Volume 2 Issue 99
June 30, 2003
State of Disaster?
States face a deadline, the Democratic Ballclub faces a deadline, and Bigfoot goes to China
2nd Quarter FEC Reports are due tonight, the final amounts should come out in the next few days, but the big story among the political class today is that the winner apparently will be Howard Dean with almost $7 million. If this is the case, it could have implications for the race, as it cements him as a top-tier candidate. Can Dean survive as a front runner? What happened to the ability of Graham, Gephardt, and Lieberman to fundraise? Will Carol Mosely-Braun pass the $100,000 mark? In just a few short hours, dear readers, the questions will be answered...in the meantime, here's today's insanity.
States in Trouble: With many state's fiscal years beginning tomorrow, July 1, disasters loom over a few states still in crisis. The worst are perhaps in California -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48925-2003Jun29.html
And New Jersey -
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/states/new_jer sey/6201298.htm
Bob Herbert notes that the Bush Administration just doesn't seem to care though -
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/30/opinion/30HERB.html
Dictators in America? Howard Kurtz looks at the blossoming news coverage of GOP attempts to make the US a one-party nation -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50600-2003Jun30.html?nav=hptop_tb
Calm Down, Antonin: Maureen Dowd suggests Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia calm down -
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/29/opinion/29DOWD.html?8hpib
Mmmm...doughnuts: Krispy Kreme is the fastest growing brand in America...but are they the next Coke?
http://www.fortune.com/fortune/print/0,15935,460119,00.html?
Look Who's Running for President: The 2nd Quarter FEC reports are due tonight, and the speculation has begun on who will raise the most, and if anyone can even hope to approach President Bush's total. Early speculation is that Lieberman and Graham will not to as well as expected, and Dean will do better than expected. Edwards, who was the 1st quarter champ, is not expected to repeat -
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20030630/5284325s.htm
Dean's total could surpass $6 million, a figure that has stunned the other Democratic candidates -
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/30/national/30DEAN.html
If Joe Lieberman does not meet expectations this quarter, the race could become more difficult for him -
http://www.ctnow.com/news/custom/newsat3/hc-lastday0630.artjun30,0,4376168.story?coll=hc-headlines-newsat3
President Bush picked up $5 million in California over the weekend -
http://www.adn.com/24hour/politics/story/929629p-6477836c.html
Look Who's Running for President 2: Nader is still out there...
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20030630/5284324s.htm
Look Who's Running for President 3: Bill Clinton, who has tried very hard to stay out of the 2004 race so far, commented over the weekend that Wesley Clark would make a good President -
http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/1995.htm
Look Who's Running for President 4: Al Sharpton on the road -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44463-2003Jun28.html?nav=hptop_tb
Bad John Edwards Photo of the Day: Looks like he finally lost that ugly tie...
Did Sharpton not get the "Blue Ties Today" memo? I mean, even the microphone has blue on!
Wonder Drug for the 21st Century? No, not some new drug recently developed, but Aspirin, which doctors continue to find new uses for -
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/6200306.htm
This is just a test: Some folks in DC have been put on edge accidentally by a series of tests run by ABC to test it's rapid response to breaking news -
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/30/business/media/30RON.html
He better stay away from the authorities: Chinese farmers are reporting sightings of a "bigfoot"-like creature -
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/east/06/30/china.bigfo ot/index.html
