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Tonight we're on live for 3 hours direct from Democracy Plaza...7 pm and 9-11 pm
ET...4 & 6 pm PT
Don't tune out now folks, we're in the home stretch...We're just hours away from
election day and we're all over the coverage at MSNBC...In one of those big shot
network meetings last week (the type I just listen in on my muted phone) Chris said
something to the effect of "we have to show our audience that this election is an
organic living thing on election night. It's happening in real time. We'll tell the
viewers to vote and then come watch the election results with us." We want you to be
part of our coverage. No joke! check out our Citizen Journalist page
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6348977/
On with the show...Our 7 pm ET Hardball All Star panel: Dee Dee, Willie, Pat &
Howard...Before we get to the panel though we're going to treat you to a little song
and dance...No, not from the panel, from the USO girls who'll sing "God Bless
America." Shuster is on his way from W. Palm Beach to Ft. Lauderdale and he'll do a
little ditty on early voting from there...Lots of action down in that area...We'll
also talk to several kid reporters from Scholastic, so that'll be kind of cute...In
the rough and tumble of politics you gotta watch out for the kids and make sure they
understand what's going on...We're kid friendly at Hardball and hope they grow up to
be interested in politics and their country..
In the 9 to 10 ET hour we'll throw in Ron Reagan and Ron Silver into the mix and get
their take on the horse race...Brokaw sat down with President Bush over the weekend
for a wide ranging interview...We'll "chunk" it heavily in the front half and then
Chris sits down with Tom in the back half..
10p-11p panel: Andrea, Willie, Meacham & Scarborough...We'll probably throw in there
DNC Chair Terry McAuliffe and funny man Ben Stein...Plus, Chris will kick it freestyle
with the audience in our "bullpen" area...If you're in the neighborhood stop by and
say Hi! We might just put you on TV...We're at Democracy Plaza, formerly Rockefeller
Plaza...
Please join us...A good time is guaranteed...An oh yeah, we'll have some killer aerial
shots of Democracy Plaza courtesy of the Goodyear Blimp...
NBC/WSJ Poll: Bush, Kerry still deadlocked...Good news for president on bin Laden,
explosives? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6376974/
Shuster just called into Briefing Central and reports the following from W. Palm
Beach: There are a number of folks on the streets near polling centers but one person
struck him in particular...An elderly seventy-something woman who used a walker to
help get around had the thing decked out in Kerry/Edwards signs...She shook her fists
at cars driving by and gave thumbs up to folks honking...David, in his infinite
editorial wisdom, scored an interview, in which she explained why she's been out doing
this for the past four days...It got pretty emotional for her and she even
cried...We'll bring you the interview and see if we can't put some of it up on the
blog as well..
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from Washington, DC
Sen. John Kerry has erased President Bush's modest lead and the two candidates head
into Election Day tied at 49%-49%, a nationwide USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll shows as an
extraordinarily bitter and expensive campaign prepared to end.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/polls/2004-10-31-poll-x_x.htm
More polls http://www.realclearpolitics.com/polls.html
Kerry, Bush crossing paths in Midwest...President Bush laid on a six-state, seven-stop
tour Monday stretching from early morning into late night, mostly in the Midwest. His
Democratic opponent was working the heartland for a final time, too. (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6363692/
An upbeat President Bush launched a six-state, 19-hour day of final campaigning
Monday, saying he was "energized" by his supporters and confident he would win
re-election. (AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041101/D8635KN02.html
Voter turnout is likely to be higher than in recent presidential elections -
especially among young voters - in a very close race, weekend polls suggest. Those
polls suggest the race is very close nationally with some polls showing President Bush
and Democratic Sen. John Kerry even and another showing Bush slightly ahead. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041101/D86351CO0.html
Cheney invokes memory of Pearl Harbor...Major party candidate visits Hawaii for first
time in 44 years (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6380124/
Sammon: Campaigns clash over bin Laden...The presidential campaign of Sen. John Kerry
yesterday defended the senator's remarks blaming President Bush for letting Osama bin
Laden escape, while the candidate himself backed off some, saying his surrogates
shouldn't make political use of the al Qaeda leader's latest videotape. (The
Washington Times) http://washingtontimes.com/national/20041101-012528-9456r.htm
Shales: From Telegenic to Telegeneric
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14519-2004Oct31.html
Fresh troops arrive in Iraq ahead of assault...Iraqi PM says plans for Fallujah
offensive in final phase (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6316493/
American, 3 others kidnapped in Baghdad...Security guard, attacker killed in gunfight
during abduction (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6336322/
Rehnquist absent as high court returns to work...Chief justice said working at home
while recuperating from cancer (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6328363/
Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist disclosed Monday that he's undergoing radiation and
chemotherapy for thyroid cancer and said he is delaying his expected return to the
Supreme Court bench on doctors' advice. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041101/D8635VC00.html
Opinion/Editorial
Katrina: All About Osama http://www.thenation.com/edcut/index.mhtml?bid=7&pid=1962
The Thomas Wolfe Interview: 'The liberal elite hasn't got a clue'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections2004/story/0,13918,1340525,00.html
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