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Kelly Moeller / Political Punch:
Obama Confronts Lieberman On McCain Advocacy, Tone, on Senate Floor — Sen. Joe Lieberman, the self-described “Independent Democrat” who caucuses with the Democratic party in the Senate even though he has endorsed Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz, got some tough talk from Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois …
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Matt / Think Progress:
DeLay On Obama: ‘Unless He Proves Me Wrong, He Is A Marxist’ — On right-winger Mike Gallagher's radio show today, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX), who is currently facing charges of money laundering and conspiracy to launder money, launched a fringe attack on Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) by claiming that he is a Marxist.
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Adam Nagourney / The Caucus:
Clinton Says V.P. Is Obama's Choice — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton today disavowed a campaign by some of her supporters to pressure Senator Barack Obama into choosing her as a running-mate, saying they were acting on their own and the decision on who to pick was “Senator Obama's and his alone.”
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MSNBC:
Clinton, Obama meet in Washington — They confer after she disavows push to make her vice president — WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton met late Thursday with Barack Obama, a day after saying she would end her quest for the Democratic nomination and endorse the Illinois senator.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Ferraro wants Obama to pay Clinton's debt — Geraldine Ferraro has a plan for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) to recoup her sizable campaign debt: Have Sen. Barack Obama's (D-Ill.) fundraisers pick up the tab. — After a long primary season, the Clinton campaign's expenditures …
Scott Shane / New York Times:
Senate Panel Accuses Bush of Iraq Exaggerations — WASHINGTON — In a report long delayed by partisan squabbling, the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday accused President Bush and Vice President Cheney of taking the country to war in Iraq by exaggerating evidence of links between Saddam Hussein …
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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard Blog:Jay Rockefeller's Amnesia; White House Weakness
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Satyam / Think Progress:Iraq Report Undermines Bush's Claim That He Is A ‘Credible’ …
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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama Gets Slight Bounce With Clinton as VP — Slight majority of Democrats say Obama should choose Clinton — PRINCETON, NJ — A slight majority of Democrats say that Barack Obama should choose Hillary Clinton as his Democratic running mate for the fall election.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Obama denies a rumor and questions the question — Sen. Barack Obama on Thursday batted down rumors circulating on the Internet and mentioned on some cable news shows of the existence of a video of his wife using a derogatory term for white people, and criticized a reporter for asking him about the rumor …
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Obama And Dean Team Up To Recast The Political Map — Sixteen months after he launched his campaign for the White House, Sen. Barack Obama may, just now, be entering his campaign's most perilous stage. Facing a rift of sorts within the Democratic Party and concerns over the scope of his political base …
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Staten Island Advance:
Son of GOP nominee throws hat into ring for Staten Island's seat — It could be father versus son in the race for Staten Island's seat in the House of Representatives. — An already topsy-turvy political year grew even more so today when Francis M. Powers, the son of GOP designee Francis H. Powers …
Steven Ginsberg / The Trail:
Obama Clarifies Remarks on Jerusalem — Facing criticism from Palestinians, Sen. Barack Obama acknowledged today that the status of Jerusalem will need to be negotiated in future peace talks, amending a statement earlier in the week that Jerusalem “must remain undivided.”
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Stay classy, Kos: Markos goes after McCain's ... teeth — Bookmark this post, and recall it every single time a progressive blogger accuses us of “distractions” and irrelevancies when it comes to criticizing Barack Obama. Today, Markos gives his readers a substantive reason to vote against John McCain — his yellowed teeth:
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Thom Shanker / New York Times:
2 Top Leaders of Air Force Pushed Out After Inquiry — WASHINGTON — The Air Force's senior civilian official and its highest-ranking general were ousted by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates on Thursday following an official inquiry into the mishandling of nuclear weapons and components, senior Pentagon officials said.
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Mark Halperin / TIME.com:
HALPERIN'S TAKE: What John McCain Underestimates — 1. The astonishing enthusiasm that Obama inspires in his supporters — and how much it contrasts with the respect, but not passion, McCain enjoys from his own backers. (And the size of Obama's crowds...)
Glenn Thrush / Spin Cycle:
Most NY Reps to skip Hillary sendoff — Sorry Hillary, they've got other plans. — The vast majority of Hillary Rodham Clinton's congressional supporters in New York will be skipping her Saturday drop-out announcement in Washington - citing reasons ranging from town halls back in their districts …
Jackie Kucinich / The Hill:
McCain snubs President Bush's fundraising dinner — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) will not attend President Bush's fundraising dinner for congressional candidates in another indication that the GOP nominee is distancing himself from the man he wants to replace.
Lenny Ben-David / JCPA Jerusalem Center …:
Robert Kennedy's 1948 Reports from Palestine — In April 1948, one month before Israel declared independence, Robert Kennedy, then 22, traveled to Palestine to report on the conflict for the Boston Post. His four dispatches from the scene were published in June 1948.
Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2008: Missouri Presidential Election — Missouri: Obama 43% McCain 42% — The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Missouri shows that Barack Obama and John McCain are essentially even if the race for the Show-Me State's Electoral College votes.
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