| 11:23 PM: | Bush urges Brown not to set Iraq pullout timetable. President George W. Bush urged British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Sunday not to set a timetable for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq. Reuters. | |
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| 10:31 PM: | "The Moderator Chair Will Be Empty" Tim Russert was the longest serving moderator of "Meet the Press" -- taking over the helm of the program on December 8, 1991. The moderator chair will be empty this Sunday in his honor. Mediabistro. | |
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| 9:14 PM: | Late Night: The Politics of Cynicism. Get cynical, but get active. Also, David Brooks is a douche. Firedoglake. | |
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| 7:28 PM: | McCain: It can be tough to be proud of USA. Republican presidential candidate John McCain admitted on Saturday it can be difficult at times to be proud of the United States. Reuters. | |
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| 7:21 PM: | Frank Rich: Angry Clinton Women & McCain? The same Republican operatives who gleefully insulted Hillary Clinton are now peddling the fable that her female supporters will desert their own party en masse. NYT. | |
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| 7:17 PM: | Op-Ed Contributor: Think the Gender War Is Over? Think Again. Senator Barack Obama has refused to give the traditional answer to the question posed by the American Sphinx who guards the halls of leadership: "Are you man enough?" NYT. | |
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| 6:49 PM: | The Nation: Age Becomes the New Race and Gender. Get ready, in campaign ’08, for hints, proxies and a possible backlash. NYT. | |
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| 6:48 PM: | War Powers: Why This Court Keeps Rebuking This President. Rarely have the Supreme Court’s justices gotten in the White House’s way in times of conflict. Until now. NYT. | |
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| 6:48 PM: | Obama Goes One on One, Battling 'Just a Speechmaker' Label. Fighting the perception that he is only a razzle-dazzle speechmaker, Barack Obama devoted most of his time in the past week to intimate campaign appearances. NYT. | |
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| 6:46 PM: | The Long Run: In '74 Thesis, the Seeds of McCain's War Views. An essay written for the National War College in 1974 illuminates some of the themes of Senator John McCain’s political career and the development of his views on foreign policy. NYT. | |
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| 6:45 PM: | Carly Fiorina woos Clinton supporters for McCain. John McCain targeted disappointed supporters of Democrat Hillary Clinton on Saturday with high profile help from Carly Fiorina, an adviser and former Hewlett-Packard chief executive who has been called one of the most powerful women in the United States. Reuters. | |
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| 6:44 PM: | Charging by the Byte to Curb Internet Traffic. Internet service providers are threatening to place limits on the online activity of their most active subscribers. NYT. | |
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| 4:49 PM: | Obama's wife deals with rumors amid campaign. It has been a rough 10 days for Michelle Obama. USA Today. | |
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| 4:26 PM: | Warner off Obama's VP list with Senate nomination. Former Gov. Mark R. Warner on Saturday removed himself from consideration as a vice presidential running mate. USA Today. | |
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| 4:25 PM: | Electoral College Votes. We have opened markets on how many Electoral College Votes the Democratic and Republican nominees for president will recieve in the 2008 election. Intrade. | |
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| 3:02 PM: | Warner takes himself out of Obama's VP mix. Former Virginia Governor Mark Warner has taken himself out of the mix as a possible running mate for Barack Obama. CNN. | |
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| 2:16 PM: | House Republicans fall millions short in fundraising. Rank and file Republicans in the House of Representatives are tens of millions of dollars short of meeting fundraising targets. USA Today. | |
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| 2:15 PM: | The battle for Clinton backers. McCain holds conference to woo independents. Politico. | |
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| 2:15 PM: | Obama blasts McCain on energy, taxes. Sen. Barack Obama told voters in Wayne, Pennsylvania, on Saturday that he'll cut taxes for the middle class, raise taxes for the wealthy and pour more money into what he calls green energy. CNN. | |
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| 2:13 PM: | Obama Settles In to Smaller Appearances. The candidate rejects large-scale rallies for roundtables and smaller gatherings. Sunday NY Times: He is "fighting the perception that he is only a razzle-dazzle speechmaker who is aloof in small settings." Mark Halperin. | |
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| 1:25 PM: | Who will fill Russert's shoes? We're sitting around NewsJunk HQ, talking politics and wondering when the discussion is going to turn to the game of musical chairs that must be playing out at NBC. Scripting News. | |
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| 12:42 PM: | Tim Russert, one of the good guys. There was no artifice in the "Meet the Press" host. The best political questioner on TV seemed the same guy off-camera as on. Salon. | |
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| 12:41 PM: | House GOP falls short on campaign cash. House rank and file Republicans are tens of millions of dollars short of meeting fundraising targets set by their own campaign committee in advance of this fall's elections. AP. | |
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| 12:41 PM: | Black Republicans consider voting for Obama. Black conservative talk show host Armstrong Williams has never voted for a Democrat for president. USA Today. | |
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| 12:40 PM: | Obama courts the Latino vote. Sen. Barack Obama looks to win over Latino voters before November. CNN. | |
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| 12:40 PM: | More On Tim Russert. The death of NBC Washington bureau chief Tim Russert continues to dominate the worlds of politics and journalism. Washington Post. | |
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| 12:39 PM: | Obama to Speak About Fatherhood Sunday. The Senator will mark Father's Day by speaking about "the responsibilities we have as fathers and parents to help our children achieve their dreams" at Chicago's Apostolic Church of God. Remarks will come during a service beginning at 12:45 pm ET. Mark Halperin. | |
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| 12:38 PM: | Obama brings a gun to a knife fight. The McCain campaign and RNC are pouncing on another line from the Obama pool report. Ben Smith. | |
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| 12:38 PM: | Wooing Independents. McCain and Obama camps working to lure independent and opposite-party voters to their sides. Mark Halperin. | |
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| 12:37 PM: | Sundays after Russert. Sunday, his chair will be empty in his honor. But someone else will soon have some very big shoes to fill. Politico. | |
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| 11:00 AM: | Pennsylvania governor says he drank Obama Kool-Aid. One of the most ardent supporters of Hillary Clinton's bid for the Democratic presidential nomination has disclosed the secret behind his now public support of Barack Obama: he drank the Kool-Aid. Reuters. | |
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| 10:52 AM: | Obama: "If They Bring a Knife to the Fight, We Bring a Gun" Mobster wisdom tells us never to bring a knife to a gun fight. But what does political wisdom say about bringing a gun to a knife fight? WSJ. | |
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| 10:46 AM: | Russert Revisited. As the encomiums to Tim Russert continue to pile in, a few bloggers are pushing back, albeit with the expected respect. NYT. | |
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| 10:39 AM: | Campaign Stops: The Conversation: Living Off the Handle. John McCain and Barack Obama need to show us that they can pick and choose vice presidents -- and principles. NYT. | |
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| 10:07 AM: | A Moment of Clarity in Baghdad. Mr. Bush should start preparing now for an orderly withdrawal -- and for a strategic review of America’s relationship with Iraq. Since he stubbornly refuses to do that, he should negotiate an extension of the United Nations mandate and leave any deal on future American-Iraqi relations to his successor. NYT Editorial. | |
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| 10:06 AM: | Gallup Daily: Obama 45%, McCain 42% Barack Obama maintains a three percentage point advantage over John McCain, 45% to 42%, an edge slightly smaller than the lead he enjoyed in the days after Hillary Clinton's departure from the race. Gallup. | |
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| 9:55 AM: | Delegate’s reversal stuns party. An elected delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Denver this summer switches to support McCain for President. JournalSentinel. | |
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| 9:45 AM: | Giuliani Willing To Help Out Republicans... For Cash On The Barrel. Republicans are hot-wired for pay-to-play, and Rudy Giuliani is the quintessential Republican. Daily Kos. | |
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| 9:43 AM: | A Map Quest for Political Junkies. CQ Politics now features one of the easiest and most comprehensive online maps you will find for tracking Congressional and Governors races. Craig Crawford. | |
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| 9:40 AM: | In Obama vs. McCain, It's Bumper vs. Bumper. Does a bumper sticker define a campaign? Or does a campaign define its bumper stickers? NPR. | |
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| 9:37 AM: | World's longest political question? Sen. John McCain may rethink his question-and-answer forums after someone takes nearly three minutes to ask his question. CNN. | |
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| 9:36 AM: | McCain versus McCain. Once again the king of straight talk can't seem to help but contradict himself constantly: The whole video runs about 90 seconds, but the first 30 seconds or so are crying out to be made into a TV ad. Yglesias. | |
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| 9:34 AM: | More Disclosures on McCain Finances. New filing suggests Cindy McCain liquidated a blind trust last year. DNC criticizes the couple for a lack of transparency. Mark Halperin. | |
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| 9:31 AM: | Obama says he would cut taxes for middle class. Obama told voters Saturday he would push an aggressive economic agenda as president: cutting taxes for the middle class, raising taxes on the wealthy, pouring money into "green energy" and requiring employers to set up retirement saving plans for their workers. AP. | |
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| 9:30 AM: | Black conservatives weigh voting for Obama. Black conservative talk show host Armstrong Williams has never voted for a Democrat for president. That could change this year. CNN. | |
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| 9:30 AM: | McCain Cancels Fund-Raiser. The latest casualty of the vetting wars is a McCain fund-raiser at the home of a Texas oilman who joked about rape in a 1990 gubernatorial race. NYT. | |
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