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New York Times:
In Obama's Choice, a ‘Very Personal Decision’ — WASHINGTON — In the beginning, Senator Barack Obama was not entirely sold on Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. And Mr. Biden told friends that he was pessimistic of his chances of becoming Mr. Obama's Democratic running mate.
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CBS News:
McCain: Biden A “Very Wise Selection” — Tells Katie Couric Obama's Running Mate “Very Formidable,” Is “A Good Friend And Good Man” — (CBS) In an interview with CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric Saturday at his home in Sedona, Ariz., presumptive GOP nominee John McCain had kind words …
CNN:
McCain ad says Clinton got VP snub ‘for speaking the truth’ — (CNN) - John McCain's campaign is making its boldest pitch yet for disaffected supporters of former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, releasing a new TV ad Sunday that claims Barack Obama's discomfort with her honesty cost her a spot on the Democratic ticket.
Matt / Think Progress:Pawlenty: Obama should have picked Petraeus for VP.
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Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:Today's new McCain ad quotes Clinton on Obama, asks why she's not on the ticket
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The Politico:5 things Biden pick says about Obama
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Kate Phillips / The Caucus:Clinton Featured in McCain's Latest Ad
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Ben / Think Progress:
Halperin: McCain's Houses Gaffe ‘One Of The Worst Moments’ Of The Campaign For...Barack Obama — Last week Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) told Politico that he did not know how many homes he and his wife Cindy own. “I'll have my staff get to you,” McCain said. ThinkProgress noted …
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
On the Tire Swing — Apparently on ABC this morning Mark Halperin was arguing that housegate would ultimately wind up being bad for . . . Barack Obama because . . . [all news is good news for John McCain] it “opened the door” to Rezko, Ayers, Wright and other attacks on Obama.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
RIDE THAT TIRE SWING! — From TPM Reader KB ... It's like a comic parody of the mentality I described a few days ago. Don't get in McCain's face because it'll just be so much worse for you if you. By God, just keep your head down and try to muddle through! If you're nice maybe he won't hit you.
news.politicswest.com:
Anti-war protesters marching to Pepsi Center — The first major protest at the Democratic National Convention, which starts Monday, went off peacefully Sunday at noon. — Police officers, some on mountain bikes, escorted hundreds of war protesters from the steps of the Capitol down Colfax Avenue …
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Greg Pollowitz / Media Blog:
“We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him” — Lynn Sweet has a great picture of the stage at the [manger] Pepsi Center in Denver:
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Too Much of a Bad Thing — My mom did not approve of men who cheated on their wives. She called them “long-tailed rats.” — During the 2000 race, she listened to news reports about John McCain confessing to dalliances that caused his first marriage to fall apart after he came back from his stint as a P.O.W. in Vietnam.
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Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
SOME MCCAIN CAMP INSIGHTS... From NBC's Kelly O'Donnell — Reporting on the road with the McCain campaign... The “Biden” ad: Advisors say that spot has been ready for “a couple days.” The McCain team says they assessed that Kaine “utterly disqualified himself” on the basis …
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Colin Powell in McCain mix — Retired Gen. Colin Powell is among the potential running mates who have been considered by John McCain, campaign advisers told Politico. — Powell was among the possible vice presidential choices the Arizona Republican senator was thinking of when he said he would not rule …
Kenneth Anderson / Opinio Juris:
Georgia, South Ossetia, and Abkhazia — I wrote a couple of weeks ago about my experiences in Georgia in the early 1990s, monitoring the various conflicts - Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and the then-Georgian civil war in Tbilisi - and noting that the secessionist conflicts were marked on each side …
Washington Post:
Biden's Son, Brother Named in Two Suits — A son and a brother of Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.) are accused in two lawsuits of defrauding a former business partner and an investor of millions of dollars in a hedge fund deal that went sour, court records show.
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