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Vanity Fair:
Vanity Fair Covers The New Yorker — We here at Vanity Fair maintain a kind of affectionate rivalry with our downstairs neighbors at The New Yorker. We play softball every year, compete for some of the same stories, and share an elevator bank. (You can tell the ones who are headed …
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Vanity Fair Spoofs New Yorker; Portrays Cindy McCain As Drug Abuser — The jocks of the glossy magazine world have spoofed the nerds. Conde Nast's Vanity Fair has posted a mock cover showing Sen. John McCain dapping his wife Cindy, who cradles a armful of prescription drug bottles.
Marc Ambinder:
Obama , Couric Spar Over Surge — Check out this exchange between CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric and Sen. Barack Obama about why Obama says he still wouldn't have supported the surge back then had he known it would help reduce violence so significantly.
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Jaketapper / Political Punch:
Obama on the Surge: “Had Those Political Factors Not Occurred, I Think That My Assessment Would Have Been Correct” — “I am not persuaded that 20,000 additional troops in Iraq is going to solve the sectarian violence” in Iraq, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, said in January 2007.
The Politico:
McCain gaffes pile up; critics pile on — Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) said “Iraq” when he apparently meant “Afghanistan” on Monday, adding to a string of mixed-up word choices that is giving ammunition to the opposition. — Just in the past three weeks, McCain has also mistaken “Somalia” …
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Joe Sudbay / AMERICAblog News:
Desperate McCain launches outrageous attack on Obama; says Obama wants to lose in Iraq — 2:30 PM UPDATE: The video is now working....again...finally. — UPDATE: The video was uploaded a few minutes ago, so if you're getting an error trying to view it, give it a few minutes and come back.
Beth Sussman / The Hill:
Richardson to McCain: Stop whining about editorial — New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D) said Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is “overreacting” and “whining” in response to The New York Times refusing to run his editorial about Iraq. — Richardson, who supports Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) …
Scott Brooks / UnionLeader.com:
McCain returns to NH with visit to Rochester
McCain returns to NH with visit to Rochester
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National Enquirer:
SEN. JOHN EDWARDS CAUGHT WITH MISTRESS AND LOVE CHILD! — Vice Presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards was caught visiting his mistress and secret love child at 2:40 this morning in a Los Angeles hotel by the NATIONAL ENQUIRER. — The married ex-senator from North Carolina …
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
OBAMA ON THE SURGE....Over at the Corner, Andy McCarthy berates Barack Obama's explanation for the reduction in violence in Iraq ("What you had is a combination of political factors inside of Iraq that then came right at the same time as terrific work by our troops"): … Hmmm. Let's roll the tape:
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
So Pastor Hagee, Tells Us A Few Things About the Jews.... Didja know that Jesus was Bar Mitzvahd? And that Jews of his time thought the spit of a first born male could heal the blind? That Hitler was a Jew? And that the Federal Reserve is controlled by Jews? (The Rothschilds, I've heard.)
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Obama Far More Popular Among Jews Than Lieberman
Obama Far More Popular Among Jews Than Lieberman
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Krooney / TIME.com:
Novak: “I Just Put Something on the Internet” (!!) — Prince of Darkness tells Fox News Channel: His report about McCain announcing his running mate this week may have been “a dodge” by the campaign to grab some headlines from Obama. — The conservative columnist goes on to say he'd gotten the tip from a …
Brad / Wonk Room:
Pickens Tells Offshore Drilling Advocates: 'You're Going To Get A Rude Awakening' — Testifying before Sen. Joe Lieberman's (I-CT) Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, conservative Texas billionaire T. Boone Pickens explained his plan to dramatically decrease oil usage by greatly expanding wind power electricity.
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David R. Baker / San Francisco Chronicle:
The lowdown on offshore oil reserves
The lowdown on offshore oil reserves
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Shelby Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Why Jesse Jackson Hates Obama — A few weeks ago, the Rev. Jesse Jackson made something of a fool of himself. There he was — a historical figure in his own right — threatening the castration of Barack Obama. It was sad to see. — If I have often criticized Mr. Jackson, I have also, reservedly, admired him.
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Analysis: Obama's Gravitas — Barack Obama's press conference this morning in Amman, Jordan, was a major moment — perhaps the major moment — of the Illinois senator's much-ballyhooed trip abroad this week. — All eyes were on Obama to see how he would perform on a world stage …
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Dee Dee Myers / Vanity Fair:
Is the Media Trying to Elect Obama? — Tomorrow, CBS's Katie Couric will interview Barack Obama from Jordan. On Wednesday, ABC's Charlie Gibson will chat with him from Israel. And on Thursday, NBC's Brian Williams will do the honors from Germany. Call it the presidential campaign equivalent of Shooting the Moon.
KHOU-TV:
Flight carrying members of Congress makes emergency landing — HOUSTON — A Continental Airlines flight carrying seven members of Congress from Houston to Washington was forced to make an emergency landing after it lost cabin pressure Tuesday afternoon. — Flight 458 was bound …
Krissah Williams Thompson / Washington Post:
Young Republicans, Blue About the Prospects Ahead — Gen-Nexters Are Feeling Left Out of the Party — David All glanced around Top of the Hill bar and saw the future of the Republican Party. It looked dim. A who's who of young conservatives had gathered, but they were few, and they were frustrated.
Steven G. Calabresi / Chicago Tribune:
Too young for the No. 1 job? — Barack Obama is too young to be president. Yes I know he is 46 and the Constitution sets the presidential age qualification at 35 or higher, but Obama has said that we ought not to interpret the Constitution woodenly and formalistically.
Daniel J. Chacon / Rocky Mountain News:
City gives DNC host committee pass on gas tax — The committee hosting the Democratic National Convention is using the city's gas pumps to fill up on fuel, avoiding state and federal highway taxes, officials said today. — “There's something there that just doesn't seem right to me because …