| 10:23 PM: | Citizen Mayhill. Taking the advice of her own husband, she has decided to focus next on the travels of John McCain -- assuming that she can figure out where he'll be. ("The McCain campaign is a little e-mail-challenged," she said.) The New Yorker. | |
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| 9:13 PM: | When McCain Drops Out. I think there is every reason to believe John McCain won't be the nominee. Ok, let me say that again. McCain will not be the Republican candidate in November. Steve Rosenbaum. | |
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| 8:56 PM: | John McCain: War Hero or North Vietnam's Go-To Collaborator? McCain had a unique POW experience. Initially, he was taken to the infamous Hanoi Hilton prison camp, where he was interrogated. By McCain's own account, after three or four days, he cracked. He promised his Vietnamese captors, "I'll give you military information if you will take me to the hospital." CounterPunch. | |
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| 8:51 PM: | Obama promises hoops court in White House. "I hear there's a bowling alley and obviously that hasn't gone too well," Obama told comic Jimmy Kimmel in a satellite interview from Philadelphia on Sunday. "So we're getting rid of the bowling alley and replacing it with a basketball court in the White House." USA Today. | |
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| 8:01 PM: | Taking A Breather. A lot of people are understandably taking this caesura in the campaign to reserve judgment on either nominee. Andrew Sullivan. | |
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| 7:54 PM: | Why Obama should pick Hillary Clinton as veep. The case for an Obama-Clinton ticket, also known as, you got any better ideas? Salon. | |
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| 4:32 PM: | One word to describe John McCain? I wanted to invite readers of this weblog to answer the question, and perhaps provide an explanation. My answer follows. Scripting News. | |
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| 4:18 PM: | McCain blasts corn subsidies, backs larger Security Council. U.S. presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain supports ending subsidies for U.S. ethanol production. USA Today. | |
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| 3:37 PM: | Sunday Roundup. The Democratic convention could be a disaster as the convention committee may come up short on funds, conservative bloggers forecast. The Hill. | |
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| 3:25 PM: | Lots of Work Ahead for Election Commission When It Gets to Full Strength. After nearly six months of paralysis, the Federal Election Commission could be back in business this month, thanks to a compromise that ends a standoff in the Senate over nominations to the agency that oversees campaign finance law. CQ. | |
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| 3:06 PM: | McCain Texas Fundraiser Back On, Minus Host. Campaign revives event at a new location without host Clayton Williams, who once joked about rape. Unnamed aide: "Mr. Williams will not be attending the Midland event later this summer." Mark Halperin. | |
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| 3:06 PM: | Ross Perot Establishes Economic Policy Web Page. The purpose of the site is to again attract attention to the growing national debt. Ballot Access. | |
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| 2:03 PM: | McCain Meets With Iraqi Minister. John McCain met with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari Sunday morning at his campaign headquarters. WSJ. | |
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| 2:03 PM: | Text of Senator Nelson's Proposed Constitutional Amendment for Direct Presidential Election. U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-Florida) recently introduced SJR 39, which would provide for the direct election of the president. Ballot Access. | |
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| 2:02 PM: | Pew: Nearly half of Americans are using Web, e-mail, texting to follow the campaign. Some fresh data today... USA Today. | |
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| 1:59 PM: | Can McCain compete with Obama online? Obama’s social network has nearly a million members. McCain’s has a sign-up that reads "Benefits of joining Team McCain include:"--with nothing following. Politico. | |
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| 12:41 PM: | Face The Nation, 06.15.08. Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-La.), former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Politico's Jim VandeHei speak about the 2008 presidential election. Plus, commentary from Bob Schieffer on Tim Russert's death. Face the Nation. | |
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| 12:40 PM: | Recalling Russert as Political Operative in New York. Adam Nagourney writes about the period in the early 1980s when Tim Russert worked as a counselor to the newly elected Gov. Mario M. Cuomo, of New York. NYT. | |
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| 12:37 PM: | Obama Calls for More Responsibility from Fathers at Church Speech. Barack Obama used the Fathers Day holiday to push the message of the parental responsibility -- singling out fathers needing to step up to the plate within their families. ABC. | |
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| 12:36 PM: | Tin-eared at MSNBC. Comparing angry Clinton supporters to women who stay with a "jerk" who's "difficult and brutal" was not the best way to defend Keith Olbermann. Salon. | |
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| 12:35 PM: | Gingrich: McCain Won't Win On Experience. American voters will not reject Senator Barack Obama for president based on his experience but rather on his policies, says Newt Gingrich, who also predicted that if the GOP insists on campaigning against him on that basis they will lose. CBS. | |
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| 12:32 PM: | Where They Are Sunday. Obama: Flint, Detroit, MI. McCain: Washington, DC; Dallas, TX. Mark Halperin. | |
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| 10:51 AM: | Olbermann Asked To Tone Down Hillary Hate, Refused. "Griffin believed that Olbermann was beginning to alienate his core audience, and asked him to ease up a bit on Clinton, and possibly even make some conciliatory gesture to the Clinton camp. Olbermann was offended by the suggestion." TalkLeft. | |
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| 10:50 AM: | McCain Debates Himself on Supporting Bush. It's just so hard resisting the temptation to screw around with John McCain. Here he is debating himself on his support for George W. Bush Jed Report. | |
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| 10:49 AM: | McCain doesn't pick up on Michelle Obama joke. The questioner noted that he had been educated at Princeton and Harvard and made more than $300,000 a year. "How can I be proud of my country?" he asked. Jonathan Martin. | |
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| 10:24 AM: | 06-15-2008. Listen to Tim Russert, NBC News Washington bureau chief and moderator of "Meet the Press", interview newsmakers from around the world every Sunday morning. This audio podcast, published each Sunday by MSNBC.com, brings you each show in its entirety. Meet the Press. | |
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| 10:23 AM: | Gotcha! Others have written that Tim Russert's trademark and legacy was the "gotcha" -- the art of using a guest's own words to contradict his current position on an issue or some more recent utterance. This was really the journalistic equivalent of a deposition. Unlike law, in the world of politics it is a mixed blessing. Commentary. | |
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| 10:20 AM: | Russert warmly remembered on 'Meet the Press' There's something about an empty chair. USA Today. | |
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| 9:33 AM: | Weekend Wag the Blog: Town Hall Tussle. Right after Barack Obama clinched the Democratic presidential nomination early this month, John McCain proposed that the two party standardbearers meet in ten town hall meetings to give the voters a close-up look at the two men. Washington Post. | |
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| 9:27 AM: | Edwards Has Not Ruled Out V.P. Run. 2004 Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards this morning left open the possibility of a second run for the position. ABC. | |
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| 9:24 AM: | Meet Tim Russert, Mentor of the Press. Tyndall Report's data show that since 1991, when Russert took the chair at Meet the Press, his DC bureau has accounted for fully 30% of all Nightly's weekday stories, an annual average output of 1520 minutes, more than 25 hours. Tyndall Report. | |
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| 8:46 AM: | Analysis: Age an issue in 2008 campaign? Is Sen. John McCain too old to be president? CNN. | |
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| 8:40 AM: | Obama's Down-Ballot Effect. House Democrats are told the Democratic candidate draws independent voters to the ticket. NYT. | |
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| 8:17 AM: | Gallup Daily: Obama 45%, McCain 42% Barack Obama maintains a three percentage point advantage over John McCain in national registered voter preferences for the general election. Gallup. | |
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| 8:11 AM: | Lieberman irks Democrats by criticizing Obama. Joe Lieberman is fast becoming the Democrats' public enemy No. 1. AP. | |
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| 8:10 AM: | Rich: Women Boosting McCain 'a Fairy Tale' The NY Times' opinionmeister is skeptical the Republican's latest recruitment efforts will work. Mark Halperin. | |
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| 8:09 AM: | Historians Not Bullish on McCain. Observers tell Politico Bush's approval rating, the economy, and the national mood favor Obama. "This should be an overwhelming Democratic victory." Mark Halperin. | |
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| 8:08 AM: | McCain's 'Maverick' Image Fading. Voters tell Pew they associate the Senator with "old," "honest," "experienced," but not "independent" or "reformer." Polls show his popularity peaked in 2004. Mark Halperin. | |
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| 7:42 AM: | NV Poll: McCain By a Nose. New Mason-Dixon poll in the key battleground state of Nevada shows McCain leading Obama by just two points: McCain 44 Obama 42 Undecided 14. Time. | |
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| 7:41 AM: | AR Poll: Obama Cuts McCain Lead. Rasmussen numbers show Obama consolidating the Dem base but still trailing McCain by nine: McCain 48 Obama 39. Time. | |
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| 7:40 AM: | Bush contemplates writing his memoir. President George W. Bush, scrutinized in books by former colleagues including a blistering critique by his ex-spokesman, is considering writing a memoir of his own. Reuters. | |
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| 7:40 AM: | Analysis: Age an issue in the 2008 campaign? Listen to some Democrats, and you'll think the 71-year-old Arizona senator is a man lost in a perpetual fog. He is "confused" and has "lost his bearings." CNN. | |
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| 7:38 AM: | Obama fills sandbags in Illinois town threatened by floods. Barack Obama has stopped by the Mississippi River city of Quincy in his home state of Illinois where he used a shovel to fill sandbags as a precaution against the rising river. CNN. | |
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| 5:55 AM: | Black conservatives conflicted on Obama campaign. Black conservative talk show host Armstrong Williams has never voted for a Democrat for president. That could change this year with Barack Obama as the Democratic Party's nominee. AP. | |
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| 5:53 AM: | Rural Illinois May Offer Clues to Obama's Electability. "We tried to convince people that they needed to come out and meet with this senator from Chicago, who on top of everything else was African American," Brown, a circuit court clerk, said of the 1997 gathering. "We had people looking at us strangely." Washington Post. | |
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| 5:51 AM: | Sunday Talking Heads. Sunday Talking Heads lineup and then some. Firedoglake. | |
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| 5:48 AM: | What should McCain do about Cheney? Though Cheney is one of the nation’s most influential and talked about vice presidents ever, his favorability ratings are near toxic lows. Politico. | |
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| 5:47 AM: | Mark Warner Says No to VP. Virginia's former Democratic governor says flatly he would not serve as Obama's running mate, focusing instead on the commonwealth's open Senate seat. Mark Halperin. | |
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| 5:47 AM: | At Reuters Summit, McCain seen as best choice for economy. Republican presidential candidate John McCain's tax policies have given him an edge as the better man for the economy, various Wall Street experts said at this week's Reuters Investment Outlook Summit. Reuters. | |
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