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7:00 PM ET, July 8, 2008

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Michael Powell / The Caucus:
Obama Addresses Critics on ‘Centrist’ Moves  —  POWDER SPRINGS, Ga. — Barack Obama had heard quite enough of the complaints that he is pirouetting, leaping, lurching even, toward the political center.  —  He is at heart, he told a crowd in suburban Atlanta, a pretty progressive guy …
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Bob Herbert / New York Times:
Lurching With Abandon  —  In one of the numbers from “Fiddler on the Roof,” Tevye sings, with a mixture of emotions: “We haven't got the man ... we had when we began.”  —  Back in January when Barack Obama pulled off his stunning win in the Iowa caucuses, and people were lining up in the cold …
Yuval Levin / The Corner:
Refined Refinements  —  Barack Obama today tried to address directly the question of his shifts to the right in recent weeks.  As he often does when answering criticism, he tried to move the question to a level of abstraction well beyond that of the actual substance at issue, and so, he insists:
New York Post:   BARACK'S PATSIES  —  OBAMA'S ASTOUNDING BAD FAITH
Michael D. Shear / The Trail:
McCain Responds to Maliki's Call for an Iraq Withdrawal Timetable  —  Sen. John McCain, who has repeatedly derided anyone who advocated a timetable for withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, now suddenly finds himself in a political box as the American-backed Iraqi leadership yesterday raised the prospect of exactly that.
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Plain Dealer / OPENERS:
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Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs
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The Campaign Spot:
Obama's Third Ad, As Inaccurate As His First Two
Discussion: The Caucus, Hot Air and Redstate
Washington Wire:   Obama Responds to RNC Ad
David Corn / MotherJones.com:
McCain Campaign Screening Questioners?  —  WASHINGTON DISPATCH: Political reporters are wondering if McCain aides are vetting the journalists who ask questions during campaign conference calls for the media.  The evidence suggests they are; the campaign won't say.
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Matt Lewis / TownHall Blog:   How to Get Your Questions Answered on McCain Conference Calls ...
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Our Full Page Ad in the Washington Post Against FISA Bill  —  The vote in the Senate on FISA is scheduled for this week.  Debate starts today, but the vote will probably be pushed until Wednesday due to Jesse Helms' funeral.  —  Today, thanks to your contributions, we're taking out a full page ad …
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The Hill:
Energy bill out of gas  —  House Democrats are in a bind on the focal point of their energy plan.  —  Worried that a floor vote on any energy-related measure would trigger a Republican-forced vote on domestic drilling, the leadership has scrubbed the floor schedule of the energy legislation …
Rasmussen Reports:
Voters Perceive Obama Moving to the Middle  —  Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has done a far more effective job than Republican John McCain in recent weeks moving himself to the middle in the minds of voters, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone surveys.
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Chris Bowers / Open Left:
Obama Seen As Less Liberal; Polls Don't Change
Discussion: TalkLeft and MyDD
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Murphy won't join McCain  —  Mike Murphy, a political consultant who helped Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) mastermind his 2000 campaign, will not be reboarding the Straight Talk Express.  —  “I do not expect to join the campaign,” Murphy said.  “They're my friends, and I wish them well.”
Los Angeles Times:
Forced servitude in America?  —  The U.S. already has high rates of volunteerism, but that's apparently not good enough for our presidential candidates.  —  There's a weird irony at work when Sen. Barack Obama, the black presidential candidate who will allegedly scrub the stain of racism from the nation …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Back From War, Into Tabloid Territory  —  Foreign Affairs Correspondent Lara Logan's Public Private Life  —  After four years of living in Baghdad, war was taking its toll on Lara Logan.  —  As CBS's chief foreign affairs correspondent, she regularly risked her life by accompanying American forces in combat.
Discussion: TVNewser and Shakesville
Reza Khalili / Pajamas Media:
Former CIA Agent in Iran Comes In from the Heat  —  Going public for the first time in an article and interview on Pajamas Media, an Iranian who infiltrated Iran's Revolutionary Guard for the CIA accuses the mullahs of orchestrating — among other things — the 1988 explosion of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Risky Business  —  The waiters were still clearing the breakfast dishes yesterday when John McCain's most prominent adviser raised the subject of erection enhancement.  —  Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard chief who is now the Republican National Committee's “Victory Chairman,” …
Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
The NY Times sends a Dittohead to interview Rush Limbaugh  —  In his Sunday profile of right-wing talker Rush Limbaugh, New York Times Magazine contributor Zev Chafets set the scene by describing his visit to Limbaugh's studio in Palm Beach, Florida.  Chafets wrote that when he was buzzed …
Discussion: The Corner and American Spectator
Kate Phillips / The Caucus:
McCain: ‘I Would Imagine We Are’ in a Recession  —  Senator John McCain hit the morning shows today, following the first day of his weeklong “Jobs First” tour in various parts of the country.  —  He was asked on MSNBC's “Morning Joe” program whether he believed the nation was in a recession, that dreaded “R” term.
 
 
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Morton H. Halperin / New York Times:
Listening to Compromise  —  TWO years ago, I stated my belief …
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Arnold Kling / EconLog:
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Ed OKeefe / Political Radar:
Obama Slams Hoop Dreams for High School Diplomas
Discussion: TIME.com
James Chapman / Daily Mail:
Summit that's hard to swallow …
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Fake Ark. bouts showing men kissing draw suspicion
Ed Kilgore / Salon:
Edwards opens door wider to veep bid
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
“Fixing Our Broken Society”
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
ANOTHER CONTEMPT THREAT
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FactCheck.org:
Errors en Español  —  A Spanish-language McCain radio …
Jeffrey Young / The Hill:
Docs risking ire of GOP on Medicare
Wall Street Journal:
The Onion Ringer  —  Congress is back in session and oil prices …
rene marie:
A STATEMENT FROM RENE MARIE
Discussion: MoJoBlog
Gail Russell Chaddock / Christian Science Monitor:
CONGRESS FRETS AS ITS RATINGS PLUMMET
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Misreading Obama  —  Right-wing nutter Spengler defends the idea that Obama hates America.
Megan McArdle:
What's the best car purchase to help the environment?
The Independent Florida Alligator:
Unbelievable: Obama's flip flops fly in the face of change
Discussion: BLACKFIVE