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links for 2008-07-30

• McCain Charge Against Obama Lacks Evidence - washingtonpost.com
  (tags: johnmccain lies factcheck obama)
• Earnest Harris: Obama Is Just Not A "Good Negro"
  (tags: racism media analysis obama)
• Editorial - Low-Road Express - Editorial - NYTimes.com
  (tags: johnmccain politics commentary)
• Obama & Britney & Paris: The Low-Road Express Goes Lower - The Board - Editorials - Opinion - New York Times Blog
  (tags: johnmccain politics commentary obama)

links for 2008-07-29

• VoteVets.org | Former Chief of Medical Operations for HQ USAFE at Ramstein Air Force Base Responds to Latest McCain Ad
  (tags: johnmccain military factcheck)
• Paul Jenkins: Obama Still Does Not "Know His Place"
  (tags: obama race politics commentary johnmccain)

links for 2008-07-28

• Michael Tomasky : Obama's trip has dealt him new cards to play at home | Comment is free | The Guardian
  (tags: obama foreignpolicy politics analysis)
• Frank Schaeffer: McCain: Whiner In Chief (the Angry Penguin Must Win!)
  (tags: johnmccain obama analysis politics)

links for 2008-07-27

• Op-Ed Columnist - How Obama Became Acting President - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com
  (tags: obama politics analysis johnmccain incompetence)
• VetVoice:: McCain's Double Standard on Campaign Visits to Military Bases
  (tags: johnmccain media doublestandard lies factcheck)
• He came, he saw, he sprinkled us with stardust. Even Gordon smiled | World news | The Observer
  (tags: obama britain commentary)
• Why didn't McCain want to see the troops in March? - The Jed Report
  (tags: johnmccain doublestandard lies factcheck)
• Talking Points Memo | The Big Picture
  (tags: obama johnmccain politics analysis iraq foreignpolicy)
• democracyarsenal.org: Does John McCain Know What a Timetable Is?
  (tags: johnmccain iraq withdrawal incompetence)

links for 2008-07-26

• democracyarsenal.org: The McCain Campaign's Worst Nightmare
  (tags: johnmccain bush foreignpolicy neocons)
• Eugene Robinson - Making His Own Luck - washingtonpost.com
  (tags: obama johnmccain politics foreignpolicy commentary)
• Amb. Marc Ginsberg: An American In Paris
  (tags: obama europe foreignpolicy commentary)
• Eric Schmeltzer: Obama Poll Numbers -- Media, Remember Your History!
  (tags: obama politics polls billclinton johnmccain strategy analysis)
• Op-Ed Columnist - Getting to Know You - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com
  (tags: johnmccain realitycheck commentary)

links for 2008-07-25

• Cafe Talk | Talking Points Memo | back from obama speech in berlin -- part 1
  (tags: obama germany personalaccount)
• Jeffrey Feldman: Obama, America, and Yad Vashem
  (tags: holocaust reflections israel judaism america obama republicans)
• Jason Farago: A warm reception in Europe will help Barack Obama's election campaign | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
  (tags: obama europe politics commentary)
• Obsidian Wings: Isn't It Ironic?
  (tags: obama reflections history)

links for 2008-07-24

• Michael Carmichael: Obama Forces Flip-Flops to Paralyze McCain
  (tags: obama foreignpolicy analysis johnmccain)
• Matt Littman: McCain Makes the Biggest Political Mistake of Our Lifetimes
  (tags: johnmccain obama foreignpolicy analysis)
• democracyarsenal.org: Digging a Deeper Hole
  (tags: johnmccain iraq factcheck)
• Brand New Day John McCain': Whose Brand Is It Anyway? - BusinessWeek
  (tags: johnmccain politics analysis)
• democracyarsenal.org: Obama’s Trip: Nothing But Net
  (tags: obama foreignpolicy commentary)
• TPMCafe | Talking Points Memo | Obama's Overseas Success: What's His Secret?
  (tags: obama foreignpolicy realitycheck israel palestine)
• THE MYTH OF A TOSS-UP ELECTION, Crystal Ball, U.Va.
  (tags: obama polls politics analysis democrats)
• Narco News: The Democrats’ Schism at a Mexico City Fundraiser
  (tags: mexico obama democrats deception)
• Opinion: The World President To-Be - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News
  the view from Germany after Obama's speech
  (tags: obama europe germany politics commentary)
• German Politicians React to Obama's Speech: 'A Strong and Gutsy Message' - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News
  (tags: germany obama news)
• Why McCain Should Embrace Withdrawal | The American Prospect
  (tags: iraq withdrawal analysis counterinsurgency military)

links for 2008-07-23

• Analysis: Obama's Gravitas - The Fix
  (tags: obama foreignpolicy politics analysis)
• FT.com / Columnists / Gideon Rachman - Back Obama for commander-in-chief
  (tags: obama endorsement foreignpolicy iran war)
• Conor Foley: Obama's fresh start on Afghanistan | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
  (tags: obama afghanistan foreignpolicy analysis)
• Fareed Zakaria: How Obama Sees the World | Newsweek voices.zakaria | Newsweek.com
  (tags: obama foreignpolicy analysis)
• TPM Election Central | Talking Points Memo | McCain Falsely Claims That Obama Is Denying The Success Of The Troops
  (tags: johnmccain lies factcheck obama iraq)
• democracyarsenal.org: Not a Gaffe: A Fundamental Misunderstanding of Iraq
  (tags: johnmccain iraq factcheck)
• Jonathan Freedland: Forget the myth-making. Obama is just what the Middle East needs | Comment is free | The Guardian
  (tags: obama middleeast israel palestine analysis foreignpolicy)
• Apology 64 years in the making
  (tags: race history seattle)
• Video of the McCain Gaffe That CBS News Edited Out - The Jed Report
  (tags: johnmccain iraq factcheck media bias)
• McCain Gets History Of The Surge Wrong, CBS Doesn't Air Footage
  (tags: johnmccain factcheck iraq)
• The Reality-Based Community: Lying or confused?
  (tags: johnmccain factcheck iraq commentary)
• Harold Meyerson - Obama's Strategic Vision - washingtonpost.com
  (tags: obama foreignpolicy analysis)
• How much does John McCain really know about foreign policy? - By Fred Kaplan - Slate Magazine
  (tags: johnmccain foreignpolicy realitycheck incompetence)
• Anbar Sheik Cited By McCain Was Assassinated Last Year
  (tags: johnmccain iraq lies factcheck)

links for 2008-07-22

• Michael Tomasky: Nouri al-Maliki's support of Obama's troop exit plan is the biggest story of the US election campaign | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
  (tags: iraq withdrawal maliki obama politics)
• democracyarsenal.org: A Surreal Situation in Iraq
  (tags: iraq withdrawal commentary bush johnmccain neocons)
• US/IRAQ: McCain Knee-Capped by Al-Maliki
  (tags: iraq withdrawal maliki obama analysis)
• Comment Central - Times Online - WBLG: Why the New York Times were right to reject John McCain's article
  (tags: johnmccain journalism iraq commentary)
• Matthew Yglesias (July 22, 2008) - We Owe It All to the Surge (Foreign Policy)
  (tags: iraq neocons commentary)

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