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12:30 PM ET, June 25, 2008

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M.E. Sprengelmeyer / Rocky Mountain News:
Nader: Obama ‘talking white’  —  Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader accused Sen. Barack Obama, the presumed Democratic Party nominee, of downplaying poverty issues, trying to “talk white” and appealing to “white guilt” during his run for the White House.
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Obama's aim: 14 Bush states and local races  —  Barack Obama will focus his resources largely in 14 states George W. Bush won in 2004, his chief field operative said Tuesday, hoping to score upsets in places like Virginia, Indiana, and Georgia.  —  But winning the White House won't be his only goal …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
To the Loser Go the Spoils  —  Hillary Clinton was taking the elevator up to her Senate office yesterday for the first time since she lost the Democratic presidential nomination when one of her aides, Philippe Reines, warned her about the condition of her office.
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Court rejects death penalty for raping children  —  WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Wednesday outlawed executions of people convicted of raping a child.  —  In a 5-4 vote, the court said the Louisiana law allowing the death penalty to be imposed in such cases violates the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court Rejects Death Penalty in Child Rape Cases  —  A divided Supreme Court ruled today that it is unconstitutional to execute someone who rapes a child but does not kill the victim.  —  In a 5 to 4 decision, the court struck down a Louisiana law that had authorized the death penalty …
Robert Gehrke / Salt Lake Tribune:
Cannon spiked by newbie Chaffetz in 3rd District primary  —  Jason Chaffetz's promise to change Washington, starting with Rep. Chris Cannon, resonated with Republican voters, who ousted the six-term incumbent in a GOP primary Tuesday.  —  “We rocked the vote here in Utah and we rocked the Republican Party …
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Brock Vergakis / Associated Press:
Utah Rep. Cannon ousted in Republican primary
Josh Kraushaar / The Crypt's Blogs:
Cannon ousted in Republican primary
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
More Phony Myths  —  Karl Rove was impressed with Barack Obama when he first met him.  But now he sees him as a “coolly arrogant” elitist.  —  This was Rove's take on Obama to Republicans at the Capitol Hill Club Monday, according to Christianne Klein of ABC News:  —  “Even if you never met him, you know this guy.
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Taking Ownership of Iraq?  —  Having recently returned from Egypt, I have the Suez Canal on my mind.  And looking at Iraq from Cairo, the thought occurred to me that maybe the Iraqis have just crossed the Suez Canal.  If so, that's good news.  —  What am I talking about?
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dodd.senate.gov:
Senator Dodd Speaks in Opposition to FISA Bill on Floor of U.S. Senate  —  Click image to play video  —  Remarks as Prepared - Mr. President: I rise—once again—to voice my strong opposition to the misguided FISA legislation before us today.  I have strong reservations about the so-called improvements …
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Do NOT Mock Obama!  —  Joseph Palermo of the Huffington Post gets so incensed that Jon Stewart mocked Obama's decision to opt out of public financing that he denounces Jon Stewart as having led us into war: … And that's why proper libs shouldn't mock Obama now, since it inadvertently makes the Republican case for McCain.
Discussion: The Sundries Shack
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Joseph A. Palermo / The Huffington Post:
Jon Stewart Skewers Obama on Public Financing
Discussion: Don Surber and JammieWearingFool
Daniel Libit / The Politico:
Meet the make-believe strategists of TV  —  Jane Fleming Kleeb went on “The O'Reilly Factor” two weeks ago to talk about global warming, a topic on which, by her own admission, she's hardly an expert.  So who, then, is Jane Fleming Kleeb?  Well, according to the Chyron that flashed across …
Discussion: TownHall Blog and pandagon.net
Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
BREAKING: Bush Administration to Ask Congress on Thursday to REMOVE North Korea from TERROR WATCH LIST  —  (Asst. Secretary of State for East Asia Christopher Hill)  —  Tonight, The Washington Note confirmed that the Bush administration will “ask Congress” to de-list North Korea from America's “terrorist watch list.”
Third Party Watch:
McCain and Obama for amnesty, warns Barr  —  The following is a campaign letter from Bob Barr:  —  John McCain and Barack Obama Plan To Bring Back “COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM”  —  From The Desk of Rep. Bob Barr  —  Dear Friend and Fellow American,  —  We're facing a “new” crisis: BORDER SECURITY.
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
YOUR WORLD IN CHARTS: OWNING VS. RENTING EDITION.  —  Via Paul Krugman comes an interesting graph on housing prices over the past few years:  —  Obviously, no one's shocked to see we had a housing bubble, but I'm a bit surprised that rents were totally unaffected.
John Gizzi / Human Events:
Pelosi on ‘Hush Rush,’ and Filibustering FISA  —  The speaker of the House made it clear to me and more than forty of my colleagues yesterday that a bill by Rep. Mike Pence (R.-Ind.) to outlaw the “Fairness Doctrine” (which a liberal administration could use to silence Rush Limbaugh …
 
 
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Mike Dorning / Chicago Tribune:
Voter drive would put 9 states in play
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Peter S. Goodman / New York Times:
Rethinking the Country Life as Energy Costs Rise
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The Huffington Post:
Bush To Filipino President: “I Am Reminded Of The Great Talent …
Julie Bosman / The Caucus:
The Inner Obama
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