March 22, 2007
Hotline After Dark: Turning Up The Heat
There were two main political stories on the tube last night: the scandal over the fired U.S. attys and Al Gore's return to Capital Hill:
CNN's Malveaux, on the conflict between Congress and the admin: "We're not yet at DEFCON 1" ("Lou Dobbs Tonight," 3/21).
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY): "The president says he wants to get to the truth. Well, then what's wrong with an oath and what's wrong with transcripts" ("Situation Room," CNN, 3/21).
More Schumer: "There are enough disgruntled people in the Justice Department in particular, because they really resented what happened here, that the information is going to come out. It will either come out drip, drip, drip, or it'll come out all at once, we'll get to the bottom of it in a complete way, and solve the problem and move on. It would be much better for the White House itself, as well as the Justice Department and the country, if they let it all come out at once" ("Countdown," MSNBC, 3/21).
FNC's O'Reilly, in his "Talking Points" memo: "I was happy when President Bush said that Karl Rove and others would talk in front of Leahy's committee. If they lie to that committee, they can be prosecuted. So this is not some coffee klatch. Now Leahy should be happy as well if he's really sincere about wanting to know what happened" ("O'Reilly Factor," 3/21).
AL GORE PART DEUX
MSNBC's Shuster, on Gore's return: "It was of course great political theater. ... And in part because, in addition to sort of the battles with Inhofe, there was Al Gore with Joe Lieberman, his former running mate. Joe Lieberman yukked it up with Gore and they reminisced and talked about what it was like back in 2000. And then there was Hillary Clinton and there is no sort of secret in Washington that Hillary Clinton and Al Gore don't like each other very much. And it was noteworthy, Chris, that Hillary Clinton was all business. She sort of said welcome to the vice president" ("Hardball," 3/21).
Newsweek's Fineman: "If Inhofe is the best arguer that they can come up with for their side, Al Gore is in even better shape politically than he even realizes" ("Countdown," MSNBC, 3/21).
CNN's Crowley: "Red carpet nights vs. snowy New Hampshire days, making lots of money vs. having to raise it -- the new Al Gore may prefer the new haunts" ("AC 360," 3/21). [EMILY GOODIN]
Posted at 07:20 AM
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