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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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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.) …
Scott Brooks / UnionLeader.com:
McCain returns to NH with visit to Rochester
McCain returns to NH with visit to Rochester
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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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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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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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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.
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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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.
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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.
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
Editor's note: Netroots Nation story
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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.
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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%.
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 …
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.
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 …
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