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Chris / TVNewser:
Breaking: What Else Jesse Jackson Said on That FNC Tape — Exclusive: TVNewser has been sent the transcript of what Jesse Jackson said Sunday morning July 6, as he prepared for an interview on Fox & Friends Weekend. Below is the partial transcript we received in our tips box …
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Michelle Malkin:
Jesse Jackson: N-word for me, but not for thee; Update: Readers say ‘Play the tape!’ — Update 10:00pm: Tons of readers are asking me why my colleagues at Fox won't just play the entire tape and let viewers decide for themselves whether it's newsworthy. I'm with you guys.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Report: Absolute Moral Authority drops the N-bomb on Obama tape; Update: O'Reilly blames Internet “weasel” for leak — Normally I'd wait for video proof but Inside Cable News claimed with unusual insistence last night that it's true and now TV Newser is corroborating it, so obviously someone who's in a position to know is leaking.
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The Other McCain
Joe / Joe. My. God.:
Elizabeth Dole Says “F**k You” To Americans Who Died From AIDS — This is unbelievable. Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) wants to rename the the current AIDS relief bill after Jesse Helms. … Jesse Helms, the man who in 1987 described AIDS prevention literature as “so obscene, so revolting, I may throw up.”
Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
McCain Camp's New Attack: Obama Is The One Who's The Same As Bush — The McCain campaign is taking their effort to distance their candidate from the unpopular President Bush to a whole new level: McCain's advisers are now openly attacking Bush on Iraq — and not only that …
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Michael J. Totten / Commentary:
Is the War Over? — Independent reporter Michael Yon has spent more time in Iraq embedded with combat soldiers than any other journalist in the world, and a few days ago he boldly declared the war over: … I'm reluctant to say “the war has ended,” as he did, but everything else he wrote is undoubtedly true.
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Dick Morris / Real Clear Politics:
Why the Race is Tied — After almost six weeks of a constant Obama lead, generally in the five- to seven-point range, Scott Rasmussen's daily tracking poll records two consecutive days of a tie race (July 12-13) and a one-point Obama lead on July 14. What happened to the Democrat's lead?
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Morris Touch — Dick Morris says the race is tied:
The Morris Touch — Dick Morris says the race is tied:
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Eunomia
Jim Rutenberg / International Herald Tribune:
Media stars will accompany Obama overseas — WASHINGTON: Senator John McCain's trip to Iraq last spring was a low-key affair: With his ordinary retinue of reporters following him abroad, the NBC News anchor Brian Williams reported on his arrival in Baghdad from New York …
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Talking Points Memo
Matt Pressman / Vanity Fair:
Why Do People Love to Hate The New York Times? — Times-bashing isn't just for conservatives anymore. As countless self-appointed critics whack away at the Gray Lady, our correspondent searches for the cause fueling the rebellion. — It's such a given in the media business that few …
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Ed Driscoll.com
Washington Wire:
McCain Surrogate Fiorina Meets With Clinton Supporters — Christopher Cooper and John Emshwiller report on the presidential race. — The McCain campaign dispatched its top female surrogate Tuesday to meet with about 25 disaffected supporters of Sen. Hillary Clinton in Westchester, N.Y.
Deanna Bellandi / Associated Press:
Ex-Clinton aide checked before joining Obama team — CHICAGO - Hillary Rodham Clinton's former campaign manager, now on Barack Obama's team, says she could easily work for her old boss again if Clinton were on the Democratic ticket. — Clinton replaced Patti Solis Doyle after poor early showings …
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Bruce Ackerman / Slate:
Take Your Paws off the Presidency! — DOES THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION HAVE A SECRET SUCCESSION ORDER THAT BYPASSES CONGRESS? — Suppose the worst happens, and the next terrorist attack hits Washington hard, taking out the president and the vice president. What happens next?
Mike Madden / Salon:
Barack Obama's super marketing machine — He knows your neighborhood, your favorite products and even when you open your e-mail. How Obama is betting on vast, corporate-style voter outreach to win the White House. — WASHINGTON — About every week or so, you get an e-mail …
CNN:
9/11 billboard draws flak from Florida Dems, GOP — (CNN) — A Florida man is using billboards with an image of the burning World Trade Center to encourage votes for a Republican presidential candidate, drawing criticism for politicizing the 9/11 attacks. — “Please Don't Vote for a Democrat” …
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Little Green Footballs:
Now Obama is Promising to Get Rid of All Nuclear Weapons — Barack Obama has a plan to get rid of all the nuclear weapons in the world. — He's going to achieve this amazing feat by making sure the US adheres to nonproliferation treaties. … Because Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Kim Jong-Il …
Ross Douthat:
Comments — Just a quick announcement: From now on, one of the Atlantic's crack interns will be going through the comment threads at the end of every business day, deleting any comments that run afoul of our comments section's terms of service, which state that “By using this service you agree …