memeorandum: Obama Plans Spending Boost, Possible Cut in Business Tax (Wall Street Journal)

7:55 PM ET, June 17, 2008

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McCain Camp Pounces on Obama Comments From ABC News Interview — The campaign of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., tonight pounced on comments Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., made in an interview today with ABC News. — This was the exchange in question. — TAPPER: Speaking of the Supreme Court …

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George F. Will / Washington Post:

Contempt Of Courts — The day after the Supreme Court ruled that detainees imprisoned at Guantanamo are entitled to seek habeas corpus hearings, John McCain called it “one of the worst decisions in the history of this country.” Well. — Does it rank with Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) …

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Julia Hoppock / Political Punch:

Obama Pushes Back on McCain Camp Terrorism Attacks — Responding to attacks from the campaign of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz, saying that comments he made to ABC News indicate he has a “naive” pre-9/11 view of terrorism, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, told reporters Tuesday that Republicans …

Discussion: Hot Air, Comments from Left Field, American Street and Redstate

Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Report Questions Pentagon Accounts

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Associated Press: Obama: Bin Laden still free because of GOP tactics

Michael Goldfarb / John McCain Report blog:
Barack Obama, Esquire: The 9/10 Candidate

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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
John Yoo's ongoing falsehoods in service of limitless government power

Discussion: PoliBlog (TM), The Daily Dish, Blue Girl, Red State and Happy Furry Puppy Story …

The Hill:
McCain camp: ‘Naïve’ Obama has ‘Sept. 10 mindset’

Discussion: The Swamp, Wonk Room and Gateway Pundit

Marc Ambinder:
Kerry Blasts McCain's “Iraq War mindset”

Discussion: TIME.com and John McCain Report blog

Kos / Daily Kos:

More on the AP idiots … Hey AP — that's 120 words. Have your lawyers call my lawyers. — Media experts are swarming over the AP's takedown notice against two bloggers, claiming that no one is allowed to excerpt from AP stories anymore. Remember the AP's idiotic assertion:

Discussion: Firedoglake, Eschaton, culturekitchen, AMERICAblog News and Democrats.com

Tim Conneally / BetaNews:

AP sets up a toll booth for bloggers citing its stories — The AP's disharmony with bloggers may have only just begun, as the alternative it's now offering to being served with takedown notices involves paying an up-front sum for excerpting online articles — as few as five words.

Discussion: Little Green Footballs and Hot Air

Francis De Luca / John W. Pope Civitas Institute:

N.C. Poll: McCain Leads Obama 45-41 — Both Candidates Improve Standing with Base — Raleigh, NC - After solidifying the Democratic nomination for President, Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) has pulled to within four points of Republican nominee Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) in North Carolina according …

Discussion: TalkLeft, FiveThirtyEight.com and Daily Kos

Nate Silver / The New Republic:
Today's Polls: Yes, Obama's Still Bouncing

Discussion: Daily Kos

John Aravosis / AMERICAblog News:

Pin at the GOP state convention in Texas: “If Obama is President... will we still call it the White House?” — Expect the Republican party to do absolutely nothing about the racists in its own midst. The national Republican party in Washington has contacts all the time with its state parties.

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Brad Friedman / The BRAD BLOG: If You Lose the White House Do the Rest of Us Have to Allow …

NY Daily News:

Hil and Obama, together again: First joint appearance to rally her donors — Hil and Obama, together again — Hillary Clinton will join Barack Obama for a joint appearance in Washington next week to persuade her donors to begin giving to the Democrats' nominee, the Daily News has learned.

Discussion: TIME.com, Boston Globe and Wake up America

Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Hillary Clinton's campaign photo album's got something missing

Discussion: The Huffington Post and Democracy in America

Jack Shafer / Slate:

The Canonization of Saint Russert … BACK TO TOP — PRINT DISCUSS E-MAIL

Discussion: Spin Cycle and FishBowlDC

Faiz / Think Progress:
Rep. Darrell Issa politicizes Russert's death.

Discussion: Calitics

Glenn Greenwald / Salon:

Targeting Steny Hoyer for his contempt for the rule of law — (updated below - Update II) — It is now definitively clear that House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer is the driving force behind a bill — written by GOP Sen. Kit Bond — to vest the President with vast new warrantless eavesdropping powers …

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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:

Put Your Right Wing In, Take Your Left Wing Out — If John McCain keeps dancing like this, he's liable to break a hip. — Last month, he shimmied to the left on energy policy, infuriating conservatives with a plan to cap carbon emissions. Yesterday, he shuffled back to the right …

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New York Times:
Where They Mostly Agree

Discussion: TPM Election Central, TalkLeft and Swampland

Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:

So much for Obama's Hispanic problem? — Chuck Todd and the First Read guys capture something that really stood out to me in that Nevada poll I wrote up yesterday: Obama's much-buzzed-about shortcomings with Latinos don't appear to be real.

Discussion: Slog

Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
FIRST THOUGHTS: GORE-ACLE FINALLY SPEAKS

Discussion: The Huffington Post, marbury, 2008Central.net and AMERICAblog News

Wall Street Journal:

Obama Plans Spending Boost, Possible Cut in Business Tax — FLINT, Mich. — Sen. Barack Obama shed new light on his economic plans for the country, saying he would rely on a heavy dose of government spending to spur growth, use the tax code to narrow the widening gap between winners and losers …

Discussion: The Campaign Spot

Wall Street Journal:
Barack Obama on Economics: 'We're Going Through a Big Shift'

Discussion: Israpundit, The Carpetbagger Report and The New Republic

Tennessee Center for Policy Research:

For Immediate Release: June 17, 2008 — Gore's personal electricity consumption up 10%, despite “energy-efficient” home renovations — NASHVILLE - In the year since Al Gore took steps to make his home more energy-efficient, the former Vice President's home energy use surged more than 10% …

Discussion: Stop The ACLU, Sister Toldjah, Wake up America and Hot Air

Rasmussen Reports:

67% Support Offshore Drilling, 64% Expect it Will Lower Prices — Most voters favor the resumption of offshore drilling in the United States and expect it to lower prices at the pump, even as John McCain has announced his support for states that want to explore for oil and gas off their coasts.

Discussion: Houston Chronicle, Weekly Standard Blog, The Hill's Blog Briefing Room, The Next Right, Hot Air, The Sundries Shack, Wake up America, The New Editor, Commentary and TownHall Blog

Michelle Malkin:

Haditha Watch: Charges dismissed against Lt. Col. Chessani — Fight the smears. Call John “Cold-blooded” Murtha for comment: 202-225-2065. — Note: As of 1:40pm Eastern, you will not find the Haditha story on the front page of the NYTimes website. — Told you to watch out for this yesterday.

Discussion: Associated Press, Hot Air, BLACKFIVE, Wake up America, Gateway Pundit, Democracy Project and Macsmind

Edward Cody / Washington Post:

In China, Fascination With Obama's Skin Color — America may be discussing whether Barack Obama is tough enough to field a 3 a.m. phone call, but for the Chinese Communist Party's official newspaper, the real issue is his race. — “Obama's skin color is the biggest focal point of this year's U.S. election …