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12:00 PM ET, July 24, 2008

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Matthew Yglesias:
Beetle in a Box  —  So John McCain said the surge led to the Anbar Awakening even though the Awakening, in fact, happened before the surge began.  So he's ignorant.  Or maybe dishonest.  But now we learn he's also rather stubborn: … Shawn Brimley tries to bring common sense to bear on this …
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Spencer Ackerman / ATTACKERMAN:
It's A Beautiful Thing, The Destruction Of Words
Ilan Goldenberg / democracyarsenal.org:   What is John McCain Talking About?
Shawn Brimley / democracyarsenal.org:
Digging a Deeper Hole
Discussion: Donklephant
Spiegel Online:
Obama Calls Berlin a ‘Symbol of the Victory of Hope’  —  US Presidential Candidate Barack Obama started his much-anticipated trip to Germany on Thursday, and the expectations are massive.  SPIEGEL ONLINE will be following his every move through Berlin with its Live Ticker.
Discussion: Hot Air
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Jefferson Chase / Deutsche Welle:
Anticipation, Griping Increases Before Obama Speech in Berlin  —  The “Obama show,” as one newspaper calls it, is set to take Berlin by storm on Thursday, July 24.  But a small minority is questioning whether the Democratic candidate can live up to the hype — or justify the costs.
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Obama Plays Down Berlin Speech
Discussion: CNN and TPM Election Central
Stephanie Kirchner / Time:
Berlin Awaits the ‘Next JFK’
Discussion: TIME.com, Swampland and Booman Tribune
National Enquirer:
JOHN EDWARDS LOVE CHILD  —  UPDATE: The NATIONAL ENQUIRER is revealing new details about the political scoop we broke yesterday - the secret meeting between Vice Presidential candidate John Edwards and Rielle Hunter.  —  A team of ENQUIRER reporters caught the married ex-senator visiting …
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Jack Shafer / Slate:
Why the Press Is Ignoring the Edwards “Love Child” Story  —  A DOUBLE STANDARD IS AT WORK.  —  Everybody had a good laugh last August when Roll Call broke the story about Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, getting arrested at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport for playing footsies in a toilet stall.
Marc Ambinder:
Obama Team Begins Work On Presidential Transition  —  With less than six months to go before he would be sworn in as the nation's 44th president, Sen. Barack Obama has directed his aides to begin planning for the transition.  —  “Barack is well aware of the complexity and the organizational …
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
GOP losing the new-media war  —  Republicans have no lack of would-be George F. Wills.  —  But what they really need are some more Robert D. Novaks.  —  The distinction between the two prominent conservative journalists isn't always obvious, but it's nevertheless important to understand …
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Now, RNC ads attack Obama in Paris—Michigan, Missouri and Maine  —  John McCain bin ein Berliner too.  —  As the Associated Press has reported, to commemorate Barack Obama's visit to Berlin, Germany today the Republican National Committee is running a new ad in all three U.S. cities named Berlin …
Discussion: The Swamp and Hot Air
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Mark Murray / MSNBC:
FIRST THOUGHTS: OBAMA'S ELECTION TO WIN
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
Obama's Tour de Force  —  It made no sense when Barack Obama left the country on his nine-day overseas tour for some of my fellow columnists to describe it as a high-risk venture.  —  Foreign leaders, who can read the polls as well as anyone, would go out of their way not to embarrass a man who may …
Discussion: TIME.com
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Washington Wire:
Crossing Paths  —  Jay Solomon reports on Barack Obama's trip.
Discussion: Comment Central
WJLA-TV:
Source: Novak's Victim Worse Than First Thought  —  The pedestrian who was struck by prominent Washington columnist and commentator Robert Novak is in worse shape than first thought, a hospital source tells ABC 7 News.  —  The victim, a 66-year-old man, appeared somewhat incoherent, said the source who had seen the victim.
Manu Raju / The Hill:
Senate GOP hands Dems oil ultimatum  —  Senate Republicans have threatened to block nearly all other bills pending before the August recess if Democrats refuse to vote with them on expanding offshore drilling.  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said bills that do not pertain …
Discussion: www.redstate.com and Hot Air
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Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Against Drilling  —  Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid …
Discussion: Commentary and The Corner
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Sorry We Asked, Sorry You Told  —  Don't ask, don't tell.  And, whatever you do, don't ask Elaine Donnelly to tell you what she thinks about gays in the military.  —  The House Armed Services personnel subcommittee made just such a miscalculation yesterday.
NEWS.com.au:
Moon-walker claims alien contact cover-up  —  FORMER NASA astronaut and moon-walker Dr Edgar Mitchell - a veteran of the Apollo 14 mission - has stunningly claimed aliens exist.  —  And he says extra-terrestrials have visited Earth on several occasions - but the alien contact …
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
McCain Campaign Running Obama-Castro Ad  —  The McCain campaign has a new web ad out placing Barack Obama, for the second time, side-by-side with a foreign dictator.  This time, it's Fidel Castro.  —  A Democrat in south Florida alerted the Huffington Post to the image, which shows Obama and Castro …
Wall Street Journal:
Voter Unease With Obama Lingers Despite His Lead  —  Poll Finds Background, Experience Are Advantages for McCain  —  WASHINGTON — Midway through the election year, the presidential campaign looks less like a race between two candidates than a referendum on one of them — Sen. Barack Obama.
William Tate / IBDeditorials.com:
Putting Money Where Mouths Are: Media Donations Favor Dems 100-1  —  The New York Times' refusal to publish John McCain's rebuttal to Barack Obama's Iraq op-ed may be the most glaring example of liberal media bias this journalist has ever seen.  But true proof of widespread media bias requires …
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Berlin Rally Is Off-Limits for Embassy Workers  —  The U.S. Embassy in Berlin has instructed Foreign Service personnel stationed there not to attend Sen. Barack Obama's public rally today, which the State Department this week labeled a “partisan political activity” prohibited under its regulations for those serving overseas.
Washington Post:
[Battleground Soundings in Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin: A Quinnipiac University / Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive / Wall Street Journal Poll  —  These surveys of likely voters in Colorado, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan were conducted by Quinnipiac University in partnership …
 
 
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The Big Trunk / Power Line:
OBAMA'S COMMITTEE OF THE HOLE
Joe Klein / Swampland:
Obama Trip Overload
Discussion: Spin Cycle
Maureen Fan / Washington Post:
3 Olympic ‘Protest Pens’ Planned for Beijing Parks
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Obama v. McCain: ‘Devil’ v. ‘devil?’
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs
Karen Tumulty / Swampland:
Jerusalem to Berlin  —  Clearing security at the Tel Aviv airport …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Joe Klein / Time:
McCain's Foreign Policy Frustration
Discussion: The Seminal and TIME.com
CNN:
McCain: Give Bush credit for oil price drop
Discussion: The New Republic
Joshua Chaffin / Financial Times:
Ad sales drop 16.4% at New York Times
Discussion: Opinion L.A.
 Earlier Items: 
Stephen Moore / Wall Street Journal:
The Insanity of Drive-55 Laws
Wall Street Journal:
Housing Bill Hammers Taxpayers
Discussion: Achenblog and Washington Post
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
A Tale of Two Flip-Floppers  —  John McCain and Barack …
Discussion: Eunomia
Ronald J. Hansen / Arizona Republic:
Obama gains on McCain in Arizona fundraising
Libby Copeland / Washington Post:
Another Peek Inside the Brain of the Electorate
John P. Avlon / New York Post:
AN AMERICAN ‘HONOR KILLING’
James Hider / Times of London:
Barack Obama heckled as he visits Western Wall
US News:
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