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10:55 AM ET, July 25, 2008

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David Brooks / New York Times:
Playing Innocent Abroad  —  Radical optimism is America's contribution to the world.  The early settlers thought America's founding would bring God's kingdom to earth.  John Adams thought America would emancipate “the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.”
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Obama promises to ‘remake the world’  —  Addressing more than 200,000 elated Europeans massed in Berlin at twilight, presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama promised Thursday that he would work to unite Christians, Muslims and Jews in a safer, more united world.
CNN:
Obama wins hearts, not minds, in Berlin  —  (CNN) — Barack Obama touched hearts during an impassioned speech to a 200,000-strong crowd in Berlin, German newspapers agreed, but suspicions remain about the White House contender's motives for courting a European audience.
Discussion: Hot Air
Gerhard Spörl / Spiegel Online:
No. 44 Has Spoken  —  Anyone who saw Barack Obama at Berlin's …
Sister Toldjah:
Obama campaign using video of Berlin speech in campaign emails …
Discussion: The Anonymous Liberal and QandO
New York Times:
Obama, in Berlin, Calls for Renewal of Ties With Allies
Discussion: Commentary and The Caucus
Greg Wallace / Political Punch:
Just Hours Later, Obama Campaign Uses Berlin Speech to Raise Campaign Cash
Washington Post:
Obama Says Walls Must Come Down
Gerard Baker / Times of London:
He ventured forth to bring light to the world  —  The anointed one's pilgrimage to the Holy Land is a miracle in action - and a blessing to all his faithful followers  —  And it came to pass, in the eighth year of the reign of the evil Bush the Younger (The Ignorant), when the whole land …
Washington Post:
McCain May Act Soon on VP Pick  —  Aides Predict Announcement Before Olympics  —  Anxious to counter the blanket media coverage that has followed Sen. Barack Obama on his overseas journey, Sen. John McCain is weighing whether to announce his running mate in the coming weeks before the spotlight shifts …
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CNN:
McCain talks up Pawlenty
Discussion: Power Line
Andrew Klavan / Wall Street Journal:
What Bush and Batman Have in Common  —  A cry for help goes out from a city beleaguered by violence and fear: A beam of light flashed into the night sky, the dark symbol of a bat projected onto the surface of the racing clouds . . .  Oh, wait a minute.  That's not a bat, actually.
Brad Friedman / The BRAD BLOG:
Rove Threatened GOP IT Guru If He Does Not ‘Take the Fall’ for Election Fraud in Ohio, Says Attorney  —  Karl Rove has threatened a GOP high-tech guru and his wife, if he does not “'take the fall' for election fraud in Ohio,” according to a letter sent this morning to Attorney General Michael Mukasey …
Peter Nicholas / Los Angeles Times:
Obama's path to presidency is far from clear  —  The Democrat is winning fans on his trip abroad, but is struggling to gain real ground against McCain at home.  Some key Clinton backers remain alienated.  —  WASHINGTON — Even as his turn on the global stage hit an emotional peak Thursday …
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Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
Hey, Obama: There's Bratwurst in Ohio, Too (but No Cheering Masses)
Discussion: Firedoglake, MSNBC, USA Today and TIME.com
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Sarkozy: Obama's my ‘pal’  —  French President Nicolas Sarkozy is offering Obama a warm welcome on the day of their meeting, in an interview with the conservative daily Le Figaro.  —  “Obama?  He's my pal,” the president told Le Figaro.  “Unlike my diplomatic advisors, I never believed in Hillary Clinton's chances.
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Maliki Votes for Obama  —  In a stunning upset, Barack Obama this week won the Iraq primary.  When Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki not once but several times expressed support for a U.S. troop withdrawal on a timetable that accorded roughly with Obama's 16-month proposal, he did more than legitimize the plan.
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Obama Abroad: We Get the Picture  —  The Candidate Looked Good This Week.  Did the Press?  —  After saying little in public during a weekend in Iraq and Afghanistan, Barack Obama met with traveling reporters near Jordan's Temple of Hercules, a gladiator standing his ground against the media hordes.
Discussion: www.redstate.com and Commentary
Larry Margasak / Associated Press:
AP: Food industry bitten by its lobbying success  —  WASHINGTON - One of the worst outbreaks of foodborne illness in the U.S. is teaching the food industry the truth of the adage, “Be careful what you wish for because you might get it.”  —  The industry pressured the Bush administration years ago …
Discussion: AMERICAblog News and Corrente
Jaime Sneider / Weekly Standard Blog:
Obama's Missing Thesis  —  The latest report on Obama's missing thesis comes from MSNBC.  Written his senior year at Columbia University, Obama's thesis was about Soviet nuclear disarmament.  It's only natural to wonder what the budding socialist turned presidential candidate thought of nuclear proliferation in the early 1980s.
Discussion: MSNBC, Macsmind and Open Left
The Corner:
Citizen of the World  —  Judging from the local drive time radio shows, we bitter, religious pistol-packers here in flyover country remembered only two things from Obama's Berlin visit: the phrase “citizen of the world” and Obama's failure to visit wounded troops at Landstuhl and Ramstein.
Katie Fretland / The Swamp:
Send Rove to jail petition passes 100,000  —  (Brave New Films used the video above to promote the petition)  —  A petition to send former White House deputy chief of state Karl Rove to jail over refusing a subpoena to testify before a House committee has gained over 100,000 signatures, according to the group promoting the petition.
 
 
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Greg Giroux / CQ Politics:
Key House Races Shift Towards the Democrats
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Discussion: New York Post and Gothamist
Washington Post:
No Drilling, No Vote  —  WHY NOT have a vote on offshore drilling?
Discussion: Hot Air and michellemalkin.com
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Josh Orton / MyDD:
Twisting The Vise On Senate Republicans
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Sudhir Venkatesh / New York Times:
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Susan Estrich / Real Clear Politics:
Media Love of Obama Doesn't Equal Victory
Discussion: Commentary
CNN:
Gays in Iraq terrorized by threats, rape, murder
Hindrocket / Power Line:
HE COULD BE A SERIAL LIAR  —  Maybe there is another explanation …
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Gil Kaufman / MTV:
Barack Obama Attacked In First National Political Ad Ever To Air On MTV
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Man Hit by Novak Has Hurt Shoulder but Is ‘Doing Fine’
Gabriel Sherman / The New Republic:
End of the Affair  —  Barack Obama and the press break up.
 

 
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