The Note

W A S H I N G T O N, Jan. 25&#151;<br> -- TODAY SCHEDULE AS OF 9:00 am (all times ET):

— 8:00 am: Rev. Sharpton visits the Rehoboth Baptist Church, Columbia, S.C.— 8:15 am: Gov. Dean attends an AFSCME breakfast at the Nashua Tara Hotel, Nashua, N.H. — 8:15 am: Sen. and Mrs. Lieberman greet local residents at Pappy's Diner, Manchester, N.H. — 9:00 am: Sens. Kerry, Edwards and Lieberman, and Gen. Wesley Clark appear on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" — 9:00 am: Sen. Kerry appears on "Fox News Sunday" — 9:15 am: AFSCME's Gerald McEntee holds a press conference at the Nashua Tara Hotel, Nashua, N.H. — 9:30 am: Gov. and Mrs. Dean attend a "Women for Dean" event at Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, N.H. — 10:00 am: Sen. and Mrs. Lieberman greet canvassers, Nashua, N.H. — 10:30 am: Sen. Kerry appears on CBS's "Face the Nation" — 10:30 am: Gen. Clark appears on NBC's "Meet the Press" — 11:00 am: Gov. George Pataki and Doro Bush Koch attend a Politics and Eggs breakfast on behalf of President Bush, Bedford, N.H. — 11:00 am: Rev. Sharpton preaches at the Tabernacle Baptist Church, Beaufort, S.C. — 11:30 am: Sen. Kerry canvasses with local supporters, Merrimack, N.H. — 11:30 am: Gen. Clark attends a house party at the home of Ambassador George Bruno, Manchester, N.H. — 11:30 am: Gov. Dean's mother Andree has lunch at the Heritage Heights Retirement Community, Concord, N.H. — 11:30 am: Rep. Kucinich has lunch at the Soda Shop, Laconia, N.H. — 11:45 am: Sen. and Mrs. Lieberman attend a town hall meeting at the American Legion Post 63, Salem, N.H. — 12:00 pm: Sen. Edwards holds a town hall meeting at the Fairgrounds Junior High School, Nashua, N.H. — 12:00 pm: Sens. Edwards and Lieberman, Gov. Pataki and RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie and DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe appear on CNN's "Late Edition" — 12:45 pm: Doro Bush Koch attends a Bush-Cheney '04 rally at Piper's Landing, Stratham, N.H. — 1:00 pm: Gen. Clark attends a rally with former New York City Mayor David Dinkins, Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.), Gov. Jim Hodges (D-S.C.) and others at Daniel Webster College, Nashua, N.H. — 1:30 pm: Sen. and Mrs. Lieberman canvas their neighborhood at the Princeton Court Apartments, Manchester, N.H. — 1:30 pm: Rep. Kucinich attends a town hall meeting at Littleton Diner, Littleton, N.H. — 2:00 pm: Sen. Kerry attends a "Rally for America's Future" event with Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) and fmr. Gov. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) at Nashua High School, Nashua, N.H. — 2:00 pm: Gov. Dean's mother Andree attends a performance of "Mail to the Chief" at Plymouth State University, Plymouth, N.H. — 2:00 pm: Rev. Sharpton attends the opening of his Low Country campaign office, Riglon, S.C. — 2:15 pm: Sen. and Mrs. Lieberman visit TGI Friday's, Manchester, N.H. — 3:00 pm: Gov. Pataki attends a Bush-Cheney '04 rally at Nachos Taqueria, Manchester, N.H. — 3:00 pm: Doro Bush Koch attends a Bush-Cheney '04 rally at the Wright Museum, Wolfeboro, N.H. — 3:00 pm: Sen. Edwards visits the Hullabaloo Coffee Shop, Claremont, N.H. — 3:00 pm: Rev. Sharpton attends a town hall meeting at 1st Euhaw Baptist Church, Jasper, S.C. — 4:00 pm: Gov. Dean, Sen. Lieberman and Rep. Kucinich attend the "Every Woman Counts Forum" presented by ABC News and Lifetime Television, Hanover, N.H. — 4:00 pm: Gen. Clark attends a rally with supporters at New England College, Henniker, N.H. — 5:00 pm: Doro Bush Koch attends a Bush-Cheney '04 rally at the State Republican Party Headquarters, Concord, N.H. — 5:15 pm: Gov. Dean's mother Andree attends a bingo game at the Elks Club, Dover, N.H. — 5:30 pm: Sen. Kerry attends a fire hall chili feed, Hampton, N.H. — 6:45 pm: Sen. and Mrs. Lieberman visit the Ground Round restaurant, Manchester, N.H. — 7:00 pm: Sen. and Mrs. Kerry appear on "60 Minutes"— 7:00 pm: Gov. Dean attends a town hall meeting at Plymouth State University, Plymouth, N.H. — 7:00 pm: Rev. Sharpton attends a town hall meeting at St. Steven AME, Hardeeville, S.C. — 7:30 pm: Sen. Edwards holds a town hall meeting at the Rynborn Restaurant and Blues Club, Keene, N.H. — 7:45 pm: Sen. Kerry attends a chili feed at the Martin Flanagan Community Center, Somersworth, N.H. — 8:00 pm: Sen. Lieberman hosts a town hall meeting at the Blackroom Restaurant Puritan, Manchester, N.H. — 9:00 pm: Rep. Kucinich and the Dave Matthews Band's Tim Reynolds attend a "Festival of Peace" concert at the University of New Hampshire, Durham, N.H.

NEWS SUMMARY

If you foresaw that the challenge to become the Kerry Alternative would be tougher than the challenge to become the Dean Alternative, you are more psychic than Dionne Warwick.