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9:20 PM ET, June 8, 2008

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Brother Nathanael Kapner / Barack Obama:
How the jewish lobby works  —  HOW THE JEWISH LOBBY WORKS  —  All Articles May Be Reproduced Only With Authorship of Br Nathanael Kapner  —  Please Help Support This Site!  (Many Expenses)  —  Or Send Your Contribution To:  —  Brother Nathanael Kapner; PO Box 170; Dillon CO 80435; Email: bronathanael@yahoo.com
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Little Green Footballs:
At the Official Obama Site: ‘How the Jewish Lobby Works’  —  Here's yet another disgusting antisemitic page at the official Barack Obama campaign web site, by a group calling itself “Socialists for Obama.”  This group of Jew-haters has apparently been at his site since April …
Carl / Israel Matzav:
Obama explains how the ‘Jewish lobby’ works  —  Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Hussein Obama's official web site has provided seemingly unlimited blogging space for anti-Semites of every race, color and creed to spit their venom about Israel and Jews.
Hindrocket / Power Line:
“HOW THE JEWISH LOBBY WORKS”  —  It's no surprise that Barack Obama's campaign is attractive to anti-semites.  Still, it's a little shocking to find anti-semitic propaganda on Obama's official web site.  Little Green Footballs spotted this on the Obama '08 site; click to enlarge:  —  This, too:
Discussion: Rezko Watch
Directorblue / Doug Ross:
Official Obama blog explains how the Jewish Lobby Works
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Sharon Churcher / Daily Mail:
The wife U.S. Republican John McCain callously left behind  —  Now that Hillary Clinton has at last formally withdrawn from the race for the White House, the eyes of America and the world will focus on Barack Obama and his Republican rival Senator John McCain.
Michael Goldfarb / John McCain 2008:
ISSUES  —  NEWS & MEDIA  —  EVENTS  —  ACTION  —  STORE  —  CONTRIBUTE  —  Senator Clinton has really grown on us over here in Crystal City over the past few months.  She ran an impressive campaign, and proved herself to be an impressive candidate and as John McCain has said, inspired a generation of women.
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
HILLARY AS VEEP?....Big Tent Democrat is happy that Democrats …
Mark Penn / New York Times:
The Problem Wasn't the Message — It Was the Money
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:   Bob Schieffer Commentary: “Hillary Clinton Gave The Speech Of Her Life Yesterday”
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
The unhappy warrior  —  Openly frustrated by what they see as an ongoing double standard in the press's treatment of his campaign, Sen. John McCain and his aides have been aggressively denouncing unfavorable stories as “smear jobs” and “scurrilous attacks,” while the candidate himself …
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Los Angeles Times:
Obama and McCain, the same?
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
Fox News Producer Ambushes Bill Moyers; Gets Taste Of His Own Medicine  —  I think this is my favorite piece of video footage since Jon Stewart told off Tucker Carlson on Crossfire.  Seriously, watch it again and again, it just gets better.  —  At the National Conference for Media Reform …
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
Why is McCain getting $58,000 a year in disability income?  —  First off, I find it fascinating that John McCain, who is refusing to vote for the GI Bill for our troops because “it's too generous,” is himself getting $58,000 a year, tax-free, from the US government for his military service.
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Mark Hemingway / The Corner:   War Injuries?  What War Injuries?  —  If you thought we hit bottom …
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama 46%, McCain 44%  —  Trend in nightly results moving in Obama's favor  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Voter preferences in the presidential election remain closely split between Barack Obama, now favored by 46% of national registered voters, and John McCain, favored by 44%.
Discussion: MyDD, Newshoggers.com and Open Left
Rasmussen Reports:
Voters Give Media Failing Grades in Objectivity for Election 2008  —  Just 17% of voters nationwide believe that most reporters try to offer unbiased coverage of election campaigns.  A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that four times as many—68%—believe most reporters try to help the candidate that they want to win.
Newsweek:
How to Beat a Rock Star: ‘Substance.’  —  There is, McCain says, ‘a right change and a wrong change.’ His general-election case, in his own words.  —  From the road in Florida last Friday morning, en route to a fund-raiser and then a tour of the Everglades, John McCain spoke …
Discussion: Jonathan Martin's Blogs and MyDD
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
A Thank-You for 18 Million Cracks in the Glass Ceiling  —  During the campaign, it was her opponent who owned the lofty rhetoric.  But on the day she finally conceded defeat, it was Hillary Clinton's words that soared.  —  “As we gather here today,” she told her supporters and staff members …
Adam Schreck / Associated Press:
Gas hits national average of $4 for the first time  —  Gasoline prices hit national average of $4 for the first time, expected to go higher  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The average price of regular gas crept up to $4 a gallon for the first time over the weekend, passing the once-unthinkable milestone …
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New York Times:
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