memeorandum: McCain's Savannah Press Conference (Joe Klein/Swampland)

3:50 PM ET, May 20, 2008

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Sen. Kennedy has malignant brain tumor — BOSTON - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor. — Doctors for the Massachusetts Democrat say tests conducted after Kennedy suffered a seizure this weekend show a tumor in his left parietal lobe. Preliminary results from a biopsy …

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Martin Kady II / The Crypt's Blogs:

Kennedy has malignant brain tumor — Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's seizure this weekend was caused by a brain tumor, his doctor said this afternoon, but it's not yet clear if he will undergo radiation treatment and chemotherapy to treat the tumor. — The tumor, on Kennedy's left parietal lobe …

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CNN:
Doctors: Ted Kennedy has brain tumor

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Glen Johnson / ABCNEWS:
Sen Ted Kennedy Diagnosed With Brain Tumor

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John Sullivan / New York Times:
Senator Kennedy Has Malignant Brain Tumor

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The Huffington Post:

McCain Confronted With New Iran Gaffe, Gets Facts Wrong Again (VIDEO) — Yesterday, Time's Joe Klein noted that he could find no evidence that Sen. Barack Obama had ever specifically said he would negotiate with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: … Later in the day, Klein confronted McCain with this question at a press conference.

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Joe Klein / Swampland:
McCain's Savannah Press Conference

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Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard Blog:
Here's the Video of Obama Saying He'd Meet With A'Jad

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Matthew Yglesias:
Straight Talk Means Lying Constantly

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Ben / Think Progress:
McCain's New Iran Gaffe: If The ‘Average American’ …

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Jerusalem Post:

‘Bush intends to attack Iran before the end of his term’ — US President George W. Bush intends to attack Iran in the upcoming months, before the end of his term, Army Radio quoted a senior official in Jerusalem as saying Tuesday. — The official claimed that a senior member of the president's entourage …

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Faiz / Think Progress:
White House On Jerusalem Post's Iran Story: 'It's Not Worth …

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Lois Romano / Washington Post:

Clinton Puts Up A New Fight — The Candidate Confronts Sexism On the Trail and Vows to Battle On — Women of all ages and nationalities push against the rope line carrying books and T-shirts, posters and stuffed animals — anything for her to autograph. They tote huge signs that shout …

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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:

McKinnon To Step Aside From McCain Effort — Mark McKinnon, the lead media consultant for Sen. John McCain's (Ariz.) presidential bid, is stepping down from that role — making good on a pledge he made last year not to work against Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) in the fall campaign.

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Salon:

Karl Rove's sly deal with Fox — The GOP mastermind is billed as a top campaign analyst for the cable news network. But he has his fingerprints all over John McCain's White House bid. — Karl Rove — It has now been more than three months since Karl Rove first appeared on television as a Fox News political analyst on Feb 5.

Discussion: Think Progress, The Other McCain, TVNewser, Newshoggers.com and Political Punch

David Brooks / New York Times:

Talking Versus Doing — In 1965, Mancur Olson wrote a classic book called “The Logic of Collective Action,” which pointed out that large, amorphous groups are often less powerful politically than small, organized ones. He followed it up with “The Rise and Decline of Nations.”

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Matthew Yglesias:

Jobs I'd be Willing to Take — According to George Packer, David Brooks is pretty perceptive: … I have more thoughts on this matter, but for now the superficial — does this really sound like a plausible reason for David Brooks to have agreed to become a New York Times columnist?

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Lydia Saad / Gallup:

Key Clinton Constituencies Moving Toward Obama — Obama now competitive among women, whites, and the less educated — PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup Poll Daily tracking has documented a surge in Democratic voters' support for Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton in recent days …

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Wall Street Journal:

Clinton Keeps Up Fight As Staff Tensions Rise — By MONICA LANGLEY in Bowling Green, Ky., and AMY CHOZICK in Crow Agency, Mont. — Heading into twin Democratic primaries Tuesday in Kentucky and Oregon — which the two candidates are expected to split — Sen. Hillary Clinton is vowing …

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Dana Goldstein / American Prospect:

KY DISTRICT SAYS ADVANCED MATH IS ONLY FOR GIRLS. — Remember those experimental sex-segregated K-12 programs the New York Times Magazine profiled in March? You know, the ones that rely upon gender stereotypes to educate young public school students? Yesterday the ACLU filed a lawsuit …

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New York Times:

Report Details Complaints Over Interrogations — WASHINGTON — F.B.I. agents complained repeatedly, beginning in 2002, about the harsh interrogation tactics that military and C.I.A. interrogators were using in questioning terrorism suspects, like making them do dog tricks and parade in the nude …

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