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Tonight Hardball airs for a special two hours to cover the election of Cardinal
Joseph Ratzinger as Pope Benedict XVI tonight from 6 to 8 pm ET...
We've got the story covered from Rome to Washington with experts on the papacy,
Catholic Church and Ratzinger himself...You loved him in Rome, now tune into
MSNBC once again as Chris anchors coverage on the new Pope...
We'll do the Bolton and DeLay stuff tomorrow and later in the week...Some new
stuff below on those fronts btw...Bolton vote delayed! Sorry it's been a crazy
day and I haven't had a lot of time to get you more links and background on the
show...I hope you'll join us nonetheless....Thank you
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from
Washington, DC
Benedict XVI: German cardinal elected pope...'I entrust myself to your
prayers,' he tells crowd (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7523254/
Guardian of Church Orthodoxy (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A1334-2005Apr19?language=printer
The Vatican's enforcer (The National Catholic Reporter)
http://www.natcath.com/NCR_Online/archives/041699/041699a.htm
What's in a pope's name? Benedict XVI will be scrutinized for clues about his
philosophy http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7540353/
Homily by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger...Full text of the sermon from the funeral
of Pope John Paul II http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7427983/
New pope a conservative who divided Germans...But Ratzinger a favorite son in
Alpine hills of Bavaria (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7560325/
See photos of Ratzinger as a youth http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3284096/
Shuster's Vatican Diary http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5445086/
DeLay plays defense on ethics allegations...Lashes out at Democrats in letter
to donors, supporters (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7550959/
DeLay said in the message, titled "What the Press Isn't Telling You" and
covering about six single-spaced pages, that his overseas trips were "proper"
and "properly vetted and undertaken" and that if there were any question about
the source of funding for that travel, no member of Congress "should be
responsible for deceptive behavior by outside organizations." (The Washington
Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64194-2005Apr18.html
Rove backs up DeLay, calls critics 'desperate'...The White House yesterday
stepped up its defense of embattled House Majority Leader Tom DeLay,
dispatching political strategist Karl Rove to deride Democratic attacks as
"drivel." (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20050419-121820-4270r.htm
U.S. Senate panel delays vote on Bolton for U.N.... The Senate Foreign
Relations Committee delayed a vote on the nomination of John Bolton as U.N.
ambassador after a Republican senator said he was not prepared to vote for him
Tuesday, casting the nomination in doubt. (Reuters)
Democrats hope to delay vote on Bolton's nomination...They say more time needed
to study allegations that U.N. nominee is a hothead (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7552333/
Bush cites 'good ideas' on Social Security...President Bush yesterday said
raising the retirement age for Social Security and recalculating how future
benefits are paid are among many "good ideas" on the table in the discussions
about overhauling the 70-year-old retirement system. (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20050418-112653-4618r.htm
Opinion/Editorial
Hitchens: Two Ibrahims and Two Women...Four individuals who took on the
powerful. http://slate.msn.com/id/2116901/
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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