| 11:33 PM: | Campaign Stops: Campaign Reversals. Why John McCain may be smart to change his perspective on offshore oil drilling. NYT. | |
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| 11:31 PM: | Editorial: Our Pen-and-Paper Doctors. If this country does not accelerate the conversion from paper to electronic health records, many health care reform promises will become irrelevant. NYT. | |
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| 11:23 PM: | What’s Obscene? Google Could Have an Answer. In a Florida trial, Google data will be used to argue that that explicit material doesn’t violate community values. NYT. | |
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| 11:06 PM: | Two things you don't want to miss. Check out Tom Schaller's roundtable on 2008 swing states, and Larry King's tribute to George Carlin. Salon. | |
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| 10:56 PM: | McCain defends position switch on offshore oil. Republican presidential candidate John McCain is defending his decision to switch position in favor of U.S. offshore oil drilling as he seeks votes in environmentally conscious California. Reuters. | |
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| 9:54 PM: | Surveillance Showdown Promised. Liberal members of the Senate are gearing up to try to block a rewrite of the nation's electronic surveillance laws from clearing this week, but it appears likely they will lose. CQ. | |
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| 9:52 PM: | We Should Fear Huffington. HuffPo has evolved into the newspaper of the Internet, with a concerted strategy to expand into content verticals like Entertainment (going for the Perez Hilton link love) and Local, starting with a Chicago edition. It's doing real investigative journalism (meet Mayhill Fowler , Obama donor). They've hired serious investigative/research types like Nico Pitney away from the Center for American Progress. Arianna confirmed this basic approach was confirmed in her talk today at PDF, and it is scary. Patrick Ruffini. | |
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| 9:04 PM: | At Google, Slow Growth in News. The death of Tim Russert this month became a top article on the nation's biggest news sites. The front page of Google News took about an hour to catch up. NYT. | |
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| 8:12 PM: | McCain says bandage on head due to 'low-hanging roof' McCain had a bandage on the top of his head on Monday, but McCain said it was not due to a new bout of skin cancer. "It was a brush with a low-hanging door," McCain told reporters. Reuters. | |
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| 8:11 PM: | Obama's presidential seal was for 'one-time use' Obama's presidential campaign is retiring a presidential seal that made its debut at a Chicago event last week. "It was a one-time seal for a one-time use," Obama spokeswoman Jen Psaki said. Reuters. | |
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| 8:06 PM: | The swing states of 2008. Salon asks a round table of experts to predict where the presidential election will be won or lost. It's not just about Ohio anymore. Salon. | |
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| 7:22 PM: | Democrats in Senate Seek to Block Deals for Iraqi Oil. Charles E. Schumer is leading a group of Democratic senators to block a set of contentious no-bid oil contracts that Iraq has decided to award to the Western oil giants. NYT. | |
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| 7:08 PM: | How to retire on $50 billion. Gates, who has been spotted on Seattle freeways reading a book while driving himself to the office, covets knowledge. It's as if he's still trying to make up for dropping out of Harvard. CNN. | |
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| 7:07 PM: | 'Washington Post' executive editor to step down. Leonard Downie Jr., the longtime executive editor of The Washington Post, is stepping down in September. USA Today. | |
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| 7:06 PM: | The swing states of 2008. Salon asks a round table of experts to predict where the presidential election will be won or lost. It's not just about Ohio anymore. Salon. | |
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| 6:56 PM: | Rove: Obama. Karl Rove referred to Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, as "coolly arrogant." ABC. | |
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| 6:49 PM: | Is McCain Smart Enough. Andrew Sullivan and Marc Ambinder debate whether McCain has an unsophisticated, "binary" world view. The Atlantic. | |
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| 6:29 PM: | Judge Urged to Order Associates Of President to Honor Subpoena. Lawyers for Congress tried yesterday to persuade a federal judge to take the unprecedented step of ordering top White House aides to comply with a House committee's subpoena for information about the controversial firings of U.S. attorneys. Washington Post. | |
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| 6:27 PM: | Mitch McConnell's Senate Seat Now In Jeopardy. While much of the media and political world has been focused on the race for the White House, another contest with leadership implications is quietly gaining steam on the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue. Huffington Post. | |
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| 6:23 PM: | Washington Post Reporter: Obama ‘Is Much More White Than Black’. "He really did not become immersed in black American culture until he left college and went to Chicago. The great irony is that he is much more white than black, beyond skin color." ThinkProgress. | |
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| 6:18 PM: | Rasmussen: Obama Up In PA & NM. Rasmussen Reports released two new polls today, one out of Pennsylvania and one from New Mexico , that basically tell us what we already knew: Obama is up where we expect him to be. MyDD. | |
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| 6:17 PM: | The Elizabeth Edwards Show. In a bit of improv theater, Elizabeth Edwards addressed an Internet conference in New York today by video hookup from her home in North Carolina. NYT. | |
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| 6:05 PM: | George Lakoff: Neuroscience of Politics. George Lakoff is well known as a cognitive linguist who looks at how language affects culture, specifically how much the metaphors we use impact the way we think. Boing Boing. | |
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| 5:50 PM: | Cindy Sheehan Has 3,500 Signatures. Cindy Sheehan, who hopes to be the first independent candidate for U.S. House on the California ballot since 1996, has 3,500 signatures as of June 23. She needs 10,198 valid, by August 8. Ballot Access. | |
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| 5:46 PM: | Elizabeth Edwards: Internet Is 'Mostly a Spigot' for Fund-Raising. Do presidential candidates understand the Internet or simply use it as a spigot for fund-raising? WSJ. | |
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| 5:40 PM: | U.S. considers outpost in Iran. The Bush administration is considering setting up a diplomatic outpost in Iran in what would mark a dramatic official U.S. return. USA Today. | |
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| 5:37 PM: | NASA warming scientist: 'This is the last chance' Exactly 20 years after warning America about global warming, a top NASA scientist said the situation has gotten so bad that the world's only hope is drastic action. AP. | |
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| 5:35 PM: | Why do we expect presidential candidates to be kind? You thought our presidential candidates were nice guys, regular guys, guys who you'd like to sit down and have a beer with? Guess what, lots of people are now telling me: They aren't! Slate. | |
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| 4:01 PM: | Gitmo trial looms in election homestretch. There is debate about whether McCain or Obama â€" or neither â€" stands to benefit from a September courtroom drama. Politico. | |
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| 3:09 PM: | Strategist regrets saying terror attack would help McCain. Charlie Black, a top adviser to Republican John McCain, was quoted making controversial comments today in an interview with Fortune magazine. He has now apologized. USA Today. | |
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| 2:52 PM: | Edwards Speaks In Detroit. Former candidate John Edwards, who endorsed Obama May 14 in Michigan, was back in the state today stumping for the Illinois senator. Time. | |
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| 1:07 PM: | Huffington Criticizes ‘False Neutrality' of Media. Arianna Huffington spoke at the fifth annual Personal Democracy Forum, which is examining how technology and the Internet are influencing politics and the media. NYT. | |
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| 1:00 PM: | Obama's Arrogance Born Of Insecurity? I'm no psychiatrist, but perhaps all the arrogance which Barack Obama displays is born from intellectual insecurity. Commentary. | |
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| 12:56 PM: | Communications workers endorse Obama. The Communications Workers of America union today endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president. The endorsement by acclamation came after Obama addressed the union's convention in Las Vegas by satellite. The 700,000-member CWA says it will be working to elect Obama. USA Today. | |
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| 12:24 PM: | Rove: Obama's the Guy at the Country Club Holding a Martini Making Snide Comments About Everyone Else. At a breakfast with Republican insiders at the Capitol Hill Club this morning, former White House senior aide Karl Rove referred to Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, as "coolly arrogant." ABC. | |
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| 12:22 PM: | New Mexico: Obama 47%, McCain 39% The presidential race in New Mexico has changed little over the past month. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state shows Barack Obama leading John McCain 47% to 39%. Rasmussen. | |
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| 12:16 PM: | Nader Files Complaint with Federal Election Commission Over 2004 Ballot Fights. Last week, Ralph Nader filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission, alleging that the Democratic National Committee, the Kerry 2004 campaign, 18 state Democratic Parties, at least 53 law firms, and several section 527 organizations, unlawfully coordinated their nationwide effort to keep Nader off the ballot in 2004. Ballot Access. | |
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| 12:03 PM: | McCain adviser: Another attack on the U.S. 'would be a big advantage' for McCain. McCain's chief strategist, Charlie Black, tells Fortune that the "unfortunate event" of Bhutto's death "helped us." Asked if another terrorist attack on U.S. soil would help McCain as well, Black told Fortune that it would be "a big advantage." Think Progress. | |
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| 11:13 AM: | Obama, Clinton to meet in Unity, N.H. Former rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton are planning their first joint general election appearance Friday in Unity, NH. USA Today. | |
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| 11:06 AM: | Tracy Russo throws down. At the current panel, "Inside the Presidential Campaigns: What Worked, What Didn't," Tracy Russo , who worked on the Edwards campaign, just went after McCain for lacking hands-on knowledge and understanding of the Internet and social networking tools. TAPPED. | |
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| 8:38 AM: | The Audacity of Insiders. Barack Obama may yet become the reform President who rearranges power on behalf of the people. But he'll need to resist the brotherhood of cozy insiders. The Nation. | |
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| 8:38 AM: | McCain: GOP worries add up. Even as McCain's strategists claim tactical victories, Republicans outside the campaign worry that underlying weaknesses in its organization and message are costing him valuable time to make the case for his own candidacy. MSNBC. | |
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| 8:37 AM: | First anti-Obama book out soon. Jonathan Martin writes that a National Review Online writer will publish the first anti-Obama book this summer. Ben Smith. | |
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| 8:36 AM: | Obama Quietly Targets Blacks. Campaign strategists think they can turn out an unprecedented African American voters in a least five battleground states — but are looking to do so without alienating whites. Mark Halperin. | |
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| 8:36 AM: | Obama-Clinton Joint Appearance. The Obama campaign announced Friday that Hillary Clinton would join Obama for a campaign appearance this Friday, June 27, but left out any other details, including the location. Time. | |
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| 8:36 AM: | Obama Seeks To Reintroduce Himself. Barack Obama has moved aggressively to shape his campaign and offered a clear road map for the kind of candidate he is likely to become in the months ahead, the Washington Post reports. CBS. | |
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| 8:36 AM: | VP Watch. A rundown on what some potential running mates had to say over the weekend about getting the nod: Joe Biden, Chuck Hagel, Tim Pawlenty, Tom Daschle. Time. | |
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| 8:34 AM: | Not campaigning for veep. Gov. Kathleen Sebelius echoes Obama's "Kansas values" line and refers to herself as an "Ohio girl." Ben Smith. | |
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| 8:34 AM: | DNC Launches Site Attacking McCain's Economic Advisers. DNC launched a website attacking three economic advisers to John McCain: former Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Texas), former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, and former Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Holtz-Eakin. The Hill. | |
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| 8:33 AM: | The enthusiasm gap. The most revealing numbers in the survey were the ones measuring voter enthusiasm: 61% of Democrats said they were more enthusiastic than usual about voting in this year's election, while just 35% of Republicans said that. MSNBC. | |
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| 7:48 AM: | Did lobbyists influence McCain's. Newsweek's Michael Isikoff updates the story of one of John McCain's good government efforts, which doesn't smell so sweet anymore. Salon. | |
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| 7:34 AM: | The self-aware Bill Kristol. In his latest column, the influential neo-conservative pundit bemoans those who think only other people's kids should serve in the military. Salon. | |
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| 6:28 AM: | Lieberman's Costly Support for McCain. You'd think hell hath no fury like a party scorned, but Democrats aren't kicking Lieberman out of the party — yet. Time. | |
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| 6:27 AM: | Barack Obama inspires Milan men's runway styles. Calling the U.S. presidential hopeful "the man of the moment," Donatella Versace dedicated her Spring-Summer 2009 collection presented Saturday evening to Obama, creating a style she said was designed for "a relaxed man who doesn't need to flex muscles to AP. | |
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| 6:26 AM: | Calling all volunteers. The mayors of St. Paul and Minneapolis, and organizers of the Republican National Convention, will make another plea today for volunteers for the September convention. MPR. | |
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| 6:17 AM: | Nader to file nominating petitions. Ralph Nader's campaign says it is ready to file the independent presidential candidate's nominating petitions in Illinois. USA Today. | |
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| 6:17 AM: | Our Next President Will Be a Lefty. New York Sun: With both Obama and McCain being southpaws one thing is certain — the U.S. will elect its fifth left-hander in 35 years this November. Mark Halperin. | |
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| 3:33 AM: | Another McCain Summer Fade? Summertime is not John McCain's best season. Last year he got a media death warrant. And now he's getting another. Craig Crawford. | |
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| 3:33 AM: | Obama braces for race-based ads. A presidential candidate who's named Hussein and wears a turban? A building that's called the White House but run by a black guy? Those political images and ideas already have found their way onto TV airwaves and campaign buttons. AP. | |
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| 3:30 AM: | McCain: $300 Million for a Better Electric Car. McCain will propose a $300 million prize– $1 for every American– for an improved electric car that can "leapfrog" existing models. Mark Halperin. | |
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