Coehlo says, "There is nobody in charge and you have these two teams that are generally not talking to each other." He means Kennedy?s former staff members like Mary Beth Cahill and Bob Shrum who "are at odds with recent additions who served under President Clinton."
Coehlo: "Here are two groups that have never gotten along and have fought, and it is a lot over money... Because in the Democratic Party the consultants get paid for the creation and the placement of [advertising]. Republicans only...

KERRY: I want to be clear, my friends. I'm not saying that the president wanted these consequences, but I am saying that by his judgments, by his priorities, by the decisions he made, he has caused these things to happen or to grow significantly worse. And he refuses to admit the error of those choices.
RUSH: No!

KERRY: In fact, this president has created more excuses than jobs. His is the excuse presidency.

RUSH: Do you hear the applause?

KERRY: This is the excuse presidency....

CALLER: It's not that I... I think that he's very articulate but I think he gets lost in his words.
RUSH: Nah, he's just --
CALLER: I think he gets lost in what he says. Wait a minute, Rush.
RUSH: Wait a minute. Then how do you -- if he gets lost in his words, regardless of how articulate he is -- how do you know what he's saying? How do you know what he wants to do?
CALLER: I think when he sits down with people that -- like he was very good in the Senate. People love him in the...

RUSH: Okay, because I think you're dreaming now. I wouldn't expect this. I mean, I wouldn't mind being surprised, but -- not today anyway. I expect these people to dig in. Rather is going to retire anyway in the spring, this has been announced.

CALLER: Oh, yeah, but that's going to be too late.

RUSH: Well, see --

CALLER: It has to be done --

RUSH: I'm not disagreeing with the way you're assessing this. I just happen to -- I'm pretty sure that I know the mind-set inside...

We also understand that CBS has actually actively interviewing new applicants to become its managing editor once Dan Rather handcuffs himself to the set, and the first applicants seen going in the building today, Kitty Kelley, ladies and gentlemen, being interviewed as the new managing editor for CBS News. She had a conversation with the muckety-mucks and the suits at CBS today. No comment from either party on the truth of this story. We're waiting for the secretly made audiotape. Eric Fettman...

The New Media Zeroes in on Dan Rather's Phony Documents Host at CBS...
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(TAS: Forged Press Credentials)
(Arnold Ahlert: Dan's New Peers)
(NYDN: Guard treats Bush as old soldier)
(NYDN: Dan's ''scoop'' as shaky as his status)
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(CNS: RNC Suggests DNC Gave CBS the Questionable Memos)
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Now, I mentioned that the National Review Online today has a story. It's by Anne Morse, and she's a writer, lives in Maryland, and the story is called: The First Rathergate. The CBS anchor's precarious relationship with the truth. And let me read you some excerpts of this. It's devastating as well. "Critics are calling the media scandal over the Jerry Killian forgeries 'Rathergate.' But to thousands of Vietnam veterans, the real Rathergate took place 16 years ago--" See if some of this doesn't...

However, it is interesting. Les Moonves is the guy that made the call to not run the Reagan movie because he thought it was biased. So there's precedent for him making smart moves at this network. As to the bottom-line considerations, they're not going to be felt immediately anyway, and as such, unless I'm told -- I mean, I could be totally wrong about that. There already may be ramifications that I'm not aware of, but at this point I don't think the bottom line of one division, of one company...