| 10:14 PM: | Hagel to Join Obama on Iraq Trip. The buzz this week that Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska is planning to join Sen. Barack Obama on an up-coming visit to Iraq is correct, two sources with knowledge of the trip confirmed Friday. WSJ. | |
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| 10:13 PM: | Obama campaign turns down NASCAR sponsorship offer. "The Obama campaign will not be sponsoring a car in the Sprint Cup series, though we will continue to look for ways to reach out to voters and convey Senator Obama's message of change." Bill Burton, Obama Campaign Spokesman. USA Today. | |
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| 9:41 PM: | Political Memo: Friendly Campaigning, Only Not So Much. Despite promises of civility, the presidential candidates are locked in a minute-by-minute fight with rhetoric as harsh and misleading as that of any previous campaign. NYT. | |
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| 8:45 PM: | McCain staff asked for protester's ouster. "Contrary to some recent reporting, the Secret Service had no involvement in Ms. Kreck being removed from the area," said Malcolm D. Wiley Sr., spokesman for the Secret Service. "It was not done at our request or suggestion. Any assertion to the contrary is inaccurate and inconsistent with our established policies and procedures." Denver Post. | |
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| 8:18 PM: | Some Evidence FISA Hurt Obama. Obama has dropped in the latest Newsweek poll. He's gone from 51-36 over McCain to 44-41. The most striking piece of data though is that 53% of registered voters think that he has changed his position on key policy issues to try to gain political advantage since becoming the nominee. Open Left. | |
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| 8:17 PM: | Meet the New FISA. After years of debate, President Bush signed a warrantless wiretapping bill on Thursday. It allows foreigners outside the U.S. to be wiretapped without court oversight, grants immunity to the telecoms who made wiretapping possible and invalidates dozens of legal challenges. On The Media. | |
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| 8:14 PM: | Another bad week for John McCain. He's sputtering about birth control and the economy and shape-shifting on immigration. Salon. | |
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| 8:10 PM: | Conservative Movement Woes, I. Conservatives Mickey Edwards and Ross Douthat discuss why they believe their movement has gone off track during the last eight years and what it means for the Republican Party. Douthat is senior editor at The Atlantic Monthly and co-author of Grand New Party, and Mickey Edwards is a former Republican Congressman and author of Reclaiming Conservatism. Bill Moyers. | |
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| 3:07 PM: | Meet Luke Russert. Washington Whispers podcast #7 US News. | |
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| 3:07 PM: | Senate passes foreclosure-crisis bill. After months of debate on Capitol Hill, the Senate on Friday passed a comprehensive housing and foreclosure prevention bill. CNN. | |
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| 3:06 PM: | Obama: Death penalty for bin Laden. Barack Obama again said Friday he favors the death penalty for Osama bin Laden should the 9/11 mastermind be captured. CNN. | |
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| 3:00 PM: | Meet the New FISA. After years of debate, President Bush signed a warrantless wiretapping bill on Thursday. It allows foreigners outside the U.S. to be wiretapped without court oversight, grants immunity to the telecoms who made wiretapping possible and invalidates dozens of legal challenges. Tim Starks of Congressional Quarterly explains how the bill became a law. On The Media. | |
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| 11:17 AM: | McCain's broken marriage and fractured Reagan friendship. In a written statement, she described McCain as "a good friend for over 30 years." But that friendship was strained in the late 1970s by McCain's decision to divorce his first wife, Carol, who was particularly close to the Reagans, and within weeks marry Cindy Hensley, the young heiress to a lucrative Arizona beer distributorship. LA Times. | |
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| 9:43 AM: | Photo: Bush and US Treasury Secy Paulson. US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson (L) looks on as US President George W. Bush talks to the media after a meeting with members of his economic team at the Department of Energy in Washington, DC on July 11, 2008. AFP PHOTO/YURI GRIPAS AFP. | |
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| 9:34 AM: | Weekend Lineup. Here are the scheduled guests for the Sunday public affairs shows and other weekend programs. Natl Journal. | |
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| 9:29 AM: | Whiner-gate Day Two: There's Tape. Now you can watch the whole segment in its fully glory. MyDD. | |
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| 9:25 AM: | Obama may team with NASCAR. SI.com has learned that for the first time in history, a major presidential candidate may sponsor a race car in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. CNN. | |
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| 9:23 AM: | Rep. Sanchez: Rove Should Go to Jail. Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.) thinks former White House adviser Karl Rove should go to jail after ignoring a subpoena seeking his appearance at a House Judiciary Committee hearing Thursday. The Hill. | |
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| 9:22 AM: | Stop the new FISA. The new FISA Amendments Act nearly eviscerates oversight of government surveillance. It allows the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to review only general procedures for spying rather than individual warrants. The court will not be told specifics about who will be wiretapped. LA Times. | |
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| 9:20 AM: | ACLU Sues Over Unconstitutional Dragnet Wiretapping Law. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a landmark lawsuit today to stop the government from conducting surveillance under a new wiretapping law that gives the Bush administration virtually unchecked power to intercept Americans' international e-mails and telephone calls. ACLU. | |
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