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11:50 PM ET, June 29, 2008

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Patterico's Pontifications:
Extra!  Stop the Presses!  Think Progress Lies About McCain  —  Think Progress has a post titled McCain: I 'Don't See How It Matters' That I Don't Know The Price Of Gas.  Wow, that sounds pretty bad.  Let's take a look: … Jeez.  That's really awful.  But let's take a look at the actual exchange that Think Progress is citing:
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Faiz / Think Progress:
McCain: I 'Don't See How It Matters' That I Don't Know The Price Of Gas (Updated)  —  In a telephone interview with the Orange County Register earlier this week, John McCain acknowledged he was unaware of the price of gas.  The OC Register's Martin Wicksol reports:
Bill Marsh / New York Times:   Savoring Bargains at the American Pump
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Mark Preston / CNN:   Analysis: Bob Barr says he's no Nader
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
Late Edition: Sy Hersh Says Attacks On Iran Happening Now  —  Seymour Hersh has been writing about the Bush administration's aggressive stance against Iran for years now.  His latest article for The New Yorker, “Preparing the Battlefield”, Hersh claims that the Bush administration has been carrying …
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CNN:
McAuliffe: Bill Clinton and Obama to talk within 48 hours  —  (CNN) — Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe assured CNN's Candy Crowley that former President Bill Clinton and presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama will be discussing Clinton's role in the campaign within the next two days.
Discussion: TIME.com
CNN:
McCain: Obama's word cannot be trusted  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Hours after sparring with Barack Obama over immigration, John McCain told crowd at fundraiser Saturday night that “Sen. Obama's word cannot be trusted.”  —  “You know, this election is about trust, and trusting people's word …
Discussion: Newshoggers.com and The Reaction
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Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:   McCain Holds Up New Orleans As An Educational Success Story
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Obama, Take Note  —  From Gallup:
Sara Clarke / Orlando Sentinel:
24 cars vandalized in downtown Orlando  —  23 owned by city; 3 messages politically motivated  —  Vandals spray-painted vehicles Saturday outside Orlando City Hall.  They also left business card-sized notes that disparaged Sens. Obama and John McCain but supported Sen. Hillary Clinton.
Discussion: The Swamp
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Norman Ornstein / New York Times:
Back to the Center  —  One of the Republican Party's most astute pols, Representative Tom Davis of Virginia, recently reflected on his party's status among voters.  In a 20-page memo for his colleagues, Davis wrote, “If we were a dog food, they would take us off the shelf.”  Bad as things are, they may get worse.
Discussion: Ross Douthat
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
Dumbing Down the Presidency  —  People campaign for the presidency by talking their heads off.  By the time the winner reaches the White House, the habit is so ingrained that it is impossible to shake.  —  The result has been what professor Jeffrey Tulis of the University of Texas 21 years ago labeled …
Los Angeles Times:
Roberta McCain steals reporter's heart, strikes fear in handlers'  —  A formal interview with John McCain's mother proves elusive to arrange.  But she picks up the phone on the first ring.  —  By ON THE MEDIA, JAMES RAINEY  —  It's over between Roberta and me.  At least for now.
Discussion: TIME.com
Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2008: Arizona Presidential Election  —  Arizona: McCain Leads By Nine in Home State  —  Since Hillary Clinton dropped out of the race for the White House, Barack Obama has enjoyed a bounce in the national polls and in many state polls.  John McCain's home state of Arizona is no exception …
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The baseless, and failed, “Move to the Center” cliche  —  (updated below - Update II)  —  Republican Nancy Johnson of Connecticut was first elected to Congress in 1982, and proceeded to win re-election 11 consecutive times, often quite easily.  In 2004, she defeated her Democratic challenger by 22 points.
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
The Chief Justice, Dylan and the Disappearing Double Negative  —  The last chief justice liked light opera.  The new one cites Bob Dylan.  —  Four pages into his dissent on Monday in an achingly boring dispute between pay phone companies and long distance carriers, John G. Roberts Jr. …
Discussion: TalkLeft and Amygdala
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
A Win by McCain Could Push a Split Court to Right
 
 
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Frank Rich / New York Times:
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Longshots in the veepstakes  —  Last Tuesday, House Speaker …
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Discussion: Don Surber
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Discussion: JammieWearingFool and TIME.com
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