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2:40 PM ET, August 22, 2008

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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Hillary gets stiffed  —  There's one Democrat who would seem to have little or no chance of being picked by Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) to be his running mate - his former opponent, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.).  —  But it's not for the reason you think.
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Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Obama is hours away from naming running mate  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidential candidate Barack Obama is hours away from naming his running mate, as little-known Texas congressman Chet Edwards is emerging as a finalist.  —  Democratic officials say that Edwards was one of the few Democrats whose background …
CNN:
Source: Obama calling also-rans on VP shortlist  —  (CNN) — Sen. Barack Obama called some people on his shortlist for the vice presidential slot Thursday night to tell them he had not selected them as a running mate, a highly placed Democratic Party source said.  —  The source did not say which people got the call.
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Text hoaxes plague Obama VP plan  —  CHESAPEAKE, Va. - By the time Barack Obama is ready to announce his vice presidential pick, will anyone believe him?  —  In recent days, as speculation and anticipation has mounted, so too have phony text messages declaring Obama's supposed running mate …
Damien Cave / New York Times:
At Rally, Finding Clinton's Aid to Obama Too Tepid  —  BOCA RATON, Fla. — Minutes after pushing through the rope line to thank Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton for “all that you do,” Robin Shaffer said she was worried.  She feared that the senator she respected and admired for being tough …
Miss C / CNN:
Source: Obama calls Veep runner-ups
Discussion: TIME.com
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Shock: Obama never vetted Hillary?
Fox News:
Democrat Veep Flavor of the Hour: Texas Rep. Chet Edwards
The Politico:
Exclusive: Obama's lost law review article  —  As president of the Harvard Law Review and a law professor in Chicago, Senator Barack Obama refined his legal thinking, but left a scant paper trail.  His name doesn't appear on any legal scholarship.  —  But an unsigned — and previously unattributed …
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Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:
OBAMA'S CASE NOTE: I just read the piece, and it is as calm and fairly uncontroversial as most people say.  —  Pretending for a moment that we actually care about the article as an article, my one suggestion would have been to pay a bit more attention to the risk of collusive lawsuits …
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
MCCAIN'S PROPERTIES.  —  Given the various numbers floating about, it might be useful to have a clear description of what we know McCain owns.  This is trickier than it looks: The McCains have a variety of limited liability companies and family trusts (just like normal people!) …
Discussion: Firedoglake
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Joe Stephens / Washington Post:
Obama Camp Has Many Ties to Wife's Employer  —  A few years ago, executives at the prestigious University of Chicago Medical Center were concerned that an increasing number of patients were arriving at their emergency room with what the executives considered to be non-urgent complaints.
Discussion: Hot Air and MSNBC
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Stanley Kurtz / The Corner:   Michelle, Anti-American Radicals, and U of C
Joe Stephens / Washington Post:
Contracts Went to a Longtime Donor
Discussion: Hot Air and Media Blog
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Romney veep speculation swirls  —  Mark Halperin set off tremors in the political world last night by reporting via two Republicans that John McCain had settled on Mitt Romney to be his running mate.  —  Top sources in McCainworld, though, say this morning that no final decision has been made.
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Al Giordano / The Field on the Narcosphere:
Well, that Finishes Romney  —  (Google satellite tour …
Randyj / TIME.com:
2 GOP Sources: It's Romney
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Obama: ‘Out of Touch’  —  Obama's now moving quickly and harshly to define McCain with one of the classic political caricatures, that he's “out of touch.”  —  And he's using what has to be the worst visual of the cycle to do it: McCain in George H.W. Bush's golf cart.
Discussion: The New Republic and Guardian
August J. Pollak / Some Guy With a Website:
I'm sorry.  —  Obama Names Musician Rick Astley as Running Mate  —  Self-proclaimed “greatest prank evar” required 18 months, $390 million in prep work  —  Springfield, IL - August 23, 2008 - In front of a cheering crowd as well as in a text message to over three million anxious supporters …
David Maraniss / Washington Post:
Lasting Influences  —  Though Obama Had to Leave to Find Himself, It Is Hawaii That Made His Rise Possible  —  On weekday mornings as a teenager, Barry Obama left his grandparents' apartment on the 10th floor of the 12-story high-rise at 1617 South Beretania, a mile and half above Waikiki Beach …
Discussion: TIME.com
Joe Davidson / Washington Post:
Hoyer Advocates for a Four-Day Work Week  —  Like long weekends?  —  House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) is pushing a work week of four, 10-hour days for federal employees.  —  In a letter, released this week, to the Office of Personnel Management, he asked the agency to …
Discussion: TownHall Blog and The Corner
David M. Brown / PittsburghLIVE.com:
Obama to amend report on $800,000 in spending  —  TRIBUNE-REVIEW  —  U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign paid more than $800,000 to an offshoot of the liberal Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now for services the Democrat's campaign says it mistakenly misrepresented in federal reports.
Victor Davis Hanson / The Corner:
A Pavlovian Response  —  We didn't have to wait long for the much anticipated morally-equivalent message from Barack Obama: “We've got to send a clear message to Russia and unify our allies.  They can't charge into other countries.  Of course it helps if we are leading by example on that point.”
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
 
 
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Randyj / TIME.com:
New McCain “Celebrity” Ad Hits Obama on Taxes
Paul Schwartzman / Washington Post:
Take the McCain House Tour!
Discussion: Firedoglake
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Why Obama Really Voted For Infanticide
Marc Ambinder:
Veepstakes Tidings  —  CNN first reported, and I can confirm …
Scott Martelle / Top of the Ticket:
Robin Leach on the lifestyles of the rich and political — John McCain
Victor Davis Hanson / The Corner:
More That Was Then, This Is Now
Bart Jansen / CQ Politics:
Ensign Fumes Over Failed GOP Fundraising Effort
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But Honey, Now I Know What the US Military Is Doing in Nauru!
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Income Distribution Fun Facts
Matthew Syed / Times of London:
Sex and the Olympic city
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
David Harsanyi / Denver Post:
Let's chuck the drinking age
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The right and men who live off their second wives' inherited wealth
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Obama: Know where it's really great to do business?
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