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10:05 AM ET, July 28, 2008

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Michelle Malkin:
McCain finally endorses campaign to end racial preferences...or does he?  —  Over the past year, I've blogged repeatedly about true maverick and civil rights pioneer Ward Connerly's Super Tuesday for Equality campaign to end discriminatory government race/gender preferences across the country …
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Betsy Newmark / Betsy's Page:
McCain flips to support the Civil Rights Initiative  —  In an interview with George Stephanopolous yesterday, John McCain took a new stance on the Ward Connerly referendum that supporters have succeeded in getting on the Arizona, Colorado, and Nebraska ballots this November.
Roger Clegg / The Corner:
McCain Does the Right Thing on Racial Preferences
Discussion: Associated Press
Washington Post / The Trail:
McCain Supports Ariz. Proposal to Ban Affirmative Action
Discussion: The Other McCain
William Kristol / New York Times:
Be Afraid.  Please.  —  Life is full of disappointments.  —  Early Friday, I went to the Real Clear Politics Web site, as I do every morning, for my fix of political news and commentary.  I perked up when I saw the third entry on the list of that day's notable articles — “No. 44 Has Spoken.”
Washington Post:
For Obama, Hurdles in Expanding Black Vote  —  MACON, Ga. — Amanda Bass, a volunteer for Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign, had already tried once to get Wilmer Gray to register to vote.  But when she glimpsed him in a black T-shirt and White Sox cap again on a recent weekday …
Wall Street Journal:
Docking Paychecks for Politics  —  The mighty Service Employees International Union (SEIU) plans to spend some $150 million in this year's election, most of it to get Barack Obama and other Democrats elected.  Where'd they get that much money?  —  That's a question the Departments of Labor …
Discussion: Hot Air, QandO and Betsy's Page
Christopher Conkey / Wall Street Journal:
Funds for Highways Plummet As Drivers Cut Gasoline Use  —  An unprecedented cutback in driving is slashing the funds available to rebuild the nation's aging highway system and expand mass-transit options, underscoring the economic impact of high gasoline prices.
Discussion: Don Surber
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
McCain Says Obama Plays Politics on Iraq  —  Some Fellow Republicans Question Tactics  —  In his most direct challenge yet of his Democratic presidential rival's Iraq policy, Sen. John McCain suggested yesterday that Sen. Barack Obama had crafted a war strategy designed to further his own political advancement.
Nancy A. Youssef / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Petraeus won't join bandwagon for Iraq withdrawal timetable  —  BAGHDAD — The top U.S. military commander in Iraq isn't buying the increasingly popular idea of a publicly stated timetable for American troop withdrawal.  —  Gen. David Petraeus, the Iraq commander, said in an interview …
Alexander Marquardt / CNN:
Obama sees doctor for sore hip  —  CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) - Just back from an eight-day trip to the Middle East and Europe, Barack Obama went to see a doctor Sunday night at the University of Chicago Medical Center to examine a sore hip.  —  “His hip has been sore from basketball for a few weeks …
Discussion: Swampland and TIME.com
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John McCormick / The Swamp:   Obama visits hospital for sore hip
Carla Marinucci / San Francisco Chronicle:
McCain has reason to smile as he visits state  —  He's been portrayed by Democrats as the grumpy old man of foreign policy and the “McSame” candidate.  But even after a brutal week that put his competitor, Barack Obama, in a glowing international spotlight, Republican Sen. John McCain is coming …
Peter S. Goodman / New York Times:
Worried Banks Sharply Reduce Business Loans  —  Banks struggling to recover from multibillion-dollar losses on real estate are curtailing loans to American businesses, depriving even healthy companies of money for expansion and hiring.  —  Two vital forms of credit used by companies …
ABCNEWS:
Savage Loses Advertisers Over Autism Remarks  —  In Wake of Protests, Advertisers Don't Want to Support ‘Savage Nation’  —  Michael Savage — one of the most popular talk show hosts in the nation — is used to controversy.  It's been one week since Savage made controversial remarks about autism …
Discussion: Think Progress
Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
TOP TEN THINGS THAT CREEP ME OUT ABOUT OBAMA  —  I know it is not politically correct to say that Obama “creeps me out.”  That's because immediately after uttering such blasphemy, our friends on the left would put me on the couch and matter of factly inform me that I am suffering from …
Discussion: Betsy's Page
 
 
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Democrats Try to Break Grip of the Senate's Dr. No
Lawrence Summers / Financial Times:
The way forward for Fannie and Freddie
Washington Post:
Workable Terrorism Trials
Discussion: The Seminal and TalkLeft
Cindy McCain / Wall Street Journal:
Rwanda's Women Are Leading the Way
Discussion: TIME.com
Jimmy Vielkind / Albany Times Union:
Cuomo to Obama: Be specific
Discussion: The American Mind
Washington Post:
U.S. Says Contractor Made Little Progress on Iraq Projects
Michael Abramowitz / Washington Post:
Rights Issue Looms as Bush Heads to China
The City Edition / NO QUARTER:
The Donna Brazile - Karl Rove Connection
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
THE BIG PICTURE  —  Just think that a couple weeks ago …
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Speaking In Code  —  I haven't finished Jane Mayer's book …
Katie Allison Granju / WBIR-TV:
Second church shooting victim dead
Mike McIntire / New York Times:
Democracy Group Gives Donors Access to McCain
Discussion: TIME.com
Zzaki / Political Punch:
New McCain Ad Bashes Obama for Not Visiting Troops Using Footage …
Dahleen Glanton / Chicago Tribune:
New battles erupt over gun laws
Anita Thompson / The Huffington Post:
Listening to the Dalai Lama in Aspen
Discussion: TalkLeft
MSNBC:
Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL)