| 11:05 PM: | Editorial: It's Nice to Be Rich. The Supreme Court gave a big boost to rich candidates this week by striking down the "millionaire's amendment," which was designed to help level the playing field for candidates running against wealthy opponents. NYT. | |
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| 9:59 PM: | NRA sues to overturn S.F. gun ban in city housing. The National Rifle Association sued the city of San Francisco on Friday to overturn its ban on handguns in public housing, a day after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a handgun ban in the nation's capital. AP. | |
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| 9:59 PM: | Who's who in Obamaworld. A guide to the main players in Barack Obama's aspiring administration. The Economist. | |
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| 9:52 PM: | The anti-governator. Jerry Brown wants to be governor of California again. The Economist. | |
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| 9:51 PM: | Uncle Sam Rolls in a 100-MPG Hybrid. Tony Markel, an engineer at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, drives a plug-in hybrid that gets 100 mpg and gets its power from the sun. If he has his way, you will too. Wired Top Stories. | |
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| 8:45 PM: | Obama Within Margin of Error in Latest Ohio Polling. SurveyUSA Ohio poll earlier this week, the results among likely voters: John McCain (R): 46 percent, Barack Obama (D): 48 percent. MyDD. | |
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| 7:22 PM: | Clinton diehards organize online. Sen. Hillary Clinton is working hard to ensure that her supporters are backing Sen. Barack Obama, the Democrats' presumptive presidential nominee. But many Clinton diehards are doing the opposite online. CNN. | |
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| 7:00 PM: | Museum Review: In a Collection of Memorabilia, Politics at Its Most Boisterous. An exuberant exhibition of campaign artifacts on display at the Museum of the City of New York are mostly from the collection of Jordan M. Wright, who died last month. NYT. | |
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| 6:56 PM: | Floodwaters Threaten 100 Homes as a Levee Falters in Eastern Missouri. The fight to save the homes continued into the evening as the authorities coordinated an effort to wall them off with a new sand-filled barricade. NYT. | |
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| 6:54 PM: | A Candidate Runs to a G.O.P. Chorus of ‘Don’t’. Bob Barr, the Republican-turned-Libertarian, hopes to follow in the footsteps of Ross Perot and Ralph Nader, whose third-party presidential bids wreaked general-election havoc. NYT. | |
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| 6:32 PM: | Indecency over the air. Show summary: Indecency over the air and the man who created the infamous Daisy Girl ad. On The Media. | |
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| 6:31 PM: | McCain Doubts Forums' Chances. Senator John McCain said Friday that he thought it was 'unlikely' that he would get the one-on-one, town-hall-style meetings he had been asking Senator Barack Obama to hold with him during the summer. NYT. | |
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| 6:21 PM: | Obama, Clinton embrace, vow to fight in Unity show. Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton joined forces at a carefully staged campaign rally on Friday, promising to bury the grudges from their bruising presidential nominating fight and work together to put Obama in the White House. Reuters. | |
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| 4:19 PM: | Photo: Obama, Clinton arrive at Reagan National. US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama waves while arriving to board a plane with Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) at Reagan National airport in Washington, DC. AFP. | |
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| 4:12 PM: | This summer may see first ice-free North Pole. There's a 50-50 chance that the North Pole will be ice-free this summer, which would be a first in recorded history. AP. | |
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| 4:11 PM: | Analysis: Obama, Clinton begin unity campaign. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton stood side by side in this tiny New England outpost to provide the image many Democrats needed to see after their long, bruising primary battle. AP. | |
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| 1:28 PM: | McCain: Carter a 'Lousy' President. The Senator swipes at the former POTUS in an interview with a Las Vegas newspaper. Asked why Carter abandoned nuclear reprocessing as president, says: "Yes, because Carter was a lousy president. This is the same guy who kissed Brezhnev." Mark Halperin. | |
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| 12:56 PM: | When Anonymity Fails, Be Nasty, Brutish and Short. There he sat, hunched and scowling, at the witness table in front of the House Judiciary Committee: the bearded, burly form of the chief of staff and alter ego to the vice president -- Cheney's Cheney. Washington Post. | |
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| 11:36 AM: | On the Sunday Shows. Meet the Press (moderated by Brokaw): Govs. Schwarzenegger, Freudenthal (WY), Ritter (CO). This Week: Gov. Pawlenty, Rep. Emanuel, Ralph Nader. Face the Nation: Sen. Lieberman, Gen. Clark. Fox News Sunday: Gov. Rendell, Rob Portman, Bob Barr. Late Edition: Gov. Jindal, Gov. Corzine, Sen. McConnell, Ryan Crocker. Mark Halperin. | |
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| 11:34 AM: | Unified In Unity. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton finally got together on the campaign trail today. At 1:20 p.m., the two stepped to the podium placed on an outdoor stage in Unity, N.H., with arms around each other, whispering in each other's ears. Time. | |
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| 11:34 AM: | POLL: Daily Tracking (6/27) Gallup Poll National: Obama 44, McCain 44. Rasmussen Reports National: Obama 49, McCain 45. Pollster.com. | |
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| 10:43 AM: | Obama, Clinton take first public step toward unity. Rivals turned allies, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton are making their first public appearance together since the divisive Democratic primary race ended. USA Today. | |
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| 10:37 AM: | Hitting Barack Bottom: Too Many Obamaisms. Obombre: that's a Spanish-speaking male who supports Obama. Slate.com's Chris Wilson discusses how he comes up with these and other mashed up Obamaisms. He's coming out with a new anthology of the best, called Obamamania! The English Language, Barackafied. NPR. | |
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| 10:08 AM: | POLL: Rasmussen Kentucky. Rasmussen Reports 6/25/08; 500 LV, +/- 4.5% Kentucky Sen: McConnell (R-i) 48, Lunsford (D) 41 Pollster.com. | |
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| 10:07 AM: | Gallup Daily: Obama, McCain Still Tied at 44% For the third straight day, Gallup Poll Daily tracking shows Barack Obama and John McCain tied in national registered voter preferences for the fall election, each now with 44% of the vote. Gallup. | |
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| 9:39 AM: | Amanpour: Loud silence after nuke plant blows. North Korea blew up part of its Yongbyon nuclear plant Friday, in full view of CNN and a handful of international broadcasters invited to witness this dramatic and symbolic event. CNN. | |
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| 9:37 AM: | McAuliffe: If Clinton Was on the Ticket, We Would Control White House for 16 Years. Terry McAuliffe, in touting Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) for vice president, sounds like he's already looking ahead to the next Clinton presidential campaign. The Hill. | |
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| 9:34 AM: | Swiftboat publisher targets Obama. Smear. Rinse. Repeat. The same publisher that distributed the 2004 best-seller that took aim at John Kerry's Vietnam service is planning a summer release of what's scheduled to be the first critical book on Barack Obama. Crooks and Liars. | |
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| 9:33 AM: | McAuliffe Says Hillary Could Become Pope. Former DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe said Thursday night that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) could do anything she wants now that her presidential campaign has ended, including become pope. The Hill. | |
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| 9:29 AM: | Bush Pastor Launches Pro-Obama Web Site. The Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell, who officiated at Jenna Bush's wedding last month, launched a website yesterday titled "James Dobson Does Not Speak For Me." Washingtonpost.com reports. CBS. | |
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| 7:48 AM: | Tanden signs on. Blog: Hillary Clinton's former policy director, Neera Tanden, will start next week in Chicago as Barack Obama's Director of Domestic Policy. Ben Smith. | |
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| 7:33 AM: | Obama, cover to cover. Obama's on the cover of everything. Politico. | |
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| 7:31 AM: | Bark Like a Seal. McCain wins the week, per The Page's Scorecard in the spanking new issue of TIME. Find out how he did it here. Mark Halperin. | |
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| 7:26 AM: | McCain highlights devotion to country in new ad. John McCain's presidential campaign released its latest ad Friday coinciding with the week long push to highlight the Arizona senator's dedication to the United States. CNN. | |
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| 7:23 AM: | Hill, Yes! O., No! Democratic leaders insist -- and polls indicate -- that the vast majority of Clinton supporters, including women, already have flocked to Obama or eventually will. But the effectiveness of the Internet as an organizing tool for dissent is creating concern and uncertainty about the scope and intensity of those unwilling to fall in line. Washington Post. | |
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| 7:13 AM: | Obama Leads McCain, Slightly. TIME's new poll out today shows Obama with a slight lead over McCain. The top line numbers are Obama 47% to McCain 43% with 8% undecided. Time. | |
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| 7:09 AM: | Barr: Bush Worse Than Clinton. Bob Barr, impeachment manager for the House GOP back in the day, says Bush is worse than Clinton ever was. [inlcudes video interview] Yglesias. | |
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| 7:06 AM: | New Web Ad: Purpose. [includes embedded video] John McCain. | |
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| 6:59 AM: | ICYMI: GOP collects some of Clinton's critical words about Obama. Since today's the day when Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton try to unite their party at an Obama campaign rally in Unity, N.H., the Republican National Committee has made sure to make it easy for folks to find many of the critical things Clinton said about Obama when the two of them were battling for the Democratic presidential nomination. USA Today. | |
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| 6:54 AM: | CNNMoney: What Obama means by tax the wealthy. Most voters are aware that Barack Obama wants to raise taxes on high-income taxpayers if he's elected president in November. But what does the Democratic candidate mean by high-income? CNN. | |
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| 6:51 AM: | (Dis)unity. ABC News reports on the tension of the joint fundraiser Thursday night, a top Clinton donor calls the event "a total dud." Mark Halperin. | |
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| 6:50 AM: | North America's 1st carbon tax rolls out under fire. VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Civic leader Scott Nelson says he is as worried as anyone about global warming, but that does not make him happy to be one of the first North Americans to pay a carbon tax to curb climate change. Reuters. | |
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| 6:49 AM: | Obama and the Mandate. Now that the primary is over and they're not defending against attacks from mandate supporters, the Obama campaign looks to be edging closer to actually adopting an individual mandate for purchasing health insurance. Ezra Klein. | |
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| 6:45 AM: | DMV blogging. From Talk Left: The Division of Motor Vehicles in North Carolina issued 10,000 license plates that began with WTF before someone spoiled the fun by complaining. Of course, here in New Jersey the DMV would probably have said, "You got a problem with that?" Paul Krugman. | |
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| 6:44 AM: | After-tax incomes and spending show big gains. WASHINGTON (AP) -- The millions of economic stimulus payments gave a massive jolt to household finanances in May, sending after-tax incomes up by the largest amount in 33 years. AP. | |
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| 6:41 AM: | The Note: Obama Shifts Give McCain Opening. ABC News' Rick Klein Reports in Friday's Note: It's not about guns -- it's about ammunition. ABC. | |
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| 5:51 AM: | Sorting Out the Presidential Playing Field. Less than five months remain before the November election and slowly but surely the outlines of the national playing field are coming into focus. Washington Post. | |
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| 5:47 AM: | Oil climbs to record above $141 in Asia. Oil prices climbed to a record above $141 a barrel in Asian trading Friday as the dollar's protracted slump prompted investors to flock to oil as a hedge against inflation. AP. | |
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| 5:45 AM: | For or Against? Others have pointed out that even after the Supreme Court's decision in Heller, it was not clear precisely what Barack Obama thought of the opinion. Late in the day he came up with the whopper: he's been saying the same thing as the Supreme Court all along. Commentary. | |
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| 5:44 AM: | Congress passes Iraq war spending bill. The Senate passed a $162 billion war spending plan Thursday, sending to President Bush legislation that will pay for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan until the next president takes office. AP. | |
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| 5:42 AM: | Obama and Clinton. Obama and Clinton unification effort. Nightline. | |
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| 5:40 AM: | POLL: Time Magazine National. Obama 43%, McCain 38% "When undecided voters leaning towards Obama and McCain are accounted for, the race narrows to a mere 4 percentage points." Pollster.com. | |
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| 5:38 AM: | New Ad Hits Obama on Abortion. The Family Research Council will run a new television spot in several cities beginning today. NYT. | |
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| 5:32 AM: | Hill, Yes! O., No! Democratic leaders insist -- and polls indicate -- that the vast majority of Clinton supporters, including women, already have flocked to Obama or eventually will. But the effectiveness of the Internet as an organizing tool for dissent is creating concern and uncertainty about the scope and intensity of those unwilling to fall in line. Washington Post. | |
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| 3:56 AM: | CNN's Electoral Map: Two states shift to Obama. "Toss-up" states Minnesota and Wisconsin were re-designated to "Lean-Obama" Friday, giving the presumptive Democratic nominee another 20 electoral votes in CNN's current estimate. CNN. | |
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| 2:49 AM: | Clinton legacy presents quandary for Obama. The central choice Barack Obama faces is whether he can -- and wants to -- win with the Clinton legacy, or without it. Politico. | |
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| 2:49 AM: | Obama Hits the Interview Circuit. The Illinois Senator appears on at least two cable TV nets Thursday and some local TV, as his economic tour concludes. Mark Halperin. | |
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| 2:48 AM: | DNC delegate who'd vote for McCain in fight. A Democratic National Convention delegate pledged to Hillary Rodham Clinton says she hopes to fight off an attempt by Wisconsin Democrats to take away her credentials because of her past statement that she would vote for John McCain if Clinton wasn't the nominee. AP. | |
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