| 7:22 PM: | 07.06.05 (podcast) Barack Obama endorser Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who supports John McCain, speak with Bob Schieffer about the 2008 campaign. Face the Nation. | |
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| 7:21 PM: | Barack by the books. The works that have influenced Obama illustrate that he would be the most literary president in recent memory -- and one likely to govern from the center. Salon. | |
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| 7:20 PM: | Gorillas, Iraq War, Pennies (Podcast) Anderson Cooper visits the Congo, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith tells Steve Kroft that the war in Iraq was a preemptive move. Morley Safer asks whether keeping the penny is pennywise. 60 Minutes. | |
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| 7:19 PM: | Obama veepstakes: The other woman. She's no Hillary Clinton, but Kathleen Sebelius, the popular governor of Kansas, may have a shot at being Barack's running mate. Salon. | |
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| 5:32 PM: | Evangelical Leader Discusses Candidates. Jim Wallis, the editor and founder of Sojourners magazine, talks to host Andrea Seabrook about the evolving evangelical movement, Barack Obama's plans to continue and retool President Bush's office of faith-based initiatives, and what he hopes to see from the John McCain campaign. NPR. | |
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| 5:31 PM: | Iraq not top of Obama's war on terror agenda. While McCain has mostly focused on progress in Iraq, Obama often stresses the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Politico. | |
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| 5:30 PM: | Aims of Democrats Reach Beyond the Oval Office. Summer is the season of political dreams. And this summer Democrats are dreaming big up and down the ballot. NYT. | |
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| 3:04 PM: | John McCain's "protective barrier" The media have largely adopted the McCain campaign ground rules: All criticism of McCain is out of bounds; it's either an attack on his military service or his age. Media Matters. | |
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| 3:02 PM: | Kerry says McCain lacks judgment. John Kerry says Republican John McCain doesn't have the judgment to be president. CNN. | |
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| 8:40 AM: | Obama ahead in 1st Rhode Island poll. Barack Obama leads John McCain 55% to 31% in Rhode Island, according to the first Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state since the primaries. Rasmussen. | |
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| 8:31 AM: | John McCain Hates Bloggers (video) John McCain proves once again that he's aware of the internet : "Now we've got the cables. We've got talk radio. We've got the bloggers. I hate the bloggers. We've got all kinds of sources of information." It seems that old people find this anti-blogger campaigning to be worthy of tepid laughter. Yglesias. | |
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| 8:28 AM: | New G.O.P. Ad for McCain on Energy. Republicans begin broadcast an ad on energy that promotes McCain in several battleground states. NYT. | |
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| 7:06 AM: | Bush still a popular fundraiser. President Bush is raising cash for Republicans in two Southern states, with some time sandwiched in to reassure people. USA Today. | |
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| 7:06 AM: | African Immigrants Heart Obama. Somali, Ethiopian, Nigerian and Kenyan Americans nationwide are knocking on the doors of their fellow African immigrants, bringing in new voters, raising money and preaching Obama's message. Mark Halperin. | |
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| 7:05 AM: | Oppo Researchers May Use Obama's Audio Book Against Him. The GOP is looking to take snippets of sound from the audio version of Obama's 1995 memoir — which touches on his racial attitudes, childhood adventures — and use it in attack ads. Mark Halperin. | |
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| 7:05 AM: | Congress set for pared-down summer agenda. Democrats bent on showing they can govern and Republicans anxious about a sour re-election climate are pushing a pared-down summer. USA Today. | |
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| 7:05 AM: | Bush gets high-flying birthday party. It was a birthday celebration in the skies, as President Bush turned 62 aboard Air Force One while en route to Japan where Bush is attending the summit of the Group of Eight. CNN. | |
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| 6:47 AM: | Wall-E for President. Let oil soar above $140 a barrel. Let layoffs and foreclosures proliferate like California’s fires. Let someone else worry about the stock market’s steepest June drop since the Great Depression. In our political culture, only one question mattered: What was Wesley Clark saying about John McCain and how loudly would every politician and bloviator in the land react? Frank Rich. | |
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| 6:44 AM: | The buck doesn't stop here; it just keeps falling. Brazilian Supermodel Gisele Bundchen no longer wants to be paid in dollars. Signs saying "We accept euros" are cropping up in the windows of some Manhattan retailers. A Belgium company is trying to gobble up St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch. AP. | |
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| 5:15 AM: | Obama's Brain Trust. The candidate's handpicked team of top advisers has raised more than $250 million, outmaneuvered the Clintons and created a formidable grass-roots political machine. So why doesn't anyone know their names? Rolling Stone. | |
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| 4:50 AM: | Past July 4 polls promising for Obama. In honor of the July 4 holiday, Politico offers this look back in time at the midsummer Gallup presidential polls. Politico. | |
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| 4:47 AM: | Sunday Talk - The Lap Dog Express. This week, the media continued to bend over backwards to repeat whatever narrative McCain wants them to. He even refurnished his airplane with a VIP section for the most obedient reporters. Daily Kos. | |
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| 4:45 AM: | Profile of Jim Webb. The main worry about Mr Webb is that he is a genuine fire-breathing economic populist. He appears actually to believe the sort of stuff that Mr Obama only says during Democratic primaries. The Economist. | |
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| 4:37 AM: | Obama Camp Eyeing Podesta for White House Team. The Illinois Senator hopes to snag Bill Clinton's former chief of staff and founder of Center for American Progress to run the transition operation if Obama wins in November. Mark Halperin. | |
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