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9:05 AM ET, July 22, 2008

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Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org:
Andrea on Obama Trip: ‘What Some Would Call Fake Interviews’  —  Andrea Mitchell might be a doyenne of the liberal media, but she has her reporter's pride and principles, both of which have been trampled by the way the Obama campaign has managed the media during the candidate's current trip to Afghanistan and Iraq.
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ABCNEWS:
Obama Won't ‘Rubber Stamp’ Military Decisions  —  In Exclusive ‘Nightline’ Interview, Senator Says He Still Doesn't Support Surge  —  After meeting with top U.S. military commanders and members of the Iraqi government, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., today said his opposition to the surge …
Hindrocket / Power Line:
HE'D RATHER LOSE A WAR THAN AN ELECTION  —  Tonight Barack Obama told ABC News that, knowing what we know now—that the surge in Iraq has been a success, that it has drastically reduced violence and given Iraq a shot at a bright future—he would still oppose it:  —  This was, I think, a moment of candor.
Marc Ambinder:
Obama Concedes That Surge Didn't Go As He Expected
Discussion: Sister Toldjah
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Obama: If I had it to do over again, I'd still oppose the surge …
Discussion: The Other McCain
Human Events:
ENPR Special: Sources say McCain Veep Pick to Come This Week  —  Sources close to Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign are suggesting he will reveal the name of his vice presidential selection this week while Sen. Barack Obama is getting the headlines on his foreign trip.
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
McCain To Meet With Jindal  —  John McCain will huddle with vice presidential aspirant Bobby Jindal during a trip to New Orleans later this week, sources close to the campaign confirm to The Fix.  —  McCain's trip to Louisiana on Wednesday was the cause of much head scratching in the political world …
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
McCain closes in on VP  —  John McCain has narrowed his vice-presidential possibilities to the point where he considered a decision this week — but he's likely to hold off, say sources close to the campaign.  —  The prospect of stepping on Barack Obama's much-anticipated overseas trip …
New York Times:
For Obama, a First Step Is Not a Misstep  —  BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government on Monday left little doubt that it favors a withdrawal plan for American combat troops similar to what Senator Barack Obama has proposed, providing Mr. Obama with a potentially powerful political boost on a day he spent …
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Eli Lake / New York Sun:
Maliki Bets That Obama Will Prevail  —  Reception of Democrat Shaped by Chalabi Advice  —  WASHINGTON — In throwing his support behind Senator Obama's plan for a 16-month timetable for an American withdrawal from Iraq, Prime Minister al-Maliki is calculating that Mr. Obama …
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Obama Makes War Gains  —  Maliki's Embrace of Withdrawal Timeline Confounds McCain  —  When Sen. Barack Obama left Washington last week, he was under pressure to defend what Republican critics called an arbitrary deadline for withdrawing U.S. combat forces from Iraq.
CNN:
McCain's rejected New York Times op-ed piece  —  Here is the op-ed piece written by Sen. John McCain that the New York Times declined to run.  The piece was released to CNN by the McCain campaign:  —  In January 2007, when General David Petraeus took command in Iraq, he called the situation “hard” but not “hopeless.”
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Associated Press:
Iraqi backing of Obama plan irks White House
Discussion: TalkLeft and Roger Ailes
New York Times:
Bosnian Serb Under Arrest in War Crimes  —  PARIS — Radovan Karadzic, one of the world's most wanted war criminals for his part in the massacre of nearly 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica in 1995, was arrested Monday in a raid in Serbia that ended a 13-year hunt.
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Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
Coverage of ‘Netroots’ Confab Draws Protest— Snarky Article Spiked — Editor's Note Apologizes  —  NEW YORK (Commentary) It started innocently enough, over coffee in a hotel lobby, with me (as usual at that hour) huddled over a newspaper—in print, not on a laptop, unlike everyone else in the vicinity.
Discussion: michellemalkin.com
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Culture of Debt  —  On the front page of Sunday's Times, Gretchen Morgenson described Diane McLeod's spiral into indebtedness, and now a debate has erupted over who is to blame.  —  Some people emphasize the predatory lenders who seduced her with too-good-to-be-true credit lines and incomprehensible mortgage offers.
Discussion: TPMCafe and Economist's View
Bill Vlasic / New York Times:
Ford to Make Broader Bet on Small Cars  —  DEARBORN, Mich. — The Ford Motor Company, which devoted itself for nearly 20 years to putting millions of Americans into big pickup trucks and sport-utility vehicles, is about to drastically alter its focus to building more small cars.
David Kopel / The Volokh Conspiracy:
THE UNITED NATIONS VS. THE SECOND AMENDMENT: Over at Opinio Juris, Kenneth Anderson has an interesting post about last week's gun control conference at the United Nations, and a New York Times puff piece thereon, written by C.J. Chivers.  —  After noting U.S. concerns about the U.N. becoming …
Discussion: TigerHawk
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Obama tries to dial down politics  —  AMMAN, Jordan - Democrat Barack Obama's entire traveling campaign apparatus is in place.  He will speak Thursday at an historic site in Berlin that could draw tens of thousands of spectators.  And chief campaign strategist David Axelrod might …
Discussion: Hot Air
 
 
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The Politico:
McCain gaffes pile up; critics pile on
Discussion: www.redstate.com
Jerry Markon / Washington Post:
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Discussion: Think Progress
Richard Boudreaux / Los Angeles Times:
A presidential primer on the Middle East conflict
Shelby Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Why Jesse Jackson Hates Obama
Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
McCain, at Bush Home, Faults Obama on War Plan
Ting-I Tsai / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Weapons Package for Taiwan Stalls as China Tensions Ease
Linda Feldman / Christian Science Monitor:
PICKING A NO. 2 IN THE GLARE OF THE INTERNET AGE
Discussion: Opinion L.A. and TIME.com
Pete Yost / Associated Press:
McCain adviser lobbied for Stephen Payne
Discussion: Majikthise and TPMMuckraker
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Adam Nossiter / New York Times:
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Discussion: TalkLeft
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
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Discussion: The Daily Dish
Tom Raum / Associated Press:
McCain insists he was right, Obama wrong on Iraq
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