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8:40 AM ET, July 15, 2008

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Hindrocket / Power Line:
OBAMA'S DISHONEST OP-ED  —  In this morning's New York Times, Barack Obama published an op-ed on Iraq that presumably previews his “major speech” on the subject tomorrow.  Even by Obama's standards, the piece is breathtakingly dishonest.  —  Obama admits that he opposed the surge …
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Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
McCain Tops Obama in Commander-in-Chief Test; Stays Competitive on Iraq  —  Poll Finds 72 Percent of Americans Say McCain Would be Good Commander-in-Chief  —  Americans divide evenly between Barack Obama and John McCain's approaches to the war in Iraq, and rate McCain much more highly …
Washington Post:
Poll Finds Voters Split on Candidates' Iraq-Pullout Positions  —  A new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds the country split down the middle between those backing Sen. Barack Obama's 16-month timeline for withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and those agreeing with Sen. John McCain's position that events …
CNN:
Ventura: I'm not running for Senate  —  (CNN) — Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura has decided not to run for U.S. Senate in that state, he told CNN's “Larry King Live” Monday night.  —  Ventura, a former professional wrestler, had said last week he was weighing whether to run.
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Associated Press:
Franken gets Democratic challenger in Senate race  —  ST. PAUL (AP) — An attorney from well-known family in Minnesota legal circles says she will challenge Senate candidate Al Franken in a Democratic primary.  —  Priscilla Lord Faris says she will file the paperwork to run in the September primary.
Aaron Blake / The Hill:
Ventura won't run for Senate  —  Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura (I) announced Monday night that he would not launch a third-party bid for Senate.  —  The former professional wrestler, who served one term as governor beginning a decade ago, said on CNN's “Larry King Live” that he …
Jim Lindgren / The Volokh Conspiracy:
JAMIE GORELICK'S TIES TO FANNIE MAE AND WHAT SHE'S DOING NOW— In reading this article about Crony Capitalism at Fannie Mae (tip to Instapundit), I noticed that Jamie Gorelick was one of the Fannie executives who benefited from inflated bonuses based on Enron-style accounting.
Discussion: Slate
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Rose Garden / White House:
President Bush Discusses Outer Continental Shelf Exploration  —  Fact Sheet: Allowing Offshore Exploration to Help Address Rising Fuel Costs  —  THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon.  Across the country, Americans are concerned about the high price of gasoline.  Every one of our citizens who drives to work …
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Bill Carter / New York Times:
Want Obama in a Punch Line?  First, Find a Joke  —  What's so funny about Barack Obama?  Apparently not very much, at least not yet.  —  On Monday, The New Yorker magazine tried dipping its toe into broad satire involving Senator Obama with a cover image depicting the presumptive Democratic …
Kate Klonick / TPMMuckraker:
Fournier to Rove: “Keep Up the Fight”  —  Buried in the 50-page report on Pat Tillman and Jessica Lynch released today by the House Oversight Committee, is a priceless quote from none other than the new head of the AP's Washington Bureau, Ron Fournier.  —  Straight from page 21 of the report:
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
UNIVERSAL THEORY OF BAMBOOZLEMENT?
Discussion: Eschaton
John R. Bolton / Wall Street Journal:
Israel, Iran and the Bomb  —  Iran's test salvo of ballistic missiles last week together with recent threatening rhetoric by commanders of the Islamic Republic's Revolutionary Guards emphasizes how close the Middle East is to a fundamental, in fact an irreversible, turning point.
Geoffrey Dickens / NewsBusters.org:
Matthews Worries ‘Right’ Will Turn New Yorker Cover into T-Shirt  —  On Monday's “Hardball” Chris Matthews was so upset about the New Yorker's cover, depicting Barack Obama in a turban and Michelle Obama toting an AK-47, because he feared “the right will be using that as t-shirt material within the next couple of weeks.”
Discussion: TownHall Blog and Ed Driscoll.com
Ken Salazar / Washington Post:
Heedless Rush to Oil Shale  —  To hear Bush touting Western oil shale as the answer to $4 per gallon gasoline, as he did again yesterday in the Rose Garden, you would think it was 1908 . . . or 1920 . . . or 1945 . . . or 1974.  Every couple of decades over the past century …
Discussion: Swampland and Washington Monthly
Alexander Mooney / CNN:
McLaughlin takes heat for ‘Oreo’ comment  —  (CNN) — Longtime Washington talk-show host John McLaughlin is facing fire Monday for referring to Barack Obama as an “Oreo” during a segment on his Sunday political program, “The McLaughlin Group.  —  The veteran Washington journalist was discussing …
Shawn Zeller / CQ Politics:
Clinton Diehards Want Convention Vote  —  She may have given up, but a few of Hillary Rodham Clinton 's people haven't.  —  The senator from New York is said to be negotiating a respectful presence followed by a graceful exit from next month's Democratic convention, and last week …
Discussion: Salon and No More Mister Nice Blog
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Clinton supporters want floor vote
 
 
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A must-read interview with David Iglesias
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Accountability Now and Strange Bedfellows: The strategy and rationale
Michael A. Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times:
Los Angeles Times Publisher David Hiller resigns
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Fed's war against shady home loans
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New York Post:
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Christopher Bateman / Vanity Fair:
POLITICS AND POWER  —  Yet another member of John McCain's …
Discussion: Think Progress and RADAMISTO
Bradley Keoun / Bloomberg:
Citigroup's $1.1 Trillion of Mysterious Assets Shadows Earnings
The New Republic:
Flipping Out  —  So Obama will listen to his generals and consider …
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
The Surprising Closeness of the Contest
Washington Wire:
McCains to Profit on Anheuser, InBev Deal