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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Obama And Dean Team Up To Recast The Political Map — Sixteen months after he launched his campaign for the White House, Sen. Barack Obama may, just now, be entering his campaign's most perilous stage. Facing a rift of sorts within the Democratic Party and concerns over the scope of his political base …
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Associated Press:
DNC bans lobbyist money; Dean remains as chair — NEW YORK - Acting swiftly as his party's presumed presidential nominee, Barack Obama is keeping Howard Dean at the helm of the Democratic National Committee, while bringing in one of his top strategists to oversee the party's operations.
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:DNC Confirms That Obama's Man Paul Tewes Is Coming Aboard
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Adam Nagourney / The Caucus:
Clinton Says V.P. Is Obama's Choice — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton today disavowed a campaign by some of her supporters to pressure Senator Barack Obama into choosing her as a running-mate, saying they were acting on their own and the decision on who to pick was “Senator Obama's and his alone.”
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Justin M. Sizemore / Sabato's Crystal Ball:HOW OBAMA DID IT — Big states, small states, caucuses and campaign strategy
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Jeanne Cummings / The Politico:
GOP fears Obama's money machine — With Hillary Clinton's campaign coming to an end this weekend, Barack Obama's rise as the Democratic nominee brings serious bad news to a new group — John McCain's finance team. — A review of campaign finance data offers not one ounce of good news …
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Michael Cooper / The Caucus:
McCain's $21.5 Million May — ORLANDO, Fl. - All the time spent fund-raising is beginning to pay off for Senator John McCain, whose campaign said Thursday that it raised a record $21.5 million in May and ended the month with $31.5 million in cash on hand.
Kelly Moeller / Political Punch:
Obama Confronts Lieberman On McCain Advocacy, Tone, on Senate Floor — Sen. Joe Lieberman, the self-described “Independent Democrat” who caucuses with the Democratic party in the Senate even though he has endorsed Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz, got some tough talk from Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois …
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
Senate Panel Accuses Bush of Iraq Exaggerations — WASHINGTON — In a report long delayed by partisan squabbling, the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday accused President Bush and Vice President Cheney of taking the country to war in Iraq by exaggerating evidence of links between Saddam Hussein …
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
PHASE II — The Senate intel committee's Phase II report on pre-war intelligence on Iraq is just out. We'll be bringing you more through the day, but if you're eager to take a look, you can find the reports here: — “Report on Whether Public Statements Regarding Iraq by U.S. Government officials …
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Stay classy, Kos: Markos goes after McCain's ... teeth — Bookmark this post, and recall it every single time a progressive blogger accuses us of “distractions” and irrelevancies when it comes to criticizing Barack Obama. Today, Markos gives his readers a substantive reason to vote against John McCain — his yellowed teeth:
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Thom Shanker / New York Times:
2 Top Leaders of Air Force Pushed Out After Inquiry — WASHINGTON — The Air Force's senior civilian official and its highest-ranking general were ousted by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates on Thursday following an official inquiry into the mishandling of nuclear weapons and components, senior Pentagon officials said.
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Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
Obama's Evolving Position on Iran — Hawkish Stand More Like the Bush Administration's Position — Don't call Barack Obama an appeaser. — In his speech Wednesday before the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee, Obama sounded a bit like the more hawkish officials in the Bush administration.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Obama denies a rumor and questions the question — Sen. Barack Obama on Thursday batted down rumors circulating on the Internet and mentioned on some cable news shows of the existence of a video of his wife using a derogatory term for white people, and criticized a reporter for asking him about the rumor …
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Staten Island Advance:
Son of GOP nominee throws hat into ring for Staten Island's seat — It could be father versus son in the race for Staten Island's seat in the House of Representatives. — An already topsy-turvy political year grew even more so today when Francis M. Powers, the son of GOP designee Francis H. Powers …
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Ross Douthat:
A History of Theodicy — Inspired by James Wood's latest litany of eloquent complaints against the God in whom he doesn't believe, here's something I'd like to see: A history of popular theodicy, tracing the influence of the “argument from the existence of evil” against belief in God …
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Eunomia
Jack Shafer / Slate:
Hillary Didn't Lose. Barack Won. … Source: Wall Street Journal from data provided by Real Clear Politics … BACK TO TOP — PRINT DISCUSS E-MAIL
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The Fix
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Lincoln's Rule: Organization Matters — Politics has become hi-tech with sophisticated databases, the Internet, TV ads, focus groups and polls. — But a lanky Sangamon County, Ill., lawyer described the essential task of politics in 1840 in a letter to his Whig campaign committee.
Geraldine Ferraro / Wall Street Journal:
Obama's ‘Identity’ Beat Hillary's ‘Identity’ — “If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position.” — Be that as it may, what remains is that the candidacy of the first liberal white woman to run for president is about to lose, defeated by, yes, a black man.
Rick Perlstein / Today's Ideas & Actions:
The Meaning Of Box 722 — For at least six months now I've been planning, and putting off, this post. The imminent occasion of the first African American major-party nominee forces my hand. It's time for me to help give a sense of just how far we have come.
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