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Remarks of Senator Obama in Berlin Germany — Senator Obama delivered the following remarks in Berlin, Germany... Continue reading for the full remarks (as prepared for delivery)... Remarks of Senator Barack Obama (as prepared for delivery) — “A World that Stands as One” — July 24th, 2008
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Gerhard Spörl / Spiegel Online:
No. 44 Has Spoken — Anyone who saw Barack Obama at Berlin's Siegessäule on Thursday could recognize that this man will become the 44th president of the United States. He is more than ambitious — he wants to lay claim to become the president of the world.
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Marc Ambinder:
GOPers Wait a Lifetime for a Moment Like This … GOPers may have a field day with at least one oft-used-line from Obama's speech today, which he amended slightly for his Berlin audience: — “America, this is our moment. This is our time” - Obama, speaking in MN the night he officially won the Dem nomination (6/3).
David Weigel / Reason Magazine:
President of What? — Most of the criticism of Barack Obama's Berlin speech came before the speech had even been delivered, and focused on trivia (he printed fliers in German!) and traditions that were invented last week or so (presidential candidates don't give speeches in other countries!).
Spiegel Online:
Obama Calls Berlin a ‘Symbol of the Victory of Hope’ — US Presidential Candidate Barack Obama started his much-anticipated trip to Germany on Thursday, and the expectations are massive. SPIEGEL ONLINE will be following his every move through Berlin with its Live Ticker.
Greg Wallace / Political Punch:
Just Hours Later, Obama Campaign Uses Berlin Speech to Raise Campaign Cash — Shortly after 6 pm Central time — just a few hours after Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, gave his speech in Berlin, which his campaign insisted was not political — his campaign manager, David Plouffe …
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Obama talks to Berlin “as a citizen …
Obama talks to Berlin “as a citizen …
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Gabriel Sherman / The New Republic:
End of the Affair — Barack Obama and the press break up. — Around midnight on July 16, New York Times chief political correspondent Adam Nagourney received a terse e-mail from Barack Obama's press office. The campaign was irked by the Times' latest poll and Nagourney …
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Anne Schroeder Mullins / The Politico:
Did today's Obama speech remind anyone else of ... This groundbreaking moment? Which reminds us of what Republican consultant Doug Heye said on FNC over the weekend: “We don't want President Hasselhoff.”
Byron York / The Corner:
Americans on American Soil — It's a small passage from Obama's Berlin speech, but this formulation, common in some circles, grates on some ears, like mine: … Yes, the victims were from all over the globe — places like Brooklyn, and the Bronx, and Manhattan, and Queens, and Staten Island, and New Jersey — all over.
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Mark Murray / MSNBC:
MCCAIN QUESTIONS SPEECH, FORGETS CANADA — From NBC's Mark Murray — In his interview with NBC's Kelly O'Donnell, which will air on NBC's Nightly News tonight, McCain questions whether Obama should have given a speech in Berlin before becoming president.
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Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
OBAMA'S MISSING ‘THESIS’ — NBC Senior Investigative Producer Jim Popkin looks at “Obama and the case of the missing ‘thesis’” in an item on NBC blog Deep Background. — Conservative provocateurs have been hunting for it. Investigative journalists have been on the prowl, too.
CNN:
Secret torture memo released — WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Bush administration told the CIA in 2002 that its interrogators working abroad would not violate U.S. prohibitions against torture unless they “have the specific intent to inflict severe pain or suffering,” according …
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Pew Hispanic Center:
2008 National Survey of Latinos: Hispanic Voter Attitudes — Hispanic registered voters support Democrat Barack Obama for president over Republican John McCain by 66% to 23%, according to a nationwide survey of 2,015 Latinos conducted by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center, from June 9 through July 13, 2008.
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Kathleen Baydala / Clarion-Ledger:
Bishop put to death — PARCHMAN — Before he died Wednesday evening, death row inmate Dale Leo Bishop apologized to his victim's family, thanked America and urged people to vote for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. — “For those who oppose the death penalty and want to see it end …
Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner:
Just Curious — If Obama could go to Germany and give a speech in English and be not only understood but well-received, why does he say we all need to learn another language? — I say that as a big proponent of Latin learning. But I'm guessing Obama had other languages in mind ...
Paul Duggan / Washington Post:
Man Hit by Novak Has Hurt Shoulder but Is ‘Doing Fine’ — The homeless pedestrian who was struck by a car driven by syndicated columnist Robert D. Novak said in a radio interview yesterday that he is “doing fine,” recovering from a dislocated shoulder, and voiced surprise and amusement …
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
McCain Makes Significant Gains in Four Key Battleground States — Majority of Voters in Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin Favor Keeping Troops in Iraq, According to Quinnipiac-washingtonpost.com- Wall Street Journal Survey — Republican John McCain has quickly closed …