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Matt / Think Progress:
McCain Denies He Used ‘The Word Timetable,’ Claims ‘We Were Greeted As Liberators’ — During a January 30 Republican primary debate, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) pilloried former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for having once used the word “timetable” while talking about Iraq.
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Matthew Yglesias:
Say Anything — When you think about the stunningly dishonest ad John McCain is running, falsely accusing Barack Obama of not meeting with troops during his trip abroad and falsely accusing Obama of some scheme to deny money to the troops, you have to recall the breathtakingly unprincipled …
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Mark Halperin / TIME.com:
Transcript of McCain on “This Week” — Sen John McCain just back from a swing state tour sat down with ABC's George Stephanopoulos in Cottonwood, Arizona to discuss the economy, gay adoption and McCain's apparent embrace of a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq.
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Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
McCain Ad: Obama Isn't There For The Troops Unless Cameras Are Around
McCain Ad: Obama Isn't There For The Troops Unless Cameras Are Around
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Embraced Overseas, But to What Effect?
Embraced Overseas, But to What Effect?
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The Carpetbagger Report
James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:
In study, evidence of liberal-bias bias — Cable talking heads accuse broadcast networks of liberal bias — but a think tank finds that ABC, NBC and CBS were tougher on Barack Obama than on John McCain in recent weeks. — Haters of the mainstream media reheated a bit of conventional wisdom last week.
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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama 49%, McCain 40% — Third day with Obama holding a significant lead over McCain — PRINCETON, NJ — Barack Obama now leads John McCain among national registered voters by a 49% to 40% margin in Gallup Poll Daily tracking conducted July 24-26.
Military Times HOME:
Officer: Part of anti-Obama e-mail was wrong — An Army officer's negative e-mail account of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's visit with the troops in Afghanistan that set the blogosphere ablaze prompted Army officials to correct aspects of the e-mail and resulted in a statement …
John Freeman Gill / New York Times:
Cold Shoulders — THE streets were bright with promise on the sunny July day in 2001 when former President Bill Clinton arrived in Harlem, the historic capital of black America, to celebrate the opening of his office on 125th Street. A chant of “We love Bill!” rose from the adoring crowd …
Matthew Mosk / Washington Post:
Industry Gushed Money After Reversal on Drilling — Campaign contributions from oil industry executives to Sen. John McCain rose dramatically in the last half of June, after the senator from Arizona made a high-profile split with environmentalists and reversed his opposition to the federal ban on offshore drilling.
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Stalking, Sniffing, Swooning — It could have been a French movie. — Passing acquaintances collide in a moment of transcendent passion. They look at each other shyly and touch tenderly during their Paris cinq à sept, exchange some existential thoughts under exquisite chandeliers, and — tant pis — go their separate ways.
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Sunday Conversation: Obama's Berlin Speech Re-examined — The immediate reaction to Barack Obama's speech in Berlin earlier this week was almost exclusively positive. — The images of the Illinois Senator speaking in front of several hundred thousand people as the sun set on Germany's capital was praised as uniquely arresting.
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Times of London:
Barack Obama's brother pushes Chinese imports on US — BARACK Obama's half-brother has been helping to promote cheap Chinese exports in a low-profile business career while the Democratic senator has been winning worldwide fame in his race for the White House.
Frank Rich / New York Times:
How Obama Became Acting President — IT almost seems like a gag worthy of “Borat”: A smooth-talking rookie senator with an exotic name passes himself off as the incumbent American president to credulous foreigners. But to dismiss Barack Obama's magical mystery tour through old Europe …