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4:55 PM ET, June 15, 2008

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Chris Ayres / Times of London:
Scientists find bugs that eat waste and excrete petrol  —  Silicon Valley is experimenting with bacteria that have been genetically altered to provide ‘renewable petroleum’  —  “Ten years ago I could never have imagined I'd be doing this,” says Greg Pal, 33, a former software executive …
David Paul Kuhn / The Politico:
Many historians see little chance for McCain  —  One week into the general election, the polls show a dead heat.  But many presidential scholars doubt that John McCain stands much of a chance, if any.  —  Historians belonging to both parties offered a litany of historical comparisons that give little hope to the Republican.
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama-McCain Race Reverts to Virtual Tie  —  Percentage undecided now 15%, highest of the year  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Voters are closely divided between Barack Obama and John McCain in Gallup Poll Daily tracking conducted June 12-14, with 44% of national registered voters favoring …
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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama 45%, McCain 42%
Discussion: The Other McCain and MyDD
The Politico:
Tribute in Russert's studio  —  On a memorial edition of NBC's “Meet the Press,” moderator Tim Russert was remembered in his studio as a friend of politicians who prepared rigorously for the powerful show and was “offended” when they didn't do the same.  —  The show, with just one commercial …
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Recalling Russert as Political Operative in New York  —  WASHINGTON — For most of Washington, Tim Russert was known as the successful moderator of “Meet the Press” on NBC and a premier chronicler of the presidential campaign.  His accomplishments and status could be measured in the flood …
Discussion: Althouse
Michael Calderone / The Politico:
Sundays after Russert  —  On the morning after Tim Russert's …
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Peter Schweizer / Daily Mail:
Don't listen to the liberals - Right-wingers really are nicer people, latest research shows  —  George Orwell once wrote that politics was closely related to social identity.  ‘One sometimes gets the impression,’ he wrote in The Road To Wigan Pier, 'that the mere words socialism …
Washington Post:
A Partnership With Iraq  —  The Shiite government signals a desire for an alliance with the United States.  Shouldn't that be welcomed?  —  THOUGH IT was hardly noticed in Washington, Iraq's Shiite-led government sent a powerful message to Iran and to the Middle East last week.
Toronto Star:
Free speech cannot be an excuse for hate  —  One staple of anti-Semitism has been that Jews have taken over the world, or are about to.  Now Muslims are being accused of the same.  —  That Muslims pose a dire demographic and ideological threat to the West was the hypothesis of a 4,800-word article …
Discussion: Israpundit and Atlas Shrugs
Spencer / Attackerman:
I'll Tell You What Banks Told Me: Go 'Head, Switch The Style Up  —  Let's put a few Sadr-related things together.  —  First, Sadr has long been favored by Iraq watchers to win the provincial elections in Shiite areas — which helps explain why they're probably not going to happen on time, if at all.
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Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
Olbermann Asked To Tone Down Hillary Hate, Refused … (Emphasis supplied.)  More . . .  BTW, this is the same Phil Griffin who was quoted as saying: … There appears to be a credibility problem for Phil Griffin on this issue.  Obviously he DID think his network, or at the least …
Discussion: Salon and The Democratic Daily
Tom Lasseter / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
America's prison for terrorists often held the wrong men  —  GARDEZ, Afghanistan — The militants crept up behind Mohammed Akhtiar as he squatted at the spigot to wash his hands before evening prayers at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.  —  They shouted “Allahu Akbar” — God is great …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
This Week: Fred Thompson Muddies The Waters On SCOTUS Gitmo Decision  —  This is what aggravates me so much about the Sunday “news” shows.  There is so much lying and muddying of the waters so that the average American-who doesn't have the time to read judicial decisions-doesn't understand …
Sarah Baxter / Times of London:
Get Osama Bin Laden before I leave office, orders George W Bush  —  President George W Bush has enlisted British special forces in a final attempt to capture Osama Bin Laden before he leaves the White House.  —  Defence and intelligence sources in Washington and London confirmed that a renewed hunt …
Discussion: Hot Air, Macsmind and Seeing the Forest
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Washington Post:
At Obama's Former Church, Hurt Lingers  —  Members Feel Bruised By Time in Media's Glare  —  CHICAGO — They paraded through the summer-like heat last weekend in long dresses and suit coats, hundreds of families following the same paths that lead them to church every Sunday morning.
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Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
Obama takes fatherhood message to S. Side church
Discussion: The New Republic and TIME.com
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Of Floods And Politics  —  Very deft p.r. from the Obama camp.  This is the kind of thing a president would do - and the contrast with Bush after Katrina is powerful:
Discussion: TPM Election Central
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
The Chris Matthews Show: Acting!  —  Kathleen Parker has written a book on poor, put upon men (they suffer so much in this country), and for reasons obvious to only Chris Matthews' psyche, it put him in mind of this 2002 Saturday Night Live skit where John McCain plays a sensitive, giving husband.
 
 
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