| 11:13 PM: | Op-Ed Columnist: Now That We’ve ‘Won,’ Let’s Come Home. Perhaps if there was a draft, there would be 1968-ish turmoil now, but in 2008, the Vietnam analogy doesn’t hold. The center does. NYT. | |
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| 11:12 PM: | The Nation: The Executive Power Awaiting the Next President. Senators John McCain and Barack Obama might undo Bush’s legacy. But maybe not. NYT. | |
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| 10:07 PM: | Editorial: Iraq Oil Rush. Baghdad’s negotiating process to assign contracts for long-term oil field development is flawed and troubling. NYT. | |
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| 9:59 PM: | ElBaradei warns against strike on Iran. A military strike on Iran would turn the Middle East "into a ball of fire," the head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog agency said. CNN. | |
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| 7:58 PM: | Five places to look for Obama and Clinton. When Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton stump together, they'll choose towns that offer maximum political benefits. Politico. | |
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| 7:58 PM: | Obama Plans National Push on Ads and Turnout. Barack Obama hopes to capitalize on his expected fund-raising lead to force Republicans to compete in states they usually win. NYT. | |
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| 7:57 PM: | Veterans Rebut ‘Swift Boat’ Charges Against Kerry in Answer to Challenge. A group of Vietnam veterans is taking up a Texas oilman on a challenge he issued in November in which he offered $1 million to anyone who could disprove a single charge. NYT. | |
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| 7:57 PM: | Two Republican Contenders Whose Similarities Are Mostly Skin Deep. For all the obvious similarities, comparisons between the 1996 candidacy of Bob Dole and Senator John McCain’s campaign this year are somewhat misleading. NYT. | |
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| 7:25 PM: | PACs Still Have Pull. While Obama and the DNC have sworn off donations from political action committees, most candidates for Congress are still raking in such gifts -- $232.6 million worth during the first 15 months of this campaign. CQ. | |
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| 4:59 PM: | David Broder's and Bob Woodward's Lame Alibis. Washington Post Ombudsman Deborah Howell’s column on Bob Woodward’s and David Broder’s ethics was not as disappointing as I had feared. Harper's. | |
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| 4:57 PM: | Obama hits McCain on help for cities, levees. Sen. Barack Obama took his campaign to Miami, Florida, on Saturday with a message to the nation's mayors: I'll be your ally in Washington, Sen. John McCain will not. CNN. | |
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| 4:57 PM: | Where They Are Sunday. Obama: Chicago, IL (no public events). McCain: Sedona, AZ (no public events). Mark Halperin. | |
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| 4:30 PM: | On the Sunday shows. Meet the Press (with Brian Williams): Sens. Biden, Graham This Week: Sen. Hutchison, Rep. Markey, Red Cavaney of the American Petroleum Institute, Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University Face the Nation: Gov. Richardson, Carly Fiorina Fox News Sunday: Daschle, Tom Ridge Late Edition: Richardson, Gov. Pawlenty, Reps. Wexler, Cantor, Obama economic adviser Reich, McCain economic adviser Holtz-Eakin. Mark Halperin. | |
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| 3:36 PM: | That Was Then, This Is Now. John McCain tied Barack Obama in fundraising for the month of May? Perhaps Obamamania is wearing thin. Commentary. | |
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| 1:56 PM: | Obama hits McCain on help for cities, levees. Sen. Barack Obama took his campaign to Miami, Florida, on Saturday with a message to the nation's mayors: I'll be your ally in Washington, Sen. John McCain will not. CNN. | |
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| 1:46 PM: | McClellan: Don't pardon Scooter. Scott McClellan has the right message on Scooter Libby: No pardon. Crooks and Liars. | |
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| 1:46 PM: | Obama's pre-emptive political war. Right-wing bogeyman touted by Dems. $5,000 cable buy got him on A1 of the NYT. Politico. | |
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| 1:45 PM: | How can Obama spend $350 million in just 2 months? Evan Tracey — the nation's leading tracker of political ad spending — helps answer the question: how can Obama spend $350 million in just 2 months? Mark Halperin. | |
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| 1:34 PM: | The Stat That Counts. Among independents -- the group that usually determines election outcomes -- Obama leads 48%-36%. Andrew Sullivan. | |
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| 1:32 PM: | How Big Is Big. Sunday NY Times on Obama's national advertising and field aspirations. Mark Halperin. | |
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| 1:32 PM: | McCain dogged by campaign missteps. Call it campaign growing pains. Or bad luck. Or a combination of the two. By any name, Sen. John McCain is hampered by missteps and self-generated controversy in the early days of the general election campaign for the White House. CNN. | |
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| 10:16 AM: | Gallup Daily: Obama 46%, McCain 44% John McCain and Barack Obama remain nearly tied in national voter preferences, 46% for Obama and 44% for McCain. Gallup. | |
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| 9:40 AM: | Apparently, Even Barack Obama Thinks You're Stupid. We'll include Barack Obama in the mix of politicians that apparently think all you who were following the FISA debates are as dumb as day-old pill bugs, and it's depressing as hell to have to do so. Daily Kos. | |
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| 9:39 AM: | Still Fighting the ‘Swift Boat' Battle. A group of veterans who served with John Kerry sent a letter to T. Boone Pickens, taking him up on a challenge: that he'd give a million dollars to anyone who could disprove a single charge the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth made against Mr. Kerry. NYT. | |
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| 9:35 AM: | Obama's mission next week: Turn two states blue. Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is heading west next week, to campaign in two states he hopes he can turn blue this November. The Senator from Illinois is scheduled to hold a campaign event in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Monday and Las Vegas, Nevada, on Tuesday. CNN. | |
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| 7:34 AM: | New National Numbers. From USA Today/Gallup poll: Obama 48, McCain 42. Mark Halperin. | |
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| 7:33 AM: | Bush says Democrats keep blocking his energy plans. President Bush is accusing Democrats in Congress of blocking his energy proposals, saying they are partly to blame for high gasoline costs pinching Americans' budgets. AP. | |
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| 7:31 AM: | Obama alienates the editors. After his turnaround on public financing, editorial boards turn on him. Politico. | |
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