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11:30 AM ET, July 24, 2008

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Matthew Yglesias:
Beetle in a Box  —  So John McCain said the surge led to the Anbar Awakening even though the Awakening, in fact, happened before the surge began.  So he's ignorant.  Or maybe dishonest.  But now we learn he's also rather stubborn: … Shawn Brimley tries to bring common sense to bear on this …
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Michael Cooper / New York Times:
Candidates Spar Over Troop Surge and Iraq Chronology
The Trail:
McCain's Interview on CBS
National Enquirer:
JOHN EDWARDS LOVE CHILD  —  UPDATE: The NATIONAL ENQUIRER is revealing new details about the political scoop we broke yesterday - the secret meeting between Vice Presidential candidate John Edwards and Rielle Hunter.  —  A team of ENQUIRER reporters caught the married ex-senator visiting …
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Jack Shafer / Slate:
Why the Press Is Ignoring the Edwards “Love Child” Story  —  A DOUBLE STANDARD IS AT WORK.  —  Everybody had a good laugh last August when Roll Call broke the story about Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, getting arrested at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport for playing footsies in a toilet stall.
Sharon Waxman / WaxWord:
John Edwards Love Child? A Newsroom Conundrum
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Jefferson Chase / Deutsche Welle:
Anticipation, Griping Increases Before Obama Speech in Berlin  —  The “Obama show,” as one newspaper calls it, is set to take Berlin by storm on Thursday, July 24.  But a small minority is questioning whether the Democratic candidate can live up to the hype — or justify the costs.
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Washington Wire:
Crossing Paths  —  Jay Solomon reports on Barack Obama's trip.
Discussion: Comment Central
David Broder / Real Clear Politics:   Obama's Tour de Force
Stephanie Kirchner / Time:
Berlin Awaits the ‘Next JFK’
Marc Ambinder:
Obama Team Begins Work On Presidential Transition  —  With less than six months to go before he would be sworn in as the nation's 44th president, Sen. Barack Obama has directed his aides to begin planning for the transition.  —  “Barack is well aware of the complexity and the organizational …
WJLA-TV:
Source: Novak's Victim Worse Than First Thought  —  The pedestrian who was struck by prominent Washington columnist and commentator Robert Novak is in worse shape than first thought, a hospital source tells ABC 7 News.  —  The victim, a 66-year-old man, appeared somewhat incoherent, said the source who had seen the victim.
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
GOP losing the new-media war  —  Republicans have no lack of would-be George F. Wills.  —  But what they really need are some more Robert D. Novaks.  —  The distinction between the two prominent conservative journalists isn't always obvious, but it's nevertheless important to understand …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Sorry We Asked, Sorry You Told  —  Don't ask, don't tell.  And, whatever you do, don't ask Elaine Donnelly to tell you what she thinks about gays in the military.  —  The House Armed Services personnel subcommittee made just such a miscalculation yesterday.
Manu Raju / The Hill:
Senate GOP hands Dems oil ultimatum  —  Senate Republicans have threatened to block nearly all other bills pending before the August recess if Democrats refuse to vote with them on expanding offshore drilling.  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said bills that do not pertain …
Discussion: www.redstate.com and Hot Air
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Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Against Drilling  —  Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid …
Discussion: The Corner
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
McCain Campaign Running Obama-Castro Ad  —  The McCain campaign has a new web ad out placing Barack Obama, for the second time, side-by-side with a foreign dictator.  This time, it's Fidel Castro.  —  A Democrat in south Florida alerted the Huffington Post to the image, which shows Obama and Castro …
William Tate / IBDeditorials.com:
Putting Money Where Mouths Are: Media Donations Favor Dems 100-1  —  The New York Times' refusal to publish John McCain's rebuttal to Barack Obama's Iraq op-ed may be the most glaring example of liberal media bias this journalist has ever seen.  But true proof of widespread media bias requires …
Wall Street Journal:
Voter Unease With Obama Lingers Despite His Lead  —  Poll Finds Background, Experience Are Advantages for McCain  —  WASHINGTON — Midway through the election year, the presidential campaign looks less like a race between two candidates than a referendum on one of them — Sen. Barack Obama.
Ronald J. Hansen / Arizona Republic:
Obama gains on McCain in Arizona fundraising  —  Barack Obama quietly raised more money in Arizona last month for his presidential campaign than John McCain did, and the Illinois Democrat dominates the overall fundraising map in 43 states and Washington, D.C., records show.
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
With Arizona Changing, McCain Focuses on Home
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and TIME.com
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Now, RNC ads attack Obama in Paris—Michigan, Missouri and Maine  —  John McCain bin ein Berliner too.  —  As the Associated Press has reported, to commemorate Barack Obama's visit to Berlin, Germany today the Republican National Committee is running a new ad in all three U.S. cities named Berlin …
Discussion: MSNBC, The Swamp and Hot Air
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Berlin Rally Is Off-Limits for Embassy Workers  —  The U.S. Embassy in Berlin has instructed Foreign Service personnel stationed there not to attend Sen. Barack Obama's public rally today, which the State Department this week labeled a “partisan political activity” prohibited under its regulations for those serving overseas.
James Hider / Times of London:
Barack Obama heckled as he visits Western Wall  —  Read Barack Obama's comments in the Yad Vashem visitors' book  —  Barack Obama completed his trip to the Middle East with a pre-dawn visit to the holiest place in Judaism where he received a mixed reaction from Orthodox Jews.
US News:
Ohio -2  —  Pennsylvania -1 South Carolina +1  —  Texas +4  —  Utah +1  —  TOTAL +8 TOTAL -8  —  Which is to say that, under the new electoral vote distribution, Bush's 286-to-252 electoral vote margin in 2004 becomes 294-to-244.  Bush would have lost in 2004 if Ohio had not gone his way …
Discussion: Betsy's Page
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James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:
Demographic Trends Favor Republicans
Discussion: The Opinionator
CNN:
McCain: Give Bush credit for oil price drop  —  (CNN) — John McCain — whose campaign launched an ad this week blaming Barack Obama for high prices at the pump — said Wednesday President Bush's new push for offshore oil drilling deserves the credit for the recent drop in crude oil prices.
Discussion: The New Republic
 
 
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Joe Klein / Time:
McCain's Foreign Policy Frustration
Discussion: The Seminal and TIME.com
Joshua Chaffin / Financial Times:
Ad sales drop 16.4% at New York Times
Discussion: Opinion L.A.
Stephen Moore / Wall Street Journal:
The Insanity of Drive-55 Laws
Wall Street Journal:
States Slammed by Tax Shortfalls
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
McCain to meet with Dalai Lama Friday in Aspen
Discussion: The Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Housing Bill Hammers Taxpayers
Discussion: Achenblog and Washington Post
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
A Tale of Two Flip-Floppers  —  John McCain and Barack …
Discussion: TIME.com and Eunomia
KJCT-TV:
DNC concerns: Did protesters plan to throw urine?
 Earlier Items: 
Ben Smith / The Politico:
McCain links Obama, Castro
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Washington Post:
Obama Working to Ensure Jewish Vote
Alister Bull / Reuters:
U.S. jobless claims rose by more than expected
Discussion: Think Progress and TIME.com
Libby Copeland / Washington Post:
Another Peek Inside the Brain of the Electorate
John P. Avlon / New York Post:
AN AMERICAN ‘HONOR KILLING’
Michael / ecorazzi.com:
Stephen Colbert Goes After The Sierra Club's Carl Pope
Kevin Yamamura / Sacramento Bee:
Schwarzenegger plans to cut state worker pay to cope with late budget
 

 
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