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Jennifer Parker / Political Punch:
Obama's Answer on the Johnson Conundrum — ABC News' Sunlen Miller today asked Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, how he could “rail against Countrywide Financial Corp as an example of insiders and today's economy while your VP search is headed by someone who got questionable loans from Countrywide?”
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CNN:
Senator says Obama VP search team discussed 20 names — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's vice presidential vetting team discussed roughly 20 names with a senior Senate Democrat Tuesday, including some well-known options and others that are “outside the box.”
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Mark Murray / MSNBC:
KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES... From NBC's Chuck Todd and Domenico Montanaro — So you think you know who's on Obama's veep short list? Well, think again. According to sources on the Hill, Obama veep vetters — specifically Jim Johnson and Eric Holder — have been asking Dem members …
David Brown / PittsburghLIVE.com:
Ron Paul plans his own convention — TRIBUNE-REVIEW — Maverick GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul has booked an arena in Minneapolis for a “mini-convention” that could steal some of John McCain's thunder just days before he accepts the Republican nomination.
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Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
RON PAUL'S OWN CONVENTION — From NBC's Domenico Montanaro — That thorn in the Republican establishment side is back. — Ron Paul's campaign is planning an event at a “large venue” with a “sizable” crowd Sept. 2 — the Tuesday of convention week — in the St. Paul-Minneapolis area a couple of miles from the convention site.
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Lieberman Camp To Obama: Back Off — We've been keeping you abreast of the ongoing behind-the-scenes battle between Barack Obama and Joe Lieberman, who is fast emerging as the front man for John McCain's attacks on Obama as unfit to defend the country, and now there have been some key new developments.
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Marc Ambinder:
Clinton Asks Pledged Delegates To Support Obama (Updated) — Multiple Democratic sources say that Sen. Hillary Clinton, in a series of private conversations and conference calls, continues to urge her pledged delegates to vote for Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
TERRORIST FIST JAB, REDUX — Fox News' E.D. Hill offers up feeble apology for “terrorist fist jab” swipe at Obama ... Late Update: Ouch. Turns out E.D.'s show is being cancelled. Maybe because she wasn't pushing the terrorist card hard enough?
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CNN:
McCain: ‘I will veto every single beer’ — (CNN) - John McCain issued a promise Tuesday that may cause a bit of unrest with a broad swath of voters: — He'll veto every single beer? — In a slip of the tongue while railing against excessive earmarks at the National Small Business Summit in Washington …
David Saltonstall / NY Daily News:
Barack gets dressing down for dorkiness — Barack Obama ditched the campaign trail for the bike trail last weekend, offering onlookers a rare peek into the Democratic nominee's casual-wear closet. — It wasn't a pretty picture: ill-fitting jeans, a tucked-in golf shirt …
New York Post:
BARACK'S BITE — WE'RE in for taxing times if Barack Obama wins the White House, says CNBC's Maria Bartiromo. “He's going to take the capital gains tax at 15 percent right now all the way up to 25 to 28 percent,” the “Money Honey” tells Avenue. “Sell anything, like a home or stocks, and make a profit . . .
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama's Lead Stabilizing — Leads McCain 48% to 41% in latest presidential trial heat — PRINCETON, NJ — Barack Obama has a 48% to 41% lead in the latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking presidential election trial heat, based on June 7-9 polling.
Edward J. Markey / Wall Street Journal:
Why Is Bush Helping Saudi Arabia Build Nukes? — Here's a quick geopolitical quiz: What country is three times the size of Texas and has more than 300 days of blazing sun a year? What country has the world's largest oil reserves resting below miles upon miles of sand?
John Santucci / Political Radar:
Ohio Guv Won't Run with Obama — ABC News' Teddy Davis and John Santucci Report: Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland (D) was Shermanesque on Tuesday in saying that he would “absolutely not” be Sen. Barack Obama's, D-Ill., running mate even if asked to join the Democratic ticket.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
No populist he — Obama, in a CNBC interview about the economy airing tonight, puts his love for the free market in terms that we didn't hear in Ohio: … (Continued after the jump.)
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