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Chris is back from vacation tonight and I can hear him in his office now yelling about
something or another, which is always a good sign for the show...He just got back from
Africa and was describing how his family was chased by elephants or something like
that...Not my idea of a relaxing vacation but whatever floats your boat I guess...
We focus on four big things tonight: Iraq, Should we bring back the draft?, Who is
Kerry's veep pick gonna be? & who is Joe Trippi and what's his new book all about?
We begin with two members of Congress: Rangel & Dreier, two guys extremely familiar to
regular cable news viewers...Rangel's the one pushing the draft and Dreier's the one
pushing the honky dory status quo...The two are typically feisty together and with
Chris at the helm it should make for a lively discussion...
Shuster's still on vacation I believe but his reportage is not...He's got a Trippi
profile in the hopper which will tee up the book and the interview...Joe's the guy who
took Howard Dean from an asterisks to, well, you know the rest of the story...Joe's
got a new book out which explains his experience and argues that while the Dean
campaign is dead, the movement and his impact on politics is not...
Later in the show we get a campaign report from Howard who is on the road in
Pittsburgh (his hometown actually) which played host to Cheney yesterday and will play
host to Kerry tomorrow...We'll ask him about Cheney as well as the big buzz over who
Kerry will pick for the number two slot...Lots of names being thrown out there...We're
expecting the announcement sometime tomorrow or Wednesday but we've been wrong before
so don't hold your breath...
We'll then talk to Michael Meehan from the Kerry campaign & BC04's Mindy Tucker who'll
get into the veepstakes and the latest from the campaign trail...
Pls join us...
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from Washington, DC
Trippi backgrounder: The revolution will not be televised...Former Dean campaign
manager Joe Trippi on how Internet democracy is transforming politics- and American
life http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5353944/
If you're really digging on Trippi go to http://www.joetrippi.com/
The head of the Senate Armed Services Committee yesterday said the Pentagon's plan to
recall more than 5,000 members of the Individual Ready Reserve does not indicate a
need to bring back the draft. (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040705-122644-4018r.htm
Chairman John Warner responded, "The answer is no," when asked on NBC-TV's "Meet the
Press" program if the United States would need conscripts to meet its military needs.
(Reuters) http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=5582467
Vice President Dick Cheney, winding down a bus trip through Ohio, West Virginia and
Pennsylvania, painted the November election as a choice between the administration's
rosy outlook and what he termed John Kerry's pessimism. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040705/D83KKVF00.html
WP: Cheney a mixed blessing?...Dick Cheney's relish for the attack makes him an
effective tool for the Bush campaign, allowing it to level tough charges that will get
wide attention, while allowing the president to keep his distance. But Cheney is a
blunt instrument in an age when politics is delicately choreographed.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5365931/
Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry carefully dodged questions about his search
for a running mate, even as he campaigned with one potential vice presidential
candidate, Gov. Tom Vilsack. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040705/D83KMUSG0.html
Big Man on Campus...Young voters rally around the senator from Massachusetts as Bush's
approval ratings reach their lowest point in the Newsweek genext poll (Newsweek)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5344225/site/newsweek/
Bush salutes patriotism in West Virginia visit...President campaigns in state with
enduring military ties (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5364189/
Text of Bush's July Fourth Address
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040702/D83IUE780.html
Kerry marks the Fourth with a potential veep...Presumptive Democratic nominee
celebrates with Iowa's Vilsack (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5365307/
Kerry Says He Believes Life Starts at Conception (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27920-2004Jul4.html
Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry raised the volume of vice-presidential
chatter on Sunday by celebrating the Fourth of July with Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, a
potential running mate. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=A15TYN01Q2TZ0CRBAEOCFEY?type=politicsNews&storyID=5582771
Iraqi cash spent on rebuilding...Only 2 percent of $18.4 billion U.S. aid package has
been used to rebuild infrastructure, restore services (The Washington Post)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5360442/
The Bush administration is not melting into the background in Iraq as once promised.
Instead, it is keeping its profile high in Baghdad, driven by a wobbly transition to
Iraqi self-rule and a growing disillusionment among American voters in a presidential
election year. (AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040705/D83KKQDG0.html
New York demands toughness, and the city's Republican mayor is playing hardball - with
the GOP members he'll host later this summer at the party's nominating convention.
(AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040705/D83KN53G0.html
Vice President Cheney has dropped his personal physician from his medical team, aides
said yesterday, as the New Yorker magazine reported that the doctor has a history of
abusing prescription narcotics. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27972-2004Jul4.html
The Southern Baptist Convention, a conservative denomination closely aligned with
President Bush, said it was offended by the Bush-Cheney campaign's effort to use
church rosters for campaign purposes. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040703/D83JEL580.html
Opinion/Editorial
Dionne: A draft for some http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak04.html
Novak: Dems lament Bush comeback
http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak04.html
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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