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Kind of a slow news today folks but we're soldiering on...Quite unlike yesterday when
sparks flew at the Dem's debate in New York...The highlight was clearly Sharpton's
berating the panel moderators/media for attempting to "select the party's
nominee"...Btw, I always get a laugh the way Sharpton says "clearly"...Keep an eye out
for it next time you hear him speak..
Be that as it may, we've got some great guests lined up to give you the political
state of play in this country with respect to who will be the next President...Fmr.
Colorado senator & two time presidential candidate Gary Hart will join us as will fmr.
Wyoming senator/all around folksy wiseman Alan Simpson will give us the political lay
of the land and maybe reminisce on campaigns past....
And in the political buzz we'll talk to Hardball favorite Laura "It's not just a radio
show, it's an addiction" Ingraham (www.lauraingraham.com) and Kerry New York
guy/co-author of "The Book on Bush", Mark Green...
Plus, a preview of tomorrow night's big Super Tuesday with a couple of strategists
from the Kerry & Edwards campaigns, Mark Mellman & Jennifer Palmieri, respectively
And Shuster is planning on putting together a package based on Howie Kurtz's piece in
yesterday's Post
Kurtz: Divide and Bicker: The Dean Campaign's Hip, High-Tech Image Hid a Nasty Civil
War http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A15741-2004Feb28?language=printer
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from Washington, DC
On the eve of the biggest primary day in the Democratic race, front-runner John Kerry
on Monday stuck to criticizing President Bush rather than directly challenging a
lingering rival, John Edwards, as he blitzed through three of the 10 states he hoped
to sweep on Super Tuesday (AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040301/D811LM7O1.html
Sens. John Kerry and John Edwards and two other Democratic candidates for president
tangled in a rollicking, testy debate Sunday, 48 hours before the pivotal day of
voting in 10 states known as "Super Tuesday." (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4413492/
The Rev. Al Sharpton picked a fight with moderator Dan Rather, the candidates got
testy, and aggressive panelists repeatedly interrupted everyone.
"You don't let us finish answering questions," Kerry fumed. "You're in New York," shot
back Elisabeth Bumiller of The New York Times. (NY Daily News)
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/story/169142p-147761c.html
Balz Analysis: Debate Raises Doubts For Kerry-Edwards Run Different Personalities May
Not Mesh Well http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17527-2004Feb29.html
John F. Kerry is poised to lock up the Democratic presidential nomination --
effectively if not mathematically -- when 10 states hold primaries and caucuses
Tuesday on the biggest and perhaps final day of the contest this year. (The Washington
Post) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4411689/
John Kerry and John Edwards are still fighting for the Democratic presidential
nomination, but a new poll puts a Kerry-Edwards ticket ahead of the incumbents,
President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040301/D811KH7O0.html
In Edwards, an Echo of Clinton...Tactics and Demeanor Are Similar, but Differences May
Be Key (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17649-2004Feb29.html
Sen. John Kerry yesterday ridiculed the notion that he is the most liberal U.S.
senator, a ranking the National Journal bestowed last week upon the Massachusetts
Democrat, who has not been shy about using labels himself. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040301-124427-7107r.htm
Powell expects 1,000 Marines in Haiti...Rebels enter capital, aim to 'clean' palace
for interim leader (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4416174/
Iraqis agree on constitution...Signing expected after religious holiday (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4404156/
The Academy Awards stage again proved an irresistible platform for political
point-making, primarily at the expense of President Bush. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040301/ap_on_en_mo/oscars_politics_1
Shales: A Clean and Boring Sweep
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18433-2004Mar1.html
Howard: On Main Street...Fault Lines: Gay rights may grab headlines, but in Canton,
Ohio, the race is about jobs http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4409955/
Harvard University plans to launch a multimillion-dollar center to grow and study
human embryonic stem cells, the school announced yesterday. (AP)
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040301-124438-3363r.htm
Kerry and Agent Orange...Mists of time: Agent Orange doused the Mekong Delta in the
late 1960s. Lieutenant John F. Kerry was there. How his men have coped-and how Kerry
feels about his brush with a deadly toxin http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4410098/
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said radio stations are within their
right to pull Howard Stern off the air if they object to the shock jock's racy show.
(AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040229/ap_on_el_pr/kerry_stern_3
Pierced and tattooed rockers are in for a mosh-pit civics lesson this year. Nearly 200
bands are lining up to lambaste President Bush (news - web sites) and try to register
a half-million voters through the Punk Voter coalition. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040225/ap_en_mu/punk_voter_6
In a speech peppered with criticisms of President Bush, Nation of Islam leader Louis
Farrakhan on Sunday pressed for America and England to grant slave reparations. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040301/D811BQR00.html
Opinion/Editorial
Debate: Edwards too easy on Kerry...In Thursday night's debate broadcast on CNN, did
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. John Edwards give primary voters any reason to
reject the front runner for the nomination, Sen. John Kerry? MSNBC's Tom Curry says no.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4394199/
Fund on the Trail: Kerry-Warner, Around the Corner?...As Virginia mulls a tax hike,
all Americans should guard their wallets.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110004756
Henican: 9/11 probe is a new terror
http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/nyc-henn0229,0,4159853.column
Terry: If the University of Colorado is serious about protecting women from violence
it will never again put a young lady on its football team.
http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=3134
Podhoretz: The first thing to be said about President Bush's advocacy of a
constitutional amendment intended to ban gay marriage is that this is a matter he
would have preferred not to address at all.
http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/19028.htm
Pat: The job of the chairman of the Fed, it used to be said, was to take away the
punch bowl just as the party got going good.
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=37362
Landfield: Disturbing Passions http://www.practicalpolitics.net/landfield/2_29_04.html
Novak: Democratic strategists are focused on possibly putting a Floridian on the
national ticket, but it may not be the most obvious choice, Sen. Bob Graham. This
year's vice presidential nominee could be Graham's junior colleague, Sen. Bill Nelson.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak29.html
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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