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4:15 PM ET, July 22, 2008

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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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Marc Ambinder:
Vanity Fair Spoofs New Yorker; Portrays Cindy McCain As Drug Abuser
Discussion: Eunomia
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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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.) …
Joe Sudbay / AMERICAblog News:
Desperate McCain launches outrageous attack on Obama; says Obama wants …
Discussion: The Daily Dish and The Jed Report
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.
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John Blake / CNN:
Could Obama presidency harm race relations?
Discussion: pandagon.net
Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
For McCain, the surge is a losing strategy  —  Its success in quieting Iraq may make it easier for voters to choose Obama.  —  » Discuss Article 'Sen. Obama didn't support the surge, wanted to pull out, said that it would fail.  I supported it when it was the toughest thing to do.
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Michael Grunwald / Time:
Never Underestimate McCain, But ...
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Obama Makes War Gains
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:
Discussion: The Corner
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Matthew Yglesias:   We Owe It All to the Surge  —  After a couple of days worth …
Andy McCarthy / The Corner:   Re: Obama's Iraq Politics
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.
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CNN:
Paul moves convention rally to bigger arena
Discussion: Washington Wire
Marc Ambinder:
McCain Surrogate Suggests Troops Could Come In Fewer Than 16 Months  —  That's the word from Rep. Heather Wilson (R-NM).  —  She was speaking on the now daily Scheunemann-McCain campaign policy call.  —  (Listen here.)  —  “He'd like troops to come home earlier than 16 months if the conditions allow it,” she said.
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Stuart Silverstein / Top of the Ticket:   Might McCain pull out of Iraq faster than Obama?
Matthew Yglesias:
Flippity Floppity  —  Jason Zengerle gets even-handed: … I think that's wrong in a whole bunch of ways.  For one thing, it's not some kind of crazy inconsistency to deride someone as a stooge while he's being a stooge, and then to stop deriding him when he stops being a stooge.
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Eli Lake / New York Sun:
Maliki Bets That Obama Will Prevail  —  Reception of Democrat Shaped by Chalabi Advice  —  WASHINGTON — In throwing his support behind Senator Obama's plan for a 16-month timetable for an American withdrawal from Iraq, Prime Minister al-Maliki is calculating that Mr. Obama …
The Politico:
Obama ban: What not to wear where?  —  AMMAN, Jordan—An Obama campaign ban on green clothing during the candidate's visits to Israel and Jordan has created wide puzzlement among observers of the Middle East.  —  In a memo to reporters, described as “a few guidelines we sent staff …
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Andrea Mitchell says Obama gave fake interviews in the Middle East
Discussion: Hot Air
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.
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Major Garrett / Major Garrett's Bourbon Room:
Obama, Reed, Hagel Note Iraq Progress, Credit More Than Surge
Discussion: Weekly Standard Blog
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Martin Kady II / The Politico:
GOP senators scramble for life boats  —  Republican Senate leaders — terrified by the prospect of losing five or more seats in November — have freed their members to vote however they need to vote to get reelected, even if that means bucking the president or the party's leadership.
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Obama Far More Popular Among Jews Than Lieberman  —  If Barack Obama has a problem among Jewish voters, then Sen. Joseph Lieberman is in monumental trouble.  —  Among the most high-profile Jews in Congress, Lieberman is viewed far more unfavorably than the presumptive Democratic nominee, according to a new poll.
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 …
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.
Discussion: StephenBainbridge.com
Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2008: Ohio Presidential Election  —  McCain Opens Modest Lead in Ohio  —  John McCain has opened a modest lead over Barack Obama in the key swing state of Ohio.  The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the Buckeye State shows McCain attracting 46% of the vote while Obama earns 40%.
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Ink-Stained Wretchedness  —  Tattoos are the emblems of our age.  They bristle from the biceps of men in summer shirts, from the lower backs of women as they ascend stairs, from the shoulders of basketball players as they drive toward the basket, and from every inch of certain celebrities.
Matthew Yglesias:
McCain's Waterloo  —  I think the “news analysis” features in the newspapers are a little bit per se absurd (it's not an opinion! we swear! it's analysis!) but Richard Oppel and Jeff Zeleny on Obama's trip and the events in Iraq seems about spot-on to me.  Still, I'm not sure …
Michelle Malkin:
Hell hath no fury like a Maverick spurned  —  So, the McCain camp is trying to have fun with the Obamedia lovefest.  They've posted two music video spoofs and are asking supporters to vote for their favorite.  I agree with the message, of course.  And the vids are well-executed.
Marc Ambinder:
The “I Can't Put My Finger On It” Problem For Obama  —  The woman's name is Maria VanderMolen.  She is 86 years old, and she lives in Spring Lake, Michigan.  She is “a lifelong Democrat.”  But she's undecided in the presidential race.  Why? … The political cognoscenti might call this the Hart Problem …
Discussion: Commentary
 
 
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Live Blogging A McCain Town Hall, Part I
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Mark Krikorian / The Corner:
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Washington Wire:
Top Obama Aide to Huddle with House Democrats
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William McGurn / Wall Street Journal:
Humanizing al Qaeda, Demonizing the Bush Team
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Little Green Footballs:
Obama Photo of the Day  —  As Barack Obama prepares to visit …
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
David Gabber / People.com:
Heidi & Spencer Plan Trip to Iraq
Lisa Schiffren / The Corner:
The Media's Anti-Substance Bias and What John McCain Should Do About It
Discussion: Salon and alicublog
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
McCain Urges More Drilling, Blames Obama for Gas Prices
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Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner:
Flip Obama Treatment
Discussion: TBogg
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Michelle Obama's pledge: Barack will save all the children
Glenn Reynolds / Pajamas Media:
A PREDICTION: If Barack Obama is elected President …