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11:40 PM ET, August 25, 2008

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Brian Maass / CBS4Denver:
Plot to Kill Obama: Shoot From High Vantage Point  —  DENVER (CBS4) ― CBS4 has now learned at least four people are under arrest in connection with a possible plot to kill Barack Obama at his Thursday night acceptance speech in Denver.  All are being held on either drug or weapons charges.
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Felisa Cardona / Denver Post:
Possible Obama connection in gun arrest  —  Federal authorities have scheduled a press conference for Tuesday afternoon amid reports that a fortunate traffic stop by Aurora Police may have disrupted an assassination attempt against Barack Obama.  —  KUSA-TV is reporting that two men …
Rocky Mountain News:
Police investigate possible plot to kill Obama  —  Authorities are investigating a possible threat against presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.  —  Aurora police arrested a longtime drug user Sunday afternoon during a routine traffic stop where the man was seen “weaving,” sources said.
Craig Crawford / Craig Crawford's Trail Mix:
Anatomy of a Subplot  —  The Democratic convention now teeters on the brink of a media disaster thanks to real news that threatens to distract reporters from the scripted show.  —  And wouldn't you know, it's all about the Clintons.  The trouble with the news-free nature of modern conventions …
Discussion: The New Republic
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Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
PARTY PEOPLE: KAREN BROWN AND BONNIE TIERNEY, CLINTON AND MCCAIN SUPPORTERS  —  TAP ran into Karen Brown and Bonnie Tierney on 16th Street in Denver, Colorado.  Brown was wearing a Hillary Clinton shirt and a John McCain button.  They weren't delegates, but they'd come down from Colorado Springs to bear witness to the convention.
Matthew Mosk / Washington Post:
Clinton Advisers Skipping Obama Speech  —  A number of Sen. Hillary Clinton's top advisers will not be staying in Denver long enough to hear Barack Obama accept the nomination for president, according to sources familiar with their schedules.  —  Clinton will deliver her speech Tuesday night.
Howard Wolfson / The New Republic:
Smothering the Hatchet  —  Hillary's former communications director on how to close the Clinton-Obama rift.  —  The New Republic has asked me what advice I would give to Senator Obama to improve relations with the Clintons during this convention week.  —  To be clear, I believe …
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Three Democratic Clans Mix Uneasily
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Jay Newton-Small / Swampland:
Re: Bill Clinton's Convention Role
Discussion: TalkLeft and TIME.com
Matt / Think Progress:
Fox News reporter Griff Jenkins tasked with ‘causing trouble’ at Democratic convention.  —  Yesterday, Fox News reporter Griff Jenkins waded into the Re-create '68 protest outside the Democratic National Convention in Denver, where he was greeted with expletives as he antagonized the crowd by asking …
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Carter won't speak at Dem convention
Discussion: The Swamp, Political Radar and Hot Air
Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
McCain and Jay Leno Joke About His Age
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Obama to DOJ: Block terrorist ad  —  Sen. Barack Obama has launched an all-out effort to block a Republican billionaire's efforts to tie him to domestic and foreign terrorists in a wave of negative television ads.  —  Obama's campaign has written the Department of Justice demanding …
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Obama Responds On Ayers  —  Obama has an ad up “responding” to the criticism of his relationship with Bill Ayers.  Left unanswered:  —  1. Why has he been covering this up before now?  —  Obama's campaign manager David Axelrod told The Politico in February that
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Jennifer Rubin / Commentary:
The Biggest Goof Yet
Jim Kuhnhenn / Associated Press:
Obama responds to ad tying him to '60s radical
Discussion: The Corner
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Obama responds to Ayers ad in Ohio
Discussion: The Corner and The Campaign Spot
Little Green Footballs:
Zombie Update: Riot in Denver City Center  —  Just received via text from Zombie: … UPDATE at 8/25/08 6:54:17 pm:  —  Received at 6:50 pm PST: … UPDATE at 8/25/08 7:01:15 pm:  —  A web camera at the Civic Center: Livecam - The Denver Post.  —  UPDATE at 8/25/08 7:21:33 pm:
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Michelle Malkin:
Mob scene at the Mint; Update: The trouble begins; riot at Denver City Center, pepper spray comes out  —  Outside the Denver City Center...10:06pm Eastern/8:06pm Mountain...Founding Bloggers  —  is on the scene.  Blogger Charlie Martin is also there and reports that press and police again far outnumber protesters.
Nancy Gibbs / Time:
Cindy McCain's Mission to Georgia  —  It's not every aspiring First Lady whose comfort zone is a war zone, but such is the case for Cindy McCain, who left Monday on a mission to Georgia to assess the civilian casualties caused by the Russian invasion.  —  McCain is traveling …
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Associated Press:
Cindy McCain to visit distressed Georgia  —  Announcement comes as Michelle Obama addresses DNC  —  SACRAMENTO, California - John McCain told a crowd at a fundraiser that his wife is on her way to the embattled nation of Georgia, an announcement coming just hours before Barack Obama's wife makes …
Mark Murray / MSNBC:   MICHELLE OBAMA MEETS THE PRESS, SORT OF
Michael Idov / New York Magazine:
Joe Vengeance  —  Joe Lieberman says he left the Democratic Party and is stumping for John McCain out of principle.  Really?  —  Senator Joe Lieberman enters the room, but I can't see him—just a centipedelike scrum of black suits and Hasid hats that has formed around him and now moves, buzzing, toward the dais.
Discussion: The New Republic
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Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
SURE-TO-BE-WRONG-PREDICTION: WHY MCCAIN WILL CHOOSE LIEBERMAN.
David Greenberg / Slate:
WHY BIDEN'S PLAGIARISM SHOULDN'T BE FORGOTTEN.  —  Teachers and scholars consider the unattributed use of someone else's words and ideas to be a very serious offense, but the public doesn't seem to mind much, at least when it comes to politics.  The incidents of plagiarism and fabrication …
Larry Kudlow / The Corner:
Are the Denver Dems Downing Stocks?  —  Are the Denver Dems downing the stock market today?  The Dow is off 230 points, starting right from the get-go.  So-called market analysts are blaming financials and the credit crunch as they always do.  But there's more.
Peter Wehner / The Corner:
Obama's Misfire  —  I want to echo what Yuval says, as well as Jennifer Rubin over at Contentions.  Senator Obama's new ad, trying to explain his association with the unrepentant terrorist Bill Ayers, may rank as among the worst tactical mistakes of the campaign.
 
 
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Guns Silent, Moscow and Tbilisi Open New Front in Denver
Pete Yost / Associated Press:
MBNA paid Biden son at critical time for bill
Discussion: The Next Right and Yahoo! News
Ahmed Rasheed / Reuters:
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
PUFFED-UP HYPOCRITE WATCH
Stephen Spruiell / The Corner:
2008 GOP Platform Looks to be Big Departure from 2004
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Chicago Sun Times:
National Organization for Women president calls for Jones' resignation …
Discussion: TalkLeft
Iain MacWhirter / Glasgow Herald:
The unlikeliest political comeback in history
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Jonah On Elitism  —  This post seems to have struck a nerve.
Discussion: The Corner
Howard / Gotham Acme:
Enough!  —  Im frequently asked why some of Senator Clinton's …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and The Caucus
Washington Post:
Mr. Obama's Show  —  FOUR YEARS ago, an unknown state senator …
Michael Sheridan / Times of London:
Millions forfeit water to Olympic Games
Discussion: Hot Air
Michelle Malkin:
Daddy Yankee endorsement: Another pathetic McCain pander
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
TARGETING OBAMA'S HALF-BROTHER.... One need look no further …
Dean Barnett / Weekly Standard Blog:
I Wish I Owned Eight
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Joe Klein / Swampland:
Focused  —  I attended a Frank Luntz focus group consisting …
 

 
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