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10:00 AM ET, July 2, 2007

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Obama Takes Lead In Money Raised — Pressure on Clinton Is Expected to Grow — Sen. Barack Obama raised $31 million for his presidential primary campaign over the past three months, surging past Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's fundraising machine by nearly $10 million for the quarter …

Discussion: CNN, Washington Monthly, Captain's Quarters, Los Angeles Times, The Carpetbagger Report, National Review, The Atlantic Online, JammieWearingFool and CNN Political Ticker

Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:

Obama leads — in cash — $32 million in the second quarter will allow him to 'vigorously' compete in important early states — WASHINGTON — White House hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) beat chief rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) in second-quarter fund-raising …

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …, TIME and The Politico

Ben Smith / The Politico:

Primary money — The money that counts in a Democratic primary is that raised in chunks of $2,300 or less. Everything over that may be a sign of general election strength, or a mark that you have rich friends, but it's not getting spent on TV in Iowa or early voting programs in California.

Kristin Jensen / Bloomberg:

Obama Taps Internet, Small Donors to Top Clinton's Fundraising — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is dominating presidential fundraising, raising the most money and bringing in far more contributors than rivals such as Hillary Clinton, who leads in national polls.

Discussion: MSNBC

The Politico:
Obama, Clinton smash fundraising records

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, Townhall.com, Taylor Marsh and Liberal Values

Daily Mail:

Two doctors held over bomb attacks — While police swoop on motorway to arrest woman in a veil — Two doctors were among five people being held as terror suspects last night after the bomb plots in London and Glasgow. — One was one of two men who tried to drive a blazing Jeep packed with petrol …

Discussion: michellemalkin.com and PoliPundit.com

New York Times:
In Hunt for Bomb Plotters, Britain Sees a Qaeda Link

Discussion: Jules Crittenden

Telegraph:
Britain's terror crackdown

Discussion: Hot Air, Guardian, Sky News and Tim Worstall

Peter Baker / Washington Post:

A President Besieged and Isolated, Yet at Ease — Bush, Grasping for Answers and Fixated on Iraq, Remains Resolute — At the nadir of his presidency, George W. Bush is looking for answers. One at a time or in small groups, he summons leading authors, historians, philosophers and theologians …

Discussion: Firedoglake, The Atlantic Online, Outside The Beltway, Shakesville, AMERICAblog, Brendan Nyhan, Prairie Weather, Daily Kos, The Sideshow, Michael P.F. van der Galiën, The Moderate Voice, Rising Hegemon, The Democratic Daily, No Left Turns, The Heretik and The American Street

Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:

U.S. Ties Iranians to Iraq Attack That Killed G.I.'s — Iranian operatives helped plan a January raid in Karbala in which five American soldiers were killed, an American military spokesman in Iraq said today. — Brig. Gen. Kevin J. Bergner, the military spokesman, also said that Iran's …

Discussion: Hot Air, The Strata-Sphere, Gateway Pundit, The American Street and Prairie Weather

Glenn Greenwald / Salon:

Michael Gordon trains his stenographer weapons on Iran — The Bush administration's most reliable pro-surge "reporter," Michael Gordon of The New York Times, this morning filed an article — headlined: "U.S. Ties Iranians to Iraq Attack That Killed G.I.'s" — that might be the most war-fueling article yet with regard to Iran.

Discussion: Multi-National Force

Michael Ware / CNN:
Officials: Hezbollah agent helped plan Iraq raid

Discussion: Defense Tech

Aaron Klein / WorldNetDaily:

More London bombings on way, warns Muslim — UK Islamist leader claims Brits ready to carry out 'many attacks' — JERUSALEM - The thwarted car bombings in London last week and the terror attack this weekend against Scotland's busiest airport were "completely justified" …

Discussion: Gateway Pundit

ABCNEWS:

Secret Document: U.S. Fears Terror 'Spectacular' Planned — Official Cites Resemblance to Warnings and Intelligence Before 9/11 — A secret U.S. law enforcement report, prepared for the Department of Homeland Security, warns that al Qaeda is planning a terror "spectacular" this summer …

Discussion: Outside The Beltway, Blogs for Bush, Alternate Brain, Jules Crittenden, The American Street, Brilliant at Breakfast and Macsmind

Sharon Waxman / New York Times:

Al Gore's Top-Secret Access for the Final 'Sopranos' Episode — Who knew that tree-hugging ex-politicians loved "The Sopranos"? It turns out that Al Gore is a die-hard fan, but when the series finale loomed in early June, he and his wife, Tipper, had to be on a plane for an appearance in Istanbul.

Discussion: PrawfsBlawg

Angelo M. Codevilla / New York Post:

THE REAL SINS OF THE CIA — THE CIA last week released a heavily redacted version of a 1973 report what it considers its fathers' sins. There was nothing new: In the '70s and '80s, agency employees on all sides of the quarrels over what the CIA should do shopped their versions of the report …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Power Line

Susan Kuczka / Chicago Tribune:

Wife, husband might be rivals in U.S. House race — When Bill Scheurer ran as an independent in last year's race for the northwest suburban 8th Congressional District seat held by Barrington Democrat Melissa Bean, his wife, Randi, backed him every step of the way.

Matt Schudel / Washington Post:

Rear Adm. Eugene B. Fluckey; Commanded Submarine Attacks on Japanese Shipping — Rear Adm. Eugene B. Fluckey, one of the greatest naval heroes of World War II who was awarded the Medal of Honor and four Navy Crosses for his daring submarine attacks on Japanese shipping, died June 28 at Anne Arundel Medical Center.

Discussion: Outside The Beltway

David S. Broder / Washington Post:

A Victory For Free Speech — If you believe most of the newspaper editorials and the outraged complaints from self-styled reform groups last week, the Supreme Court opened a huge "loophole" in campaign finance law that will enable corporations and unions to pollute the political process with their ads.

Discussion: Betsy's Page and Don Surber