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Tonight, on the eve of the Iraqi elections we convene Hardball's grand War
Council: Downing, Meigs & McCaffrey...We lead of course with the indefatigable
David Shuster and his smooth leather jacket from Baghdad's Green Zone (by the
way, if you can't get enough of Shuster, the Bloomington, IN native answered
some of you questions in a webcast he did earlier today...I was checking it out
and he even talks about the Middle Eastern food he ate...More on that
below)...The experts will give their take on Sunday's election and what to
expect...
In the back half of the show we talk to moderator of MTP and son of "Big Russ",
Tim Russert, about the politics of Sunday's big election and some newly
released numbers from the NBC News-WSJ poll put out by McInturff & Hart...And
dig this, "Meet" has the first television interview this Sunday with Senator
John Kerry since his defeat last November...Check your local listings for exact
time and channel...We'll preview that with Tim as well...
Still later in the show we talk to Elisabeth Bumiller of the New York
Times...She sat down with POTUS in the Oval Office yesterday in an exclusive
interview...Yes, the one Drudge has been linking all day and had the siren
blasting on last night (paraphrasing Bush here: "We'll pull out if they ask us
to") http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/28/politics/28prexy.html?oref=login&8bl
Campbell is in Baghdad and will give us more sights, sounds and smells from
Iraq's war zone...
Chris caps the show with Iraq's representative at the United Nations...
And don't forget...MSNBC brings you live coverage all day of the historic
elections in Iraq...Chris anchors from 6 to 8 pm ET with an impressive panoply
of intellectually fecund observers...And of course, David Shuster live from
Baghdad
Start your weekend off with Hardball...You'll be glad you did...
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited the Hardball Briefing from
Washington, DC
Shuster's Baghdad Diary: Just a few minutes ago, I had another new experience
here in Baghdad... I heard the sounds of automatic gunfire. The noise was
somewhere in between a popping and crackling sound that repeated itself in
bursts every few seconds. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5445086/
Bush: U.S. troops will leave Iraq if asked...President says he doesn't expect
that request, though (Reuters) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6878892/
5 U.S. soldiers killed, terror arrests announced U.S. helicopter crashes in
Baghdad; cause unknown (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6874656/
President Bush will be on the ballot, at least in the realm of public opinion,
when Iraq holds its first democratic election in nearly half a century. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&u=/ap/20050128/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_on_the_ballot&printer=1
U.S. Apparently Underestimated Size of Insurgency, Top Commander Says (LA
Times) http://fairuse.1accesshost.com/news2/latimes500.html
Joyful Iraqi expatriates cast first votes in election...Tears and applause mark
start of voting by U.S. residents (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6876911/
The government on Friday announced the arrests of two close associates of Abu
Musab al-Zarqawi, including the chief of the terror mastermind's Baghdad
operation. The announcement came two days before historic elections that
extremists have vowed to subvert (AP)
http://cnn.aimtoday.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?floc=FF-APO-1107&idq=/ff/story/0001%2F20050128%2F0630460922.htm&sc=1107&photoid=20050128BAG107
U.N. 'misspoke' about Iraq-election help...The United Nations is backing away
from its criticism of the U.S. troops' "get-out-the-vote" effort in Iraq,
criticism the Pentagon apparently agreed with. (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/world/20050127-103013-7621r.htm
Democrats told how to rebound from loss...Democratic strategists say their
party has an opportunity to rebound because the electorate is still divided and
support for the president is weak, but that Democrats must frame their debate
better and send a clear message of how they would implement change. (The
Washington Times) http://washingtontimes.com/national/20050127-112103-3658r.htm
The State Department said yesterday it has asked Nicaragua to investigate
whether its military is hiding stashes of SA-7 missiles capable of downing
commercial airliners. (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20050127-115828-8242r.htm
Politician-turned-lecturer Jesse Ventura looked more like a pirate than a
retired governor as he shocked and provoked Contra Costa County business and
political leaders Thursday night. (Contra Costa Times)
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/10756579.htm?1c
Howard: Lessons in unity from Pittsburgh...We're all in this together whether
we like it or not http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6875602/
Sneed: Rumble is former Republican U.S. Senate candidate/nightmare Alan Keyes
is eyeing a bid for governor.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/sneed/cst-nws-sneed28a.html
American Nazi Party adopts Salem road...The county OKs the group to avoid a
free-speech lawsuit (Statesman Journal)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2005501280372
Defense and Congressional big shots dine at Cafe Milano
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A43110-2005Jan27?language=printer
Rush & Molloy: Campaign aide gets Jenna's vote...When it comes to romance,
Jenna Bush isn't crossing party lines
http://nydailynews.com/front/v-echo/story/275594p-235944c.html
Opinion/Editorial
Hitchens: Ahmad Again...Chalabi's return and other good news from the Iraqi
campaign. http://slate.msn.com/default.aspx?id=2112682
Lobe: Losing Feith http://www.antiwar.com/lobe/?articleid=4629
Peggy: A Sourpuss? Moi? Further thoughts on the passions of the inaugural.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110006211
Suellentrop: My Sharansky...Bush's favorite book doesn't always endorse his
policies. http://slate.msn.com/id/2112699/
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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