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11:55 PM ET, August 22, 2008

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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Hillary gets stiffed  —  There's one Democrat who would seem to have little or no chance of being picked by Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) to be his running mate - his former opponent, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.).  —  But it's not for the reason you think.
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Marc Ambinder:
Fun With FlightAware: What's This Flight?  —  http://flightaware.com/live/flight/ EJA863  —  A flight from Midway to New Castle, DE... to pick someone up?  Who knows?  No other flights from anywhere in and around Chicago to anywhere in and around Delaware... or vice versa.  Just this charter.
CNN:
Activity at the Bidens  —  (CNN) — After hours staking out Joe Biden's Delaware home with no sign of the prospective VP candidate, reporters are now witnessing a flurry of activity.  —  Cars have recently pulled into the driveway — including a police car — and Biden's daughter, son, and wife are now believed to be inside.
Discussion: The Strata-Sphere
KMBC Kansas City's Channel 9:
Bumper Sticker Could Indicate Bayh Is Obama's Veep  —  LENEXA, Kan. — After weeks of speculation and days of intense rumors, the answer to who Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama would name as his running mate may have come down to a bumper sticker printed in Lenexa.
Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
What the Hell Is Taking So Long?  —  I have no idea, but I'd guess it points to a bigger name rather than a smaller one.  (I think Jonathan Cohn made a version of this point earlier in the week, though I can't remember if he did it online or during one of our many rounds of internal speculation.)
Discussion: Pollster.com
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
NBC: KAINE, BAYH TOLD THEY'RE NOT IT  —  From NBC's Andrea Mitchell  —  As reported in her Nightly News spot, Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh and Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, according to sources, were told they're out of the running.  —  From the First Read team, just asking, so which news organization …
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ
Marc Ambinder:
Fun With Local TV News Stations: Obama-Bayh Stickers?  —  I doubt the following story.... the bumper sticker is just too ugly to be official.  —  From KMBC in Lexena: … http://www.kmbc.com/politics/17267009/ detail.html
Discussion: Corrente and Undiplomatic
Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Obama is hours away from naming running mate  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidential candidate Barack Obama is hours away from naming his running mate, as little-known Texas congressman Chet Edwards is emerging as a finalist.  —  Democratic officials say that Edwards was one of the few Democrats whose background …
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
VP updates: Kansas printer does Bayh stickers but a private jet …
Discussion: The Swamp
Reuters:
Bayh, Kaine out of running for Obama VP pick: report
Marc Ambinder:   Veepstakes Tidings  —  CNN first reported, and I can confirm …
Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
A Timetable By Any Other Name  —  In agreeing to pull U.S. combat troops out of Iraqi cities by June, and from the rest of the country by 2011, President Bush has apparently consented to precisely the kind of timetable that, when Democrats called for one, he dismissed as “setting a date for failure.”
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Fox News:
Obama Stops Advertising in Red Battleground States  —  Barack Obama's presidential campaign has put the brakes on ads that were running in seven states carried by the GOP in the 2004 presidential election, FOX News has learned.  —  Of the seven states — including Alaska, Georgia, Montana …
Think Progress:
Fox News Accidentally Airs Controversial Right-Wing Ad That It Had Declined To Run  —  The right-wing American Issues Project has spent $2.8 million on an ad questioning Sen. Barack Obama's (D-IL) relationship to William Ayers, a founder of the 1960s radical group Weather Underground.
Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
Wait Til America Gets to Know JILL BIDEN  —  I had the opportunity a few years ago to enjoy a rolling set of events with Senator Joe Biden, Wes Clark and other national notables.  —  My partner was with me and normally hates these kinds of things.  But he bonded with Jill Biden.
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Barack Obama Inspires New Handbag  —  Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama inspired celebrity handbag designer Timmy Woods to create a handbag based on the signs used by his campaign at rallies and speeches.  —  The first Obama Handbag will be given to the senator's wife, Michelle.
Discussion: Sister Toldjah
Jay Cost / HorseRaceBlog:
Thoughts on the State of the Race  —  With Barack Obama about to make his vice-presidential selection, the general election is finally set to begin.  Thus ends the middle period between the nomination campaign and the general election campaign.  I would like to offer some reflections …
Discussion: Liberal Values
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard Blog:   Kristol: Read Jay Cost
Jeff Schreiber / America's Right:
Obama Sued in Philadelphia Federal Court on Grounds he is Constitutionally Ineligible for the Presidency  —  A prominent Philadelphia attorney and Hillary Clinton supporter filed suit this afternoon in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against Illinois Sen. Barack Obama …
Michael Goldfarb / John McCain Report blog:
Obama's Convention Bounce  —  FROM: Sarah Simmons, Director of Strategy  —  Monday marks the beginning of the Democratic National Convention in Denver.  A combination of factors makes this particular convention historic on many levels.  Democrats have just completed an incredibly compelling primary cycle …
Discussion: Political Machine
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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
McCain Tries to Raise Expectations for Obama
The Politico:
Exclusive: Obama's lost law review article  —  As president of the Harvard Law Review and a law professor in Chicago, Senator Barack Obama refined his legal thinking, but left a scant paper trail.  His name doesn't appear on any legal scholarship.  —  But an unsigned — and previously unattributed …
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Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:   OBAMA'S CASE NOTE: I just read the piece, and it is as calm …
Scott Martelle / Top of the Ticket:
Robin Leach on the lifestyles of the rich and political — John McCain  —  Robin Leach isn't your usual political pundit.  But the former champagne-toasting host of the TV hit of the mid-'80s to mid-'90s, “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,” may be more qualified than most to opine …
 
 
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Cernig / Newshoggers.com:
The Community Of The Realm  —  Iain Dale, a well-known British …
Discussion: Lean Left
Robert Tracinski / Real Clear Politics:
What to Do About Pakistan
Faiz / Think Progress:
Fox News: “Is Obama Bashing ‘American Dream’ By Bashing McCain's 7 Homes?”
Julia Hoppock / Political Radar:
Media Learns Winner of Obama Veepstakes Stake-Out-a-Thon
Bob Owens / Pajamas Media:
Infamous ‘Shock Troops’ Author Back in the News
Jeff Green / Bloomberg:
GM, Ford Seek $50 Billion From U.S., Double Request
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Pundits And Writers Start Hitting McCain For Non-Stop P.O.W. References
Michelle Malkin:
RNC's new radio ad: McCain's a bigger Hispanderer than Obama!
Discussion: The Other McCain and Hot Air
 Earlier Items: 
Wall Street Journal:
Protect Our Kids from Preschool
Discussion: Eduwonk
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Seeking More Viewers, MSNBC Turns Left
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Mark Hemingway / The Corner:
Obama: “Just Tax the Heck Out of People”
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Obama: ‘Out of Touch’  —  Obama's now moving quickly and harshly …
Discussion: Guardian and The New Republic
Stanley Kurtz / The Corner:
Michelle, Anti-American Radicals, and U of C
Bart Jansen / CQ Politics:
Ensign Fumes Over Failed GOP Fundraising Effort
David Maraniss / Washington Post:
Lasting Influences  —  Though Obama Had to Leave to Find Himself …
Discussion: TIME.com
August J. Pollak / Some Guy With a Website:
I'm sorry.  —  Obama Names Musician Rick Astley as Running Mate
 

 
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