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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
McCain Tries to Define Obama as Out of Touch — WASHINGTON — After spending much of the summer searching for an effective line of attack against Senator Barack Obama, Senator John McCain is beginning a newly aggressive campaign to define Mr. Obama as arrogant, out of touch and unprepared for the presidency.
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Marc Ambinder:
Weaver, McCain's Former Strategist, Calls “Celeb” Ad “Childish” — John Weaver, for years one of John McCain's closest friends and confidants, has been in exile since his resignation from McCain's presidential campaign last year. With the exception of an occasional interview, he has …
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Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
GOP's celeb-Obama message gains traction
GOP's celeb-Obama message gains traction
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Real Clear Politics
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
McCain's Risky Ad Strategy
McCain's Risky Ad Strategy
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Barak Ravid / Haaretz:
Olmert to step down in September, vows to push for peace first — Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Wednesday that he has decided not to contend in the Kadima primary election and would resign as soon as the new party leader was chosen, due to the criminal investigations in which he has been embroiled in recent months.
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Haaretz:
Poll: Netanyahu is public's preferred choice for next PM — Opposition leader and Likud Party Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu is the Israeli public's preferred choice to replace Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, according to a survey released on Wednesday by Channel 10.
Gomonkeygo / The New Disease:
What's the Word, John? — Miscegenation (Latin miscere “to mix” + genus “kind") is the mixing of different racial groups, that is, marrying, cohabiting, having sexual relations and having children with a partner from outside of one's racially or ethnically defined group. — Obama. Britney.
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Rick Perlstein / Blog entry:
Liberal Fascism — Recall that John McCain's new adviser Karl Rove has said he creates campaigns for people who watch TV with the sound off. I watched John McCain's new TV commercial with the sound off, the one, it's already been well-explicated, with the Barack Obama will rape yo daughta overtones:
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Zzaki / Political Punch:
Did Obama Accuse McCain of Running a Racist, Xenophobic Campaign? — “John McCain right now, he's spending an awful lot of time talking about me,” Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., said today in Rolla, Mo. “You notice that? I haven't seen an ad yet where he talks about what he's gonna do.
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
McCain's True Voice — In the dog days of summer, John McCain's political personality has become so fuzzy that even some Republicans are worrying about his viability. But if you want a reminder of why McCain should be a formidable candidate, take another look at his remarkable 1999 autobiography, “Faith of My Fathers.”
Jay Cost / HorseRaceBlog:
McCain Should Pick Romney, And Soon — As John McCain mulls his veep pick, I'd offer some thoughts on what he should do. As the title indicates, I think Mitt Romney is quite possibly the best choice, and McCain should pick him soon. — Analysts have given multiple reasons for picking Romney …
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Homeward Bound: Recent Immigration Enforcement and the Decline in the Illegal Alien Population — Monthly data collected by the Census Bureau through May 2008 shows a significant decline in the number of less-educated, young Hispanic immigrants in the country.
Ann Coulter / Human Events:
A Baby Daddy For Both Americas — The mainstream media really seem to imagine they can prevent Americans from knowing information by refusing to mention it in newspapers or on TV. — For those few Americans without an Internet connection and to whom I have not faxed the National Enquirer stories …
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The Onion:
Al Gore Places Infant Son In Rocket To Escape Dying Planet — EARTH—Former vice president Al Gore—who for the past three decades has unsuccessfully attempted to warn humanity of the coming destruction of our planet, only to be mocked and derided by the very people he has tried to save …
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The Politico:
Cohen lacks DCCC support — Democratic insiders say House Democratic leaders have refused a request from Tennessee Rep. Stephen I. Cohen — a white man in a majority-black district — for money to fend off a primary challenge from a black woman. — But they gave Cohen a consolation prize this week …
New York Post:
HILLARY IN MYSTERY POWWOW — IT sure looked like Hillary Rodham Clinton was plotting her political future at a secret ladies-only dinner in Washington the other night. — The New York senator was guest of honor at Tuesday's hush-hush powwow that raised speculation about a possible White House run in 2012.