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10:25 PM ET, July 22, 2008

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Marc Ambinder:
Obama , Couric Spar Over Surge  —  Check out this exchange between CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric and Sen. Barack Obama about why Obama says he still wouldn't have supported the surge back then had he known it would help reduce violence so significantly.
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CBS News:
Obama: Surge Doesn't Meet Long-Term Goals  —  In An Exclusive Interview With Katie Couric, Illinois Senator Defends Position On Troop Buildup … Katie Couric: Sen. Obama, first of all, you have not been to Iraq since 2006.  What did you learn on your recent visit that surprised you?  Or what was new?
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
OBAMA ON THE SURGE....Over at the Corner, Andy McCarthy berates …
Gateway Pundit:
Unreal!... Obama Tells Katie Couric the Surge Was a Bad Strategy …
Discussion: IRAQ THE MODEL
Marc Ambinder:
Obama: Israeli Strike Against Syria Last Year “Appropriate”
Discussion: The Campaign Spot
Matthew Yglesias:   We Owe It All to the Surge  —  After a couple of days worth …
Andy McCarthy / The Corner:
Re: Obama's Iraq Politics
Discussion: Stop The ACLU and ThreatsWatch
National Enquirer:
SEN. JOHN EDWARDS CAUGHT WITH MISTRESS AND LOVE CHILD!  —  Vice Presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards was caught visiting his mistress and secret love child at 2:40 this morning in a Los Angeles hotel by the NATIONAL ENQUIRER.  —  The married ex-senator from North Carolina …
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Byron York / The Corner:   Re: Edwards  —  On the John Edwards story, I do wonder how much …
Vanity Fair:
Vanity Fair Covers The New Yorker  —  We here at Vanity Fair maintain a kind of affectionate rivalry with our downstairs neighbors at The New Yorker.  We play softball every year, compete for some of the same stories, and share an elevator bank.  (You can tell the ones who are headed …
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Marc Ambinder:
Vanity Fair Spoofs New Yorker; Portrays Cindy McCain As Drug Abuser  —  The jocks of the glossy magazine world have spoofed the nerds.  Conde Nast's Vanity Fair has posted a mock cover showing Sen. John McCain dapping his wife Cindy, who cradles a armful of prescription drug bottles.
Joe Klein / Swampland:
McCain Meltdown  —  John McCain said this today in Rochester, New Hampshire: … This is the ninth presidential campaign I've covered.  I can't remember a more scurrilous statement by a major party candidate.  It smacks of desperation.  It renews questions about whether McCain has the right temperament for the presidency.
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Joe Sudbay / AMERICAblog News:
Desperate McCain launches outrageous attack on Obama; says Obama wants to lose in Iraq  —  2:30 PM UPDATE: The video is now working....again...finally.  —  UPDATE: The video was uploaded a few minutes ago, so if you're getting an error trying to view it, give it a few minutes and come back.
The Politico:
McCain gaffes pile up; critics pile on  —  Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) said “Iraq” when he apparently meant “Afghanistan” on Monday, adding to a string of mixed-up word choices that is giving ammunition to the opposition.  —  Just in the past three weeks, McCain has also mistaken “Somalia” …
Marc Ambinder:
McCain Disputes Obama Account Of The Surge  —  In the third of three excerpts from tonight's presidential candidate interviews on the CBS Evening News, Sen. John McCain calls Sen. Obama's account of why the surge succeeded a “false account” of history.
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Spencer Ackerman / ATTACKERMAN:
History Rears Up To Spit In Your Face  —  diggs  —  digg it  —  Dear press corps,  —  Please recognize that this is completely f**king wrong. … The colonel in question is now a one-star general, and his name is Sean MacFarland.  He was commander of the 1st Brigade Combat Team …
Matthew Yglesias:
McCain's Surge of Time Travel
Michelle Malkin:
Hell hath no fury like a Maverick spurned  —  So, the McCain camp is trying to have fun with the Obamedia lovefest.  They've posted two music video spoofs and are asking supporters to vote for their favorite.  I agree with the message, of course.  And the vids are well-executed.
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Beth Sussman / The Hill:
Richardson to McCain: Stop whining about editorial
Discussion: Hot Air
Krooney / TIME.com:
Novak: “I Just Put Something on the Internet” (!!)  —  Prince of Darkness tells Fox News Channel: His report about McCain announcing his running mate this week may have been “a dodge” by the campaign to grab some headlines from Obama.  —  The conservative columnist goes on to say he'd gotten the tip from a …
Brad / Wonk Room:
Pickens Tells Offshore Drilling Advocates: 'You're Going To Get A Rude Awakening'  —  Testifying before Sen. Joe Lieberman's (I-CT) Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, conservative Texas billionaire T. Boone Pickens explained his plan to dramatically decrease oil usage by greatly expanding wind power electricity.
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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David R. Baker / San Francisco Chronicle:
The lowdown on offshore oil reserves
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Steven G. Calabresi / Chicago Tribune:
Too young for the No. 1 job?  —  Barack Obama is too young to be president.  Yes I know he is 46 and the Constitution sets the presidential age qualification at 35 or higher, but Obama has said that we ought not to interpret the Constitution woodenly and formalistically.
Greg Mitchell / The Huffington Post:
“Wall Street Got Drunk”: ‘Banned’ Bush Video Surfaces  —  An ABC-TV outlet in Houston, and now the Houston Chronicle, have posted a video taken at a political fundraiser for Pete Olson, featuring George W. Bush last week — capturing some embarrassing/revealing moments after, he noted, he had asked cameras to be turned off.
Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2008: Ohio Presidential Election  —  McCain Opens Modest Lead in Ohio  —  John McCain has opened a modest lead over Barack Obama in the key swing state of Ohio.  The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the Buckeye State shows McCain attracting 46% of the vote while Obama earns 40%.
Discussion: American Spectator
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Poblano / FiveThirtyEight.com:
Dueling Ohio Polls
Discussion: The New Republic and Eunomia
Ben Lowry / Telegraph:
Tory MPs abandon Republicans to back Barack Obama  —  Almost a third of Tory MPs willing to publicly express their preferences in the US presidential election are prepared to jettison their party's historic links with the Republicans and back Democrat Senator Barack Obama.
Discussion: Group News Blog
Scott Brooks / UnionLeader.com:
McCain returns to NH with visit to Rochester  —  MANCHESTER - “Mac” is back.  —  Sen. John McCain returned to New Hampshire last night, flashing an “OK” sign at an aide as he stepped out onto an airport tarmac in Manchester.  —  The Arizona Republican will be in Rochester today.
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Marc Ambinder:
Live Blogging A McCain Town Hall, Part I
Discussion: Commentary
Little Green Footballs:
Obama Photo of the Day  —  As Barack Obama prepares to visit the city of Ramallah in the West Bank, a Palestinian artist sketches Obama among his other portraits of Jesus, “martyred” Hamas terrorist Abdel Aziz Rantisi ("The Pediatrician of Death"), and Che Guevara.  —  With a peace dove, of course.
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Media Matters for America:
Stephanopoulos falsely suggested Obama “now” aligned with McCain on more troops in Afghanistan — but Obama has called for more troops for years  —  While discussing Sen. Barack Obama's trips to Iraq and Afghanistan, ABC News' chief Washington correspondent George Stephanopoulos falsely suggested during …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
 
 
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Robertson Advocates Israel Striking Iran Before The 2008 Election
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Marc Ambinder:
McCain's New Line On Obama
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Matthew Yglesias:
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