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Rove tried to kill Lieberman VP pick — Republican strategist Karl Rove called Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) late last week and urged him to contact Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to withdraw his name from vice presidential consideration, according to three sources familiar with the conversation.
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McCain Has Made His Pick and Is Set to Tell on Friday — WASHINGTON — Senator John McCain has decided on his running mate, two Republican strategists in contact with Mr. McCain's campaign said Wednesday. He is expected to reveal his choice at a rally at a basketball arena in Dayton, Ohio, at 11 a.m. Friday.
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Live from DNC: Bill Get His Digs In — Biden's speech? Surprisingly good. Bill Clinton's? Read between the lines and you see what he thinks of Obama... I've never been called a man of few words, but let me say this as short as I can — yes, yes, yes I accept the nomination.
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Biden Fumbles Military Terms — Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden might be the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, but for at least a split second Wednesday, he got confused about some very simple military terminology. — Speaking at the Democratic National Convention …
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Obama Wins Nomination; Biden and Bill Clinton Rally Party
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Obama camp blasts National Review writer as “slimy character assassin” — Barack Obama's campaign hasn't advertised this a great deal this week, but the campaign's “Action Wire” has been waging large-scale campaigns against critics. That includes tens of thousands of e-mails …
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OBAMA CAMPAIGN DENOUNCES KURTZ TO A MUCH GREATER EXTENT THAN AYERS. — As some of you may remember, I previously explained why I didn't put too much stock in the stories about Barack Obama's ties to Bill Ayers, a position for which I was praised at Huffington Post and elsewhere. I concluded:
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Obama campaign confronts WGN radio — by John McCormick and Steve Schmadeke, updated — DENVER — Sen. Barack Obama's campaign organized its supporters Wednesday night to confront Tribune-owned WGN-AM in Chicago for having a critic of the Illinois Democrat on its air.
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A Clinton Masterpiece — Readers know my personal disdain for Bill Clinton. But longtime readers will also know I have always defended his solid centrist, smart record in office and defended him against his most over-reaching enemies. Tonight, I think, was one of the best speeches he has ever given.
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THE EX-PRESIDENT. — He left little unsaid.
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Dems nervous over Invesco risks — DENVER - Senior Democratic officials are expressing serious concerns about the political risks posed by Barack Obama's acceptance speech at Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium Thursday evening. — From the elaborate stagecraft to the teeming crowd …
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Democrats Work to Minimize Stadium Setting's Political Risks — DENVER — When Senator Barack Obama announced in early July that he would give his nomination address in an outdoor stadium in front of 75,000 people, he wowed members of both parties who saw it as an inspired stroke of campaign image making.
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JOHN KERRY — WOW! — Most of the nets aren't showing it. But John Kerry's giving a really good speech on the foreign policy front. Knocking McCain for standing on an aircraft three months after 9/11 and calling out ‘next stop Baghdad.’ He's going through the list of McCain's foreign policy goofs …
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MSNBC prez defends convention team — DENVER — Amid a spate of awkward on-air conflicts among MNSBC anchors at this week's Democratic convention, some staff members say there are sharp internal disputes at the cable network over whether its opinion and personality-driven political coverage has crossed the line.
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'Let's Wrap Him Up': Olbermann Tries To Get Rid of Republican Murphy
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The Master Has Arrived — In the time-honored tradition of the notebook dump, some thoughts and observations on the Democratic convention so far: — As for Bill Clinton's speech, halfway through I thought: The Master has arrived. Crazy Bill, the red-faced Rageaholic, was somewhere else.
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McCain's Prickly TIME Interview — For years, John McCain's marathon bull sessions with reporters were more than a means of delivering a message; they were the message. McCain proudly, flagrantly refused direction from handlers, rarely dodged tough questions and considered those who did wimps and frauds.
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The Devils in His Details — DENVER — When Barack Obama feeds rhetorical fishes and loaves to the multitudes in the football stadium Thursday night, he should deliver a message of sufficient particularity that it seems particularly suited to Americans. One more inspirational oration …
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