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Karl / protein wisdom:
GOP 2008: McCain's real slip on Middle Eastern oil — Presumptive GOP presidential nominee John McCain spent Friday clarifying his earlier suggestion that the Iraq War was motivated by US dependence on foreign oil: … Allahpundit suggests that McCain's concerns on this point are hard to take seriously …
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Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
MCCAIN: IRAQ WAR WAS FOR OIL? — From NBC/NJ's Adam Aigner-Treworgy — At the conclusion of a town hall held this morning outside in Denver, McCain decided to toss in a plug for his upcoming energy policy rollout. But in the midst of decrying the dangers of Americans reliance on foreign oil …
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Libby Quaid / Associated Press:
McCain clarifies remark about oil, Iraq war — PHOENIX - Republican John McCain was forced to clarify his comments Friday suggesting the Iraq war involved U.S. reliance on foreign oil. He said he was talking about the first Gulf War and not the current conflict.
The Huffington Post:
McCain Implies Iraq War Is For Oil: Watch Video — During a town hall event in Colorado today, John McCain “decried the dangers of Americans reliance on foreign oil,” but “also seemed to suggest that this reliance caused the current struggle in Iraq.” — Here's what he said:
Ralph Blumenthal / New York Times:
After Hiatus, States Set Wave of Executions — HUNTSVILLE, Tex. — Here in the nation's leading death-penalty state, and some of the 35 others with capital punishment, execution dockets are quickly filling up. — Less than three weeks after a United States Supreme Court ruling ended …
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Zogby:
Zogby Poll: Obama Lead in NC Shrinks; He and Clinton Remain Deadlocked in Indiana — UTICA, New York - Democrat Hillary Clinton made gains in North Carolina yesterday, drawing within single digits of rival Barack Obama, while the two remain deadlocked in Indiana with just days …
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Karl / protein wisdom:
Dems 2008: Elizabeth Wurtzel on Barack Obama's other friends, the “Weathercouple” — Author Elizabeth Wurtzel has a piece in the Wall Street Journal on Barack Obama's relationship with the “Weathercouple” of William Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn. The eyebrow-raiser is this:
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The Moderate Voice:
Colonel David Hackworth: An Appreciation — Hackworth (right) with S.L.A. Marshall in Vietnam (1966) — There's a guy in virtually every organization who is a pop-off, and David Hackworth fit that description perfectly. — But unlike most pop-offs, this man - the most highly decorated soldier …
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
On Sunday TV, One Hot Rivalry Fuels Another — WASHINGTON — It will be a generational battle royal, the younger upstart against the more seasoned warrior who resents the challenge. — Senator Barack Obama vs. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton? — Yes, there is that.
RushLimbaugh.com:
Rush Interviews Andrew McCarthy — BEGIN TRANSCRIPT — RUSH: Now, as you know, folks, we don't do too many interviews here. We're not on the author circuit. Friends of mine, however, do write books; and I try to have them on, especially in this most recent example.
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Michael James / Political Punch:
Stumping for Delegates, Clinton Pledges Voting Rights to Guam — Guam's four Democratic delegates (not to mention its five superdelegates) are up for grabs in Saturday's primary, and Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., has told residents of that Pacific territory …
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Don Surber
Andy McCarthy / The Corner:
Caroline Glick on the West's Whitewashing of Hamas — Caroline is her usual must-read self in the Jerusalem Post, beginning with: … The most depressing part is the discussion of Secretary Rice's recent speech to the American Jewish Committee. In that setting at least …
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Hillary Airs Another Indiana Ad Hitting Obama On Gas Tax — I've just obtained a copy of another ad hitting Obama on the gas tax that Hillary just started airing in Indiana. — The last-minute ad, which went up late on the Friday before election day, says Hillary's gas tax holiday would …
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