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Maria Gavrilovic / CBS News:
Obama Talks of Family's Military Service  —  From CBS News' Maria Gavrilovic:  —  LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Despite not having served in the military himself, Barack Obama used his Memorial Day remarks to speak about his family's service.  “My grandfather marched in Patton's army …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Obama: My uncle liberated ... Auschwitz?  Update: No mention in 2002 speech; Update: Video added; Update: New video  —  The meme about Obama's many gaffes is fun and useful as an antidote to the media myth of St. Barack's infallibility on the stump, but I think we've reached the point of diminishing returns …
See-Dubya / michellemalkin.com:
Obama's uncle did what?  —  CBS: … Purple Avenger, blogging at Ace of Spades: … Either Obama's uncle served in the Red Army, or he's spinning Clintonesque lies about Auschwitz to sell his government programs.  Hey, it's for a good cause...but it's not enough for him.  It has to be personal.
Discussion: The Campaign Spot
Hindrocket / Power Line:
MEMORIAL DAY: A CONTRAST  —  Barack Obama must be the most …
Mark Hemingway / The Corner:
Yet Another Embarassing Obama Gaffe
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Douglas J. Feith / Wall Street Journal:
How Bush Sold the War  —  In the fall of 2003, a few months after Saddam Hussein's overthrow, U.S. officials began to despair of finding stockpiles of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.  The resulting embarrassment caused a radical shift in administration rhetoric about the war in Iraq.
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Byron York / The Corner:
Re: The War Is About Eliminating a Security Threat...
Max Blumenthal / The Huffington Post:
Joseph Lieberman To Headline Upcoming Pastor Hagee Summit  —  Senator Joseph Lieberman is scheduled to headline Pastor John Hagee's 2008 Christians United For Israel Washington-Israel Summit this July 22.  In accepting Hagee's invitation, Lieberman became the most senior elected representative confirmed to appear at the annual gala.
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Daniel Libit / The Crypt's Blogs:   Lieberman to share stage with Hagee
Isaac Chotiner / The New Republic:
Dangerous Liaison  —  The pro-Obama case against MSNBC's pro-Obama political coverage.  —  Two weeks ago, on the night of Barack Obama's big win and narrow loss in the North Carolina and Indiana primaries, respectively, I turned my television set to MSNBC, as I normally do on election nights.
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Shakesville
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Hendrik Hertzberg / New Yorker:
A TEACHABLE MOMENT  —  Those of us who love Chris Matthews …
Discussion: Megan McArdle
Jennifer Rubin / Commentary:
Media Wars  —  The White House took issue over the weekend …
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Clinton's Grim Scenario  —  If this campaign goes on much longer, what will be left of Hillary Clinton?  —  A woman uniformly described by her close friends as genuine, principled and sane has been reduced to citing the timing of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination as a reason to stay in the race …
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Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2008: Kentucky Senate  —  Kentucky Senate: Lunsford (D) 49% McConnell (R) 44%  —  The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of the Kentucky Senate race shows Democratic challenger Bruce Lunsford with a five percentage point lead over long-time Republican Senator Mitch McConnell.
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Josh Kraushaar / The Crypt's Blogs:
McConnell up 11 points in internal polling
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Wall Street Journal:
Renewing America's Asia Policy  —  The resurgence of Asia is one of the epochal events of our time.  It is a renaissance that is not only transforming the face of this vast region, but throwing open new opportunities for billions of people on both sides of the Pacific — Americans and Asians alike …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Running Mate Choice  —  My first thought on the running mate question is that to balance his ticket, Barack Obama should pick a really old white general.  Therefore, he should pick Dwight Eisenhower.  John McCain, on the other hand, needs to pick someone younger than himself.
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Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:   FIRST THOUGHTS: DID HRC STAY TOO LONG?
daily.pk:
Osama Bin Laden is not in Pakistan he is dead says Taliban leader  —  A top Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud has rejected reports that al-Qaeda leader, Osama Bin Laden, and other leaders are hiding in his region.  —  “The al-Qaeda leader, Osama Bin Laden is dead, and the Afghan Taliban leader …
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Tom Coburn / Wall Street Journal:
Republicans Are in Denial  —  As congressional Republicans contemplate the prospect of an electoral disaster this November, much is being written about the supposed soul-searching in the Republican Party.  A more accurate description of our state is paralysis and denial.
Marc Ambinder:
Obama Campaign Banks Superdelegates  —  In June of 1984, the day after California handed Gary Hart a last-minute victory and New Jersey, thanks to Hart's having insulted the state, voted for Walter Mondale by 15 points, Tad Devine, Mondale's chief superdelegate counter, was ready.
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama Leads Clinton by 51% to 43%  —  Clinton fares better vs. McCain than Obama in general election matchups  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Barack Obama holds an eight percentage point lead, 51% to 43%, over Hillary Clinton in national Democratic voters' presidential nomination preferences …
Discussion: Donklephant
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Michael Saul / NY Daily News:
Democrats ‘very close’ to end
Discussion: Salon and TIME.com
David Derbyshire / Daily Mail:
Every adult in Britain should be forced to carry ‘carbon ration cards’, say MPs  —  Every adult should be forced to use a ‘carbon ration card’ when they pay for petrol, airline tickets or household energy, MPs say.  —  The influential Environmental Audit Committee says a personal carbon trading scheme …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
McCain ad features Obama supporter  —  A reader notices an odd choice, or oversight, in John McCain's latest television spot: The woman at left is wearing an Obama t-shirt.  —  “Big ideas for serious problems,” the narrator intones as she shakes McCain's hand.  —  Now that's bipartisanship.
Elaine Sciolino / New York Times:
Nuclear Agency Accuses Iran of Willful Lack of Cooperation  —  PARIS — The International Atomic Energy Agency, in an unusually blunt and detailed report, said Monday that Iran's suspected research into the development of nuclear weapons remained “a matter of serious concern” …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Youth and age and nukes
Discussion: Wonkette
George F. Will / Newsweek:
Caesaropapism Rampant  —  Americans are not cynical about politics.  They are presidential romantics.  Hence they suffer serial disappointments.  —  Barack Obama recently said, “I believe in our ability to perfect this nation.”  Clearly there is something the candidate of “change” …
 
 
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Roger Clegg / The Corner:
Diversity at DHS  —  A hearing last week before the House …
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DCCC's Van Hollen Assesses the Obama Effect
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McCain and MoveOn TV
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
War protesters interrupt John McCain's foreign policy speech in Colorado: Updated
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Eleanor Hall / Yahoo! News:
Fukuyama backs Obama for US presidency
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The Frenzy for Campaign Money
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Penn on the Clinton coalition
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Rick Perlstein / TPMCafe:
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