Sunday, July 20, 2008
Ref's Best
Sunnis End Boycott and Rejoin Iraqi Government | NYT
Hear the one about Obama? | Financial Times
Obama’s Visit Renews Focus on Afghanistan | NYT
Obama Pledges Support to Afghanistan in Meeting Abroad | Fox News
Maliki: I Support Obama’s Withdrawal Timetable | Fox News | Ref's Comment: This headline, as are many on this issue, are misleading. Maliki wants the US out as soon as possible but he has constantly, and did so today, opposed a set timetable. He believes room for modifications in the withdrawal timetable must exist.
CBS scores first Obama interview abroad | Politico
VP Speculation
The Buzz About a McCain-Romney Ticket | NYT
Closed Mouths, but Open Tryouts | NYT
Top Biden Staffer on Obama Trip Overseas, Raising VP Questions | Fox News
Inside Baseball
Seven super surrogates | Politico
Miscellaneous
Risky Town Halls Become Campaign Staple for McCain | Fox News
Old Jokes Getting Old, O’Brien Asks McCain for New Material | Fox News
Barr Shows Up at Netroots Nation | Wash. Post
Obama keeps returning to Reagan | Politico
Some Legal Activists Have Hearts Set on 'True Liberal'
| Wash. Post
Editorials
Our leaders go after some Obama magic | Martin Ivens, Times
We can't drive 55 | Chicago Tribune
Black. Female. Accomplished. Attacked. | Sophia A. Nelson, Wash. Post
Snubbed by Obama | Christoph von Marschall, Wash. Post
Hezbollah wins -- for now | Wash. Times
Despite hype, Obama won’t carry Georgia | Jim Wooten, AJC
Just Another Pol | John Fund, WSJ
California Getaway | John Fund, WSJ
How a Young Lawyer Saved the Second Amendment | James Taranto, WSJ
Ich Bin Ein Jet-Setter | Maureen Dowd, NYT
Non-Political Stories
Brazil official's Nazi reference rocks WTO talks | AP
U.S. Is Alone in Rejecting All Evidence if Police Err | NYT
Search for Alien Life Gains New Impetus | Wash. Post
When Sex Is Not as Private as You Expect | ABC News
Bank failures raise questions about deposit insurance | Arizona Republic
With gusto, Norman meets stiff challenge | Boston Globe
Lawsuit exposes growing rift among King children | AP
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