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Folks don't fail us now...We're starting up at 7 pm ET/4 pm PT and going until the
"last dog dies" as Clinton once said back in the day...Or 2 am ET, depending on what
time that actual dog dies
Did anyone listen to Chris on Imus this morning? If you did you heard Imus and his
top consigliere Charles bustin' Chris' chops over his energy level and
enthusiasm...Charles said something like "Chris, we're gonna be watching tonight with
a big bowl of popcorn"...Right on Charles! Me too but we'll be working at the same
time...All of you get to chill freestyle on the couch...Btw, according to the Imus
e-mail Chris will be on tomorrow morning at 8:29 am ET or something like that...
The show is smoking hot tonight but you already knew that: We've got the full panel of
the smartest folks in the biz (Howard, Dee Dee, Trippi, Pat, Ron Reagan, Brokaw,
Russert, Trippi & De Graff)...In addition we're throwing together a cornucopia of cool
guests you won't find anywhere else: Norah, Barnicle, Reps. Barney Frank, Marty
Meehan, Maxine Waters & Elijah Cummings, Hoffa, Devine, Axelrod, Senator Bob Graham,
Gov. Bob Taft and Jerry (Brown, not Springer)...As you'd expect we'll have some
surprises along the way and all the campaign speeches and stuff...
This'll be bigger than the Oscars, trust me...
Oh yeah, Cheney's out making the interview rounds trying to steal some of the press
attention from Kerry and spoke with our own Lester Holt...We'll talk to Lester and
roll some clips from his Cheney interview http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4430696/
Dominic Bellone put this together from Washington, DC
Mortman's in the House: Get ready for super spin from Edwards...Perhaps Iraq's
ex-Minister of Information can help http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4429815/
Kerry, Edwards stump down to the wire...Massachusetts senator looks to sweep 'Super
Tuesday' states (Reuters) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4429063/
Scores killed in Iraq blasts...Scores were killed and wounded Tuesday in a series of
coordinated blasts that struck major Shiite Muslim shrines in Karbala and in Baghdad
as thousands of pilgrims converged for the final day of a major religious festival.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4426435/
Bush on terrorism: "We are relentless," Bush said, adding that two-thirds of the key
leaders of the al-Qaida terrorist network have been captured or killed. "We are
strong. We refuse to yield. The rest of them hear us breathing down their neck. We're
after them. We will not relent. We will bring these killers to justice."
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040302/D812BH880.html
Super Tuesday voting under way...With Super Tuesday voting under way, Sen. John
Edwards' best chance for a win appeared to be in Georgia -- where a new opinion poll
had him narrowing the gap with Sen. John Kerry in the Democratic presidential race.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4400168/
Scattered glitches as e-voting gets biggest test..Some machines fail to boot up;
problems with encoders, security (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4424621/
"Iowa is supposed to be the beginning of the process, but instead it was almost the
end of it," pollster Patrick Caddell said. "What you don't get in this process is a
real testing," in which candidates get poked and prodded by voters, not just reporters
and insiders, over a sustained period. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4424567/
GOP plans votes to put Democrats on the spot...Gay rights, abortion and guns to
highlight candidates' positions (The Washington Post)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4424568/
A Democratic-leaning online group will run television commercials in 17 presidential
battleground states starting Thursday to counter President Bush's multimillion-dollar
advertising blitz that will begin the same day. (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4430844/
In the final Atlanta Journal-Constitution/WSB-TV tracking poll leading up today's
vote, Edwards narrowed Kerry's once 20-point lead, gaining the support of 37 percent
of voters to Kerry's 51 percent.
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/0304a/02super.html
Senate votes to extend assault weapons ban...Amendment is part of broader lawsuit
immunity bill http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4429245/
In the coming days, Republicans will step up their push to register 3 million voters
this year with the help of an election-year prop - an 18-wheeler full of computers,
plasma TVs and multimedia equipment designed to communicate the GOP message. (NY Post)
http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/19493.htm
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who announced his bid for governor last year from Jay
Leno's couch, returned to "The Tonight Show" with a friend - the man he defeated in
the recall election. (AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040302/D8129UDG0.html
Opinion/Editorial
WP: In a week, U.S. shifted on Haiti....The U.S. government returned Aristide to power
nearly 10 years ago, and did much to manufacture the final push that drove him into
exile. The Bush administration's refusal to send troops may have been as important as
its message to Aristide that Haiti had no future with him in power.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4418657/
WP: Should journalists carry guns?...As violence continues to plague postwar Iraq,
American journalists there say they've never been more nervous about their safety. The
question of personal safety has become a hot button issue.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4418763/
Bush ads target base, Hispanics...The first advertising of President Bush's
re-election campaign begins Thursday, and the multimillion-dollar buy, the cable
stations chosen for the spots and the type of ad provide a window on his spring
strategy: appeal to the conservative base.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4420934/
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