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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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Mr. Obama in Iraq — THE INITIAL MEDIA coverage of Barack Obama's visit to Iraq suggested that the Democratic candidate found agreement with his plan to withdraw all U.S. combat forces on a 16-month timetable. So it seems worthwhile to point out that, by Mr. Obama's own account …
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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 …
The Huffington Post:
McCain Gets History Of The Surge Wrong, CBS Doesn't Air Footage
McCain Gets History Of The Surge Wrong, CBS Doesn't Air Footage
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
All Hail ‘McBama’ — John McCain needs to wake up and smell the Arabic coffee. — I know this is not an easy time for him. When you have been beaten up for four years because of your support for the Iraq war, and then you get something big right — your support for the surge — you want to be able to savor that for a while.
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Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Rep. Wilson calls Obama ‘frighteningly inexperienced’
Rep. Wilson calls Obama ‘frighteningly inexperienced’
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Byron York / The Corner:
So Presidential. So Supremely Confident. So Confidently Striding. The Jacket... The New York Times critic Alessandra Stanley, last mentioned in the Corner for her assertion that Rev. Jeremiah Wright “revealed himself to be the compelling but slightly wacky uncle who unsettles strangers …
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Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
With the Mideast a Priority for Both Campaigns, McCain Intensifies His Attack
With the Mideast a Priority for Both Campaigns, McCain Intensifies His Attack
Alessandra Stanley / New York Times:
Obama Overseas! In Presidential Mode! Back Home, It's McCain in a Golf Cart.
Obama Overseas! In Presidential Mode! Back Home, It's McCain in a Golf Cart.
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Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Obama tour staged for political pop — JERUSALEM - Democrat Barack Obama doesn't travel light. — Halfway around the world, the Obama campaign machine appears as sprawling and seamless as it is on its home turf. As the presumptive Democratic nominee tours five countries in five days …
Josh Kraushaar / The Politico:
Five Dems at risk of losing in November — Week after week, the news just seems to get worse for House Republicans: There isn't enough money in GOP campaign coffers; lackluster candidates fail to gain traction; once-safe incumbents suddenly find themselves endangered by ethical entanglements …
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Patrick Ruffini / The Next Right:
Obama Campaign Prints German-language Flyers for Berlin Rally — This is pretty extraordinary. A candidate for the American Presidency is using flyers printed in German to turn people out for his campaign rally in Berlin on Thursday. This flyer can be found on a bilingual page on BarackObama.com advertising the event:
Bruce Alpert / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
GOP candidate to meet with Jindal — WASHINGTON — Mystery continues to surround Republican presidential hopeful John McCain's plans to interrupt a tour of battleground states today for a visit to New Orleans and a meeting with Gov. Bobby Jindal. — Campaign officials confirm that McCain …
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Miya Shay / Houston Political Blog:
What did Bush say at Olson Fundraiser? — The President's folks didn't let the press in, but we got some exclusive video of POTUS talking up a storm at Pete Olson's fundraiser on July 18th. Click and take a look. transcript below the video. — What President Bush said:
Mark Halperin / TIME.com:
HALPERIN'S TAKE: What John McCain Needs to Win — What McCain needs to win: — Stuff he can't control: —For Obama to make a substantive mistake on his overseas trip that changes the vector direction of the coverage — especially while he is in Israel.
Paul A. Gigot / Wall Street Journal:
The Fannie Mae Gang — Angelo Mozilo was in one of his Napoleonic moods. It was October 2003, and the CEO of Countrywide Financial was berating me for The Wall Street Journal's editorials raising doubts about the accounting of Fannie Mae. I had just been introduced to him by Franklin Raines …
Susan Crabtree / The Hill:
Rangel to file complaint against self — first official grievance since 2004 — Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday will formally ask the House ethics committee to investigate allegations that he misused his congressional office. — Aides to the powerful chairman of the Ways …
Think Progress:
Lieberman Compares Hagee To Moses, Says Bloggers Would Have Attacked Him Too — Lieberman Compares Hagee To Moses, Says Bloggers Would Have Attacked Him Too — Yesterday, Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) spoke at the controversial pastor John Hagee's Christians United For Israel Washington-Israel Summit.
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Dean Barnett / Weekly Standard Blog:
Obama Ignorance Watch (A Very Special Edition!) — As you know, Barack Obama is still trotting across the globe, sinking three pointers, ignoring military counsel and healing the occasional leper. Amidst all the hullabaloo, these Obama comments regarding Israel and terrorism have been sadly overlooked:
Jacob Sullum / Reason:
Excuse Me While I Get My Gun — Washington, D.C. defies the Supreme Court's Second Amendment ruling — Last month the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the District of Columbia had violated the Second Amendment by making armed self-defense in the home impractical and banning the most popular weapons used for that purpose.
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