it was a little bit difficult to surf around this site... maybe i'm just a bit dumb... so i copied and pasted the quotes for those who are a bit like me ;)

And Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament told the Grand Rapids Press, "In a lot of ways, we're representing the voice that isn't heard, the voice that isn't Fox News, or whatever. There are a lot of people in this state who are out of work because of the politics of this administration, and somebody has to provide that voice."

[about the debate between Bush and Kerry] "It's pretty obvious -- Kerry absolutely crushed him," Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament said backstage prior to Sunday's show. "We were on the tour bus the next day, just energized."

Now, I think all of us here read that little interview snippet from the Grand Rapids Press and I've also checked Google to see if there have been any more articles about Jeff/PJ in that paper, and found nothing relating to this... All I can guess is maybe this was brought up in the interview but didn't make it into the article, and someone else has passed the info along.

From the fan site, www.pearljamonline.it:

03.05 "Il nuovo album dei Pearl Jam in primavera?"
Il giornale Grand Rapids Press ha riportato il 4 ottobre 2004 che Jeff Ament, durante una breve intervista, ha riferito che i Pearl Jam inizieranno ad incidere il nuovo album il 1 novembre 2004 e che con molta probabilità lo porteranno a termine in primavera.

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03.05 "Il new album of the Pearl Jam in primavera?" The newspaper Grand Rapids Press has brought back 4 October 2004 that Jeff Ament, during a short interview, has reported that the Pearl Jam will begin to record the new album 1 November 2004 and that with much probability they will carry it a.termine in spring.
 

From a recent Jonathan Cohen Billboard article regarding the Greatest Hits collection...

"Pearl Jam recently wrapped its run on the Vote for Change tour and is expected to hit the studio next month to begin work on its eighth album."

http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000670949