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Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Obama says McCain would be better than Bush — READING, Pa. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Sunday that Republican rival John McCain would be better for the country than President Bush has been over the past eight years. — “You have a real choice in this election.
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Michael Leahy / Washington Post:
McCain: A Question of Temperament — John McCain cupped a fist and began pumping it, up and down, along the side of his body. It was a gesture familiar to a participant in the closed-door meeting of the Senate committee who hoped that it merely signaled, as it sometimes had in the past …
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John McCain / CNN:
Obama's patriotic, but his Ayers ties are ‘open to question’ — (CNN) - John McCain waded into the controversy over Barack Obama's ties to Weather Underground founder William Ayers Sunday, telling an interviewer that the Illinois senator's relationship with the activist was “open to question …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Obama: McCain better than Bush — Barack Obama seemed to break with the core of the Democratic Party's strategy against John McCain at a town hall in Reading, telling the audience that McCain would be better than George W. Bush. — “You have a real choice in this election.
Associated Press:
Secretary of State Rice Mocks Muslim Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as a Coward — BAGHDAD — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice mocked anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as a coward on Sunday, hours after the radical leader threatened to declare war unless U.S. and Iraqi forces end a military crackdown on his followers.
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Spencer / Attackerman:
In A World Of Chaos, You'll Be The First To Go — This Los Angeles Times story suggests that Najaf is the new Basra: multifaceted chaos, scheming, violence and mutual suspicion. The Najafi clerics who've always hated and resented Sadr appear to be attempting a push. And it'll probably backfire!
The Huffington Post:
Debate Analysis: ABC Asked Most Scandal Questions, Obama Was Clear Target — The furor over ABC's Democratic debate last week was not universally shared. — While Obama supporters (and many media critics) decried what they saw as biased, gotcha-style questioning, a vocal minority (mostly Clinton supporters) was unmoved.
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Taylor Marsh, AMERICAblog, TalkLeft, American Street, Patterico's Pontifications and The Raw Story
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
This Week: Bringing Up McCain's Life-Long, Federally-Provided Health Care Is “A Cheap Shot” — Wow. George Stephanopoulos actually listened to us and asked John McCain some pretty tough questions today on This Week. Who knew that George read teh blogs? McCain's body language …
WBBM-TV:
Bloody Weekend: 32 Shot, 2 Stabbed, 6 Dead — CHICAGO (CBS) ― A violent and deadly weekend continues in Chicago. At least 12 people have been shot, two of them killed, since Saturday morning. Two others were stabbed in a home invasion. This comes after at least 20 people were shot …
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Matthew Yglesias:
Everyone an Anti-Semite — For reasons I can't quite comprehend, even some pretty hardened TNR-haters seem to see Leon Wieseltier as making a positive contribution to the world. Certainly, some very good stuff appears in the back of the book over there, but the man's own work is a kind of writing-as-thuggery.
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Grasping Reality …
WorldStarHipHop Media Player:
WTF Toddler Threatens To Kill President Bush! (This Video Is Banned From YouTube)[All 3 Parts Full Version] — Some toddler throws threatning remarks about President Bush! The video has been taken down from youtube. Heres what they didnt want you to see.
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Newsweek:
Obama: Can't ‘Swift Boat’ Me — Charles Ommanney / Getty Images for Newsweek — Seeing Ghosts: Obama's ties to Ayers and Auchi are distant, but his foes plan to pounce — The Obama campaign is planning to expand its research and rapid-response team in order to repel attacks it anticipates …
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The Raw Story, Real Clear Politics, BAGnewsNotes, MSNBC, QandO, Gateway Pundit and Democracy Project
Armed Liberal / Winds of Change.NET:
So How Do We Fight An Information War? — The usual suspects are going bonkers - bonkers! - over the notion that the Pentagon briefed a cadre of retired military men who served as ‘expert commentators’ in the media. — So here's my problem. If we're engaged in counterinsurgency …
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Pamela Constable / Washington Post:
Neo-Nazis Clash With Protesters — 3 Arrested as White Supremacist Group Marches on Capitol — A march by a busload of neo-Nazi activists on Constitution Avenue yesterday wreaked havoc on a balmy afternoon in the capital, bringing traffic to a halt, filling the streets with hundreds …
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