A Convention Quandary  —  John McCain's choice to manage the GOP convention this summer is lobbyist Doug Goodyear, whose firm once represented Burma's repressive regime.  —  Rick Gershon / Getty Images  —  Questions of Perception: Some McCain allies worry about his convention manager choice

Obama unstained by Chicago Way  —  Will Barack Obama's presidential candidacy serve his state and city by finally drawing national attention to the sleazy and corrupt politics of Illinois and Chicago?  —  It is all about context.  The presumptive Democratic presidential candidate's politics were born in Chicago.

GUESS THAT'S A BAD THING?  —  TPM Reader EW sent in this little snippet from that DOD document dump about the Times military analysts story ...  (ed.note: This would appear to be the post in question.  And this is Dan Senor's WaPo Oped.  Senor, you'll remember, originally didn't exist but …

West Virginia could spell trouble for Obama  —  Scant support among white working-class Democrats, especially men, could dog him into November.  —  MOOREFIELD, W.VA. — In Hardy County, Democrats outnumber Republicans more than 2 to 1.  But there is little enthusiasm for Barack …

Election 2008: Oregon Senate  —  Oregon Senate: Smith Still Below 50% in Re-election Bid  —  Gordon Smith, United States Senator from Oregon, remains below the 50% level of support for the third straight month in Rasmussen Reports polling.  Any incumbent who polls below 50% …

History re-written: Obama never said he would meet personally with Iran without precondition, says advisor; Update: Website excerpt added  —  LGF nails them to the wall, but the Times's complicity in this whitewash is actually even worse than Charles suggests.  From today's story:

Hillary Holds Private Conference Call With Her Super-Dels: “I Know This Is Not Easy”  —  Hillary held a private rally-the-troops conference call with her super-delegate supporters this afternoon, urging them to believe that “this race is not over,” vowing to them she'd promote Dem unity after the primary …

Is It Time to Invade Burma?  —  The disaster in Burma presents the world with perhaps its most serious humanitarian crisis since the 2004 Asian tsunami.  By most reliable estimates, close to 100,000 people are dead.  Delays in delivering relief to the victims, the inaccessibility …

HRC: ‘I AM NO SHRINKING VIOLET’  —  From NBC/NJ's Mike Memoli  —  LOUISVILLE, KY — Hillary Clinton touted her electability and commitment to the Bluegrass State as she was the only candidate to address Democrats tonight.  —  “The only way we can have a Democrat in that White House come next January …

Jeremiah Wright's ‘Trumpet’  —  The content of the magazine produced by Barack Obama's pastor reveals the content of his character.  —  To the question of the moment—What did Barack Obama know and when did he know it?  —I answer, Obama knew everything, and he's known it for ages.

How the military analyst program controlled news coverage: in the Pentagon's own words  —  (updated below)  —  On the question of whether the Pentagon maintained an illegal covert domestic propaganda program — and on the broader question of whether the American media's political coverage …

Give Kids the Vote!  —  First, let's dispatch the most common argument against my little obsession: that kids are not reasonable enough to understand the issues and make an informed vote.  I disagree.  —  You'll remember that the same argument was used time and again to prevent giving women the vote and …

McCain paints Obama's portrait  —  WASHINGTON — Three months ago, Sen. John McCain made a calculated decision to begin painting a not-so-pretty picture of Sen. Barack Obama.  —  Although Sen. Hillary Clinton was — and still is — battling Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination …