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Here's a little breaking news heads up on tonight
Matthews: Let me ask you. Do you think McCain is seriously - and I mean this
professionally - flirting with the idea of accepting a second place on the ticket with
John Kerry, and creating a fusion ticket to run against the President.
Biden: .....I think that this is time for unity in this country, and maybe it is time
to have a guy like John McCain - a Republican - on the ticket with a guy he does like.
They do get along. And they don't have fundamental disagreements on major policies.
Matthews: Would you support that ticket ... for President?
Biden: I would. Yeah. If John Kerry said that's who he wanted, and McCain - I'd
encourage McCain to say yes. I doubt whether John would do it. I doubt whether John
McCain would do it. But, you know, we need some unity here, man. The red states and
the blue states - we got to have something to coalesce around here.
Matthews: Well hearing you now Senator, he may say yes. Thank you very much.
Senator Joe Biden of Delaware. Ranking Democrat on Foreign Relations.
Biden also claims that foreign leaders have told him personally that they want a
change of administration...
Attn: Robert Cox, this is definitely a Tivo This! item
Sorry we're so late tonight but it's been crazy around here folks!
President Bush and BC04 come out swinging today challenging Kerry to "back it up" with
facts on which foreign leaders are supporting him...Plus, they've released a new ad in
West Virginia slamming Kerry for being "wrong on defense"....Folks I've already
advised Chris to bring a glass of ice water into the studio because tonight's gonna
get hot...
Plus a new poll has Bush slightly leading Kerry 46 to 43...We'll also show you Kerry's
fav/unfav ratings which show only 28% have a favorable rating...29% unfav and 41% are
either undecided or don't know Kerry...This explains why Bush's ad men are seeking to
"define" Kerry in the voter's minds....
Our all-star panel: Howard, Andrea, Jacques & Fund will hash it all out for the front
half of the show....Then, Joe Biden's on for a couple of blocks to discuss Iraq and
the Bush-Kerry matchup and other fun topics...
We wrap it up with fmr. Secretary of the Army Thomas White on what else? Iraq....
Dig on this...Joking, President Bush referred to Montgomery County Board of
Commissioners President Jim Matthews as "the smart brother." Matthews' iconoclastic
sibling is MSNBC "Hardball" host Chris Matthews. (Phoenixville News)
http://www.phoenixvillenews.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=11127639&BRD=1673&PAG=461&dept_id=17915&rfi=8
Chris will respond to the President tonight on air....
Bush on Kerry: "If you're going to make an accusation in the course of a presidential
campaign, you ought to back it up with facts" (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4540166/
Ratcheting up his criticism of John Kerry, President Bush accuses his Democratic rival
of voting against American troops in a new television ad that begins airing
Tuesday.(AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4540381/
New Mortman "content": Politicians conspire to keep things lively...Of course, we
can't prove this, but just think about it http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4539681/
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from Washington, DC
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry on Tuesday accused President Bush of
consistently misleading the nation on economic and health care issues as well as on
the war in Iraq. (AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040316/D81BK5HO0.html
President Bush and likely Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry match up closely
on many measures in a recent poll, yet remain far apart in one key area - familiarity
with the voters. The CBS News-New York Times poll Monday underscored the difference in
familiarity with the incumbent Republican, who is well known, and the Massachusetts
senator, who is just beginning to establish a national identity. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040316/D81BGQFO0.html
Two days after criticizing Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry on U.S.
television, Secretary of State Colin Powell told teenagers in India on Tuesday "I
don't do politics" when asked to comment on Kerry's stand on outsourcing jobs. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=542&u=/ap/20040316/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/powell_kerry_1&printer=1
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry is not backing down from his claim that
some foreign leaders privately support him against President Bush, dismissing
suggestions by the White House that he is lying if he is not willing to identify the
leaders. (AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040316/D81BGIGO0.html
Kerry says Bush using 9/11 as 'political prop'...Presumptive Democratic presidential
nominee John Kerry yesterday accused President Bush of playing politics with the
September 11 terrorist attacks, telling a firefighters union that Mr. Bush has used
homeland security as a "political prop." (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040315-102209-4165r.htm
Former President Clinton, New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Democratic
congressional leaders are trying to raise $10 million for presidential nominee-to-be
John Kerry in 10 days. (AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040316/D81BJJO00.html
Democrat John Kerry is spending only one-third of the money that President Bush is
pouring into television advertising this week, but viewers in such cities as Cleveland
and Milwaukee likely will see more anti-Bush commercials than the other way around.
(AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040316/D81BH7I00.html
Poll shows most Iraqis happier without Saddam...But, a year on, few have faith in
U.S.-led administration (Reuters) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4538878/
Al Sharpton, the New York activist who flashed quick wit and rhetorical jabs on the
campaign trail but failed to spark a large following, on Monday endorsed John Kerry
for president but promised to continue his own urban agenda campaign. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040316/D81BFS800.html
Wave of drive-by shootings sweeps Iraq...4 U.S. missionaries, 2 European civilians, 6
Iraqis killed in 24 hours (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4448093/
Spain probes al-Qaida terror link...An international probe into the Madrid bombings
sharpened its focus on al-Qaida terrorist cells Tuesday amid reports that police have
identified five new Moroccan suspects and that a possible link to the Casablanca
bombings has been found.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4502950/
The co-founder of a left-wing foreign policy think tank has told CNSNews.com that he
was forced out of his job two years ago for complaining about the think tank's growing
support of then-Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and the financial connections
between Aristide and the Congressional Black Caucus. (CNSNews.com)
http://www.cnsnews.com//ViewNation.asp?Page=\Nation\archive\200403\NAT20040316a.html
A worthy class awaits induction in 'Rock Hall'...There will be both excitement in the
air on Monday when the 19th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony is
held in New York. This year's inductees are Jackson Browne, the Dells, the late George
Harrison, Prince, Bob Seger, Traffic and ZZ Top.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4514321/
It looks like John Kerry [related, bio] might not have the ``matzo balls'' to take
Southie's St. Patrick's Day heat after all....The newly minted Democratic presidential
nominee plans to skip the annual breakfast lampooning Sunday to take a weeklong
vacation, aides told the Herald. (The Boston Herald)
http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=2713
Opinion/Editorial
Hulbert: The Gay Science...What do we know about the effects of same-sex parenting?
http://slate.msn.com/default.aspx?id=2097048&;
Shafer: Richard Perle Libel Watch-The Finale...He wimps out and doesn't sue Sy Hersh.
http://slate.msn.com/id/2097188/
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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