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...Democrats' best bet may be the economy. The most recent ABC News/MONEY magazine poll shows that 67% of Americans think the economy's condition is "not good" or "poor." For the Iowa congressional seat held by the head of the House Budget Committee, Jim Nussle, Democrat Ann Hutchinson is running on her fiscal record as mayor of Bettendorf. She may have come up with a winning strategy for Democrats: talk up economic issues, and make the case that there needs to be a counterbalance to Bush. "Everyone supports him in the war on terrorism, but we need to be thinking...
...While a recent ABC news poll showed that two-thirds of Americans are prepared to support action against Iraq, an impending show of force is not an issue weighing heavily on most voters' minds. Again and again, candidates (particularly Democrats) return from stump speeches and town hall meetings and report that their would-be constituents are far more concerned about the economy and its effect on their families than they are about the potential for war with Saddam...
Fathers (or father figures) also try to connect with their kids in ABC's 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter (Tuesdays, 8 p.m. E.T.) and the WB's remake of the 1966-71 Family Affair (Thursdays, 8 p.m. E.T.). Both sitcoms' pilots were funded by the advertisers' group Family Friendly Programming Forum (F.F.P.F.), which sponsors "uplifting" series and also underwrote Gilmore Girls. (Two other F.F.P.F.-funded series will debut later in the season.) And both are gooier than a Krispy Kreme. Rules casts John Ritter as a suburban dad with two teen daughters...
...Sopranos viewer is still two fewer eyeballs for those new-car ads. "[The networks] are afraid to endorse controversial and innovative programming because they're afraid they'll lose the mainstream, but they're losing much of it anyway," says David Milch, who co-created NYPD Blue for ABC and is now developing a western for HBO. "The truth is, the public--the mainstream--will respond to that programming...
DIED. DR. MARNIE ROSE, 28, of brain cancer. Her battle against the tumor was followed by millions on the six-week ABC reality series Houston Medical...