| 7:31 PM: | Obama foreign trip details emerge. While the Barack Obama campaign is keeping the dates of its international trip a tightly guarded secret, details are beginning to leak out of foreign capitals. The Swamp. | |
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| 3:56 PM: | McCain, Obama present dueling plans for economy. Barack Obama and John McCain each presented speeches on the economy Monday. USA Today. | |
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| 12:30 PM: | Former President Bill Clinton at the Aspen Ideas Festival. Former President Bill Clinton spoke with the Aspen Institute's Jane Wales during this year's Aspen Ideas Festival. Clinton covered topics from the election in Zimbabwe, the global food crisis and the state of education in America. MPR. | |
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| 12:29 PM: | Obama Camp: Donate $5 For a Chance to Meet Barack Backstage at Convention. Barack Obama's campaign is giving campaign contributors a chance to meet the candidate backstage at at the Democratic convention this August. The Hill. | |
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| 12:28 PM: | Webb doesn't want to be VP. From NBC's Mark Murray Virginia Sen. Jim Webb just issued a statement from his Senate office saying that -- "[u]nder no circumstances" -- does he want to be considered as Obama's veep. MSNBC. | |
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| 10:50 AM: | Talk of $200 oil casts shadow over G8 summit. Italy on Monday proposed increasing margin requirements on futures markets to deter speculative buying of oil, which Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said could reach $200 a barrel. Reuters. | |
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| 10:48 AM: | Gallup Daily: Obama Leads McCain by 4 Points. The latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking results show Barack Obama leading John McCain by 47% to 43% among registered voters nationwide. Obama has had at least a slight advantage over McCain for all but a few days over the past month. Gallup. | |
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| 10:46 AM: | My Dinner with Aaron. Aaron Brown on his new PBS gig. Politico. | |
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| 7:42 AM: | More on Public Financing Post Davis v. FEC. Bob Bauer takes issue with my calling his position on public financing plans in light of FEC v. Davis rose-colored. Election Law. | |
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| 7:40 AM: | White House Life For Kids Has Tests, Perks. The next presidential progeny will also have an unparalleled view of history in the making, and worldly experiences other children can only dream of. CBS. | |
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| 6:20 AM: | Obama to accept nomination in front of 75,000. Just got a press release from DNCC, none of the news sites have it yet. The rumors over the weekend were true. Dave Winer. | |
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| 6:08 AM: | McCain's slow motion riot. Bill Kristol's latest column may presage further changes inside John McCain's presidential campaign. Salon. | |
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| 4:01 AM: | Obama's apple pie campaign. Before making his case, the Democratic candidate is focused on assuring voters just beginning to tune in that he’s as American as, well, apple pie. Politico. | |
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| 3:46 AM: | Sunday shows focus on Iraq remarks. Lieberman hits at Obama, while Kerry calls McCain a "flip-flopper." Politico. | |
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| 3:46 AM: | Americans Support Congressional Say in Wars. A large majority of Americans (79%) say the president should be required to get the approval of Congress before sending U.S. armed forces into action abroad. Gallup. | |
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| 2:16 AM: | Conservatives Ready To Battle McCain at Convention. The Washington Post teases a potential showdown next month, with conservatives "hoping to prevent his views on global warming, immigration, stem cell research and campaign finance from becoming enshrined in the party's official declaration of principles." Mark Halperin. | |
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| 1:21 AM: | The Long Run: Obama’s Organizing Years, Guiding Others and Finding Himself. Barack Obama’s time as an organizer in Chicago has figured prominently in his life story, though it is clear that the benefit of those years to Mr. Obama dwarfs what he accomplished. NYT. | |
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| 1:20 AM: | Political Memo: Economy’s Move to the Fore Poses Problems for Both Candidates. Not since at least 1980 has the economy been in worse shape heading into the heart of a presidential campaign, and the crush of bad economic news is increasingly setting the contours of the race. NYT. | |
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