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EXCLUSIVE: Obama Expresses ‘Deep Disappointment’ in McCain's Silence on Wife Attacks — In a one-on-one interview with The Brody File, Barack Obama says he is deeply disappointed that John McCain has not spoken out against the attacks leveled against his wife.
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Michelle Obama Looks for a New Introduction — Michelle Obama's eyes flicker tentatively even as she offers a trained smile. As her campaign plane arcs over the Flathead Range in Montana, she is asked to consider her complicated public image. — Conservative columnists accuse …
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Battle of the Spouses: A Bit Better for Obama — Early Edge is Michelle Obama's, But Plenty of Room to Move for Cindy McCain — In the battle of the spouses the early edge is Michelle Obama's, in favorable views and intensity of sentiment alike. But there are sharp differences among groups …
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Bush Will Seek to End Offshore Oil Drilling Ban — WASHINGTON — President Bush, reversing a longstanding position, will call on Congress on Wednesday to end a federal ban on offshore oil drilling, according to White House officials who say Mr. Bush now wants to work with states to determine where drilling should occur.
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Bush asks Congress to lift ban on offshore drilling — WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush asked Congress Wednesday to permit drilling for oil off America's coasts — on the outer continental shelf — to combat rising oil and gas prices. — Bush also renewed his demand that Congress allow drilling …
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Mr. Zebari's Message — SEN. BARACK OBAMA told Iraq's foreign minister this week that he plans to visit the country between now and the presidential election. We think that's a good thing, not because Sen. John McCain has been prodding the candidate to do it but because it will give …
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Political Punch, Redstate, The Campaign Spot, democracyarsenal.org, Hot Air and Commentary
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Obama advisers say bin Laden can appeal to U.S. courts — WASHINGTON (Map, News) - Barack Obama's foreign policy advisers said Tuesday that Osama bin Laden, if captured, should be allowed to appeal his case to U.S. civilian courts, a privilege opposed by John McCain.
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Reuters/Zogby Poll: Obama Leads McCain, But Wins No Big Bounce — Defeating Hillary Clinton and locking up the Democratic Party nomination fails to propel Obama forward — UTICA, New York - Democrat Barack Obama holds an edge over Republican John McCain in the race for U.S. President …
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Hey, Associated Press: You owe me at least $132,125! — The Internet firestorm over the Associated Press's heavy-handed attempt to bully bloggers over fair use article excerpts has been absolutely schadenfreude-licious. Now, it's time to turn the tables. If your blog or blog commenters …
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Power Line, Outside The Beltway, Wake up America, Confederate Yankee, Below The Beltway, Patterico's Pontifications, The Mahablog, QandO, Techdirt, Wizbang, BizzyBlog, The Moderate Voice, Scholars and Rogues, Donklephant, PoliGazette, bRight & Early, THE GUN TOTING LIBERAL™, BetaNews and Ace of Spades HQ
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Documents confirm U.S. hid detainees from Red Cross — WASHINGTON — The U.S. military hid the locations of suspected terrorist detainees and concealed harsh treatment to avoid the scrutiny of the International Committee of the Red Cross, according to documents that a Senate committee released Tuesday.
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Attackerman, Firedoglake, Newshoggers.com, The Huffington Post, PoliGazette and American Street
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CIA Played Larger Role In Advising Pentagon
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New York Times, The Washington Independent, Intel Dump, TPMMuckraker, The Carpetbagger Report and War in Context
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Vulgarian at the Gate — In the razor-close and nationally important Senate race in Minnesota, Republican incumbent Norm Coleman is presented with a unique political problem. Should he raise in his ads the issue of comedian Al Franken's offensive vulgarity?
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Mr. Bush v. the Bill of Rights — In the waning months of his tenure, President Bush and his allies are once again trying to scare Congress into expanding the president's powers to spy on Americans without a court order. — This week, the White House and Democratic and Republican leaders …
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Here's Your Bounce: Obama Up In PA, FL, OH — Bounce-obsessives can calm themselves: Quinnipiac's out with surveys of Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania this morning showing Obama gains in each state as compared to the last time Q-PAC polled. The sample sizes are huge — more than 1,400 likely votes …
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Easing of laws that led to detainee abuse hatched in secret — WASHINGTON — The framework under which detainees were imprisoned for years without charges at Guantanamo and in many cases abused in Afghanistan wasn't the product of American military policy or the fault of a few rogue soldiers.
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Lean Left
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Gore unlikely to appear on campaign trail — Despite Al Gore's choreographed endorsement of Barack Obama Monday, top Democratic strategists don't expect the 2000 Democratic nominee will risk his environmental agenda by campaigning vigorously in this year's presidential race.
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Glamocracy
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Obama's Shifting Positions on Iraq: A Rezko Connection? — The time line of Obama's flip-flops on Iraq just happens to correlate to his friend's business dealings in that country. — Barack Obama's position on Iraq has shifted significantly over the last six years.
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A Disconnect — What Obama promises. How Washington really works. — I went to a party last Sunday night given by a friend, a well-known journalist, who is well connected in Washington and friends with various movers and shakers, particularly in the legal world.