Dramatic Turnaround: Poll Finds Voters Split on Candidates' Iraq-Pullout Positions - This was supposed to be the issue that would defeat McCain. Now it's helping him with Independents and is doing a great deal to secure his base. Also, If the poll had polled only voters instead of all adults, as political polls should, the numbers would probably look better for McCain.
Obama strategy: Downplay Roe v Wade
Obama's Disgruntled Liberal Supporters
Ego-Bama, Swallow some of that pride
McCain's School Choice Opportunity
Is Fournier saving or destroying the AP? - Fournier's approach will make clear the liberal bias of the AP. It will expose them over time and they will probably return to the "unbiased" approach they had before.
Obama Will Meet Palestinian Leaders in the West Bank
Obama Tells NAACP Blacks Must Take Responsibility
Former Minn. Gov. Ventura Not Running for Senate ‘at This Moment’
Bush Acts on Drilling, Challenging Democrats - This move might force Obama to vote against offshore drilling, but one doubts that Harry Reid will allow it if he has a choice. Either way, it raises the profile of the issue if that is possible.
Democrats Look to Lobbyist to Finance Convention - "exactly the type of special influence that Mr. Obama had pledged to expunge from politics when he said he would not accept donations from lobbyists." NYT
Dem convention has not helped local business - Locals flood GOP convention coffers
'Scare tactic' — Obama slams Muslim portrayal - Certainly Obama should object to serious propagandistic efforts to portray him as a Muslim, but this is political satire in the New Yorker magazine. Political satire has a long history of extreme exaggeration in American history, and no candidate is above it.
Political Satire, but Obama Isn’t Laughing
Expert: 'Nation of Whiners' Could Have Credence
Ravers Lose Sight at Russian Laser Show
Women arrested in sex competition
Plenty of Blame to Go Around for Fannie, Freddie
In Japan, Buddhism May Be Dying Out
Analysts Say More Banks Will Fail
Report: Anheuser-Busch Agrees to InBev Sale
Yahoo! Angrily Rejects Microsoft’s Latest Offer
Israeli Lifeguard Finds 2,500-Year-Old Sea Relic
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