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We've taken leave of our Herald Square location and set up shop at 30 Rock (that's 30
Rockefeller Plaza, our NBC headquarters for you civilians) for the day. By now you've
heard about Bill's Clinton's need to have quadruple bypass surgery after he complained
of chest pains, or maybe you haven't. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5906976/
Audience boos as Bush offers best wishes for Clinton's recovery (AP)
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/247/region/Audience_boos_as_Bush_offers_bP.shtml
We'll get the latest on his condition and talk to NBC's Andrea Mitchell & former
Clinton press secretary Dee Dee Myers. We'll do Clinton health reax and of course a
Convention post mortem.
Traditionally Labor Day weekend is the unofficial start of campaign season although
this one is well underway. We focus on the key battleground of Pennsylvania tonight
with PA Gov Eddie Rendell...President Bush is campaigning there today among other
places..
President Bush's post-convention swing through three states he lost in 2000 took him
to a working-class community outside Milwaukee Thursday where he said the economy was
robust, despite a job market that has been slow to rebound. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040903/D84SBN2O0.html
Curry: Two battleground states may tell election's tale...Bush makes energetic bid for
Pennsylvania while Kerry tries to win Republican-leaning Colorado
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5822369/
In the back half we'll do more politics with Fund & Mark Leibovitch of The Washington
Post...Norah's traveling with the President today and will join us from the campaign
trail in Iowa...Kerry is also out on the hustings today as well...Btw, did you see him
slamming Cheney & Bush last night over their lack of a Vietnam record?
Kerry rips Cheney's Vietnam deferments....Dem takes off the gloves on Halliburton,
Saudis, more (Reuters) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5900711/
Vice President Dick Cheney told supporters Friday that Democrat John Kerry, a senator
from the Northeast, doesn't understand their needs..."He says he's in touch with the
West. He must mean western Massachusetts," Cheney said. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040903/D84SCHIG1.html
Shuster's Corner
"Your Hardball ad watch team has thrown it into 5th gear to keep up with both
presidential campaigns. The Kerry campaign announced it will spend 50 million on
battleground state tv ads between now and the election. The Bush campaign will spend
8 million dollars on battleground state ads just over the next week. Tonight, we will
show you some of the latest ads and explain what's accurate and what's not. As you
may know, the end of the incumbent party's convention marks the beginning of the final
and most important phase of this election. Every ad buy could be crucial... and money
spent in one state may leave less money to spend in another. By the way... thanks
to all of you who kept up with our convention coverage on the air and through
hardblog. Your e-mails about both are always appreciated... and it's been fun
hearing from so many of you."
We'll wrap up tonight with a package of the sights, sounds and if you concentrate hard
enough, the smells of the week that was in New York!
My buddy Robert Cox is guest blogging for us today over at Hardblogger, dig it
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5445086/
For Monday, we've got a special show lined up for show so don't forget to tune us in
as you're firing up the grill and popping a couple of cold ones...We'll replay our
fantastic interview with Rudy Giuliani and have a special interview with Vanity Fair's
James Wolcott..We'll also talk to Chris' old boss from his Carter days, Rick
Hertzberg, a New Yorker Magazine writer. Don't forget! Until Tuesday have a great
holiday weekend and as always, keep it real.
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from Washington, DC
Bush, Kerry spar over new jobs data...Report showing modest monthly employment growth
draws different interpretations on campaign trail (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5906715/
Curry: Speech sets the stage for nasty showdown...Bush's remarks are no respite in
cycle of attacks http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5810495/
Campaign 2004: Bush Opens Double-Digit Lead...TIME Poll: Among likely voters, 52%
would vote for President George Bush, while 41% would vote for John Kerry and 3% would
vote for Ralph Nader
http://www.time.com/time/press_releases/article/0,8599,692562,00.html
McCain: Miller's attack on Kerry could hurt Bush (Chicago Tribune)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2027&u=/chitribts/20040903/ts_chicagotrib/mccainmillersattackonkerrycouldhurtbush&printer=1
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