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July 30, 2008, 2:19 pm
Even though it
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July 30, 2008, 9:21 am
The House Judiciary Committee
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July 30, 2008, 5:22 am
The federal indictment of Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) won't help Republicans in November, according to bloggers on both sides. Barack Obama is coming across a tad too arrogant for conservative bloggers' tastes, while John McCain's campaign has become too negative for liberal bloggers.
Stevens, who faces charges that he concealed corporate gifts, should have left his Senate race a year ago, when his questionable relationship to VECO Corp. was already public and when many conservatives were fed up with his pork-barrel antics, writes Hot Air's Ed Morrissey. Stevens should resign and allow Senate Republicans to cleanse their caucus and focus on reform, writes The Corner's Kathryn Jean Lopez. The indictment will get Democrats closer to holding 60 Senate seats, according to MyDD's Todd Beeton, who notes that several GOP senators have returned donations from Stevens. Popular Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R), doesn't seem interested in replacing Stevens, which is great news for Democrats, notes kos.
The dissonance between Obama's "great man" campaign and his thin resume is the reason why he's so divisive, writes RedState's Dan McLaughlin, who adds that George Washington would blush if his campaign resembled the Illinois senator
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July 29, 2008, 1:40 pm
Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) getting indicted for concealing gifts has conservative bloggers blasting Republican leaders for allowing the 84-year-old senator to run for reelection. The Republican National Committee has put up a mock Facebook page attacking Barack Obama and liberal bloggers are starting to think it is time to break ranks with the Blue Dogs.
GOP leadership was either "too stupid or too weak" when it decided to allow Stevens to run for reelection knowing that he was under investigation, Hot Air's Allahpundit writes.
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July 29, 2008, 9:14 am
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
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July 29, 2008, 5:21 am
Now that Senate Republicans have rallied behind Sen. Tom Coburn
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July 28, 2008, 2:37 pm
A piece of skin removed from John McCain
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July 28, 2008, 8:58 am
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July 28, 2008, 5:23 am
Despite claims in the traditional media that the presidential race is a toss-up, the evidence now shows that Barack Obama has built a significant lead, according to his blogging backers. Obama and John McCain are scrutinized for past comments on the U.S. military surge as both talk about a withdrawal from Iraq. And with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) starting a fight over the measures Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) has blocked, Coburn has taken to the blogs to accuse Reid of distracting the chamber.
State polls show that Obama could win the election without winning a single swing state, but political scientists are split over whether Obama is poised to win handily or if the race is too close to call, writes Thomas B. Edsall in the Huffington Post. Obama leads by nine percentage points in the latest Gallup tracking poll, making Atrios question the narrative that the Democrat isn't winning by enough. Obama has a "clear, if modest, lead" and has received a "significant, if modest" bounce from his trip abroad, writes Daily Kos's DemFromCT, who is still waiting for others to report those facts.
Though McCain has touted his decision to support the surge as evidence of his good judgment, the Republican had hedged his bets by raising questions over its execution back when it began, TalkingPointsMemo's Josh Marshall reminds readers. But unless Obama acknowledges the positive results of the surge, he shouldn't argue that his withdrawal plan is correct, writes RedState's Pejman Yousefzadeh.
Coburn writes on RedState that Reid's $10 million spending bill made up of 35 measures Coburn has blocked merely encourages a less transparent lawmaking process and is distracting the Senate from debating a comprehensive energy plan. But while Coburn may be acting on his fiscal principles, he is the one who has brought the Senate to a screeching halt, writes The New Argument's Joshua Gottesman.
FROM THE BLOGS:  Obama-McCain: Blowout or Trench Warfare? - T. Edsall, HuffPo But He Should Be Up By 20! - Atrios, Eschaton Media Narrative: Dead Heat, Damn the Facts - DemFromCT, DKos  Hug For Obama, Handshake for McCain - J. Harwood, The Caucus Did McCain Hedge Bets on Surge? - Josh Marshall, TPM  Obama Shouldn't Use Surge for Advantage - Yousefzadeh, RedState Obama: Just a Bit Patronizing? - Carol Platt Liebau, Townhall.com Welcome News from VP Search? - desmoinesdem, MyDD Sen. Reid Offers Excuses Not Solutions - Sen. Tom Coburn, RedState Harry Reid's Dr. No - Joshua Gottesman, The New Argument GOP To Make Oil, Energy Central Message - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Democrats Try To Break Grip of Senate's Dr. No - New York Times Record Deficit Expected in 2009 - USA Today Iraq Clings to Rickety Calm Between War and Peace - L.A. Times For Obama, Hurdles in Expanding Black Vote - Washington Post
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July 27, 2008, 2:30 pm
Barack Obama's explanation for canceling a visit with wounded U.S. soldiers in Germany fails to satisfy conservative bloggers, while John McCain's comments on Iraq timetables and Social Security reform during an interview with George Stephanopoulos today is received poorly by liberals.
Obama essentially scrapped a visit to a military medical center in Germany because one campaign adviser couldn't go, Jim Geraghty complains at The Campaign Spot. Obama explained yesterday that the Pentagon's late warning that campaign staff couldn't attend alarmed his camp, who though the visit might be viewed as political, but Obama could have simply left his campaign staff behind, John McCormack argues at The Weekly Standard.
Stephanopoulos cornered McCain on Iraq timetables during his Sunday interview, TPM Election Central's Eric Kleefeld asserts. McCain denied he used the word "timetable" when he said Obama's withdrawal schedule looks "pretty good," which Kleefeld disputes while adding that the Arizona Republican was flustered while trying to stress the importance of security conditions. McCain also dodged Stephanopoulos's question on Social Security, Jonathan Cohn charges at The Plank. McCain has previously supported privatization, and his statement today that "everything has to be on the table" distorts his previous stance, Cohn claims.
And the housing bill, passed yesterday by the Senate, is blasted from the right. With the bill's passage, the U.S. has officially embarked on a New New Deal, Blackhedd argues at RedState. The shift toward expanded spending may pave the way for other big-government concepts, such as using tax money to buy cars for poor people, Blackhedd warns.
FROM THE BLOGS:
Fight over Adviser Scrapped Visit - Jim Geraghty, The Campaign Spot
McCain's Static Position in the Polls - Matt Stoller, Open Left
Nice Try - Josh Orton, MyDD
McCain Takes Obama to Task - Dan Spencer, RedState
Quote of the Day - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
Conservative Guide to VP Picks - Matt Lewis, Open Left
Obama on "Meet the Press" - Noam Scheiber, The Stump
Trip Gives Obama Initial Bump - John Aravosis, AMERICABLOG
The Iraq Convergence - Marc Ambinder
Obama Talks about Landstuhl - John McCormack, The Weekly Standard
OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Mahdi Army Sees Its Power Wane - NY Times
Embraced Overseas, but to What Effect? - Washington Post
Obama Admits Iraq Violence Dropped More Than he Anticipated - LA Times
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