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11:55 PM ET, August 21, 2008

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Marc Ambinder:
McCain Prepares Rezko Ad; Wright “Now Fair Game”; GOP 527 Attacks  —  Sen. John McCain's campaign is finishing a hard-hitting television ad highlighting Barack Obama 's ties to shady Chicago land dealer Tony Rezko, the one-time Obama patron who was convicted earlier this summer of fraud.
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Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
McCain family owns 8 properties  —  John McCain's family owns at least eight properties — not the seven Democrats are alleging or the four McCain's staff identified — according to a Politico analysis of property and tax records, as well as interviews.  —  The presumptive Republican nominee …
Hindrocket / Power Line:
NO MORE MISTER NICE GUY  —  The latest campaign kerfuffle is Obama's effort to make hay out of John McCain's inability to tell a reporter how many houses he owns.  McCain mumbled something about condos and said the reporter should talk to his wife.  Predictably, Obama is trying to spin …
Discussion: Sadly, No!, pandagon.net and Althouse
Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
McCain Spokesman's Retort: Obama Lives in “a Frickin' Mansion”  —  SEDONA, Ariz. — A spokesman for Sen. John McCain vowed to retaliate against today's story about how many houses the GOP candidate owns with a renewed focus on Sen. Barack Obama's ties to a Chicago developer and charges that Obama is an elitist.
Ben Smith / The Politico:
New group plans Ayers attack on Obama  —  A new conservative group has produced a television ad attacking Barack Obama for his relationship with former Weather Underground bomber Bill Ayers.  —  “How much do your really know about Barack Obama?  What does he really believe?” asks the ad …
Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
McCain Camp Responds On Houses Gaffe: He Was A POW!  —  The McCain campaign is road-testing a new argument in responding to Obama's criticism of his number-of-houses gaffe, an approach the McCain camp has never tried before: The houses gaffe doesn't matter because ... he was a POW!
Ben / Think Progress:
Media Defend McCain: It's Not ‘A Huge Deal’ That He Doesn't Know How Many Houses He Owns  —  Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said yesterday in an interview with Politico that he did not know how many houses he and his wife Cindy own.  “I think — I'll have my staff get to you,” McCain said.
The Politico:
McCain unsure how many houses he owns
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Analysis: Why the Home Debate Matters
Nitpicker:   Who says John McCain is out of touch with the common people?
David Freddoso / New York Post:
BARACK'S FAVORS FOR CORRUPT CRONY
Jim Kuhnhenn / Associated Press:
Group to spend $2.8 million on anti-Obama ad
Marc Ambinder:   McCain Is To Houses What GWBH Was To Grocery Store Scanners?
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Obama campaign to deploy surrogates to hit McCain's houses
The Politico:
McCain attacks Obama on Rezko
Discussion: The Swamp and Gateway Pundit
On Politics:
Obama says he's chosen his VP — won't reveal who it is yet  —  Barack Obama told USA TODAY this afternoon that “yes,” he has made up his mind about whom his running mate will be — but he would not reveal the name or just when he will tell the nation about his choice.  —  USA TODAY's Kathy Kiely writes that:
FactCheck.org:
Born in the U.S.A.  —  The truth about Obama's birth certificate.  —  In June, the Obama campaign released a digitally scanned image of his birth certificate to quell speculative charges that he might not be a natural-born citizen.  But the image prompted more blog-based skepticism about the document's authenticity.
Martin Samuel / Times of London:
International Olympic Committee launches probe into He Kexin's age  —  Tim Reid in Washington, Jeremy Griffin and Jane Macartney in Beijing  —  The International Olympic Committee has ordered an investigation into mounting allegations that Chinese authorities covered up the true age …
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Fox News:
Two McCain Offices Receive Envelopes With White Powder, Threat  —  Two John McCain campaign offices received envelopes supposedly containing unidentified white powder and threatening notes Thursday afternoon, but authorities later determined that there were no hazardous materials invovled and a Colorado inmate appeared responsible.
Discussion: Wake up America
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Volleyball team wins gold, blindsides NBC with shout-out to Bush  —  A palate cleanser by popular request; you'll remember our heroines here from the Butt-Pat That Wasn't.  The official Olympics site has highlights of the match but this snippet had to be rescued from oblivion by Tivo.
Discussion: Wizbang
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MsUnderestimated:
USA WOMEN'S BEACH VOLLEYBALL TEAM THANKS THE PREZ (VIDEO)
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Joe Klein / Time:
Where's Obama's Passion?  —  A few days before Barack Obama was to announce his choice for Vice President, he was asked at a North Carolina town meeting what qualities he wanted in a running mate.  He wandered through a derisive, if desultory, critique of Dick Cheney, then switched gears.
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Washington Times:
Obama gives nod to success of surge
Discussion: JustOneMinute and Hot Air
PewForum.org:
More Americans Question Religion's Role in Politics  —  Some Social Conservative Disillusionment  —  Some Americans are having a change of heart about mixing religion and politics.  A new survey finds a narrow majority of the public saying that churches and other houses of worship should keep …
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CNN:   Survey: More say churches shouldn't be in politics
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
Limbaugh: Obama's Nomination “Really goes back to the fact that nobody had the guts to stand up and say no to a black guy.”  —  Audio and more from Media Matters: … Yes, someone should have told this young, uppity negro to STFU and know his place in American society.  You knew he was a baby killer, right?
Discussion: Jack & Jill Politics
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Ali / Think Progress:
Limbaugh: Everyone's afraid to ‘criticize the little black man-child.’
Max Taves / LA Weekly:
OBAMA VS. BALDILOCKS  —  A blogger's African dad came here on the same airlift as Obama's dad.  All similarities end there  —  Los Angeles blogger Juliette Ochieng has a lot in common with the man who might be the next president, Barack Obama.  A lot.  —  Both were born to Kenyan fathers …
Discussion: baldilocks
Rob Stein / Washington Post:
Protections Set for Antiabortion Health Workers  —  Women's Health Activists Denounce Rule Allowing Federal Officials to Pull Funding  —  The Bush administration yesterday announced plans to implement a controversial regulation designed to protect doctors, nurses and other health-care workers …
Discussion: Firedoglake and Liberty Street
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Mary Pat Flaherty / Washington Post:
Ohio Voting Machines Contained Programming Error That Dropped Votes  —  A voting system used in 34 states contains a critical programming error that can cause votes to be dropped while being electronically transferred from memory cards to a central tallying point, the manufacturer acknowledges.
Spencer Ackerman / RADAR:
NOTES ON A SCANDAL  —  A soldier in Iraq decided to write about his experiences.  He never suspected he'd start a war  —  Soldiers at war rarely write magazine stories.  But on July 13, 2007, a 24-year-old army private named Scott Thomas Beauchamp who had been serving in Iraq …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and ATTACKERMAN
Jonah Goldberg / The Corner:
Obama & Being In Touch  —  Several readers have written to say I'm missing the point.  Obama's making the case that McCain is out of touch with the working man.  Others say I'm missing the point because McCain's policies are bad for the working man.  The upshot of a lot of this is that it's okay …
Discussion: The New Republic
 
 
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