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10:55 AM ET, July 1, 2008

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David Brooks / New York Times:
Obama's Money Class  —  Barack Obama sells the Democratic Party short.  He talks about his fund-raising success as if his donors were part of a spontaneous movement of small-money enthusiasts who cohered around himself.  In fact, Democrats have spent years building their donor network.
Byron York / The Corner:
Obama and “False Rumors”  —  In a story reporting that Obama “fiercely” defended his patriotism in his Independence, Missouri speech yesterday, Washington Post reporters Jonathan Weisman and Michael Shear write: … I keep seeing the flag-pin issue included among the alleged falsehoods about Obama.
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Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
Pentagon Official Warns of Israeli Attack on Iran  —  U.S. Offical Sees Two ‘Red Lines’ That Could Prompt Strike  —  Senior Pentagon officials are concerned that Israel could carry out an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities before the end of the year, an action that would have enormous security …
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New York Post:
BARACK BLASTS MOVEON
William Glaberson / New York Times:
Evidence Faulted in Detainee Case  —  In the first case to review the government's secret evidence for holding a detainee at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, a federal appeals court found that accusations against a Muslim from western China held for more than six years were based on bare and unverifiable claims.
Thomas F. Schaller / New York Times:
The South Will Fall Again  —  THE interim between the primaries and the parties' nominating conventions is, according to ancient writ, a fertile period for presidential campaigns to talk about how they plan to expand the political map in the fall.  This year is no different.
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.
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Juliana Barbassa / Associated Press:
Obama's sister helps reach out to Asian-Americans  —  SAN FRANCISCO - The throng of Asian-American donors drew closer, drinks in hand, to hear Barack Obama's sister describe the wide arc of his life: beyond politics and Chicago, into his childhood in Indonesia and Hawaii.
Discussion: TIME.com and The Other McCain
Martin Feldstein / Wall Street Journal:
We Can Lower Oil Prices Now  —  Although most experts agree that financial speculation was not responsible for the surge in the global prices of food and energy, many people remain puzzled about the source of these remarkable price rises.  Economics offers a simple supply-and-demand explanation …
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.
Discussion: Think Progress and Fox News
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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama Leads McCain, 47% to 42%
Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
Obama's Ricochet Pander  —  No doubt the Obama campaign is aggressively courting evangelicals because it thinks it can erode the GOP's traditional dominance there.  If Obama can cut the 80-20 Bush-Kerry split among evangelical voters to 60-40—something an evangelical PR-man connected …
Discussion: The Opinionator
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John M. Broder / New York Times:
Obama Courting Evangelicals Once Loyal to Bush
Discussion: The Daily Dish and TIME.com
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 …
Brian C. Mooney / Boston Globe:
Bush base yet to rush to donate to McCain  —  Funding woes tied to candidate's stances, GOP standing in polls  —  President Bush has headlined a fund-raising event to help John McCain finance his campaign to succeed him, but most of the big-money backers who helped reelect Bush in 2004 …
Discussion: USA Today and TIME.com
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
NRA plans $40M fall blitz targeting Obama  —  The National Rifle Association plans to spend about $40 million on this year's presidential campaign, with $15 million of that devoted to portraying Barack Obama as a threat to the Second Amendment rights upheld last week by the Supreme Court.
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E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The Court vs. Voters
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
A New Campaign Charge: You Supported Clinton  —  Brooklyn's 10th Congressional District, home to more African-Americans than any other in New York, gave Senator Barack Obama his highest margin of victory in the state.  But the district's longtime congressman, Edolphus Towns, did not share his constituency's preference for Mr. Obama.
Discussion: TIME.com and Gateway Pundit
Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
Obama to expand Bush's faith based programs  —  CHICAGO - Reaching out to evangelical voters, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is announcing plans to expand President Bush's program steering federal social service dollars to religious groups and — in a move sure to cause controversy …
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Timing the Unveiling of Running Mates Will Be Tricky  —  WASHINGTON — It is a given these days that the toughest decisions Senators John McCain and Barack Obama will make this summer will be choosing running mates.  But there is another choice that might prove important as well: when to make the announcement.
blogs.abcnews.com:
Obama Shifts on Welfare Reform  —  ABC News' Teddy Davis and Gregory Wallace Report: Barack Obama aligned himself with welfare reform on Monday, launching a television ad which touts the way the overhaul “slashed the rolls by 80 percent.”  Obama leaves out, however, that he was against the …
 
 
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Gloria Galloway / Globe and Mail:
Canadians oppose Iraq war: poll
Discussion: Newshoggers.com and Truthdig
John Althouse Cohen / Jac:
How to write a New York Times article to make it seem like women …
White House:
Press Briefing by Dana Perino
Patrick J. Ford / The American Conservative:
WALL-E's Conservative Critics
Discussion: The Opinionator and The Corner
Washington Post:
Iraq Opens Oil Fields To Global Bidding
Monica Davey / New York Times:
Town Finds Drug Agent Is Really an Impostor
Discussion: Reason Magazine and Majikthise
Publius / Obsidian Wings:
Packer Says, “Iraq 4-Evah!”
San Francisco Chronicle:
8 crack dealers shielded by S.F. walk away
 Earlier Items: 
Roger Clegg / The Corner:
Well, At Least She's Honest
Discussion: Omaha World-Herald
Aurelio Rojas / Sacramento Bee:
Obama rejects proposed California gay marriage ban
Joseph Romm / Salon:
Anti-science conservatives must be stopped
Discussion: Climate Progress and Gristmill
Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
McCain's energy record is on/off
Avi Zenilman / The Politico:
Drill Now as the conservative MoveOn?
Discussion: Hot Air
Stephanie Rosenbloom / New York Times:
Solution, or Mess? A Milk Jug for a Green Earth
Discussion: Gristmill and Angry Bear
Bryan Burrough / Vanity Fair:
Bringing Down Bear Stearns
Eric Trager / Commentary:
The Worst Politician Ever?
 

 
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Ayodeji Rotinwa / Columbia Journalism Review:
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