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6:35 PM ET, June 20, 2008

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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Ghosts in the GOP attack machine  —  In a web video emailed to supporters Thursday, Barack Obama explained that he was opting out of the public financing system because John McCain is “not going to stop the smears and attacks from his allies running so-called 527 groups who will spend millions …
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Exclusive: MoveOn To Close Its 527 In Response To Obama's Candidacy  —  MoveOn, the advocacy group supporting Barack Obama, has decided to permanently shutter its 527 operation, partly in response to the Illinois Senator's insistence that such groups should not spend on his behalf during the general election …
Alex Koppelman / Salon:   MoveOn closes its 527 for good  —  On Friday, Talking Points …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
OBAMA ON FISA  —  Obama on the FISA ‘Compromise’ ...
Discussion: First Draft and Wake up America
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Obama Backing FISA “Compromise”  —  Obama's statement on the FISA “compromise” is in, and suffice it to say that it won't make opponents of the Dem cave-in very happy.  He's supporting it.  —  Here's the key part: … Full statement after the jump.  —  Late Update: My take on his decision is here.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and The Moderate Voice
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Why Obama's Support For FISA Cave-In Is Such A Downer
Discussion: Paul Krugman
Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
Obama Spokesman: I Don't Know His Stance On FISA
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
What Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer and Fred Hiatt mean by “bipartisanship”  —  Update VI — first ad against Steny Hoyer -  —  Update VII — Obama announces support for “compromise” FISA/amnesty bill -  —  Update VIII - Update IX)  —  It's bad enough watching the likes of Steny Hoyer …
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Washington Post:
House Passes Compromise Wiretapping Bill  —  The House today overwhelmingly approved a sweeping new surveillance law that effectively would shield telecommunications companies from privacy lawsuits for cooperating with the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program.
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Where is Obama on the FISA fight? Obama responds! UPDATED 1,2, &3
Discussion: Emptywheel and Hot Air
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Two Obamas  —  God, Republicans are saps.  They think that they're running against some academic liberal who wouldn't wear flag pins on his lapel, whose wife isn't proud of America and who went to some liberationist church where the pastor damned his own country.
John M. Broder / The Caucus:
The Great Seal of Obamaland?  —  At a discussion with a dozen Democratic governors in Chicago on Friday morning, each of the governors was identified with a small name plate but Senator Barack Obama sat behind a low rostrum to which was attached an official-looking seal no one had seen before.
Robert Cox / Media Bloggers Association:
Back Story AP and Drudge Retort Come to Terms  —  In what may close one chapter and signal the beginning of another, the AP and Rogers Cadenhead of Drudge Retort have come to resolution on their dispute while leaving unresolved the central source of conflict in the case …
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Cernig / Newshoggers.com:   AP Says “Case Closed” - I Don't Think So
Michael Hirsh / Newsweek:
Barack's Bounce  —  The latest NEWSWEEK Poll shows the Democrat with a 15-point lead over McCain.  —  Barack finally has his bounce.  For weeks many political experts and pollsters have been wondering why the race between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain had stayed so tight …
CNN:
McClellan: Cheney should testify about CIA leak  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Vice President Dick Cheney should testify before Congress about his role in the leaking of a CIA agent's identity, former White House spokesman Scott McClellan told members of the House Judiciary Committee on Friday.
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The Hill:
Cheney gets last laugh
Discussion: The New Republic
Emptywheel:
Scott McClellan Testimony: Rove Is a Liar and Cheney an Oil-Hungry War-Monger
Michael Barbaro / City Room:
Bloomberg Criticizes ‘Whisper Campaign’ Around Obama  —  BOCA RATON, Fla. — Injecting himself directly into the presidential campaign and speaking before one of its most crucial constituencies, Jewish voters, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Friday morning forcefully rejected what he called a …
Patterico's Pontifications:
The Power of the Jump: L.A. Times Buries and Waters Down Evidence That Obama Actually Broke a Public Financing Pledge  —  Last night, I was shocked to see that the L.A. Times had clearly and prominently told readers that Obama had made (and has now violated) a pledge to use public financing.
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Alexis Madrigal / Wired Science:
Mars Phoenix Tweets: “We Have ICE!”  —  There is water ice on Mars within reach of the Mars Phoenix Lander, NASA scientists announced Thursday.  —  Photographic evidence settles the debate over the nature of the white material seen in photographs sent back by the craft.
Discussion: Boston Globe
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Kenneth Chang / New York Times:
White Patches Found in Mars Trench Are Ice, Scientists Say
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama 46%, McCain 44%  —  Obama's margin over McCain slightly smaller than in previous days  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup Poll Daily tracking shows Barack Obama with 46% of the support of registered voters and John McCain at 44%.  This is a slightly smaller margin …
Discussion: The Swamp and TalkLeft
Greg Mitchell / The Huffington Post:
Coming on Sunday from ‘NYT’: Charlie Crist's Personal Life  —  With Florida Governor Charlie Crist now being seriously floated as a VP candidate for John McCain, all those old rumors that the longtime bachelor may be gay have gained new currency — along with reports about Crist dating several women.
Matthew Yglesias:
Meet The New Boss  —  Jim Henley on Barack Obama's lack of leadership on FISA: “If the House and Senate leadership really did sneak the bill past him last week, which I'm not inclined to believe, still nothing stopped him from shutting them down this week.  Except if he either doesn't consider …
Discussion: Unqualified Offerings
 
 
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Lawrence B. Lindsey / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Turns FDR Upside Down
Scott Martelle / Top of the Ticket:
Why let Jon Stewart have all the fun?
Discussion: Salon and The Swamp
Mike Huckabee / Huck PAC:
Life. Liberty. Pursuit of Happiness.
Brooks Jackson / FactCheck.org:
Obama's Lame Claim About McCain's Money
Discussion: Hot Air and The Next Right
Sean / FiveThirtyEight.com:
McCain VP: Pawlenty Guarantees MN, WI?
John Derbyshire / The Corner:
Hating Science  —  Kathryn, Jonah, Yuval: Good points all …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Anna Jo Bratton / Associated Press:
Hagel says he'd consider VP offer from Obama
Discussion: Donklephant and TIME.com
Marc Ambinder:
The General Election Map
Discussion: MyDD and Commentary
 Earlier Items: 
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A REPORT FROM THE PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAM FRONT.
Micah L. Sifry / techPresident:
BREAKING: PdF2008 Hosts Obama-McCain Twitter Debate
Matthew Yglesias:
Ahmadenijad's Clarification
Discussion: Weekly Standard Blog and QandO
San Francisco Chronicle:
Countering race with class
Discussion: Open Left
Hindrocket / Power Line:
THE DEMOCRATS' MORTGAGE SCANDAL CONTINUES
Julia Hoppock / Political Punch:
McCain Double-Talk on Immigration?
Telegraph:
Martha Stewart refused entry to the UK
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