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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
McCain Campaign Accuses Obama Camp Of Coordinating With Webb To Attack McCain — Now the McCain campaign is accusing the Obama campaign of coordinating with Jim Webb to “attack” McCain's war service. — On MSNBC last night, Webb told McCain that he should “calm down” …
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Walter Alarkon / The Hill's Blog Briefing Room:
Webb: McCain Should ‘Calm Down’ on Using Military Service — Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) waded into the debate over John McCain's military service Monday to say that the Republican should avoid using military service in politics. — Webb, a Barack Obama supporter, was on MSNBC's “Countdown” …
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Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
OBAMA CALLS CLARK'S REMARKS ‘INARTFUL’ — From NBC/NJ's Athena Jones — ZANESVILLE, Ohio — “Inartful” was the word Obama used Tuesday to characterize remarks Gen. Wes Clark made over the weekend and subsequently about McCain's military service. — VIDEO: NBC's Andrea Mitchell talks …
Andrew J. Bacevich / Boston Globe:
What Bush hath wrought — FEW AMERICANS, whatever their political persuasion, will mourn George W. Bush's departure from office. Democrats and Republicans alike are counting the days until the inauguration of a new president will wipe the slate clean. — Yet in crucial respects, the Bush era will not end Jan. 20, 2009.
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Dean Barnett / Weekly Standard Blog:
Andrew Bacevich: Ignoring Inconvenient Facts — Bush-loathing scholar Andrew Bacevich has taken to the Boston Globe to pen a screed documenting the horrible misdeeds perpetrated by the administration. Bacevich even ordered his complaints in a tidy little list:
Daily Mail:
Muslims outraged at police advert featuring cute puppy sitting in policeman's hat — A postcard featuring a cute puppy sitting in a policeman's hat advertising a Scottish police force's new telephone number has sparked outrage from Muslims. — Tayside Police's new non-emergency phone number …
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Simon Johnson / Telegraph:
Apology over ‘offensive’ puppy police advert after Muslim complaints
Apology over ‘offensive’ puppy police advert after Muslim complaints
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Americans Worry McCain Would Be Too Similar to Bush — About half are concerned Obama would go too far in changing Bush policies — PRINCETON, NJ — A recent USA Today/Gallup poll finds about two in three Americans concerned that John McCain would pursue policies as president that are too similar to what George W. Bush has pursued.
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Rich Lowry / The Corner:
“It's time for Republicans to develop a new brand of conservatism” — Here's an excerpt from McLaughlin & Associates memo to be released tomorrow on the results of their latest survey and the state of the race:
God-o-Meter:
Why Obama's Faith-Based Initiatives Matter — As Barack Obama has emphasized his life as a “committed Christian” over the past year and a half, skeptics have asked for evidence of how his faith would actually influence his policies as president. Some conservative Christian activists …
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Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
Obama courts conservatives with new faith program
Obama courts conservatives with new faith program
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Alexander Mooney / CNN:
New CNN Poll: Obama, McCain in a statistical dead heat — (CNN) — With the dust having finally settled after the prolonged Democratic presidential primary, a new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll shows Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama locked in a statistical dead heat in the race for the White House.
Hotline On Call:
On Call Exclusive: Obama Met Privately With Powell At His Office — Sen. Barack Obama and retired Gen. Colin Powell met privately two weeks ago in Powell's personal office in Alexandria. — Peggy Cifrino, Powell's spokeswoman, confirmed that the presumptive Democratic nominee …
Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Ex-Agent Says CIA Ignored Iran Facts — A former CIA operative who says he tried to warn the agency about faulty intelligence on Iraqi weapons programs now contends that CIA officials also ignored evidence that Iran had suspended work on a nuclear bomb. — The onetime undercover agent …
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Peter Wehner / Commentary:
Obama's Divisive Unity — Senator Barack Obama has announced his opposition to a California ballot measure that would ban same-sex marriages-a decision that was forced on the citizens of California by the state's Supreme Court. In a letter expressing his support for extending …
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Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Obama discusses his chat Bill Clinton — (CNN) — Bill Clinton and Barack Obama are moving on. — In Obama's first comments about his widely-covered phone conversation with the former president Monday morning, the Illinois senator said the two did not dwell on the prolonged and at times divisive primary race.
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CBN.com:
Obama's Pro-Gay Flyers — Barack Obama may be talking up his Christian faith like he's doing today in Ohio and trying his best to appeal to Evangelicals with a “new kind of politics,” but he's got a problem. Many of his positions are the same liberal positions that have turned off Evangelicals for years.
James Kirchick / The Politico:
Who's smearing whom? — The only obstacle between Barack Obama and the presidency is the mountain of smears that will no doubt come his way. That's the narrative that Obama supporters — and his swooning chroniclers in the mainstream media — would have us believe.
Mary Ann Akers / The Sleuth:
Christian Site's Ban on ‘G’ Word Sends Homosexual to Olympics — The American Family Association obviously didn't foresee the problems that might arise with its strict policy to always replace the word “gay” with “homosexual” on the Web site of its Christian news outlet, OneNewsNow.
Randy Alfred / Wired News:
July 1, 1858: Darwin and Wallace Shift the Paradigm — 1858: The Linnaean Society of London listens to the reading of a composite paper on how natural selection accounts for the evolution and variety of species. The authors are Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. Modern biology is born.