memeorandum: Pentagon Suspends Briefings for Analysts (David Barstow/New York Times)

Hey, John McCain: Have you bothered watching the ad you condemned yet? ; NYTimes piles on — Did you know that John McCain lambasted the North Carolina GOP's anti-Obama/Jeremiah Wright ad without having seen it? — Yes, this noxious little tidbit was tucked into an AP story three days ago …

Discussion: NPR, Townhall.com and Charlotte Observer

Joe Conason / Salon:

Will McCain denounce Floyd Brown? — There is nothing remarkable in the sudden reappearance of right-wing con man Floyd Brown, whose latest venture is an inflammatory television ad now airing in North Carolina that attempts to blame Barack Obama for gang murders in Chicago (and international terrorism, too).

Discussion: protein wisdom, The Huffington Post, Hullabaloo and Orcinus

New York Times:

A Shameful, Ugly Ad — Manipulative. Shameful. Race-baiting. Those are the only words to describe a new television ad from the Republican Party running in North Carolina that attacks Senator Barack Obama as “too extreme” for the state. — Senator John McCain was right to condemn …

Discussion: Althouse and Right Wing Nut House

Media Matters for America: “Media Matters”; by Jamison Foser

Fox News:
McCain Takes Shot at Obama for Hamas Support

Discussion: Redstate and Whiskey Fire

Karl / protein wisdom:

Bill Moyers plays Whiffleball with the Rev. Wright — Not that anyone should expect that Bill Moyers Journal will involve journalism, but the former LBJ flack's “interview” with Barack Obama's longtime spiritual adviser, Rev. Jeremiah Wright cannot be fairly called a softball game.

PBS:

Bill Moyers Journal — BILL MOYERS: Welcome to the JOURNAL. — Barack Obama's pastor was in the news again this week. North Carolina Republicans are preparing to run an ad tying Obama to some controversial sound bites lifted from Reverend Jeremiah Wright's sermons.

Discussion: Althouse, Connecting.the.Dots and NO QUARTER

Eleanor Clift / Newsweek:

Settling Scores — If Hillary Clinton finds a way to win, she'll have a long list of grudges and grievances. — I'm beginning to think Hillary Clinton might pull this off and wrestle the nomination away from Barack Obama. If she does, a lot of folks—including a huge chunk of the media …

Matthew Yglesias:

Vengeance is Hers — What happens if Hillary Clinton does somehow manage to become president? Eleanor Clift speaks for many when she says it'll be payback time: … Maybe. On the other hand, current Obama endorsers include, among others, the Senators who chair the committees on Health …

Discussion: Eschaton

Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Top black lawmaker calls Bill Clinton's actions ‘bizarre’

Discussion: The Confluence

David Barstow / New York Times:

Pentagon Suspends Briefings for Analysts — The Pentagon announced on Friday that it was suspending its briefings for retired military officers who often appear as military analysts on television and radio programs. — A spokesman for the Pentagon said the briefings and all other interactions …

Discussion: American Street, Swampland, Balloon Juice, abu muqawama and The Crone Speaks

John Wildermuth / San Francisco Chronicle:

Anti-war Cindy Sheehan files to take on Pelosi — Peace activist Cindy Sheehan wants to snatch House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's congressional seat from her in November, but first she's going to need the help - and signatures - of 10,198 friends and supporters. — Sheehan was at San Francisco City Hall …

Discussion: Sister Toldjah, Truthdig and Scared Monkeys

Washington Post:

Party Fears Racial Divide — The protracted and increasingly acrimonious fight for the Democratic presidential nomination is unnerving core constituencies — African Americans and wealthy liberals — who are becoming convinced that the party could suffer irreversible harm …

Discussion: Hot Air, AMERICAblog and The Page

James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:

Iran War Drums Beating? — As previously noted, Admiral Mike Mullen told a gathering at the Atlantic Council that he fears the United States and its allies “will have to deal with Iran in the very near future.” That statement left a lot of room for strategic ambiguity.

Discussion: Bad Attitudes, Unqualified Offerings and VetVoice

Amie Parnes / The Politico:

Mommie's dearest: Chelsea outshines Bill — In Philadelphia Monday night for a final rally before the must-win Pennsylvania primary, Chelsea Clinton told a packed crowd that she and her father are having an “implicit competition about who is my mother's better surrogate on any given day.”

Discussion: The Caucus, Political Machine, The Page and New York Times

Brandon Friedman / VetVoice:

Fort Bragg Barracks: Shades of Walter Reed? — A Fort Bragg soldier's father uploaded a YouTube video of photos he took of his son's barracks earlier this month. The video shows the deplorable living conditions to which his son and the other soldiers of his unit in the 82nd Airborne Division returned …

Discussion: News Hounds and Multi Medium

Spencer / Attackerman: Only In Return We Get A Stabbing In The Back — These are the conditions at Fort Bragg.