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6:50 PM ET, June 25, 2008

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David Stout / New York Times:
Supreme Court Rejects Death Penalty for Child Rape  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled, 5 to 4, on Wednesday that sentencing someone to death for raping a child is unconstitutional, assuming that the victim is not killed.  —  “The death penalty is not a proportional punishment for the rape of a child …
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Andy McCarthy / The Corner:
Eighth Amendment Question: Isn't Brutally Raping an Eight-year-old More Cruel Than Lethal Injection?  —  Even if you agree with their bottom line, do Justice Kennedy and the justices in Kennedy v. Louisiana have a clue about how offensive it is to write this line in rationalizing why a man …
Discussion: Fausta's blog
Michelle Malkin:
What the child rapist, saved today by Supreme Court liberals …
Bench Memos:
Kennedy v. Louisiana
Discussion: Right Wing News
M.E. Sprengelmeyer / Rocky Mountain News:
Nader: Obama ‘talking white’  —  Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader accused Sen. Barack Obama, the presumed Democratic Party nominee, of downplaying poverty issues, trying to “talk white” and appealing to “white guilt” during his run for the White House.
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Obama's aim: 14 Bush states and local races  —  Barack Obama will focus his resources largely in 14 states George W. Bush won in 2004, his chief field operative said Tuesday, hoping to score upsets in places like Virginia, Indiana, and Georgia.  —  But winning the White House won't be his only goal …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:   Miles to Go  —  In Ralph Nader's Race for Reform, This Is No Time to Slow Down
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama, McCain Tied at 45%  —  Obama had held at least a slim advantage for most of June  —  PRINCETON, NJ — The latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update on the presidential election finds John McCain and Barack Obama exactly tied at 45% among registered voters nationwide.
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
More Phony Myths  —  Karl Rove was impressed with Barack Obama when he first met him.  But now he sees him as a “coolly arrogant” elitist.  —  This was Rove's take on Obama to Republicans at the Capitol Hill Club Monday, according to Christianne Klein of ABC News:  —  “Even if you never met him, you know this guy.
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Rolling Stone:
Inside Barack Obama's iPod  —  Barack Obama is a Stevie Wonder geek.  In the Democratic presidential candidate's new interview with Rolling Stone editor-in-chief Jann S. Wenner, Obama waxed rhapsodic about his favorite artists, many of whom — Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Jay-Z — have shown him love with endorsements.
Angela Balakrishnan / Guardian:
Obama reveals his iPod playlist
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and ATTACKERMAN
John Gizzi / Human Events:
Pelosi on ‘Hush Rush,’ and Filibustering FISA  —  The speaker of the House made it clear to me and more than forty of my colleagues yesterday that a bill by Rep. Mike Pence (R.-Ind.) to outlaw the “Fairness Doctrine” (which a liberal administration could use to silence Rush Limbaugh …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
To the Loser Go the Spoils  —  Hillary Clinton was taking the elevator up to her Senate office yesterday for the first time since she lost the Democratic presidential nomination when one of her aides, Philippe Reines, warned her about the condition of her office.
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David M. Herszenhorn / The Caucus:   Day 2 on the Hill for Clinton
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Taking Ownership of Iraq?  —  Having recently returned from Egypt, I have the Suez Canal on my mind.  And looking at Iraq from Cairo, the thought occurred to me that maybe the Iraqis have just crossed the Suez Canal.  If so, that's good news.  —  What am I talking about?
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Peter Hamby / CNN:
McCain labels energy plan ‘The Lexington Project’ … LAS VEGAS (CNN) - John McCain pledged Wednesday that “in a world of hostile and unstable suppliers of oil,” the United States will achieve “strategic independence” from foreign oil by the year 2025.  —  For the first time, McCain labeled his energy plan “The Lexington Project.”
Discussion: TIME.com and Commentary
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Dan Balz / The Trail:
New Wine in Old Bottles  —  A campaign between Barack Obama and John McCain once offered enormous possibilities for something new.  Instead, the two presumptive nominees have opened their campaigns for the White House with what looks and sounds like a repeat of the kind of politics both have promised to leave behind.
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Obama Making Private Calls Appealing To Hillary's Top Fundraisers — And Sometimes Hearing Criticism In Return  —  Barack Obama has begun privately calling Hillary's top fundraisers and making personal appeals for their support, and in some cases is getting some criticism in return …
John Riley / Spin Cycle:
Schumer: Against telcom immunity  —  Chuck Schumer's spokesman tells us that he's going to oppose the current version of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act legislation, which immunizes telcom companies for past implementation of Bush's requests and expands the government's capacity to surveil without court approval.
Daniel Libit / The Politico:
Meet the make-believe strategists of TV  —  Jane Fleming Kleeb went on “The O'Reilly Factor” two weeks ago to talk about global warming, a topic on which, by her own admission, she's hardly an expert.  So who, then, is Jane Fleming Kleeb?  Well, according to the Chyron that flashed across …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
A hint on the veepstakes  —  Plouffe is asked whether he thinks a vice presidential nominee can help carry a state.  —  “I don't think that's going to be a factor in selection,” he says.  —  As model nominees he cites Al Gore and Dick Cheney.  —  “That worked for them,” he says of Cheney's nomination.
Discussion: MSNBC and TIME.com
 
 
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Dan Neil / Los Angeles Times:
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Mark Hemingway / The Corner:
E Pluribus Obama  —  I missed this when it was first reported yesterday …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs
Marc Ambinder:
Plouffe On McCain's Squandared Opportunity
Matt / Think Progress:
Former McCain Strategist Blames Charlie Black's Gaffe On 'Tremendous …
Alan Cowell / New York Times:
Queen Strips Mugabe of Knighthood
Associated Press:
Tough-guy actor eyes Senate seat
Stephanie Mencimer / MoJoBlog:
Supreme Court Overturns Exxon Valdez Verdict
 Earlier Items: 
Ralph Peters / USA Today:
I'm for McCain, but not the GOP
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Plouffe: Barr could make the difference
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
McCain vs. Obama as Commander in Chief
Discussion: The Swamp
Carla Marinucci / San Francisco Chronicle:
Bush basher Scott McClellan might bolt GOP
Megan McArdle:
The lesser of two incredibly awful evils
Discussion: alicublog
Faiz / Think Progress:
World War III Proponent McCain Says It Will Take 'All-Out World …
Discussion: MiamiHerald.com and Wonk Room
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
WHERE WILL THE REPUBLICANS GO?  —  TPM Reader HW peels …
Discussion: Seeing the Forest
Stephanie Simon / Wall Street Journal:
The Greenest Show on Earth: Democrats Gear Up for Denver