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10:20 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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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:
Discussion: Flopping Aces
Bob Herbert / New York Times:
Lurching With Abandon
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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M. Duss / Wonk Room:
Iraqi National Security Adviser: No, Actually We Are Talking About A Date For Withdrawal  —  Yesterday, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki raised the possibility that a timetable for withdrawal of U.S. forces would be part of a U.S.-Iraqi security agreement.
Discussion: American Footprints
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
ANOTHER AP BEAUT ...  Here's the lede from the AP's latest McCain fluffer, this time from Nedra Pickler ...  Well, easy for McCain too, since he doesn't either.  —  Pickler doesn't mention that McCain doesn't even say how he'll do it; he just says he'll do it.  No numbers — No nothing.
Discussion: Bloomberg and The Talent Show
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Analysis: Obama won't try for McCain's budget goal  —  WASHINGTON - Barack Obama says John McCain's plan to balance the budget doesn't add up.  Easy for him to say: It's not a goal he's even trying to reach.  —  Not only does Obama say he won't eliminate the deficit in his first term …
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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
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 ...
Roger Boyes / Times of London:
Barack Obama's Berlin visit sparks German diplomatic row  —  Berlin, a city torn apart by war, is the perfect setting for an American president preaching peace.  Ronald Reagan famously stood metres away from the Brandenburg Gate and called on the Soviet Union to tear down the Wall dividing Europe.
Discussion: Macsmind
Steven D. Levitt / Freakonomics:
How Much Does It Cost You in Wages if You “Sound Black?”  —  Fascinating new research by my University of Chicago colleague, Jeffrey Grogger, compares the wages of people who “sound black” when they talk to those who do not.  —  His main finding: blacks who “sound black” …
Discussion: Jezebel
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 …
Ed OKeefe / Political Radar:
Obama Slams Hoop Dreams for High School Diplomas  —  ABC News' Sunlen Miller Reports: Barack Obama took a “tough love” message to African American youth, telling that finishing high school is a better route to success in life than an unlikely trip to the NBA or the top of the rap industry.
Discussion: Swampland and TIME.com
Jeff Mason / Reuters:
McCain jokes about killing Iranians with cigarettes  —  PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Presidential candidate John McCain, who once sang in jest about bombing Iran, on Tuesday reacted to a report of rising U.S. cigarette exports to the country by saying it may be “a way of killing 'em.”
Discussion: michellemalkin.com
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Study: Gays in military would not be disruptive; Update: AOL Hot Seat Poll added  —  A bipartisan panel of retired military commanders has concluded that Congress should repeal “don't ask, don't tell” and allow gays to serve openly in the military.  One commander helped Bill Clinton implement …
Discussion: The Daily Dish
 
 
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Dan Bilefsky / International Herald Tribune:
Unlikely alliance creates pro-Western government for Serbia
Glenn Kessler / The Trail:
Gorbachev Decries Presidential Candidates' 'Cold War'-Style Military Spending Plans
Discussion: TIME.com and Truthdig
Chicago Tribune:
‘Honor killing’ alleged in Georgia
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Warner: Obama Has Strong Chance of Capturing Virginia
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
DHS Considering Shock Bracelets For All Airline Passengers
Discussion: Prometheus 6 and Daily Kos
Arnold Kling / EconLog:
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Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
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Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Ed Kilgore / Salon:
Edwards opens door wider to veep bid
 Earlier Items: 
Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
The NY Times sends a Dittohead to interview Rush Limbaugh
Discussion: American Spectator
Wall Street Journal:
The Onion Ringer  —  Congress is back in session and oil prices …
rene marie:
A STATEMENT FROM RENE MARIE
Discussion: Gateway Pundit and MoJoBlog
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Our Full Page Ad in the Washington Post Against FISA Bill
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Back From War, Into Tabloid Territory
Discussion: TVNewser and Shakesville
Rasmussen Reports:
Voters Perceive Obama Moving to the Middle
Reza Khalili / Pajamas Media:
Former CIA Agent in Iran Comes In from the Heat