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The staff is all abuzz today preparing for tonight's "POTUS Presser" at 8:30 pm
ET...We'll broadcast live from 7-10 pm ET for some serious pre- and post-game
slicin' and dicin'...The big issues he wants to push are Social Security reform
and gas prices...We're expecting a lot of questions though on Bolton, DeLay and
the Filibuster fight...
We'll bring out the big guns of NBC News: Norah, Andrea, Tim, Brian and
David...We'll also have a number of elected officials like Biden & Durbin plus
reax from a panoply of erudite pundits including former Bush "axis of evil"
speechwriter David Frum, Scarborough and Howard to name a few...
Bush sets news conference for Thursday...President to address gas prices,
Social Security reform (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7659512/
President Bush on Thursday night will offer what the White House said would be
specific ways to keep Social Security solvent in a rare prime-time news
conference as he seeks to overcome opposition to his ambitious plans. (Reuters)
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyID=2005-04-28T171149Z_01_N2824077_RTRIDST_0_POLITICS-RETIREMENT-BUSH-DC.XML
This is definitely one of thse break out the dinner tray, pop the pocorn kind
of nights!! Please join us!
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from
Washington, DC
President Bush hoped a 60-day road show on Social Security would stir a clamor
to change the program but polls suggest the campaign may have backfired,
reinforcing dislike of Bush's remedies and bruising his popularity. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=F3LQLFEAP5UZACRBAE0CFFA?type=topNews&storyID=8334719
Howard: That Bush political capital thing...When to spend it and what's the
payback? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7641678/
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist plans to present his long-awaited
proposal to resolve a high-stakes battle over judicial nominees to Democrats on
Thursday, senior congressional aides said. (Reuters)
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyID=2005-04-28T165939Z_01_N28559408_RTRIDST_0_POLITICS-CONGRESS-JUDGES-DCXML
Filibuster Vote Will Be Hard to Predict...Undecided Republicans Are Big Unknown
(The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/27/AR2005042702088.html
House rolls back ethics rules changes...Move could lead to investigation of
Rep. DeLay http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7653310/
Birnbaum Analysis: DeLay in serious trouble...Experts weigh lawmaker's
potential defense http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7646916/
Lugar Predicts Bolton's Approval...White House Depicts Nomination Battle as
Fight Over U.N.'s Future (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/27/AR2005042702124.html
Sammon: The White House yesterday accused Senate Democrats of opposing reform
of the scandal-plagued United Nations by blocking the nomination of John R.
Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the world body.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050427-110505-7993r.htm
Committee prepares new questions for Bolton...Senate panel explores U.N.
nominee's earlier clashes with staff (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7646831/
If and when Republicans take the historic step of ending the Democratic
filibuster of judicial nominees, the most visible figure in the parliamentary
maneuver will not be a senator. Rather, Vice President Dick Cheney (The Hill
Newspaper)
http://www.thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/042805/veep.html
Iraq's Ahmad Chalabi: He's now Mr. Oil...Controversial figure, with no industry
experience, to run ministry (Reuters) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7666574/
Republicans reach tentative budget deal..Agreement envisions tax cuts, Medicaid
savings, Arctic drilling (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7667085/
U.S. says lesser groups helping al-Qaida...State Dept. report lists 651
terrorist attacks worldwide in 2004 (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7663126/
After an easy House victory, the latest push to curb abortions moves to the
Senate where Republican gains increase the likelihood of making it harder for
minors to cross state lines to end pregnancies without telling a parent. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050428/ap_on_go_co/abortion;_ylt=An_O7qxXyUFmS4L3FaZqzsBG2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
Mfume accused of favoritism at NAACP...Ex-president denies rewarding women (The
Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7659519/
All-liberal Air America and talker Randi Rhodes apologized yesterday for a "bad
taste" comedy bit in which President Bush was shot (NY Post)
http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/23522.htm
Opinion/Editorial
Pat: Nuclear option in a religious war
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44000
Terry: Confirm Janice Rogers Brown Now
http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=7270
Broder: Paying a Price for Overreaching
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/27/AR2005042701877.html
Conason: Bush Hides the Truth About Terror, Torture
http://nyobserver.com/pages/conason.asp
Mondo Washington: George Bush's Nuclear Dawn...President pushes oil, atoms in
quixotic energy plan http://villagevoice.com/news/0517,webmondo3,63531,6.html
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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