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Obama: McCain has shown independence, but he's not maverick enough - Larger

 

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McCain - "Broken" - Larger

 

Obama: Defends tire inflation as oil solution, calls McCain ignorant - Larger

 

McCain says Cindy McCain would win biker beauty pageant - Larger

  

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Ludacris - "Obama is here" - Larger Player

 

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Key Obama Strategy Threatens His Chances
The Left's Distraction Game - McCain's Task
Obama and Democrats: Please forget what we said
Poll Averages Last Updated 8/7/08, 12:53PM/EST

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 Obama 46.9
 McCain 43.6
McCain vs. Obama - Likely Voters Only
Obama
46.0
McCain
45.3
 
Obama
McCain
Toss Ups
Total
228
157
153
W/ Leaners
264
183
91
Pro-McCain
       

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Thursday, August 7, 2008

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Obama Overexposed?  Half of Americans tired of hearing about him, only 26% say same of McCain  | Pew Research Center

Obama Hits Back, Too Softly For Some  | Wash. Post

McCain takes lead on YouTube hits  | Wash. Times

McCain: US Needs Economic Surge  | Wash. Post

Obama stalls in public polling  |  Politico

Interactivity and the Presidential Debates  | Wash. Post

Profanity greater on liberal blogs  | Wash. Times  | Ref's Comment: This is important because profanity in political discussions typically indicates a closed mind. 

Clinton Leaves Option Open for Convention Floor Vote  | FNC

Clinton Leaves Convention Nomination Open  | NYT

Have the Clintons Gotten Over It?  |  Time

McCain Gets His Money’s Worth Out of Paris, Britney Ad  | FNC

Gas Station Televisions Won’t Run Obama Energy Ad  | FNC

Venezuelans protest Chavez's new socialist push  | AP

New York Times nails Obama: Big-Dollar Donors Are Major Force in Obama Campaign   | NYT  | Ref's Comment: Obama used the fact that he gets his money from small donors as justification for abandoning the public financing system, a major campaign flip-flop.  This article exposes that claim as false and will hurt him in the debates. 

Jon Voight Blasts Obama, says he would usher in socialism  |  CBS News

Moderators Chosen for Presidential Debates  | FNC  | Ref's Comment: One wonders how the commission will defend its decision on these four moderators, particularly openly pro-Obama Gwen Ifill.

Doubts weaken Obama, polls show  | Wash. Times

Where’s the Landslide?   |  David Brooks, NYT

A guide to 5 key campaign flip-flops  |  Politico |  Ref's Comment: It's hard to say McCain had a campaign flip-flop on taxes.  He has been arguing to keep the Bush tax cuts for several years now.  But the Politico needed to give some balance to their list so they threw that in.

France took part in 1994 genocide: Rwandan report |  AFP, Yahoo

 

Editorials/Op-Eds

Boycott the Beijing Games  |  NY Post

Bush isn't the bad guy  |  Wash. Times

Pelosi's Power Trip  |  NY Post

World's economy depends upon a strong Navy  |  Wash. Times

Thought Police: The Left Verses Free Speech  |  Ralph Peters, NY Post

Fear Factor: McCain's Best Bet  |  Dick Morris & Eileen McGann, NY Post

Obama is who he is  |  Tony Blankley, Wash. Times

Political Perils of a 'Big Sort'?  |  Wash. Post

Obama's Afghan Absurdities  |  Amir Taheri, NY Post

The Green Hornet  |  WSJ

 

Non-Political Stories

'Dead' Man Awakens Before Autopsy, Shocks Doctors by Asking for Glass of Water  | FNC

Convoy rescued after GPS led them to Utah cliff   | AP

Possible Shakespearean theater found in London  | AP

Lower Oil Prices Ignite Big Rally; Dow Is Up by 331 | NYT

Massive Credit Card Fraud May Have Vast Victim List  | FNC

Study shows why once is enough to hook some smokers  | Reuters, Yahoo

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