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12:20 PM ET, July 19, 2007

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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
McCain's comeback plan  —  Sen. John McCain is circulating talking points to supporters making the case for why he can still win despite his precarious money situation and loss of key staff.  In two documents obtained from a Republican source outside McCain's circle, the campaign compares …
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
Author of His Own Undoing  —  At noon on April 25, in Prescott Park in Portsmouth, N.H., John McCain announced his presidential candidacy.  Less than two hours earlier, in the U.S. Supreme Court, a lawyer who had been solicitor general in the Clinton administration spoke in the name of McCain.
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
McCain on the Mend?  —  After enduring a week of staff departures …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
CNN:
McCain snaps: 'Finished' discussing campaign
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Truthdig
Audrey Hudson / Washington Times:
Activity Guide  —  Democrats want 'John Doe' provision cut  —  Democrats are trying to pull a provision from a homeland security bill that will protect the public from being sued for reporting suspicious behavior that may lead to a terrorist attack, according to House Republican leadership aides.
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Andy McCarthy / The Corner:
Flying Imams — Are Democrats Trying to Sink Pete King's Amendment?  —  In November 2006, six Islamic leaders were removed from a U.S. Airways flight in Minneapolis after they were observed acting suspiciously-including not sitting in their assigned seats, asking for seatbelt extenders although …
Christopher Lee / Washington Post:
Bush: No Deal On Children's Health Plan  —  President Says He Objects On Philosophical Grounds  —  President Bush yesterday rejected entreaties by his Republican allies that he compromise with Democrats on legislation to renew a popular program that provides health coverage to poor children …
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hughhewitt.townhall.com:
General David Petraeus on the conditions on the ground in Iraq  —  The Hugh Hewitt Show  —  HH: Welcome, General.  You took over command of the multinational forces in February of this year, February 10.  In the past five months, how have conditions in Iraq changed?
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Tony Snow / USA Today:
Victory in Iraq is vital
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
How much credence should Gen. Petraeus' reports be given?
Discussion: Townhall.com and INSTAPUTZ
Michiko Kakutani / New York Times:
An Epic Showdown as Harry Potter Is Initiated Into Adulthood  —  So, here it is at last: The final confrontation between Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived, the Chosen One, the "symbol of hope" for both the Wizard and Muggle worlds, and Lord Voldemort, He Who Must Not Be Named …
Discussion: CBS News and Hot Air
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Huffington Post:
Harry Potter And The Fact That I Hate The New York Times
Editor and Publisher:
A Harry Decision: 'NYT' and 'The Sun' Break Embargo on Potter Book
Discussion: Attytood
CBN.com:
Obama Campaign Responds to Sex Education in Kindergarten Comments  —  At first the headline was shocking.  ABC News ran a story with the headline "Sex Ed for Kindergarteners 'Right Thing to Do,' Says Obama."  You can read the story here and watch his comments here.  The key excerpt is below:
Discussion: PrezVid
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A'Melody Lee / Political Radar:
Sex Ed for Kindergarteners 'Right Thing to Do,' Says Obama
Jo Becker / New York Times:
Records Show Ex-Senator's Work for Family Planning Unit  —  Billing records show that former Senator Fred Thompson spent nearly 20 hours working as a lobbyist on behalf of a group seeking to ease restrictive federal rules on abortion counseling in the 1990s, even though he recently …
Associated Press:
Mysterious insurgent a sham, U.S. says  —  BAGHDAD — Over the past year, Iraqis heard several audio recordings by a mysterious terrorist leader named Omar al-Baghdadi singing the praises of al-Qaida and urging his followers to attack U.S. troops.  —  The whole thing was a sham, the U.S. military said Wednesday.
Discussion: Don Surber and Jules Crittenden
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Brian Naylor / NPR:
Democrats Fail to Win Troop Withdrawal From Iraq  —  · After more than a week of debating Iraq, including a climactic all-night session, the Senate moved on to an education bill Thursday.  —  Republicans on Wednesday blocked a proposal calling for most U.S. troops to be out of Iraq by next spring.
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Spencer Ackerman / Election Central:
Iraq and the Defense Bill: A Post-Mortem Guide for the Perplexed
Andrew Grice / The Independent:
How Murdoch had a hotline to the PM in the run-up to Iraq war  —  Tony Blair had three conversations with the media magnate Rupert Murdoch in the nine days before the start of the Iraq war, the Government has disclosed.  —  Details of the former prime minister's contacts with Mr Murdoch …
Discussion: Attytood and AMERICAblog
Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
Murdoch's Arrival Worries Journal Employees  —  On May 14, more than 100 reporters, editors and executives clustered in The Wall Street Journal's main newsroom to mark the retirement of Peter R. Kann, the longtime leader of their corporate parent, Dow Jones & Company.
Andrew Ryan / Boston Globe:
None of the above  —  Bill offers voters a way to put action in dissatisfaction: force a new election  —  Massachusetts voters sick of holding their noses on Election Day could get another option: none of the above.  —  The proposal would let voters reject all candidates and demand a new election.
Discussion: Wizbang and Reason Magazine
Think Progress:
Bush's Agencies Of Mass Politicization  —  This week's report that officials in the Office of National Drug Control Policy made politically motivated appearances in the months leading up to the 2006 elections are only the latest example of the Bush administration's misuse of federal employees.
Guardian:
The epic narcissism of Cindy Sheehan  —  Everyone is getting tired of the sanctimonious peace activist, who threatens to run against Nancy Pelosi and does a photo shoot on her son's grave.  —  Even the American left's netroots are getting tired of Cindy Sheehan.  It's a shame it took them so long.
 
 
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Aoife McCarthy / The Politico:
Pro-surge Iraq vets make unpopular plea
Discussion: Op For
Andrew Pierce / Telegraph:
BBC phone-ins chose fake winners
MSNBC:
NBC: FBI sting nets nuke info thief
The Atlantic Online:
No Such Thing As a Paid Vacation
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
FACT OR FICTION? AN UPDATE
Discussion: Op For and TBogg
Jennifer Hunter / Chicago Sun Times:
Republicans flip out over lawyer flap
Michael / Discourse.net:
What is Your Nightmare Job?
Atrios / Eschaton:
In Which I Go Insane  —  Washington Post's Lyndsey Layton:
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 Earlier Items: 
Nicole Gaudiano / delawareonline:
Biden puts struggles on display in book
Discussion: MSNBC
Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
'Brandeis Boys' come to D.C. Madam's rescue with website of phone listings
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
The McGovern Landslide
Scott Helman / Boston Globe:
Candidates spend heavily on voter lists
Discussion: MSNBC
CBS News:
Poll: Most Support Iraq Timetable
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
KTVT-TV:
UPDATE: Cache Of Weapons Found In Dallas Apartment
Discussion: snapped shot and Jihad Watch
Alissa J. Rubin / New York Times:
Cleric Switches Tactics to Meet Changes in Iraq
Zogby:
Zogby: Bush Job Approval 34%