Daily Briefing: No Different Than Smart Media Buying for Toothpaste
•Intelligence bill stalled, butBushsignals interest.Reid: "The Congress of the United States should not leave this town until we pass this." [ NYT , LAT , USAT , WT ]
• Reidpromises to lead fight against Republicans' plans for Social Security, gay marriage, and conservative judges." [ WP ]
• BushwantsSnowout, considersCardas replacement. [ NYT ]
• McCainto introduce legislation requiring testing of sports players for steroids use. [ NYT , USAT ]
•AARP aims to stop privatization of Social Security: "If there's any issue we will pull out the stops on, it's this one." [ USAT ]
•Ohio election results will be challenged. [ WP ]
• Greenspan's successor has enormous shoes to fill; eyes onHubbard. [ NYT ]
•Commission on WMDs keeps quiet. [ NYT ]
•Mission go: DeLaysqueezes $16b for NASA. [ WP ]
•Congress split on permitting driver's licenses for illegal immigrants. [ WSJ ]
• Thompson's successor faced with enormous prescription-drug benefit program. [ WSJ ]
• Bush, never a one to meander, shows little interest in foreign attractions. [ NYT ]
• BC04micro-managed television ad buys to target Republican voters, who tune to Speedvision and the Golf Channel.Dowd: "This year, we reached a wider audience of potential Republicans than we did in 2000."Deutsch: "The selling of a candidate is no different from the smart media buying for toothpaste and automobiles, especially as people fragment their media habits." [ NYT ]
•Republicans flip-flop, embrace 527s. [ WSJ ]
•Abortion opponents see conservative Senate on their side: "It will be somewhat easier for anti-choice forces to pass further restrictions on abortion, but they won't be successful in all of their initiatives"; [ WT ]
• Bushwill make two appointments to civil rights panel. [ WT ]
•Five Representatives have family serving on front lines. [ USAT ]
• Webb, Kirk, Dean, Ickesamong those in running to chair DNC. [ USAT ]
• Obama, jokester: a) "I figure there's nowhere to go from here but down, so tonight, I'm announcing my retirement from the United States Senate." b)Enquirerheadline: "Obama's Shocking Secret: He'sStrom Thurmond's Love Child." c) "I'm so overexposed that I makeParis Hiltonlook like a recluse." [ LAT ]