You Are Here  —  The PresidentialWatch08 map is composed of the 297 most visible and influential websites and blogs - out of a complete dataset of over 2000 sites - using Linkfluence's proprietary crawl technology.  —  As Ethan Zuckerman writes: “The idea here is to look at linking between political blogs …

Rove: Obama's the Guy at the Country Club Holding a Martini Making Snide Comments About Everyone Else  —  ABC News' Christianne Klein reports that at a breakfast with Republican insiders at the Capitol Hill Club this morning, former White House senior aide Karl Rove referred to Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, as “coolly arrogant.”

‘The Google’  —  The first question at an excellent panel at the Personal Democracy Forum in New York today with top web folks from the leading campaign goes to McCain aide Mark Soohoo.  —  Moderator Andrew Rasiej asks for a show of hands on whether the panelists have had to tell the candidate not to say …

Dobson accuses Obama of ‘distorting’ Bible  —  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — As Barack Obama broadens his outreach to evangelical voters, one of the movement's biggest names, James Dobson, accuses the likely Democratic presidential nominee of distorting the Bible and pushing a “fruitcake interpretation” of the Constitution.

A new Imus controversy?  —  On “Imus in the Morning” Monday, the controversial radio host Don Imus — who was fired last year for making racist and sexist remarks about the Rutgers University women's basketball team — made a racially freighted comment about another African-American athlete.

Obama's presidential seal gone after one use  —  (CNN) - Barack Obama's communications director said Monday that the presidential seal the campaign unveiled last week at a meeting with Democratic governors won't be seen again.  —  “That was a one time thing for a one time event,” Robert Gibbs told CNN.

Twenty Years Later: Tipping Points Near on Global Warming  —  Today I testified to Congress about global warming, 20 years after my June 23, 1988 testimony, which alerted the public that global warming was underway.  There are striking similarities between then and now, but one big difference.

Oregon City woman details abortion, relationship with Mike Erickson  —  Now a “pro-life” congressional candidate, he gave her $300 and took her to the clinic in Northeast Portland, Tawnya says  —  An Oregon City woman who dated congressional candidate Mike Erickson seven years ago said she asked …

Shelby Steele acknowledged he doesn't believe claim in subtitle of his own book on Obama  —  Shelby Steele, author of A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can't Win (Free Press, December 2007), acknowledged that he thinks Sen. Barack Obama “can definitely win” …

Pentagon, GAO see good news and bad in Iraq  —  Two new reports point to security improvements but are pessimistic about political and economic progress.  —  WASHINGTON — Two new government reports, one by the Pentagon, pointed Monday to encouraging security improvements in Iraq …

What's Obscene?  Google Could Have an Answer  —  Judges and jurors who must decide whether sexually explicit material is obscene are asked to use a local yardstick: does the material violate community standards?  —  That is often a tricky question because there is no simple, concrete way to gauge a community's tastes and values.

Charlie Black's Kinsleyian Gaffe  —  McCain adviser Charlie Black “deeply regret[s] the comments” he made in Fortune Magazine — “they were inappropriate.  I recognize that John McCain has devoted his entire adult life to protecting his country and placing its security before every other consideration.”

U.S.-allied Iraqi politician kills 2 U.S. troops, wounds 4  —  MADAIN, Iraq — A U.S.-allied Iraqi council member sprayed American troops with gunfire Monday, killing two soldiers and wounding three and an interpreter, Iraqi authorities and witnesses said.  The attack occurred minutes …

Muslim Voters Detect a Snub From Obama  —  Many Muslim Americans who have supported Barack Obama's candidacy say he has not returned the embrace.