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Have you ever run for President and had trouble figuring out how to pick a running
mate? It's a tough decision we understand...Or maybe you're sitting by your phone
waiting for John Kerry to call and give you the nod....While you're waiting we know
you've got questions about the process and what you'll have to go through...That's why
we've asked David Shuster to break it down for us from soup to nuts with a special
"how to pick a running mate" taped package...
We've got Howard & Dee Dee doing reax to the piece and other political buzz type
topics...
Senator McCain leads the show tonight, however, on Iraq, the 9/11 Commission hearings
& the veepstakes...We'll ask him about the continued violence in Iraq and the arrest
warrant announced today for that Iraqi cleric...Also, what's his advice to Condi as
she prepares to testify before Congress? Plus, where's this presidential election
headed and who should Kerry pick for veep?
We'll, of course, get a live update with the latest news from Baghdad to kick off the
show...Big Baghdad presser earlier today we've been monitoring for you..
We'll also do a follow up segment with Roger Cressey (Clarke's fmr. deputy & current
business partner) on the Clinton era terrorism documents we discussed on Friday plus a
preview of Condi's testimony...
9/11 Panel Granted Look at Clinton Papers...White House Moves to Cut Off Another
Dispute Over Testimony, Documents (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46375-2004Apr2.html
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from Washington, DC
Kerry Shows No Signs of Quick VP Decision...John Edwards offers boyish good looks and
a trial lawyer's verbal skills. Kathleen Sebelius is a heartland governor whose gender
is another factor. And William Cohen provides political balance: He's a Republican.
(AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040405/D81OLQ980.html
President Bush said Monday he is committed to the June 30 deadline for transferring
power in Iraq and will not be deterred by violence and an armed Shiite revolt against
the U.S.-led occupation. (AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040405/D81OO6AO2.html
Inside the marble-floored palace hall that serves as the press office of the U.S.-led
coalition, Republican Party operatives lead a team of Americans who promote mostly
good news about Iraq. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040405/D81OC4VG0.html
Arrest warrant issued for Shiite cleric...At least 52 Iraqis, 8 U.S. soldiers killed
in weekend violence http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4667742/
U.S. forces seal off Fallujah...Witnesses report copter strike; Marines hope to nab
insurgents http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4667031/
Wash Post Analysis: Protests mark new front in Iraq war...Young cleric inspires Shiite
Muslim demonstrations http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4664881/
Has the War Made Us Safer?...New Threats: Iraq has become a savage battleground-part
of the world's first global insurgency. Time is running short to fix that (Newsweek)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4661300/
Powell now doubts Iraq evidence...Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Friday that
the evidence he presented to the United Nations that two trailers in Iraq were used
for weapons of mass destruction may have been incorrect.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4654048/
9/11 panel expects to pass security check...Leaders of the commission looking into the
Sept. 11 attacks don't expect the Bush administration to order major changes to the
commission's final report on national security grounds. (AP)
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-wtc0405,0,3327565.story?coll=ny-top-span-headlines
9/11 panel: Expect surprises...The chairman of the commission looking into the Sept.
11 attacks told NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday that some of its findings has
surprised him and will surprise the public as well.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4655375/
When Condoleezza Rice, President Bush's national security advisor, testifies this week
before the commission investigating the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, much of Washington
will be watching raptly - not just to hear what she says, but to see whether she blows
her chance of getting a Cabinet post if Bush is reelected. (Los Angeles Times)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2026&ncid=2026&e=2&u=/latimests/20040405/ts_latimes/ricestestimonymaybeaudition
President Bush is using North Carolina, a state where a new economy is replacing the
old, to propose doubling the number of Americans who receive job-training help from
the federal government but without additional funding. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=703&e=1&u=/ap/20040405/ap_on_el_pr/bush
Trying to reverse partisan stereotypes, Democrat John Kerry is launching a campaign to
portray himself as a fiscal conservative, comparing his economic strategy with the $6
trillion in unpaid spending that he says President Bush has proposed over the next 10
years. (AP)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-04-04-kerry-bush-plan_x.htm
Cross party lines for veep choice...A bipartisan ticket, also linking the East and
West, would transform the electoral landscape.
http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-vplar053740571apr05,0,6927213.story?coll=ny-viewpoints-headlines
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has some advice for presumptive Democratic nominee
John Kerry: Pick a running mate -- sooner rather than later. (AP)
http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-kerry-pelosi,0,2037809.story
After months of attacking President Bush's policy on Iraq, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy
turned his focus to domestic issues, saying the administration has misled the public
about the economy, health care and education. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040405/D81OO9K00.html
Some Bush initiatives languish in Congress...Follow-up missing, lawmakers say (The
Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4664880/
Ed the Quipper...Politics today is about the primacy of packaging, and GOP Chairman Ed
Gillespie, who started as a kid in the RNC basement, cold-calling for dollars, is one
of the finest packagers the Republican Party has called up in years. (The Washington
Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50602-2004Apr4.html
Meet Ari Fleischer, former press secretary...Kid Reporter Henry Rome speaks with
President Bush's former spokesperson (Time for Kids)
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kidscoops/story/0,14989,605873,00.html
Politics cloud Kerry's Easter plans...Easter is this coming Sunday and where Sen. John
Kerry, the Democratic candidate for president, will attend church suddenly has become
a political issue. (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040405-125311-9075r.htm
Patriot Act divides Bush loyalists...Rarely has an issue so deeply divided Republicans
as the USA Patriot Act, which is pitting conservatives critical of the law against
President Bush's call to reauthorize it in an unusual election year intraparty debate.
(The Washington Times) http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040405-121346-4789r.htm
Fineman: The Doctors' Orders...Rx for April: It's a treacherous lull, between
nomination and convention. Democratic spinmeisters offer Kerry a remedy
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4660476/
President George W. Bush, who is a former managing partner of the Texas Rangers, is
scheduled to throw out the season's first pitch in St. Louis (after which, no doubt,
pitching coach Dave Duncan will talk to him about tipping his pitches). The executive
righthander has not toed the rubber since he fired a strike before Game 3 of the 2001
World Series at Yankee Stadium. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/News/St.+Louis+City+/+County/D3C650E5189EB7D186256E6D0020842D?OpenDocument&Headline=Cardinals+begin+new+season
Kelly Osbourne enters drug rehab clinic...Parents say daughter is addicted to
painkillers
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4659114/
Opinion/editorial
Pat: Have we the will to win? http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=37884
Barnicle: Just in time, baseball pitches relief
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ideas_opinions/story/180219p-156610c.html
Fund on the Trail: Un Nuevo D�a?...The chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus
loses. That's bad news for liberal Democrats.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110004909
Moran: Losing the script on 9/11?...As Rice and Clarke battle, the complex job of
fixing America's tangled intelligence capabilities is fading. Brave New World.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4654114/
Landfield: The Uncivil Side of New Jersey's Civil Unions Law
http://www.practicalpolitics.net/landfield/4_1_04.html
Novak: 'Highway' pork: No rep left behind
http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak05.html
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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