| 10:19 PM: | Pressure Grows for F.B.I. to Show Anthrax Evidence. Skepticism from members of Congress and from those who knew Bruce E. Ivins has placed the F.B.I. under scrutiny. NYT. | |
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| 10:18 PM: | Denver Police Brace for Convention. Federal and local authorities fear that the Democratic National Convention will become a magnet for militant protest groups. NYT. | |
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| 10:18 PM: | G.O.P. Drops in Voting Rolls in Many States. Voting experts say the registration numbers may signal the beginning of a shift that could affect local, state and national politics over several election cycles. NYT. | |
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| 10:17 PM: | Book says White House ordered forgery. A new book by the author Ron Suskind claims that the White House ordered the CIA to forge a back-dated, handwritten letter from the head of Iraqi intelligence to Saddam Hussein. Politico. | |
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| 8:54 PM: | Multiple Oil Company Executives Gave Huge Contributions To Electing McCain Just Days After Offshore Drilling Reversal. Ten senior Hess Corporation executives and/or members of the Hess family each gave $28,500 to the joint RNC-McCain fundraising committee, just days after McCain reversed himself to favor offshore drilling, according to Federal Election Commission reports. TPM. | |
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| 8:16 PM: | McCain 42%, Obama 41% as Undecided Voters Increase. A national Associated TV/Zogby International telephone poll of 1,011 likely voters conducted July 31-Aug. 1 finds Republican Sen. John McCain taking a razor-thin 42%-41% lead over Democrat Sen. Barack Obama in the race for the U.S. presidency. Zogby. | |
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| 5:40 PM: | Anthrax Case Renews Questions on Bioterror. Until the anthrax attacks of 2001, Bruce E. Ivins was one of just a few dozen American bioterrorism researchers working with the most lethal biological pathogens, almost all at high-security military laboratories. NYT. | |
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| 5:24 PM: | McCain security ousts reporter. Tallahassee Democrat senior writer Stephen Price on Friday was singled out and asked to leave a media area at the Panama City rally of presidential candidate Sen. John McCain. tallahassee.com. | |
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| 4:10 PM: | GOP won't let go of its new tire-gauge toy. Atrios asked this morning, "Does anyone understand why Obama suggesting that people keep their tires properly inflated is some sort of hilarious gaffe?" Carpetbagger. | |
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| 3:48 PM: | For Obama, Challenge Is Getting Through. "If you think about this week, what they've been good at is distraction," he said during an expansive and quite humid early morning press conference. "You've got statistics saying we lost another 50,000 jobs. That Florida is in recession for the first time in a decade and a half. And what was being talked about was Paris and Britney." NYT. | |
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| 3:15 PM: | No role for Cheney at GOP convention. The American Spectator reports that Vice President Cheney will not appear at the Republican National Convention. "Cheney has not sought a speaking slot at the convention, nor has his staff sought a role for him at the convention." USA Today. | |
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| 3:14 PM: | Ohio GOP uses Hillary Clinton words to slam Obama. The Huffington Post reports on an Ohio Republican Party web video that (falsely) suggests Barack Obama's whole energy plan is to tell Americans to inflate their tires properly. USA Today. | |
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| 3:12 PM: | McCain has spent $1.4M to broadcast the 'Britney/Paris' ad nearly 4K times. In the first five days after its release, the controversial Celeb ad from Republican John McCain's presidential campaign was broadcast 4,000 times in a dozen states at a cost of about $1.4 million. USA Today. | |
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| 12:35 PM: | Gallup Daily: Obama 46%, McCain 43% Registered voters show a slight preference for Barack Obama (46%) over John McCain (43%) if the presidential election were held today, according to the latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking results. Gallup. | |
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| 11:27 AM: | Leaking The VP Short Lists. Both the Obama and McCain campaigns are throwing around some unimpressive names for their vice-presidential picks. What's motivating these leaks? NPR. | |
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| 11:26 AM: | Romney calls Obama 'dishonest' Mitt Romney, John McCain's former primary season rival, said Monday the Illinois senator's new ad was deliberately deceptive. CNN. | |
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| 11:26 AM: | McCain race-baiting smartly. His ad campaign may be offensive, but that doesn't mean McCain's attacks won't work or shouldn't be responded to--in kind--by Obama. Salon. | |
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| 11:23 AM: | Robert Novak Retires. Conservative columnist Robert Novak has announced he is retiring, effective immediately, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Novak was diagnosed with a brain tumor last week while in Massachusetts. The Hill. | |
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| 10:02 AM: | Obama camp launches military families working group. Michelle Obama will meet with military spouses Wednesday. Days after a television spot from John McCain's campaign suggested Barack Obama did not hold enough respect for members of the military, the presumptive Democratic nominee's campaign announced Monday that Michelle Obama will host a roundtable discussion with military spouses. CNN. | |
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| 9:46 AM: | Rasmussen: Obama and McCain Are Tied. Barack Obama and John McCain are tied at 44 percent in the latest Rasmussen tracking poll. When leaners are included, McCain leads 47 percent to 46 percent. The Republican has not held a lead in any of Rasmussen's poll since Obama clinched the Democratic nomination in early June. The Hill. | |
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| 9:45 AM: | Obama urges sale of 70 million barrels of oil from oil stockpile. White House hopeful Barack Obama on Monday called for the sale of 70 million barrels of oil from the U.S. energy stockpile as part of a swap aimed at reining in the high cost of gasoline. Reuters. | |
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| 9:44 AM: | Obama: Tap strategic oil reserves. In a reversal, Barack Obama is proposing tapping the nation's strategic oil reserves to help drive down gasoline prices. USA Today. | |
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| 8:03 AM: | Ferraro is at it again. Geraldine Ferraro, a Clinton supporter who in 1984 became the first woman on a major party presidential ticket, said Obama should be "gracious" enough to offer Clinton the vice presidency, considering how narrow the race was. Politico. | |
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| 8:01 AM: | Clinton: 'I never made a racist comment' Former President Clinton acknowledges there are some things "I wish I hadn't said" during the Democratic presidential nomination fight, but denies he made racist statements about Barack Obama. AP. | |
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| 7:05 AM: | Obama's Big 7. The 7 longtime Republican states that Barack Obama is targeting this election: Alaska, Georgia, Indiana, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, and Virginia. Time. | |
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| 6:59 AM: | Obama ad calls for return of windfall profits tax. Barack Obama's campaign unveiled a television ad Monday that attacks Republican John McCain's energy policies. USA Today. | |
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| 5:58 AM: | Obama assails McCain as tool of Big Oil in ad. Obama attacked Republican rival John McCain as a tool of big oil companies in a television ad released on Monday. Reuters. | |
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| 4:38 AM: | Obama Leads, Pessimism Reigns Among Key Group. Obama's advantage is attributable largely to overwhelming support from two traditional Democratic constituencies: African Americans and Hispanics. But even among white workers -- a group of voters that has been targeted by both parties as a key to victory in November -- Obama leads McCain by 10 percentage points, 47 percent to 37 percent, and has the advantage as the more empathetic candidate. Washington Post. | |
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| 3:44 AM: | McCain's Internet edge: Ad price. The Google advertising market says "John McCain" is more valuable than "Barack Obama." Politico. | |
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| 3:43 AM: | Obama to unveil energy plan Monday. Barack Obama travels to battleground Michigan Monday to unveil details on his energy policy. He will discuss an energy rebate to help with gas prices and creating five million "green" jobs. CNN. | |
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| 3:40 AM: | Why McCain is still in it. Barack Obama seems to enjoy some enormous advantages. Eight out of 10 Americans think the country is headed in the wrong direction. The Republican brand is in tatters because of the Iraq war and the economic slowdown. And Obama is on pace to raise more money than any presidential candidate in history. Nate Silver. | |
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| 3:38 AM: | McCain likely to let Obama choose VP first. Seeking to avoid a fleeting summer news splash, some of McCain's top advisers state a clear preference for not firing the valuable political bullet too soon. Politico. | |
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