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11:25 AM ET, June 25, 2008

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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Chris Dodd's speech and a glimmer of hope for stopping the FISA bill  —  Back in December, Harry Reid's plan was to have the Senate quickly pass the Cheney/Rockefeller FISA bill before the Senate recessed for Christmas.  But Chris Dodd's relentless delaying tactics — his filibuster and holds …
Robert Gehrke / Salt Lake Tribune:
Cannon spiked by newbie Chaffetz in 3rd District primary  —  Jason Chaffetz's promise to change Washington, starting with Rep. Chris Cannon, resonated with Republican voters, who ousted the six-term incumbent in a GOP primary Tuesday.  —  “We rocked the vote here in Utah and we rocked the Republican Party …
Discussion: Capitol Briefing and Mathew Gross
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Brock Vergakis / Associated Press:
Utah Rep. Cannon ousted in Republican primary  —  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Rep. Chris Cannon, one of the nation's most conservative congressmen, lost his bid for a seventh term Tuesday in a Republican primary that focused on whether he was conservative enough for Utah's 3rd District.
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 …
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.
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Do NOT Mock Obama!  —  Joseph Palermo of the Huffington Post gets so incensed that Jon Stewart mocked Obama's decision to opt out of public financing that he denounces Jon Stewart as having led us into war: … And that's why proper libs shouldn't mock Obama now, since it inadvertently makes the Republican case for McCain.
Discussion: The Sundries Shack
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Joseph A. Palermo / The Huffington Post:
Jon Stewart Skewers Obama on Public Financing
Discussion: JammieWearingFool
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 …
Discussion: TownHall Blog and pandagon.net
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.
Derrik J. Lang / Associated Press:
Barack Obama buzz sweeps through the BET Awards  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) - Barack Obama didn't attend the BET Awards, but that didn't stop attendees from talking about him.  —  “If we all register and vote, we will have the first black president in the history of America,” Sean “Diddy” …
Discussion: Hot Air and Wonkette
Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
BREAKING: Bush Administration to Ask Congress on Thursday to REMOVE North Korea from TERROR WATCH LIST  —  (Asst. Secretary of State for East Asia Christopher Hill)  —  Tonight, The Washington Note confirmed that the Bush administration will “ask Congress” to de-list North Korea from America's “terrorist watch list.”
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.
Discussion: TalkLeft and Real Clear Politics
Marc Ambinder:
Why Bill Clinton's Miffed At Obama  —  In politics, Hillary Clinton speaks for the Clinton family now, and aside from her campaign debt, she has no real difficulty supporting Barack Obama privately and publicly.  —  But Bill Clinton has a beef.  A Democrat who has spoken directly to Clinton …
Felicity Barringer / New York Times:
White House Refused to Open Pollutants E-Mail  —  The White House in December refused to accept the Environmental Protection Agency's conclusion that greenhouse gases are pollutants that must be controlled, telling agency officials that an e-mail message containing the document would not be opened …
 
 
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Stephanie Simon / Wall Street Journal:
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Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Report Assails Political Hiring in Justice Dept.
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David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Approval Is Near for Bill to Help U.S. Homeowners
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Ben Winograd / SCOTUSblog:
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
A Surprise From Syria And Israel?
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Taking Ownership of Iraq?
Hilzoy / Obsidian Wings:
Returned To The Battlefield  —  In his dissent in Boumedienne (pdf), Justice Scalia wrote:
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Nate / FiveThirtyEight.com:
Today's Polls, 6/24  —  Why haven't the Democrats thought …
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
An Honor That Bush Is Unlikely to Embrace
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Mike O'Shea / Concurring Opinions:
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