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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama-McCain Race Reverts to Virtual Tie — Percentage undecided now 15%, highest of the year — PRINCETON, NJ — Voters are closely divided between Barack Obama and John McCain in Gallup Poll Daily tracking conducted June 12-14, with 44% of national registered voters favoring …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Taking A Breather — A lot of people are understandably taking this caesura in the campaign to reserve judgment on either nominee. This makes sense to me. We're exhausted from the Clinton-Obama melodrama and the dynmaics of a McCain-Obama contest are not yet clear.
Julie Bosman / New York Times:
Obama Sharply Assails Absent Black Fathers — CHICAGO — Addressing a packed congregation at one of the city's largest black churches, Senator Barack Obama on Sunday invoked his own absent father to deliver a sharp message to African-American men, saying, “We need fathers to realize that responsibility does not end at conception.”
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CBS News:
McCain Takes Gitmo Ruling Personally — Why Does GOP Candidate Scorn Supreme Court's Affirmation Of Right Of Habeus Corpus? — (CBS) John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, told a crowd of supporters in New Jersey Friday that the Supreme Court's latest Guantanamo Bay ruling is …
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John Hendren / ABCNEWS:
Michelle Obama in for ‘Very Ugly Stuff’ — She's the New Woman Conservatives Love to Hate — Like Eleanor Roosevelt and Hillary Clinton before her, Michelle Obama is becoming the would-be first lady conservatives love to hate. — The conservative National Review recently showed …
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michellemalkin.com, Comments from Left Field, Gateway Pundit, Ed Driscoll.com, Media Blog, Michelle Obama Watch and Hot Air
Saul Hansell / New York Times:
The Associated Press to Set Guidelines for Using Its Articles in Blogs — The Associated Press, one of the nation's largest news organizations, said that it will, for the first time, attempt to define clear standards as to how much of its articles and broadcasts bloggers and Web sites …
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
Face The Nation: Jindal Thinks Intelligent Design Should Be Taught With Evolution — I try very hard to be tolerant of others' beliefs. I don't pretend to have all the answers and I certainly don't want to begrudge others answers that work for them. However, I draw the line …
New York Times:
Officials Fear Bomb Design Went to Others — WASHINGTON — Four years after Abdul Qadeer Khan, the leader of the world's largest black market in nuclear technology, was put under house arrest and his operation declared shattered, international inspectors and Western officials are confronting a new mystery …
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Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2008: Arkansas Presidential Election — Arkansas: Clinton Supporters Help Pull Obama Within Single Digits — The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Arkansas shows John McCain leading Barack Obama 48% to 39%. That's a stunning improvement for Obama who trailed by twenty-four points a month ago.
Alan S. Blinder / New York Times:
Two Bubbles, Two Paths — LATELY more and more people have been questioning the received wisdom about what a central bank should do when confronted by an asset price bubble. That piece of wisdom, shared by Alan Greenspan and Ben S. Bernanke, the former and present Federal Reserve chairmen …
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Peter J. Boyer / New Yorker:
ONE ANGRY MAN — Is Keith Olbermann changing TV news? — It was nearly midnight before Keith Olbermann left the NBC News election studio on May 13th, having spent five hours on the air, co-anchoring coverage of the West Virginia Democratic primary. Olbermann had a short ride home …
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Motoko Rich / New York Times:
A Book Club Courts Liberals — The progressive movement has prided itself on its ability to get its messages out by harnessing the Internet, through organizations like MoveOn.org and blogs like Daily Kos or The Huffington Post. — But now a liberal-minded group is returning to an old-fashioned model: a book club.
Paul West / Baltimore Sun:
McCain has diluted his rare reputation — John McCain once had the most powerful brand in American politics. — He was often called the country's most popular politician and widely admired for his independent streak. It wasn't too many years ago that “maverick” was the cliche of choice in describing him.
Molly Ball / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
NEW R-J NEVADA POLL: McCain 44%, Obama 42% — McCain, Obama split vote, with many still undecided — As the presidential candidates square off for the general election, Nevadans are closely divided between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain, according to a statewide poll.
Hindrocket / Power Line:
HOLDER NEXT? — The news this morning is full of speculation about Eric Holder, one of three individuals selected by Barack Obama to conduct his vice-presidential selection process. One, Jim Johnson, is already gone. Holder is an obvious target because of his role in the pardon of convicted fugitive …