2003 Note Archives
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December 19, 2003— Out with the Old...: ...In with the News
December 18, 2003— (Pants) On Fire: Trish Is Glam; Her Candidate Is Too Left-Wing for the Washington Post
December 17, 2003— Cheap Shot Journalism: The One Where Mike Allen and The Note Shamelessly Attempt to Get Linked in Romenesko
December 16, 2003— POTUS Speaks: A Man of Many Words
December 15, 2003— Peaceful and Prosperous: "President Bush Deserves a Day of Celebration"
December 12, 2003— Fairness: It's What We All Want
December 11, 2003— "I'm George Bush, and I Approved": "This Law Because It Gives Me a Big Advantage"
December 10, 2003— Facts Are Tough Things: And Some Things Are Debatable
December 9, 2003— Internet Man: Gorefordean.com
December 8, 2003— No Bull, Durham: Does the Live Dust-up Need a 5-Second Delay?
December 5, 2003— Sneak and Peek: The White-Board Says: Durham, Durham, Durham
December 4, 2003— Tally Ho: Ho
December 3, 2003— A Smarty Remark: We Weren't Really Being Very Serious About It
December 2, 2003— Rumsfeld's Cadence: Running a Campaign Is NOT Like Running the Country
December 1, 2003— December to Remember: Deep in December It's Nice to Remember
November 20, 2003— "M" Is for "Michael": And More
November 19, 2003— Banana Stuffing: Holidays Are a Time for Not(e) Sharing
November 18, 2003— Big Day: What It Takes, Part VI
November 17, 2003— First Principles:The Note Holds These Truths to Be Self-Evident
November 14, 2003— Not So Silent Coup: John, Erh, Howard Dean Takes Over
November 13, 2003— When We Played Tag: ...In Grade School, You Wanted to Be It
November 12, 2003— And the Dream Shall Never Die: The Note Asks Again: Can't Everyone Be Nice?
November 11, 2003— Oh, Behave: Everyone Try to Be Nice!
November 10, 2003— Dated Jordan, Married Cahill: It's the Campaign Manager, Stupid
November 7, 2003— The Aura of a Winner: Look for the Union Label -- a.k.a. -- Gerry and Andy Are Friends
November 6, 2003— Achilles' Heel: Where are Howard Dean's Soft Spots?
November 5, 2003— Lead...: ...or Leave
November 4, 2003— Changing Landscape: Dadam Bagourney Sees Things As They Are
November 3, 2003— Facile Comparisons: A Referendum on...?
October 31, 2003— 3-Day Bender: 72 Hours: Off-Year, Off-Chance, Off-Load
October 30, 2003— GDP: Great Democratic Problem
October 29, 2003— So-called Trick Question: Front-runners Bush and Dean Take Heat
October 28, 2003— Think: Big Feet in the Trap
October 27, 2003— Gauzy Growth: Numbers So Big You'll Forget Zogby
October 24, 2003— Chaos Theory: Party, Party
October 23, 2003— When Democrats Attack: Ken Mehlman Laughs
October 22, 2003— "And the Answer Is...": We'll Take "Politics for 200(4)"
October 21, 2003— Endorse This: Time Differences
October 20, 2003— Washington Insider Handbook: McCain Skipped Iowa and Won New Hampshire by 19 Points
October 17, 2003— Beef Man: A Weekend to Kick Back
October 16, 2003— Can't Buy Me Love...: But You Can Buy Attention
October 15, 2003— Beware...: The Ties of March
October 14, 2003— A Program of Leadership with Integrity...: ...Covered on Bended Knee
October 13, 2003— Re-Launch: Say It Isn't So
October 10, 2003— "Mary, Help!": When You're the Front-runner, You Have to Expect That
October 9, 2003— Granite Days: Phoenix Nights
October 8, 2003— The Governance Stage: Dan Morain Takes Over
October 7, 2003— National Reputation: Make or Break
October 6, 2003— First Monday in October: "As Soon as the Campaign Is Over, I Will"
October 3, 2003— Romeo and Juliet on Halloween: October Surprises
October 2, 2003— Rush, Rush: I'm Gonna Take This Love Right to Ya
October 1, 2003— Let the People Decide: (Dis)Trust But Verify
September 30, 2003— Preserve All Materials: Burn Bag
September 29, 2003— The Frog March of History: The Official Sport of Washington
September 26, 2003— No Number Ten Downing!: CW: Clark Clears the Bar
September 25, 2003— Cliffs Note: Get Shorty
September 24, 2003— Question Time: Ask Away
September 23, 2003— Major League Big Time: (We Never Get Sick of That Reference)
September 22, 2003— Something About Which to Write Home: Frontrunning
September 19, 2003— Clark, Clark, Clark, Clark: AmericansforClark.com Day 3
September 18, 2003— All Hands on Deck: Campaigning in the Rain
September 17, 2003— Overshadowed: Speculation Atop Speculation
September 16, 2003— We Don't Know: Don't Ask Us
September 15, 2003— The Moving Sidewalk Is Ending: Please Look Down
September 12, 2003— A Tremendous Hunger for Leadership: Just Your Typical Weekend in September Politics
September 11, 2003— The 9/11 Note: Politics (Mostly) Stops
September 10, 2003— Strong and Right: Both Parties Try to Have It All
September 9, 2003— The Pinata of the Week: Conflict (Ir)resolution
September 8, 2003— Everything Has A Price: Another Week of Political Warp Speed
September 5, 2003— Of Cabbages, Kings...: Unemployment Numbers, 6-point Plans, Debate Moderation, and Candidate Drop-outs
September 4, 2003— Dust-up in the Desert: The Doctor is in...the Spotlight
September 3, 2003— Process of Elimination: Democracy Depends on Letting the Public Know What the Consultants Think
September 2, 2003— Puke Politics: (American Campaigns are Filled with Zero Summers
The Note did not publish from August 26 to September 1, 2003.
August 25, 2003— All Quiet on the Western Front: (Except for those Dean crowds.)
August 21, 2003— Hedging Their Bets: Bustamante Builds Support (With No On Recall, Of Course)
August 21, 2003— Schwarzenegger Brings Da Noise: The Press Brings Da Funk
August 20, 2003— "They Don't Give A Rip": Schwarzenegger Flexes His Policy Muscles
August 19, 2003— From The Heart...: No Mea Culpa Here
August 18, 2003— When Does A Party Speak With One Voice?: Does It Ever?
August 15, 2003— Lights Out Tonight: Trouble In the Heartland
August 14, 2003— Golden Time: President Bush Joins Television Camera Crews in Watching the Recall
August 13, 2003— The Empire Strikes Back: A Quadruple Entendre Headline!!
August 12, 2003— Lull in the MadnessArnold is Dark, Gray and Ralph Take Center Stage, What the Pete?
August 11, 2003— Nation State"The Only People Talking About the Bush Campaign Are Karl and Ken and Jack"
August 8, 2003— Saturday Night, All Right:Who Will Hold? And Who Will Fold?
August 7, 2003— Gone Hollywood:Same Race, Different Terms
August 6, 2003— DiFi Wi-Fi: She's Not Running
August 5, 2003— All Roads Lead to Chicago AFL-CIO Plays Kingmaker and Savior (Maybe?)
August 4, 2003— Political Press Picks Process And Sometimes Process Determines Policies
August 1, 2003— Gone Fishing (Again): The Note Puts on Its Summer Mini
July 31, 2003— Snapping Donkey, Snarling DonkeyDemocratic Message: Bush Looks Weaker, Let's Attack Each Other!! -- Punch and Judy!!
July 30, 2003— The Washington Post Ed Board Asks... :And the President Has a Press Conference!!!
July 29, 2003— East Wing, West CoastMichael Finnegan Tracks Noelia Rodriguez
July 28, 2003— My I (Don't Have to) Run Day:C'mon Honey, Let's Go Make Some Noise
July 25, 2003— The Note::You Get What You Pay For
July 24, 2003— What You See Isn't Always What You Get:The Real World Politics
July 23, 2003— Stephen Hadley Fails...:Stephen Hadley Fails
July 22, 2003— Tiny Steps...:Muscle Baby Won't Let Go
July 21, 2003— How Many Miles Is It...:...From the White House to Outside the Beltway?
July 18, 2003— Iowa, New Hampshire, and Texas...:As Tony Blair Suggested, America Is a Big Place
July 17, 2003— Special Relationship:The Blair-Bush Project
July 16, 2003— Decent, But Not Spectacular:Bush Can't Be Beat, But He's Beatable
July 15, 2003— Assignment Desk: :Googling Monkeys Flood The Zone
July 14, 2003— Circle of Blue:A Political Week More Fun Than an Archie Comic!
July 11, 2003— Not Totally Outrageous:Copulating Pachdyderms and Donkeys
July 10, 2003— Like Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry:Where Do We Begin......?
July 9, 2003— Matthew Dowd Was Right Again!:George Bush is Popular, Charmed, and maybe up Dawson's Creek
July 8, 2003— Me Mind on Fire -- Me Soul on Fire:Feeling Hot Hot Hot
July 7, 2003— Beyond The Anger:The Jones For Howard Dean
July 2, 2003— The World Against Howard DeanOne-on-one, I Want to Play That Game Tonight
July 1, 2003— Hey Howard, How Ya Doin..Howard Dean Likes Howard Fineman, He Just Doesn't Show It
June 30, 2003— We Can Make Him Stronger, Faster...Howard Dean IS the Six-Million-Dollar Man.
June 27, 2003— The Money Pit...Stuck in Democrats' Throats.
June 26, 2003— "If Bill Clinton had done that..."The Bigotry of Different Expectations and Standards
June 25, 2003— The Play of the Week:There's a Lot to Cover in Politics-- If You Know Where to Look
June 24, 2003— No Pressure There Will Always Be Another Quarter
June 23, 2003— Meet Howard Dean: On Howard Dean's Terms.
June 20, 2003— Foreboding Fortnight The Invisible Primary's Early Summer Mini Series
June 19, 2003— Cattle FuturesWithout H. Clinton or A. Gore, the Democrats Get Ready to Forum, Debate, and Appear Serially
June 18, 2003— And Don't You Know......That It's (Apparently) Wrong To Take What Is Given You?
June 17, 2003— Hilton Head TableDon't Blink, Or You Will Miss The POTUS
June 11, 2003— W's WMDs Aren't the Only Things Missing It's Almost Deadline: Do You Know Where Your Politicians Are?
June 10, 2003— The Doctor Was In... ...Austin, Texas, Where Mr. Bush Once RaisedMoney
June 09, 2003— Once A Goldwater Girl... Senator Clinton Hits The Free Market
June 05, 2003— C Is For.... Cue the Von Trapp Family Singers:
June 04, 2003— Subject: Undeliverable: Undeliverable mail While you were away....
June 03, 2003— Four Corners Democrats Publicly Stall, and Secretly Converge in Big East Country
June 02, 2003— And The Answer Is.... Both Parties Play The Family Feud
May 30, 2003— The Man For All Candidates... Bob Rubin For Veep!
May 29, 2003— Bartlett For Texas: A Boy Scout Is....
May 27, 2003— Well, If You Must, You Must: A Girl Woke Up In a Naked Light and Said "Oh No Not Again"*
May 16, 2003— First in the NationIowa and New Hampshire Dominate
May 15, 2003— Eye of the StormEye Of The Beholder
May 14 2003— And (Don't) Forget Health Care More of the Same VersTheNote Change
May 13, 2003— The Doctor Is In... New York City, to Unveil His Health Care Plan
May 12, 2003— Goods and Services Political Spending Outpaces the Rest of the Economy
May 9, 2003— One Nation... Divisible?
May 8, 2003— Personal Is Political
May 6, 2003— We've Never Had A President Named Bob* Senator Graham Thinks It's About Time
May 5, 2003— Madison Dines Alone Mr. Rove Leaves Washington
May 1, 2003— War Of Words When Is an Aircraft Carrier Not an Aircraft Carrier?
April 30, 2003— A Soul Whose Intentions are Good Howard Dean, Considered
April 29, 2003— If He Pulls a Knife, You Pull a Gun Tie Goes To The Runner
April 28, 2003— The WorldWide Wait Is Over The Notepad Debuts!
April 25, 2003— ATheNotetin City Limits Watch the Itt(s)y-Bitt(s)y Spider Go Down the Polling Chart -- But Not Drop From the Sky
April 24, 2003— Bucking The Chief Selling and Writing a Plan SimultaneoTheNotely
April 23, 2003— 'Man on Dog' And It's Sort of Freaking Me Out
April 22, 2003— Down To Earth The French Girl With The Breck Hair
April 21, 2003— Big and Easy The Economic Path to a Re-elect
April 18, 2003— The Firm Who Will Play Edsall in the Movie Version?
April 17, 2003— Tom and Dick Are Friends Congressional Republicans Are Asked: Can't You All JTheNotet Get Along?
April 16, 2003— Snow Forecast: the Economy Is Soggy But Trial Lawyers All Have $2,000 to Give
April 15, 2003— Pick Axe TV Breaks Through Like Nothing Else
April 14, 2003— It's a Long Dark Highway and a Thin White Line Connecting, Baby, Your Heart to Mine*
April 11, 2003— What Have You Done for Me Lately? Bicameral, Bipartisan, Bipolar: 535 Ways to Look at the World
April 10, 2003— Up Hill Sometimes, Reporters Can Get Nasty
April 9, 2003— Deficits, Schmeficits, Part XVI What Do You Call Someone Who Says "I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today"?
April 8, 2003— Quadrangular Firing Squad... Arms Are for Hugging, Except When They Aren't
April 7, 2003— Things Can Only Get Better Unless They Don't
April 4, 2003— Let's Get This Party Started Right... Presidential Politics 101
April 3, 2003— A: Great Expectations. Q: What Did George W. BTheNoteh Christen His First Presidential Campaign Plane?
April 2, 2003 — Shock And Awe: John Edwards Sets a Blazin' Pace
March 27, 2003— Stealth Signing Dashing out the door, the King of Hard Money Leaves Behind a John Hancock.
March 26, 2003— Everyday, We Write The Note: Chapter One: How the South Became the Center of the Political Universe.
March 25, 2003— (Political) Life Goes On: Only Less So
March 24, 2003— Appropriate Appropriating: Supplementing Supplemental
NOTE: Due to ABCNEWS coverage of the war with Iraq, the Note published on a crisis schedule during March. Archives of those Notes are unavailable.
February 28, 2003— Quadrangular Firing Squad... It's Better to Be Strong and Wrong, Than Weak and Right, a Sage Once Said
February 27, 2003— Get A Dog... Dick Morris TheNoteed to Stay Alone a Lot at the Jefferson
February 20, 2003— A'Courtin' and A'Wooin'... IIs the Action at the Hyatt or in Georgetown?
February 19, 2003— A Moving Picture... Is Worth Much More Than 1,000 Words
February 18, 2003— Eight Is Enough: Or Maybe More Than Enough
February 14, 2003— Securing the Homeland: It's A Job For Both Parties
February 13, 2003— The Bill Is Due: War-Time Budgeting
February 12, 2003— Boston Phoenix: For Kerry, the Political Is Personal
February 11, 2003— A Bone In the Throat: A DLC Memo Tries the Heimlich
February 10, 2003— Circular Firing Squad Intra-Party Is Inter-esting
February 9, 2003— Be Like Pre:Kerry As (Front-)Runner?.
February 6, 2003— Mind The Gap (Again):Economy? What Economy?.
February 5, 2003— Cry Wolfe:Having the right stuff....
February 4, 2003— Trees Fall; Budget Printed:Sound Barely Heard-For Now.
February 3, 2003— American Heroes:Tragedy And Politics.
January 31 2003— The State Of The Party: Grand Indeed.
January 30 2003— Gillespie and Quinn:The Exception, Not the Rule.
January 29, 2003— Short And Shallow: The Twin Meta Marches of War and Economy
January 28, 2003— Domestic Help....War Is (Un)Certain(ty).
January 27, 2003— Better Late Than Never....The Note Does Gordon Peterson.
January 24, 2003— Change The Tone....And/Or Change Some Minds.
January 23, 2003— The State of the Union Is....Searching For Healthy Choices
January 22, 2003— Lead Or Leave...Help Wanted In the Democratic Party.
January 21, 2003— Al Gore Says...Everything That Ought To Be Up Is Down
January 17 2003— The Powder's Dry....:DC gets an inch, but the real snowballs start flying next week....
January 16 2003— Like A Laser Beam: BTheNotey Is As BTheNotey Does
January 15 2003— Social Skills:Politics, the Associated Press, and the Right to Life and Liberty
January 14 2003— Past As Prologue: Matthew Dowd Always Said This Would Happen
January 13 2003— Sticks And Stones And Stamford: Joe Lieberman Enters An Ever More Heated Presidential Race
January 10 2003— Attention Deficit: Disorder...Threatens The Budget Process
January 9 2003— All White Flags All Red, White and Blue
January 8 2003— Presidential Candidate Daschle?: Presidential Candidate Daschle? Never Heard of Him.
January 7 2003— The Note:
January 6, 2003— Taking It To The Streets....Which Side Will Win the Fairness Argument?.