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7:55 PM ET, August 4, 2008

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Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
GOP won't let go of its new tire-gauge toy  —  Atrios asked this morning, “Does anyone understand why Obama suggesting that people keep their tires properly inflated is some sort of hilarious gaffe?”  —  I've been trying to figure out the same thing for days.
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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama 46%, McCain 43%  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Registered voters show a slight preference for Barack Obama (46%) over John McCain (43%) if the presidential election were held today, according to the latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking results.  —  The three percentage point advantage …
Joe Sudbay / AMERICAblog News:
Rasmussen has Obama and McCain in a tie.  This is troubling.  —  (NOTE FROM JOHN: I've added my thoughts to the end of joe's post.)  —  The trend of the tracking polls hasn't been good of late.  Rasmussen, which is a quite reputable poll, has Obama and McCain tied today — and with leaners …
The Campaign Spot:
Don't Just Hold Up The Tire Gauge And Laugh
Washington Wire:
Monday Morning Funnies
Robert Novak / Chicago Sun Times:
Sun-Times political columnist Robert Novak retires  —  FROM SUN-TIMES STAFF REPORTS  —  Robert Novak has announced his immediate retirement following the diagnosis of a brain tumor, a prognosis the Sun-Times' political columnist describes as “dire.”  —  “The details are being worked …
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William Branigin / Washington Post:
Robert Novak Announces Immediate Retirement
The Hill:
White House says no to special session of Congress  —  The White House has rejected calls from House Republicans that it convene a special session of Congress on energy, saying it wouldn't make a difference.  —  “We don't have plans to call Congress into session — it won't make a difference …
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Frank James / The Swamp:
Pelosi's oil slick
Discussion: Sweetness & Light and Blog entry
TPM Election Central:
Multiple Oil Company Executives Gave Huge Contributions To Electing McCain Just Days After Offshore Drilling Reversal  —  Ten senior Hess Corporation executives and/or members of the Hess family each gave $28,500 to the joint RNC-McCain fundraising committee, just days after McCain reversed himself …
Bil Browning / The Bilerico Project:
Obama will name Bayh his VP choice on Wednesday  —  Updated at the end of the post.  —  I'm going to put my neck out on the line by making a prediction.  Barack Obama will announce his vice-presidential choice Wednesday morning.  It will be Indiana Senator Evan Bayh.
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Mark Halperin / TIME.com:
Prepared Remarks of Obama's Energy Speech
Discussion: MyDD, Swampland and Top of the Ticket
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
THE PLIGHT OF POLITICO — AND EVERYONE ELSE.  —  The success of Politico actually seems like an incredibly discouraging sign for the media.  Here you have this forward-thinking, primarily virtual venture to create a political news organization that marries old-school reporting values …
Wall Street Journal:
Companies Tap Pension Plans To Fund Executive Benefits  —  Little-Known Move Uses Tax Break Meant For Rank and File  —  At a time when scores of companies are freezing pensions for their workers, some are quietly converting their pension plans into resources to finance their executives' retirement benefits and pay.
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Rerouting McCain's Bus  —  Frustrations Lead Campaign To Limit Reporters' Access  —  KANSAS CITY While the traveling press corps was shipped off to a barbecue restaurant here, John McCain charmed his way through an interview with a local TV reporter.  Surae Chinn of KCTV posed such less …
Cernig / Newshoggers.com:
Knights Templar To Sue Pope  —  I just spotted a report that isn't politics, just interesting to me as I've a long-standing interest in the various Templar conspiracy theories.  They're such fun.  —  A self-proclaimed successor group to the famous Knights Templar are to sue the Pope …
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Fiona Govan / Telegraph:
Knights Templar heirs in legal battle with the Pope
Mary Ann Akers / The Sleuth:
Mitt For Veep, Stopping Joggers In Their Tracks  —  The veep frenzy is getting crazier by the minute.  One Sleuth informant this morning was certain he had cracked the mystery of who will become John McCain's running mate.  The evidence was a big, glossy poster with Mitt Romney's face on it and the message …
Discussion: MSNBC and Boston Globe
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Bob Herbert: Why is everyone missing the phallic symbols in McCain's Britney ad?  —  Between this and last week's Godwin-ing of the crowd scenes, I'm honestly curious to see where the left takes the critique next.  One would think they'd either run out of cards to play or would quietly pocket …
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Firebombings at Homes of 2 California Researchers  —  SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — The police and federal authorities are investigating firebombings at the homes of two researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz.  —  The attacks, which the university described as “antiscience violence …
Discussion: At-Largely and Majikthise
Ben Smith / The Politico:
New book: Obama a lefty, not a reformer  —  The first serious negative biography of Senator Barack Obama casts the Democratic nominee as a fake reformer and a real liberal.  —  “The Case Against Barack Obama,” by National Review's David Freddoso, blasts Obama for failing to take on the Chicago machine …
 
 
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Seton Motley / NewsBusters.org:
McCain Not First to Compare Obama to Paris Hilton
Discussion: Don Surber
Catherine Rampell / New York Times:
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Michael Powell / The Caucus:
For Obama, Challenge Is Getting Through
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Matthew Mosk / The Trail:
Left Keeps Hammering McCain Oil Ties
Associated Press:
Obama about-face: Tap U.S. oil reserves
Sean O'Sullivan / delawareonline:
Delaware GOP's Ting pays price for supporting Obama
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
 Earlier Items: 
Michael Crowley / The New Republic:
Is Obama Making a Town Hall Mistake?
Ali / Think Progress:
After rape victim used cell phone to call for help, KBR bans use …
Discussion: Associated Press
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
McCain camp amps up tire gauge gag
Discussion: The Jed Report and Swampland
The Prowler / American Spectator:
In and Out of Action
Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
ON BEING CALLED A ‘RACIST’  —  Next month, I will mark 4 years blogging …
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
James Kirchick / The New Republic:
Dept. of Corrections  —  I recently wrote that that J Street …
Nate / FiveThirtyEight.com:
Is Obama Underachieving?  —  In an article in today's Los Angeles Times …
Discussion: Cogitamus and The Daily Dish