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6:15 PM ET, July 6, 2008

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Mike Allen / The Politico:
$3 million ad targets Obama on energy  —  An independent-expenditure arm of the Republican National Committee has begun a 10-day, $3 million ad campaign in swing states attacking Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) as “just the party line.”  —  The 30-second ad, called “Balance,” …
Discussion: MyDD, Hot Air and TIME.com
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CNN:
McCain campaign questions Obama's words  —  (CNN) — Sen. John McCain's campaign said Sunday that Barack Obama's remarks on Iraq “have left a significant question as to exactly what he intends.”  —  “He has held almost every conceivable position in the course of his relatively brief career in the Senate …
Discussion: PrestoPundit
CBS News:
Kerry: McCain's Judgment Is Dangerous
Discussion: TalkLeft and The Caucus
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
New RNC Ads Go After Obama on Energy
Discussion: Marc Ambinder and Wake up America
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
A Tipping Point In Iraq?  —  The Mosul campaign is a final and critical one, and Marie Colvin, an excellent and seasoned reporter, has very encouraging news: … The use of female suicide bombers - often the bereaved family members of, er, former suicide bombers - is another sign of the Jihadists' desperation.
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Bryan Bender / Boston Globe:
Obama, McCain split over Afghan strategy
Discussion: TIME.com
Campbell Robertson / New York Times:
Iraqi Parties, After Meetings in Finland, Agree on Principles to Guide Further Talks
Discussion: ATTACKERMAN
Andy McCarthy / The Corner:
Is There Legitimate Doubt About Obama's Eligibility to be President?  —  I had not caught up until today with this apparent controversy over whether the Hawaii birth certificate proffered by Obama's campaign is a forgery and whether there are legitimate questions about whether he was born …
Discussion: Dean's World, Doug Ross and TigerHawk
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AJStrata / The Strata-Sphere:
The Obama “Forged Birth Certificate” Myth Is Busted  —  Welcome Hot Air and Little Green Footballs Readers  —  May I suggest much more important topics such as Our Pending Victory In Iraq, The Determination Of Our Soldiers To Succeed In Iraq, Obama's Flip-Flops, and Nagging Problems On Flight 93 Memorial.
Armed Liberal / Winds of Change.NET:
Yglesias Picks Up Shovel, Digs  —  In a more thoughtful followup (not hard!) to his earlier paean to Mother England, Yglesias goes on to say one sensible thing about patriotism: … He then drives directly off the rails. … No Matthew, you marvelous Harvard-trained Atlantic columnist you …
Discussion: The Corner, BLACKFIVE and Dean's World
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Matthew Yglesias:
Contingency, Irony, Patriotism
Discussion: Crooked Timber
Jeff G. / protein wisdom:
Chimpy McHitlerburton's smirky rodeo ride through history, 25: the last slice of Saddam cake eaten by secret greedy killbots  —  From the AP: … Now, before you dull, neocon chickenhawk dupes (whose gullibility encouraged smarter and more discriminating Dem congresspeople to set aside …
Discussion: Open Left and pandagon.net
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Washington Post:
Supreme Slip-Up  —  A recent high court ruling is factually flawed.  The justices should correct it.  —  WHEN A NEWSPAPER gets its facts wrong, it's supposed to publish a correction, and, if someone's reputation has been harmed, a retraction and apology.  It can be embarrassing …
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:   Glenn Beck on how the US should treat Gitmo detainees: We're …
Matt / Think Progress:
Fred Barnes's Advice To McCain: Revive Your Struggling Campaign By Using Gay-Bashing As A Wedge  —  Discussing Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) struggling campaign on Fox News Sunday today, Weekly Standard Executive Editor Fred Barnes argued that McCain “needs to pay attention to the right.”
The Politico:
Obama's own voice may haunt him  —  Barack Obama has proved to be a difficult target to hit — just ask Hillary Rodham Clinton.  Opposition researchers, though, hope that they've found a weapon to wound Obama in his own voice as recorded for the Grammy Award-winning audio version of his 1995 memoir, “Dreams from My Father.”
Jeffrey Goldberg:
Bill Clinton On Unstable ex-POWs  —  Bill Clinton is speaking at the Aspen Ideas Festival, and he said just now, apropos of almost nothing (actually, during a long peroration on Nelson Mandela): “Every living soul on this planet has some highly-justified anger.  Everyone.
John Cole / Balloon Juice:
CBS Sunday Morning  —  Not sure if I am going to like this show as much- really not into the alien bit they are starting with, but I am looking forward to the David Crosby retrospective.  —  Meanwhile, in matters political, the continued intransigence of left-wing bloggers …
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Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
American Energy Policy, Asleep at the Spigot  —  Correction Appended  —  JUST three years ago, with oil trading at a seemingly frothy $66 a barrel, David J. O'Reilly made what many experts considered a risky bet.  Outmaneuvering Chinese bidders and ignoring critics who said he overpaid …
Kevin Ferris / Philly.com:
Back Channels: He's brave and he's honest  —  A senior noncommissioned officer at Fort Lewis, Wash., in the late '70s had the unenviable task of guiding soldiers through the discharge process.  —  He would face a roomful of GIs eager to begin civilian life and methodically review a mountain …
 
 
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Associated Press:
Afghan officials: US missiles killed 27 civilians
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
HELMS.  —  Like Matt, I'm a bit surprised to see conservatives …
Holland Cotter / New York Times:
Buddha's Caves  —  SAND is implacable here in far western China.
Discussion: The Agonist
Faiz / Think Progress:
CNN revisits the Bush's administration's Iraq war deception.
Janet Hook / Los Angeles Times:
For Republicans, the Senate outlook is bad
Discussion: The Raw Story and MyDD
Ellen Wulfhorst / Reuters:
Some coffee fans get grim delight in Starbucks woes
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON BUD DAY, AND CNN
Stephen Hunter / Washington Post:
Leading Men  —  Barack Obama and John McCain Want the Biggest Role …
 Earlier Items: 
Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
Obama: Media response to Iraq remarks overblown
Peter Beinart / Washington Post:
The Fear Democrats Can Jettison
Discussion: TownHall Blog and TalkLeft
Daniel Foggo / Times of London:
‘Germ warfare’ fear over African monkeys taken to Iran
Discussion: Newshoggers.com
Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
The Truth Commission  —  When a distinguished American military …
Karl / protein wisdom:
Lefty blogs got no lovin' for AP's Loven
Urmee Khan / Telegraph:
Moon mistaken for UFO
Discussion: Wake up America
Julia Preston / New York Times:
Employers Fight Tough Measures on Immigration
Frank Rich / New York Times:
Wall-E for President  —  SO much for a July Fourth week spent …
 

 
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