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McCain — Paris Is My Energizer Bunny — John McCain's mouthpiece has responded to Paris Hilton's stinging retort — but he's not attacking Hiltie! — In the unkindest cut of all, McCain's spokesperson Tucker Bounds tells TMZ that on the subject of energy, Paris is deeper than Barack.
Natalie Gewargis / Political Punch:
Obama Pushes Back on GOP Tire Pressure Attack: “It's Like These Guys Take Pride in Being Ignorant” — At a town hall meeting in Berea , Ohio, today, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, pushed back against the GOP attack on his advice to a voter last week that having a tuned up car and fully inflated tires would help save energy.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
New third-party ad: Obama no longer the biggest celebrity in the race; Update: Her plan's better than Obama's, says McCain camp — She's got a sense of humor, a thoughtful energy policy, and nearly as much federal legislative experience as Barry O. If grotesque overexposure and grandiose ego …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Obama responds: 'It's like these guys take pride in being ignorant"
Obama responds: 'It's like these guys take pride in being ignorant"
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Greg Gordon / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Queens couple's $61,600 donation to McCain questioned — WASHINGTON — Alice Rocchio is an office manager at the New York headquarters of the Hess Corp., drives a 1993 Chevy Cavalier and lives in an apartment in Queens, N.Y., with her husband, Pasquale, an Amtrak foreman.
Patrick Ruffini / The Next Right:
dontgo: A Turning Point for the Right — #dontgo is officially a movement. MoveOn is mobilizing against the House Republicans and the rightosphere this afternoon. I don't think they've ever done this in response to a grassroots conservative protest. Something has changed.
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House Republican leader rips Bush — A House Republican leader is lambasting President Bush on his decision not to call Congress back into session to deal with the energy crisis. — In a legislative update sent to GOP members and staff on Tuesday, Republican House Policy Committee Chairman …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
TAKE MY WIFE, PLEASE! — We're trying to find out a bit more about the Bikini Beauty Pageant at the Buffalo Chip, where John McCain showed up and offered up wife Cindy as a contestant. ESPN says the event is topless and “occasionally bottomless”. Actually their description is worth quoting in full ...
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Peter Kirsanow / The Corner:
25 Reasons You May be a Racist — The tendency of Obama supporters to see racist impulses behind every criticism of their candidate has evolved into absurdity. Now even the first black president feels compelled to declare he's not a racist. By this measure, nearly every American …
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
New McCain Ad: “He's The Original Maverick” — In this new ad, John McCain tries to achieve separation from George Bush by saying flat out that “we're worse off than we were four years ago.” At the same time, McCain sidesteps direct criticism of the President and instead blames “Washington”...
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Matthew Mosk / Washington Post:
Bundler Collects From Unlikely Donors — The bundle of $2,300 and $4,600 checks that poured into Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign on March 12 came from an unlikely group of California donors: a mechanic from D&D Auto Repair in Whittier, the manager of Rite Aid Pharmacy No. 5727 …
BBC:
Hospitals ‘infested with vermin’ — The cleanliness of most NHS hospitals in England is threatened by frequent invasions of rats, fleas, bedbugs, flies and cockroaches, a report claims. — Figures released by the Conservatives show that 70% of NHS Trusts brought in the pest controllers at least 50 times over a two-year period.
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Skimble Closes Blog, Election Doesn't Matter — Share This: Digg! — Via Avedon at Sideshow, longtime political blogger Skimble is packing it in and closing up shop. … Go read the rest, it's a well-deserved attack on the Dems, Harry and Nancy in particular.
CNN:
Iraq's projected $80 billion surplus stirs anger on Hill — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Iraq is raking in more money from oil exports than it is spending, amassing a projected four-year budget surplus of up to $80 billion, U.S. auditors reported Tuesday. — Leading members of Congress …
Rick Newman / US News:
The Obama/McCain Energy Charade — That smell on the nation's highways isn't just car exhaust. It's also the rank odor of political populism, as John McCain and Barack Obama both try to score points with dubious energy ideas. — Obama has now reversed an earlier stance and declared …
Glenn Reynolds / Pajamas Media:
AUTOBLOG: Obama: 1 million plug-in hybrid vehicles by 2015. — UPDATE: Dave Ivers is unimpressed: … Actually, I think the grid could easily absorb a million plugin hybrids, since they'd mostly be charging at night when consumption is way off-peak. But ultimately you've got to have lots …
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Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Muslim-Outreach Adviser Resigns — The Muslim-outreach coordinator to the presidential campaign of Barack Obama has resigned amid questions about his involvement in an Islamic investment fund and various Islamic groups. — Chicago lawyer Mazen Asbahi, who was appointed volunteer …
Mary Beth Schneider / Indianapolis Star:
Bayh: Obama hasn't asked me to join ticket — Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., told The Indianapolis Star today that Sen. Barack Obama has not asked him to be his running mate and that he's not expecting Obama to announce his vice presidential pick when Obama is in Indiana Wednesday.
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Richard Spertzel / Wall Street Journal:
Bruce Ivins Wasn't the Anthrax Culprit — Over the past week the media was gripped by the news that the FBI was about to charge Bruce Ivins, a leading anthrax expert, as the man responsible for the anthrax letter attacks in September/October 2001. — But despite the seemingly powerful narrative …
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The FBI's emerging, leaking case against Ivins
The FBI's emerging, leaking case against Ivins
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