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8:45 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
Yuval Levin / The Corner:   Refined Refinements  —  Barack Obama today tried to address directly …
New York Post:   BARACK'S PATSIES  —  OBAMA'S ASTOUNDING BAD FAITH
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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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
McCain Camp Responds To Charge That They're Screening Reporter Questions  —  David Corn at Mother Jones asked an interesting question today: Is the McCain campaign screening questions from reporters on its campaign conference calls, in order to protect the candidate or his advisers and surrogates from tough questions?
Discussion: Newshoggers.com and MoJoBlog
Matt Lewis / TownHall Blog:   How to Get Your Questions Answered on McCain Conference Calls ...
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 …
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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
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 …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
“Fixing Our Broken Society”  —  As Reihan and Ross focus on working class dysfunction, so does Tory leader David Cameron in Britain.  He's taking the Tory message to Glasgow for a by-election.  Money quote: … I'm struck, in contrast to R&R, how restrained Cameron is.
Discussion: marbury
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Ross Douthat:
Cameronism and Grand New Party
Discussion: The American Scene
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
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 …
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
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
rene marie:
A STATEMENT FROM RENE MARIE  —  WHAT HAPPENED?  —  Last month, I was contacted by a staff member of the Mayor's office and was asked to sing the “Star Spangled Banner”.  I knew if I sang at this event I would not be singing the standard version of this song, but would be singing my own version of it.
Discussion: MoJoBlog and Gateway Pundit
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.
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
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.”
Glenn Kessler / The Trail:
Gorbachev Decries Presidential Candidates' 'Cold War'-Style Military Spending Plans  —  Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev today called on U.S. presidential candidates to develop alternatives to the use of military power, decrying what he called “increasingly visible signs of the militarization …
Discussion: TIME.com and Truthdig
 
 
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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
Morton H. Halperin / New York Times:
Listening to Compromise  —  TWO years ago, I stated my belief …
Discussion: Eunomia
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Hagee's Revenge? Videos Of Controversial Pastor Removed From YouTube
Arnold Kling / EconLog:
Marriage and Caste Watch
Ed OKeefe / Political Radar:
Obama Slams Hoop Dreams for High School Diplomas
Discussion: TIME.com
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Fake Ark. bouts showing men kissing draw suspicion
 Earlier Items: 
Ed Kilgore / Salon:
Edwards opens door wider to veep bid
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
ANOTHER CONTEMPT THREAT
Discussion: TPMMuckraker
FactCheck.org:
Errors en Español  —  A Spanish-language McCain radio …
Kate Phillips / The Caucus:
McCain: ‘I Would Imagine We Are’ in a Recession
Megan McArdle:
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Rasmussen Reports:
Voters Perceive Obama Moving to the Middle
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Risky Business  —  The waiters were still clearing …