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MCCAIN BREAKING THE LAW IN PLAIN SIGHT — I mentioned earlier today that it was quite a thing to see John McCain denouncing Barack Obama for breaking his word on public financing when McCain himself is at this moment breaking the law in continuing to spend over the spending limits he promised …
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Obama's Decision Threatens Public Financing System — From the moment that the public financing system was created in the wake of the Watergate crisis, it was viewed as an imperfect way to rid politics of the excesses of special-interest money. — But now, with the decision by Senator Barack …
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Fact Checker, Wall Street Journal, Comments from Left Field, The Caucus, TPM Election Central, marbury, TIME.com, EconoPundit and The Trail
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Obama Poised for Huge Cash Edge — Democrats Could Swamp McCain With $500 Million in Final Two Months — Sen. Barack Obama's decision to forgo public financing for his presidential campaign clears the way for him to outspend Sen. John McCain by 3-to-1 or substantially more in the general election …
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Ghosts in the GOP attack machine — In a web video emailed to supporters Thursday, Barack Obama explained that he was opting out of the public financing system because John McCain is “not going to stop the smears and attacks from his allies running so-called 527 groups who will spend millions …
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The Sundries Shack
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Obama Privatizes — Barack Obama told supporters this morning …
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Spin Cycle
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The Two Obamas — God, Republicans are saps. They think that they're running against some academic liberal who wouldn't wear flag pins on his lapel, whose wife isn't proud of America and who went to some liberationist church where the pastor damned his own country.
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The Corner, The Daily Dish, Ben Smith's Blogs, The New Republic, Comments from Left Field, Commentary, Althouse, TIME.com, alicublog and marbury
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CABLE GUYS LUST FOR TIM'S JOB — TIM Russert's body wasn't even cold in the ground before MSNBC anchors Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann started jockeying for his job, sources claim. — Matthews was heard loudly discussing what seemed to be his strategy for landing Russert's “Meet the Press” …
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Obama Asks NBC to Draw Up Olympics Ad Packages — But Could Such a Media Buy Be Too Much, Too Soon? — WASHINGTON (AdAge.com) — Those tuning in to NBC Sports' Olympics coverage this year will see spots from General Motors, McDonald's, Budweiser, Nike and — just maybe — Sen. Barack Obama.
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McCain's Oil Epiphany — Gas is $4 a gallon. Oil is $135 a barrel and rising. We import two-thirds of our oil, sending hundreds of billions of dollars to the likes of Russia, Venezuela and Saudi Arabia. And yet we voluntarily prohibit ourselves from even exploring huge domestic reserves of petroleum and natural gas.
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Dems excited, GOP wary of McClellan's testimony — House Democrats are eagerly preparing for Friday's testimony by former White House press secretary Scott McClellan, but Republicans seem unsure of how to handle the president's unlikely critic. — Both Democrats and Republicans …
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U.S. Says Exercise by Israel Seemed Directed at Iran — WASHINGTON — Israel carried out a major military exercise earlier this month that American officials say appeared to be a rehearsal for a potential bombing attack on Iran's nuclear facilities. — Several American officials …
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War in Context, The Glittering Eye, The Raw Story, Pat Dollard, Buck Naked Politics and Danger Room
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Webb splits with Obama over drilling — By pushing a bill that distances himself from the Democratic Party and its presidential candidate on offshore drilling, Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia is picking a curious time to exercise his well-known independence. — Webb wants his home state …
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A Life's Lesson — When somebody dies, we tell his story and try to define and isolate what was special about it—what it was he brought to the party, how he enhanced life by showing up. In this way we educate ourselves about what really matters. Or, often, re-educate ourselves, for “man needs more to be reminded than instructed.”
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White Patches Found in Mars Trench Are Ice, Scientists Say — After a decade of shouting, “Follow the water!” in its exploration of Mars, NASA can finally say that one of its spacecraft has reached out, touched water ice and scooped it up. — Now, scientists will be able to tackle …
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Below The Beltway
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EXCLUSIVE: Hezbollah Poised to Strike? — Officials Say “Sleeper Cells” Activated in Canada — Intelligence agencies in the United States and Canada are warning of mounting signs that Hezbollah, backed by Iran, is poised to mount a terror attack against “Jewish targets” somewhere outside the Middle East.
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Indiana may be in play — Obama running campaign ad here; McCain plans Indy appearance — Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign is calling Indiana “a battleground state,” and it's putting money into the state and assigning a key staff member here. — His rival, Republican John McCain, also has Indiana on his mind.