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Breaking: Novak cited after hitting pedestrian — Syndicated columnist Robert D. Novak was cited by police after he hit a pedestrian with his black Corvette in downtown Washington, D.C., Wednesday morning. — A Politico reporter saw Novak in the front of a police car with a citation in his hand …
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Witness: ‘No way’ Novak didn't know he hit someone; victim was ‘splayed across the front’ of his car. — Politico reports that conservative pundit Robert Novak “was cited by police after he hit a pedestrian with his black Corvette in downtown Washington, D.C., Wednesday morning.”
TMZ.com:
Novak: All Things Considered, I Screwed Up — TMZ just spoke with Robert Novak, and one thing is clear: National Public Radio can be hazardous to pedestrians, especially the one he mowed down in D.C. this morning. — Novak tells us he was listening to NPR in his Corvette when suddenly, “Some guy came up and hit my car with his fist.
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
McCain to counterprogram Obama in Germany with visit to Gulf Coast oil rig — While Barack Obama is speaking about international affairs in Germany before thousands of fans tomorrow, John McCain will be talking about a pressing domestic issue with an equally striking if very different backdrop.
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Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Newt on Veep: No more boring white guys — My colleague Ken Vogel has Newt's advice on who McCain should not pick as veep:
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Outside The Beltway
Fox News:
Jindal Says He's Not Interested in No. 2 Spot With McCain — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said Wednesday he will not run for vice president on the Republican ticket, adding himself to a growing number of those pulling themselves out of the race. — Jindal's comments come as speculation …
The Times-Picayune / Associated Press:
McCain to arrive in New Orleans tonight
McCain to arrive in New Orleans tonight
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Mark Preston / CNN:
McCain message to hit Berlin Thursday — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Barack Obama is not the only presidential candidate who will be front-and-center in Berlin this Thursday. Well, sort of. — In the latest effort to counter-program Obama's tour of Europe and the Middle East …
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Reuters:
Obama politically and physically fit: Merkel — BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel is an admirer of U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama — even though she has not yet met him in person. — Asked at a news conference on Wednesday what she thought of Obama, Merkel responded …
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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 …
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Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
Maybe Pundits Need to Spend More, Not Less, Time Following the Polls
Maybe Pundits Need to Spend More, Not Less, Time Following the Polls
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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Marc Ambinder:
Tales From The JV Squad: No Press Avail — WILKES-BARRE, PA — The one scheduled McCain press conference of the week has just been canceled, we are told. No word as to why. Grumble, grumble. — Why? Scheduling. Which is like answering “food” to “what did you eat for breakfast.”
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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:
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Alessandra Stanley / New York Times:
Obama Overseas! In Presidential Mode! Back Home, It's McCain in a Golf Cart. — It wasn't a television blackout of John McCain; it was worse: split-screen contrasts that at times made it seem as if Barack Obama was on a state visit while back home his opponent chafed at the perks and privileges of an incumbent commander in chief.
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Pam Zekman / WBBM-TV:
Fliers Complain About X-Rated Security Screenings — TSA Agents Forced Woman To Remove Nipple Rings, Pulled Pants Off Disabled Man — When travelers go to the airport, they know what kind of security to expect: luggage searches, metal detectors and shoe inspections.
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
TEASING THE NEW NBC/WSJ POLL — Here's one result from the new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll that will be released tonight at 6:30 pm ET on Nightly News and MSNBC.com... With the news that Iraq's prime minister wants the US to set a timetable for withdrawal, 60% of registered voters believe it's …
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
THE FINE LINE BETWEEN PANDERING AND LYING — Barack Obama held a press conference in Sderot, Israel today. I wouldn't have blamed him if he had stuck to a reasonable degree of pandering, but check out this question and answer from the press conference: … Let's pause here.
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 link. — CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE VIDEO
Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2008: Florida Presidential Election — Florida: Obama Ahead by One — Barack Obama has caught up to John McCain in Florida. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state finds Obama with a statistically insignificant one-point advantage over his rival, 46% to 45%.
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