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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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CBS News:
Obama: Surge Doesn't Meet Long-Term Goals — In An Exclusive Interview With Katie Couric, Illinois Senator Defends Position On Troop Buildup … Katie Couric: Sen. Obama, first of all, you have not been to Iraq since 2006. What did you learn on your recent visit that surprised you? Or what was new?
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Gateway Pundit:
Unreal!... Obama Tells Katie Couric the Surge Was a Bad Strategy ...Updated With Video — Katie Couric and Barack Obama sparred over the success of the surge in an interview today. — This aired on CBS News tonight. — UPDATE: This was an amazing segment on CBS News.
Spencer Ackerman / ATTACKERMAN:
History Rears Up To Spit In Your Face — diggs — digg it — Dear press corps, — Please recognize that this is completely f**king wrong. … The colonel in question is now a one-star general, and his name is Sean MacFarland. He was commander of the 1st Brigade Combat Team …
Marc Ambinder:
McCain Disputes Obama Account Of The Surge — In the third of three excerpts from tonight's presidential candidate interviews on the CBS Evening News, Sen. John McCain calls Sen. Obama's account of why the surge succeeded a “false account” of history.
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.
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 …
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Byron York / The Corner:
Re: Edwards — On the John Edwards story, I do wonder how much, if any, coverage this report will receive. Edwards is, after all, in the pool for the Democratic vice presidential nomination; after first seeming to take himself out of the running, he put himself back in the race two weeks ago …
Roger L Simon / Pajamas Media:
John Edwards in a Feydeau Farce at the Beverly Hilton
John Edwards in a Feydeau Farce at the Beverly Hilton
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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 — 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.
Joe Klein / Swampland:
McCain Meltdown — John McCain said this today in Rochester, New Hampshire: … This is the ninth presidential campaign I've covered. I can't remember a more scurrilous statement by a major party candidate. It smacks of desperation. It renews questions about whether McCain has the right temperament for the presidency.
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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.
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D-Day, Obsidian Wings, Vets for Obama, The Jed Report, Balloon Juice, Daily Kos and DownWithTyranny!
Deacon / Power Line:
Heavy mush — The day after Barack Obama said that the troop surge in Iraq has worked but that he was right to oppose it because “we had to change the political debate,” Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post proclaims that Obama has, by virtue of his trip to the Middle East, demonstrated his “gravitas.”
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Analysis: Obama's Gravitas
Analysis: Obama's Gravitas
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Hullabaloo, Matthew Yglesias, Back Talk, Taylor Marsh, The Other McCain, Political Machine, NO QUARTER, Spin Cycle, MyDD and Talking Points Memo
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
McCain Campaign Targets Media “Love” For Obama In New Videos
McCain Campaign Targets Media “Love” For Obama In New Videos
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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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Greg Mitchell / The Huffington Post:
“Wall Street Got Drunk”: ‘Banned’ Bush Video Surfaces — An ABC-TV outlet in Houston, and now the Houston Chronicle, have posted a video taken at a political fundraiser for Pete Olson, featuring George W. Bush last week — capturing some embarrassing/revealing moments after, he noted, he had asked cameras to be turned off.
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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 …
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.
Emily Sherman / CNN:
Congress members' flight loses cabin pressure — (CNN) — A plane carrying 123 people, including seven members of Congress, was forced to make an emergency landing Tuesday due to mechanical issues, the Federal Aviation Administration said. — The pilot of Continental Airlines Flight 458 …
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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%.
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Michael Calderone / The Politico:
Nas delivers petition to Fox — Hip hop star Nas heads to Fox's Manhattan headquarters Wednesday at 2pm to deliver a petition with over 600,000 signatures calling on the network to “stop its racist smears against the Obamas and other Black Americans.” — “FOX poisons the country …