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Marc Ambinder:
McCain Prepares Rezko Ad; Wright “Now Fair Game”; GOP 527 Attacks — Sen. John McCain's campaign is finishing a hard-hitting television ad highlighting Barack Obama 's ties to shady Chicago land dealer Tony Rezko, the one-time Obama patron who was convicted earlier this summer of fraud.
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Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
McCain family owns 8 properties — John McCain's family owns at least eight properties — not the seven Democrats are alleging or the four McCain's staff identified — according to a Politico analysis of property and tax records, as well as interviews. — The presumptive Republican nominee …
Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
McCain Spokesman's Retort: Obama Lives in “a Frickin' Mansion” — SEDONA, Ariz. — A spokesman for Sen. John McCain vowed to retaliate against today's story about how many houses the GOP candidate owns with a renewed focus on Sen. Barack Obama's ties to a Chicago developer and charges that Obama is an elitist.
Ben Smith / The Politico:
New group plans Ayers attack on Obama — A new conservative group has produced a television ad attacking Barack Obama for his relationship with former Weather Underground bomber Bill Ayers. — “How much do your really know about Barack Obama? What does he really believe?” asks the ad …
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Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
McCain Camp Responds On Houses Gaffe: He Was A POW! — The McCain campaign is road-testing a new argument in responding to Obama's criticism of his number-of-houses gaffe, an approach the McCain camp has never tried before: The houses gaffe doesn't matter because ... he was a POW!
The Politico:
McCain unsure how many houses he owns — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said in an interview Wednesday that he was uncertain how many houses he and his wife, Cindy, own. — “I think - I'll have my staff get to you,” McCain told us in Las Cruces, N.M. “It's condominiums where - I'll have them get to you.”
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Analysis: Why the Home Debate Matters — In politics, there is nothing worse than appearing out of touch. — From time immemorial, a candidate who is effectively portrayed as forgetting about the “little” people, of having “gone Washington,” of living higher on the hog than voters, loses.
Ben / Think Progress:
Media Defend McCain: It's Not ‘A Huge Deal’ That He Doesn't Know How Many Houses He Owns — Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said yesterday in an interview with Politico that he did not know how many houses he and his wife Cindy own. “I think — I'll have my staff get to you,” McCain said.
Hindrocket / Power Line:
NO MORE MISTER NICE GUY — The latest campaign kerfuffle is Obama's effort to make hay out of John McCain's inability to tell a reporter how many houses he owns. McCain mumbled something about condos and said the reporter should talk to his wife. Predictably, Obama is trying to spin …
On Politics:
Obama says he's chosen his VP — won't reveal who it is yet — Barack Obama told USA TODAY this afternoon that “yes,” he has made up his mind about whom his running mate will be — but he would not reveal the name or just when he will tell the nation about his choice. — USA TODAY's Kathy Kiely writes that:
Martin Samuel / Times of London:
International Olympic Committee launches probe into He Kexin's age — Tim Reid in Washington, Jeremy Griffin and Jane Macartney in Beijing — The International Olympic Committee has ordered an investigation into mounting allegations that Chinese authorities covered up the true age …
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FactCheck.org:
Born in the U.S.A. — The truth about Obama's birth certificate. — In June, the Obama campaign released a digitally scanned image of his birth certificate to quell speculative charges that he might not be a natural-born citizen. But the image prompted more blog-based skepticism about the document's authenticity.
Fox News:
Two McCain Offices Receive Envelopes With White Powder, Threat — Two John McCain campaign offices received envelopes supposedly containing an unidentified white powder and a threatening note Thursday afternoon — so far one of the envelopes has been deemed safe by authorities.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Volleyball team wins gold, blindsides NBC with shout-out to Bush — A palate cleanser by popular request; you'll remember our heroines here from the Butt-Pat That Wasn't. The official Olympics site has highlights of the match but this snippet had to be rescued from oblivion by Tivo.
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Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
Limbaugh: Obama's Nomination “Really goes back to the fact that nobody had the guts to stand up and say no to a black guy.” — Audio and more from Media Matters: … Yes, someone should have told this young, uppity negro to STFU and know his place in American society. You knew he was a baby killer, right?
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Washington Times:
Obama gives nod to success of surge — Sen. Barack Obama, edging away from a long-held position, tacitly acknowledged the success of the Iraq troop-surge strategy during an appearance Tuesday before the country's largest organization of combat veterans. — “Let's be clear …
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Spencer Ackerman / RADAR:
NOTES ON A SCANDAL — A soldier in Iraq decided to write about his experiences. He never suspected he'd start a war — Soldiers at war rarely write magazine stories. But on July 13, 2007, a 24-year-old army private named Scott Thomas Beauchamp who had been serving in Iraq …
Max Taves / LA Weekly:
OBAMA VS. BALDILOCKS — A blogger's African dad came here on the same airlift as Obama's dad. All similarities end there — Los Angeles blogger Juliette Ochieng has a lot in common with the man who might be the next president, Barack Obama. A lot. — Both were born to Kenyan fathers …
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