war to the
Republicans without firing a shot? Considering the recent Super Bowl flap, perhaps so.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4232729/
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from Washington, DC
PS..You gotta love this quote, huh?
Chris from Tuesday night...
And you could have sex tonight and the baby would be born before this presidential
election. That`s how far off it is, guys. Do you imagine that?...Ron [Reagan, Jr.],
I thought about gestation here. I`m talking about having congress with somebody
tonight, in the political language there, and nine months from now we`re having the
presidential election. So the conception of John Kerry has occurred; the birth is nine
months from now. I mean, I don`t want to play this too long, but that`s a long time.
Anybody`s ever waited for a baby to be born. It`s a long time between now and
September."
The federal commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks will soon ask President
Bush, former President Bill Clinton and their vice presidents to testify in public
about possible warnings they might have received from U.S. intelligence sources before
the attacks. (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4232892/
In a sign of how Republicans may try to quell criticism of prewar intelligence in
Iraq, the head of the House Intelligence Committee tried Wednesday to direct blame to
the Clinton administration. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040212/D80LRKH01.html
Bush focuses on education, economy in Pa. visit...He visits delegate-rich state for
25th time of presidency (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4249283/
Edwards expects to pick up Clark supporters...He and Kerry focus on Wisconsin vote
Tuesday (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4239681/
Is It Over Yet?...As John Kerry's winning streak continues, John Edwards is vowing to
stay in the race. But the North Carolina senator has subtly adjusted his remarks about
a second spot on a Kerry ticket (Newsweek) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4241666/
Gay marriage debate in Mass....Massachusetts lawmakers were returning to the
Statehouse Thursday, hoping to find the right mix of words for a constitutional
amendment banning gay marriage but promising civil unions.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4240022/
U.S. commander comes under fire in Iraq...Abizaid unharmed after attack in Fallujah
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4016883/
As Texas Gov. George W. Bush prepared to run for president in the late 1990s,
top-ranking Texas National Guard officers and Bush advisers discussed ways to limit
the release of potentially embarrassing details from Bush's military records, a former
senior officer of the Texas Guard said Wednesday. (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-02-11-bush-guard-usat_x.htm
The White House released dental records intended to support President Bush's account
of his Air National Guard service in Alabama, while several members of the Guard unit
said in interviews they don't remember ever seeing Bush at their Montgomery base. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040212/D80LS9G03.html
The White House last night released a document showing that President Bush was at a
military base in Alabama during the last year of his National Guard service, but aides
backed away from his weekend pledge to release all his military records. (The
Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34505-2004Feb11.html
Flights canceled over security fears...British Airways has canceled flights to
Washington, D.C., and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, due to security fears, the airline said
Thursday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4248695/
Hastert Rebukes Bush Adviser...Speaker Challenges Mankiw's Statements on U.S. Job Loss
(The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35306-2004Feb12.html
Sen. John Kerry's presidential campaign got backing from Hollywood yesterday as
actress-activist Jane Fonda made a televised defense of the Massachusetts Democrat's
anti-Vietnam war stance. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20040211-111640-4345r.htm
Kurtz: John Kerry is lucky that John Edwards and Howard Dean are still campaigning
against him. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nation/columns/kurtzhoward/
Opinion/Editorial
Landfield: New Jersey's New Domestic Partnership Law: A Matter of Fundamental Decency?
http://www.practicalpolitics.net/landfield/2_11_04.html
Tony: George W. Bush -- grand strategist
http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/tblankley.htm
Peggy: The Paragraph...Help the White House make the case for re-election.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110004682
Novak: Bush blocks his own way while giving Kerry a free pass
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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