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If you haven't figured it out by now, we're live from 6pm to Midnight ET then Joe &
Ron take over "After Hours" until 2 am all week at Herald Square in Manhattan. "The
Miracle on 34th Street" as Chris is calling it.
Well if last night was the "tough on terror, decisive leadership, bold offensive
actions" theme, tonight we do a 180 and hit the "compassionate" side of the GOP with
prime time speeches from First Lady Laura Bush, CA Guv Arnold Schwarzenegger &
Education Secretary Rod Paige...We'll also hear from First Nephew George P. Bush...I'm
actually hoping for a surprise appearance from House Majority Leader Tom DeLay...Not
holding my breath though..
We've got the all star panelists in the House: Mitchell, Fineman, Reagan, Whitman,
Scarborough, Watts, Ingraham, Meacham and Ken "Duber-Dog" Duberstein plus a number of
other fun & surprising guests...We'll also take a lot of sound from "MSG" (Madison
Square Garden) as it's known around here..
Btw, if you're in the New York area and want to be part of the action c'mon down to
Herald Square at 34th Street next to Macy's and say Hi to Chris...Tell him The
Briefing sent you!
And don't forget to check out our Blog folks!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5445086/
Gail Shister does a nice write up about Chris and his brother Jim in today's Philly
Inquirer...GOP convention brings a Matthews brothers reunion
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/special_packages/election2004/9539994.htm
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing
By the way folks, if you're out and about this weekend in Midtown you may have noticed
some peculiar folks wearing T-shirts with actually TVs attached to them playing MSNBC
commercials. I understand there was even a few hanging around Harold Square last
night. Don't be alarmed. Call it "gonzo marketing" this unique publicity tool (link
to http://t-shirttv.com) is the brainchild of Adam Hollander of Brand Marketers (link
to http://www.brandmarketers.com/v3/). The T-shirt TVs are playing an eleven minute
"best of" MSNBC commercials on a loop. We've hired Adam and his team of ten (5 with
TVs, 5 with MSNBC T-Shirts) to hang out at strategically located points near Herald
Square and The Garden, hand out MSNBC schwag, and direct people to our live set. They
are promoting our "unconventional convention" coverage. They're on duty
Monday-Thursday from 5 pm ET to 1 am ET so keep an eye out for them.
GOP to hear from Schwarzenegger, first lady...Supporters scramble to explain Bush's
comments about terrorism (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5810451/
Schwarzenegger must juggle risk, reward...Calif. governor plans 'personal story' about
his GOP ties (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5822358/
First lady Laura Bush, in a rare foray into foreign policy Tuesday, planned to present
her husband as a commanding warrior against terrorism in a prime-time convention
speech highlighting his leadership in "the most historic struggle my generation has
ever known." (AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040831/D84QDRJ80.html
First lady is president's biggest cheerleader...Biggest success? 'That she's not been
Hillary,' says one observer (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5762293/
Democrats on Tuesday accused the GOP leadership of organizing a demonstration against
candidate John Kerry's war record, calling "purple heart bandages" handed out by a
convention delegate a slap at all veterans who have won the decoration. (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5877256/
More kewl political stories at http://politics.msnbc.com
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