JK is on CNN now

[globalvillage]

[TayTay]

1. Wow! That man is everywhere.

Whatever he did on his recent vacation must have been amazing because he is as busy now, just about, as he was at this time in '04.

I missed this. What was said?

[globalvillage]

2. Anderson Cooper interviewed him

about the need to increase troops in Afghanistan and the situation in Iraq. Sen Kerry calling for 5,000 and saying Iraq is a disaster (my word, not sure if that's what he used). Cooper introduced him, IIRC, as the former and possibly the future presidential candidate or something like that.
It was a fairly short, but good interview.

[ProSense]

3. Caught a part of that. Thanks!

Good thing is there will be a transcript!

[globalvillage]

5. It's up.

Recently, former presidential contender John Kerry, and perhaps even future presidential contender John Kerry, has accused the Bush administration of essentially of cutting and running here in Afghanistan.

I spoke to Senator Kerry earlier tonight.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

COOPER: Senator Kerry, do you believe we're winning the war on terror here in Afghanistan?

SEN. JOHN KERRY (D), MASSACHUSETTS: No. I think that the Taliban -- well, winning -- I think it is a losing proposition right now, in the sense that it's going downhill and backwards. The Taliban is resurgent in the south. And there are enormous difficulties on the border.

more...

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0609/13/acd.01.html

[karynnj]

6. Thanks, GV

Nice interview - it really is a mess.

[europegirl4jfk]

4. I caught it too!

I was really lucky because I'm up early this morning to drive my daughter to the train station. Anderson Cooper introduced JK by mentioning that Kerry said the Bush Administration was "cutting and running from Afghanistan".

[ginnyinWI]

7. FYI--AC360 enjoys CNN's highest ratings in prime time

And I'm sure the Kerry office must also know this. I also think they're pretty liberal-friendly. Everybody talks about Wolfie and all of his biases; I just ignore him and watch Anderson Cooper for on-the-scenes news and video. Frequent stand-ups by Christiane Amanpour.
My only gripe is that CNN makes all the programs carry the "crime of the week" for so much of their time. But that's what fast-forwarding is for. ;)

See this:

The Scoreboard: Tuesday, Sept. 12
25-54 demographic: (LS)

Total day: FNC: 312 | CNN: 187 | MSNBC: 129 | HLN: 88 | CNBC: 48

Prime: FNC: 478 | CNN: 262 | MSNBC: 185 | HLN: 178 | CNBC: 58
5p: 6p: 7p: 8p: 9p: 10p: 11p:

FNC Gibson: Hume: Shep: O'Reilly: H&C: Greta: O'Reilly:
310 370 434 517 424 493 441

CNN Blitzer: Dobbs: Blitzer: Zahn: King: Cooper: Cooper:
165 267 237 186 318 281 144

MSNBC Matthews: Tucker: Matthews: Countdo.: Scarbo.: Investig.: Investig.:
183 140 189 245 176 133 128

HLN HLN: Prime: Beck: Grace: Beck: Grace: Showbiz:
44 54 165 221 138 174 149


Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.


Total viewers: (LS)

Total day: FNC: 920 | CNN: 495 | MSNBC: 276 | HLN: 224 | CNBC: 150

Prime: FNC: 1,708 | CNN: 796 | MSNBC: 499 | HLN: 439 | CNBC: 138
5p: 6p: 7p: 8p: 9p: 10p: 11p:

FNC Gibson: Hume: Shep: O'Reilly: H&C: Greta: O'Reilly:
1,014 1,305 1,367 2,188 1,480 1,456 1,110

CNN Blitzer: Dobbs: Blitzer: Zahn: King: Cooper: Cooper:
591 879 639 615 1,078 695 393

MSNBC Matthews: Tucker: Matthews: Countdo.: Scarbo.: Investig.: Investig.:
444 282 401 695 485 318 278

HLN HLN: Prime: Beck: Grace: Beck: Grace: Showbiz:
116 170 368 556 354 408 288

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