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12:25 PM ET, July 22, 2008

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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 …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Obama Makes War Gains  —  Maliki's Embrace of Withdrawal Timeline Confounds McCain  —  When Sen. Barack Obama left Washington last week, he was under pressure to defend what Republican critics called an arbitrary deadline for withdrawing U.S. combat forces from Iraq.
Michael Grunwald / Time:
Never Underestimate McCain, But ...  John McCain might seem like a long shot.  He's the Republican nominee at a time when the two-term Republican President is wildly unpopular and Republicans are losing elections in perennially Republican districts and the party base isn't exactly drooling over him.
Discussion: Daily Kos and TIME.com
New York Times:
For Obama, a First Step Is Not a Misstep  —  BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government on Monday left little doubt that it favors a withdrawal plan for American combat troops similar to what Senator Barack Obama has proposed, providing Mr. Obama with a potentially powerful political boost on a day he spent …
Associated Press:
Iraqi backing of Obama plan irks White House
Discussion: TalkLeft
Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
For McCain, the surge is a losing strategy
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” …
Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
Coverage of ‘Netroots’ Confab Draws Protest— Snarky Article Spiked — Editor's Note Apologizes  —  NEW YORK (Commentary) It started innocently enough, over coffee in a hotel lobby, with me (as usual at that hour) huddled over a newspaper—in print, not on a laptop, unlike everyone else in the vicinity.
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Fred Zipp / Austin American-Statesman:
Editor's note: Netroots Nation story
Michelle Malkin:   Newspaper surrenders to humorless nutroots; Editor and Publisher writer gloats
CNN:
Attack injures 5 near Obama's Jerusalem hotel  —  JERUSALEM (CNN) — The driver of a backhoe was shot and killed after driving the construction machine over a number of vehicles near the Jerusalem hotel where Sen. Barack Obama is scheduled to stay Tuesday night, according to police.
Discussion: Associated Press, BBC and The Swamp
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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.
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.
Discussion: The Swamp, PrestoPundit and Vodkapundit
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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Washington Wire:
Column Sends Rumors Flying on McCain VP Choice
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
McCain To Meet With Jindal
Hindrocket / Power Line:
HE'D RATHER LOSE A WAR THAN AN ELECTION  —  Tonight Barack Obama told ABC News that, knowing what we know now—that the surge in Iraq has been a success, that it has drastically reduced violence and given Iraq a shot at a bright future—he would still oppose it:  —  This was, I think, a moment of candor.
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ABCNEWS:
Obama Won't ‘Rubber Stamp’ Military Decisions
Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org:
Andrea on Obama Trip: ‘What Some Would Call Fake Interviews’  —  Andrea Mitchell might be a doyenne of the liberal media, but she has her reporter's pride and principles, both of which have been trampled by the way the Obama campaign has managed the media during the candidate's current trip to Afghanistan and Iraq.
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.
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Michelle Obama's pledge: Barack will save all the children  —  Charles Krauthammer wrote last week about the enormous arrogance of Barack Obama, but even Krauthammer couldn't imagine that the Obamas would claim to rescue all of the world's children through their election.
Bill Vlasic / New York Times:
Ford to Make Broader Bet on Small Cars  —  DEARBORN, Mich. — The Ford Motor Company, which devoted itself for nearly 20 years to putting millions of Americans into big pickup trucks and sport-utility vehicles, is about to drastically alter its focus to building more small cars.
Glenn Reynolds / Pajamas Media:
A PREDICTION: If Barack Obama is elected President, he'll be far more warlike than President Bush, and far more warlike than his pre-election rhetoric suggests.  Because before he's elected President, attacks on America are just attacks on America.  But after he's elected President …
Discussion: Unfogged and Blue Girl, Red State
Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner:
Flip Obama Treatment  —  I have MSNBC on and I'm not listening to Barack Obama's Jordan press conference.  Which is the point of this post.  —  I'm not proud, but the truth is, he is so not-impressive off-script that you easily forget that this is SOMETHING BIG you're watching.
 
 
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Jason Zengerle / The New Republic:
McCain Turns Contempt Into an Ad Strategy
Discussion: Salon
BBC:
Bail for Bale over assault claim
Bob Herbert / New York Times:
Madness and Shame
Katie Fretland / The Swamp:
Barack Obama lands in Jordan
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
A New Openness to Talks With That ‘Axis of Evil’
UnionLeader.com:
McCain in Rochester - But where is Obama?
Discussion: Boston Globe
Guardian:
Brown signals Iraq troops withdrawal
Discussion: Salon and TIME.com
Martin Kady II / The Politico:
GOP senators scramble for life boats
Discussion: Political Machine and TIME.com
 Earlier Items: 
John Tierney / TierneyLab:
Good News on Saturated Fat
Matthew Yglesias:
Karadzic Nabbed  —  War criminal Radovan Karadzic was arrested …
Katharine Q. Seelye / The Caucus:
The MSM? It's Now ‘Traditional’
Michael Falcone / The Caucus:
Citizens United to Release Anti-Obama Documentary
Discussion: PrezVid
Andrea Stone / USA Today:
Hearing will tackle 'Don't ask, don't tell' military policy
Discussion: Pam's House Blend
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Obama tries to dial down politics
Discussion: Hot Air and Gateway Pundit
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Culture of Debt  —  On the front page of Sunday's Times …
Louis Uchitelle / New York Times:
Women Are Now Equal as Victims of Poor Economy
 

 
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