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9:55 AM ET, August 28, 2008

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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Rove tried to kill Lieberman VP pick  —  Republican strategist Karl Rove called Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) late last week and urged him to contact Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to withdraw his name from vice presidential consideration, according to three sources familiar with the conversation.
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New York Times:
McCain Has Made His Pick and Is Set to Tell on Friday  —  WASHINGTON — Senator John McCain has decided on his running mate, two Republican strategists in contact with Mr. McCain's campaign said Wednesday.  He is expected to reveal his choice at a rally at a basketball arena in Dayton, Ohio, at 11 a.m. Friday.
The Politico:
McCain selects his VP  —  Sen. McCain has chosen his running mate and the person will be notified on Thursday, a senior campaign official said.  —  A friend said McCain had pretty much settled on his selection early this week, and it crystallized in the past few days.
Discussion: Taylor Marsh, DBKP and Hot Air
CNN:
Sources: McCain to reveal VP Friday in Ohio
Robert D. Novak / UnionLeader.com:
Robert Novak: Lieberman told McCain to choose someone else
Stephen Green / Pajamas Media:
Live from DNC: Bill Get His Digs In  —  Biden's speech?  Surprisingly good.  Bill Clinton's?  Read between the lines and you see what he thinks of Obama...  I've never been called a man of few words, but let me say this as short as I can — yes, yes, yes I accept the nomination.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
A Clinton Masterpiece  —  Readers know my personal disdain for Bill Clinton.  But longtime readers will also know I have always defended his solid centrist, smart record in office and defended him against his most over-reaching enemies.  Tonight, I think, was one of the best speeches he has ever given.
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Obama Wins Nomination; Biden and Bill Clinton Rally Party  —  DENVER — Barack Hussein Obama, a freshman senator who defeated the first family of Democratic Party politics with a call for a fundamentally new course in politics, was nominated by his party on Wednesday to be the 44th president of the United States.
Michael Crowley / The New Republic:
The Redemption of Bill Clinton
Joan Walsh / Salon:
Bill Clinton shows — and gets — the love
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
THE EX-PRESIDENT.  —  He left little unsaid.
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Obama camp blasts National Review writer as “slimy character assassin”  —  Barack Obama's campaign hasn't advertised this a great deal this week, but the campaign's “Action Wire” has been waging large-scale campaigns against critics.  That includes tens of thousands of e-mails …
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Michael Calderone / The Politico:
MSNBC prez defends convention team  —  DENVER — Amid a spate of awkward on-air conflicts among MNSBC anchors at this week's Democratic convention, some staff members say there are sharp internal disputes at the cable network over whether its opinion and personality-driven political coverage has crossed the line.
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Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org:
'Let's Wrap Him Up': Olbermann Tries To Get Rid of Republican Murphy
Discussion: Wizbang and Olbermann Watch
Charles Mahtesian / The Politico:
Dems nervous over Invesco risks  —  DENVER - Senior Democratic officials are expressing serious concerns about the political risks posed by Barack Obama's acceptance speech at Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium Thursday evening.  —  From the elaborate stagecraft to the teeming crowd …
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New York Times:
Democrats Work to Minimize Stadium Setting's Political Risks  —  DENVER — When Senator Barack Obama announced in early July that he would give his nomination address in an outdoor stadium in front of 75,000 people, he wowed members of both parties who saw it as an inspired stroke of campaign image making.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
JOHN KERRY — WOW!  —  Most of the nets aren't showing it.  But John Kerry's giving a really good speech on the foreign policy front.  Knocking McCain for standing on an aircraft three months after 9/11 and calling out ‘next stop Baghdad.’ He's going through the list of McCain's foreign policy goofs …
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Associated Press:
Remarks of John F. Kerry to the Democratic National Convention
Discussion: National Review
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
The Master Has Arrived  —  In the time-honored tradition of the notebook dump, some thoughts and observations on the Democratic convention so far:  —  As for Bill Clinton's speech, halfway through I thought: The Master has arrived.  Crazy Bill, the red-faced Rageaholic, was somewhere else.
Discussion: PSoTD and Chicago Boyz
Walter Alarkon / The Hill's Blog Briefing Room:
Biden Fumbles Military Terms  —  Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden might be the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, but for at least a split second Wednesday, he got confused about some very simple military terminology.  —  Speaking at the Democratic National Convention …
Discussion: Hot Air and QandO
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis:
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT AND CORPORATE PROFITS: Second Quarter 2008 (Preliminary)  —  Real gross domestic product — the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States — increased at an annual rate of 3.3 percent in the second quarter of 2008, (that is …
R. A. Dillon / newsminer.com • Fairbanks, Alaska:
Outcome of Alaska primary race between Young, Parnell won't be known for weeks  —  WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Don Young and Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell will have to wait until Sept. 5 to find out which of them will face Democrat Ethan Berkowitz in November.  —  With all but one of Alaska's 438 …
Discussion: The Corner and Swing State Project
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George Will / Real Clear Politics:
The Devils in His Details  —  DENVER — When Barack Obama feeds rhetorical fishes and loaves to the multitudes in the football stadium Thursday night, he should deliver a message of sufficient particularity that it seems particularly suited to Americans.  One more inspirational oration …
Discussion: Reason Magazine
 
 
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Michael Powell / New York Times:
Witnesses to Dr. King's Dream See a New Hope
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Charles Wilson / Washington Post:
Charlie Wilson's Peace
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Mariotti Quits, Says Newspapers Are ‘Dying’
Matt Welch / Reason:
All We Are Saying Is, Make Smarter War
Discussion: Pajamas Media
Dave Barry / National Journal Convention Coverage:
Change, You Say? Start With Some Elbow Room
Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
For Veteran Speaker, the Challenge of a Lifetime
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Michelle Malkin:
Document drop: Turning the tables again on Obama's speech-squelching thugs
Discussion: Doug Ross
Lisa Leff / Associated Press:
Lesbian activist Del Martin dies at 87
Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
Biden's Speech  —  Eh.  The personal stuff was very effective.
Discussion: Swampland and Kevin Drum
Washington Post:
Justice Dept Seeks Reduced Abramoff Sentence
Discussion: The Crypt's Blogs
Jonah Goldberg / The Corner:
Enough Already  —  Biden's doing a great job, just as I expected.
Discussion: TBogg
Hindrocket / Power Line:
TOGA!  TOGA!  TOGA!  —  We've written about Barack Obama's Greek Temple here and here.
 

 
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