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Beth Reinhard / Naked Politics:
McCain POW bud: Muslims ‘going to kill us’ — One of John McCain's fellow POW's in Vietnam defended the war in Iraq, saying, “The Muslims have said either we kneel or they're going to kill us.” — In a phone call with reporters arranged by Republican Party of Florida, Colonel Bud Day added …
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Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
McCain's attacks get more reckless, less responsible — In the modern political era, voters have come to expect presidential candidates to be, well, presidential. There's an expectation of respect and decorum. Candidates are going to go on the attack on occasion, but Americans …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
McCain surrogate describes war with ‘the Muslims’ — On a campaign conference call with Florida reporters, McCain surrogate, and fellow prisoner of war, Bud Day, seems to have cast McCain's foreign policy in stark, religious terms:
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Kansas City Star:Helling One on One with McCain — The Kansas City Star's Dave …
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Obama's Greatest Admirer — Barack Obama wants to speak at the Brandenburg Gate. He figures it would be a nice backdrop. The supporting cast — a cheering audience and a few fainting frauleins — would be a picturesque way to bolster his foreign policy credentials.
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Deutsche Welle:
Berlin Gears Up for Obama Visit — Barack Obama seems set to speak next to Berlin's famous Victory Column when he visits next week. The speech is expected to draw thousands and has put Obama's view on trade in the spotlight. — In what is viewed as a compromise, Obama …
Patrick Donahue / Bloomberg:
Obama to Speak at Berlin Victory Column, Berliner Zeitung Says — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will give a speech at the Victory Column in central Berlin, avoiding the Brandenburg Gate after a political spat broke out over plans to speak there, Berliner Zeitung said.
The Daily Times:
Obama and the captains of American industry — Sen. Barack Obama has been meeting secretly with heavy industry CEOs in Washington to discuss issues that he would face as president. — On the campaign trail, Obama has been highly critical of corporate executives and promised them nothing but tougher regulation and higher taxes.
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Michael Asher / DailyTech:
Myth of Consensus Explodes: APS Opens Global Warming Debate — “Considerable presence” of skeptics — The American Physical Society, an organization representing nearly 50,000 physicists, has reversed its stance on climate change and is now proclaiming that many of its members disbelieve in human-induced global warming.
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Matthew Yglesias:
The 300 — Interesting Elisabeth Bumiller look at the sprawling group of 300 people who are in some sense “foreign policy advisers” to the Obama campaign. Marc Ambinder remarks: … I think that's a pretty revelatory passage. It's true that, in some sense, McCain doesn't need daily talking points.
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Coming Activist Age — We're entering an era of epic legislation. There are at least five large problems that will compel the federal government to act in gigantic ways over the next few years. — First, there is the erosion of the social contract.
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Dean Barnett / Weekly Standard Blog:
Obama Ignorance Watch — Barack Obama delivered a speech in West Lafeyette, IN on Wednesday and once again mangled some well known historical facts: … Aaah yes - “the bomb that fell on Pearl Harbor.” Who can forget that? It was the big one, the one that took out all those boats.
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White House:
Statement by the Press Secretary on Iraq — President Bush and Prime Minister Maliki spoke yesterday in their regularly scheduled secure video conference, about a range of matters including the improving security situation and the performance of Iraqi Security Forces across Iraq, from Basra, to Maysan, Baghdad and Sadr City, and Mosul.
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Yuki Noguchi / NPR:
Listen Now — Angelica Hernandez (left) and her mother, Gloria Nunez, struggle to make ends meet on a very limited budget. — Nunez Family Economic Snapshot — Want to read more information on the Nunezes household budget and learn about budget cuts they've made? Click here.
Marc Ambinder:
HRC Campaign Aides Buy 2012 Website — A company associated with Hillary Clinton's top presidential campaign advance staff has purchased a website domain that hints of a 2012 presidential bid for the vanquished senator from New York. — HRC2012.com was bought by the Markham Group on June 8, according to whois.com
Foon Rhee / Boston Globe:
Independent, uninspired, and undecided — The oft-noted enthusiasm gap that favors Democrat Barack Obama becomes starkly apparent in a new poll out today. — But the more telling finding in the survey by the Associated Press and Yahoo News is that many independents …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Obama disinvited ‘lobbyist’ Cleland — Former Georgia Sen. Max Cleland was an icon of Sen. John Kerry's 2004 campaign, a badly wounded war hero who lost his seat, Kerry deplored, after a television advertising campaign questioned his commitment to national security.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
L-ish Economic Prospects — Home prices are in free fall. Unemployment is rising. Consumer confidence is plumbing depths not seen since 1980. When will it all end? — The answer is, probably not until 2010 or later. Barack Obama, take notice. — It's true that some prognosticators …
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Emanuella Grinberg / CNN:
'It's gonna be a bloodbath,' fallen soldier told father — (CNN) — Cpl. Gunnar Zwilling suspected his days were numbered last week, while he and his band of brothers in the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team prepared for a mission near Wanat, Afghanistan. — “It's gonna be a bloodbath …
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