Countdown Tuesday: Gates to Remain
Posted: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 8:59 PM by Countdown
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"Done Deal":
The man whose campaign for president began with the idea that he alone among the major candidates... stood *against the invasion of Iraq... Will be keeping* President Bush's War Chief... as his own. Our fifth story on the Countdown: Sources telling three different news organizations -- including this one -- that Robert Gates will remain as Secretary of Defense... for at least a year.
Dollars and Sense:
"Eliminate programs we don't need"and "Reduce the deficit"... Our fourth story on the Countdown: We might indeed only have one President at a time... But the new guy is evidently capable of having more than one news conference a year... and more than one economic goal at a time.ODDBALL: Toolbag spotted, and a guy jumps a gorge
Mac Is Back:
John McCain's first news conference since his presidential election loss three weeks ago... And in our third story on the Countdown... the campaign may be over but the problems are not... Like people having forgotten what he does for a living. It wasn't just that reporters had almost as many questions about Sarah Palin as they did about him... It was also the subtle indications that, already, the media response to McCain is becoming... you ran for who of the what-now? Like this one.
Worsties...see below.
WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD: Katon Dawson, Mark Williams, and Dick Morris of Faux News vie for tonight's top honors.
Stopping Prop 8: Three weeks ago tonight California voters approved Proposition Eight, banning further same-sex marriages in that state. But tonight, indications that after protests and pleas... if the vote were to be taken tomorrow... Prop-Eight... would be defeated. Our number one story on the Countdown: the push-back on Prop Eight... in the courts...perhaps in the next election... and, evidently -- in the hearts.
