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11:00 PM ET, July 17, 2008

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David Stout / New York Times:
Gore Calls for Carbon-Free Electric Power  —  WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Al Gore said on Thursday that Americans must abandon electricity generated by fossil fuels within a decade and rely on the sun, the winds and other environmentally friendly sources of power …
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Andrew C. Revkin / Dot Earth:
The (Annotated) Gore Energy Speech  —  Former Vice President Al Gore gave a speech in Washington laying out his new approach to the entwined challenges of limiting risks from global warming and instability from rising energy prices and declining supplies of fossil fuels.
CNN:
Gore: Survival of U.S. at risk  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — The United States should be making all of its electricity with renewable and carbon-free energy in 10 years, former Vice President Al Gore said Thursday.  —  “The survival of the United States of America as we know it is at risk,” Gore said.
Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:
Hearing-Gate Exposed!  McCain Has Worse Afghanistan Hearing Record Than Obama  —  ABC News' Z. Byron Wolf reports from Capitol Hill: The McCain campaign criticism of Sen. Barack Obama's hearing record on Capitol Hill led us to put the shoe on the other foot.
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Natalie Gewargis / Political Punch:
Thanks for Nothin', Joe!  —  Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and his allies have been hitting Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, for not holding any hearings to examine the role of NATO in Afghanistan in his perch as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs.
Discussion: MSNBC, Hot Air and Sister Toldjah
Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Bush ‘a total failure,’ Pelosi says  —  (CNN) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called President Bush “a total failure” on Thursday, among the California Democrat's harshest assessments to date of the president.  —  “God bless him, bless his heart, president of the United States — a total failure …
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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
House Speaker Pelosi calls Bush ‘a total failure’  —  WASHINGTON - President Bush has been a “total failure” in everything from the economy to the war to energy policy, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday.  In an interview on CNN, the California Democrat was asked to respond to video …
CNN:
Ashcroft defends waterboarding  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — The controversial interrogation technique of waterboarding has served a “valuable” purpose and does not constitute torture, former Attorney General John Ashcroft told a House committee Thursday.  —  Testifying on the Bush administration's …
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Ryan / Think Progress:   Ashcroft: Waterboarding ‘Consistently’ …
John Santucci / Political Radar:
Obama Hits the Gym, With Multiple Repetitions  —  ABC News' Sunlen Miller Reports: While Obama spent 91 minutes at a campaign event yesterday, the Illinois Senator spent a total of 188 minutes in the gym yesterday - making three separate stops to Chicago gyms over the course of one day.
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Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2008: Nevada Presidential Election  —  Nevada: Now It's Obama By Two in Very Close Race  —  In Nevada, Barack Obama has a two-point edge over John McCain according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey.  It's Obama 42% and McCain 40%.  When “leaners” are included, Obama is on top 47% to 45%.
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Election 2008: North Carolina Presidential Election
David A. Lieb / Associated Press:
McCain gets Social Security but criticizes system  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Although Republican presidential candidate John McCain has called Social Security “a disgrace,” he still cashes his own retirement check every month.  —  “I'm receiving the benefits, the system is broken and …
SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
Sen Larry Craig: Don't let foreigners “jerk us around by the gas nozzle”  —  Presented without comment.  —  Download |  Play Download |  Play (h/t Bill W)
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
MY NOZZLE OR YOURS?  —  Sen. Larry Craig throws innuendo to the wind ...
Discussion: Wonkette
Victor Davis Hanson / The Corner:
The Glamour Magazine Interview  —  Ipse dixit:  —  “It's infuriating, but it's not surprising, because let's face it: What happened was that the conservative press—Fox News and the National Review and columnists of every ilk—went fairly deliberately at her in a pretty systematic way …
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Maybe McCain should have ‘adopted’ a consistent position  —  Over the weekend, John McCain told the New York Times that he opposes gay adoption, even if the alternative is leaving a child in an orphanage.  A few days later, McCain's campaign reversed course and said the senator …
Discussion: The RBC
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Radley Balko / Reason Magazine:
“I've never seen a comic book with the phrase ‘anal sodomy’ in it before.”  —  Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Commissioner Brent Rinehart is facing a tough reelection campaign.  He's been accused of abusing his office for personal gain, and will go on trial in the fall on felony campaign finance charges.
Mikki Halpin / Glamocracy:
Barack Obama tells Glamour: “Debate me, not Michelle”  —  On Wednesday Senator Barack Obama talked to Glamour's editor-in-chief Cindi Leive and answered questions from our readers about his policies and about women's issues.  (Thanks to the many of you who submitted those queries!)
Sean Tevis for Kansas State Representative:
Running for Office: It's Like A Flamewar with a Forum Troll, but with an Eventual Winner  —  My name is Sean Tevis [photo].  I'm an Information Architect in Kansas running for State Representative.  I've decided to “retire” my current State Representative.  I'm going to win.
Discussion: The Other McCain
 
 
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Think Progress:
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
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Patrick Healy / The Caucus:
Bloomberg to Host ‘Welcome Back’ Fete for Clinton
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Helena Andrews / The Politico:
Watts launches African-American channel
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Ross Douthat:
Goodbye To Matt  —  Congratulations are in order whenever …
Paul Duggan / Washington Post:
Turnout Low on First Day of Handgun Registration
Jerusalem Post:
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