From the NYTimes:

The latest good luck for the Democrats is that the McCain campaign was just as bamboozled as the press by the false Hillary narrative. McCain was obviously itching to choose his pal Joe Lieberman as his running mate. A onetime Democrat who breaks with the G.O.P. by supporting abortion rights might have rebooted his lost maverick ( Read more... )

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Fundraising numbers have been released with Obama predictably beating McCain by $51 million to $27 million.

The big news, however, is that the Democratic National Committee has outraised its Republican counterpart for the first time in four years, pulling in $28 million to the Republican National Committee's $26 million.As of now, Obama + the DNC ( Read more... )

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Barack just can't win with me today.

He's released a new ad wisely tying Iraq to the economy. The problem? My sense is that it unfairly demonizes the Iraqis.



While I agree that withdrawal is in our strategic interest, the fact of the matter is that we owe Iraqis reparations for what we've done to their country.

With the alarmist notion that Russia is trying to 'annex' Georgia now thoroughly debunked, you would think McCain's neocons might shut up for a second. Instead, they've moved on to their next ludicrous claim, this time attacking Obama for having never jet skied with Georgia's president:

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Obama has decided to endorse Georgian membership in NATO:

Going forward, the United States and Europe must support the people of Georgia. Beyond immediate humanitarian assistance, we must provide economic assistance, and help rebuild what has been destroyed. I have consistently called for deepening relations between Georgia and transatlantic ( Read more... )

As announced on Sunday evening, Obama will text message his VP pick to supporters sometime between now and the convention. This indicates that Obama has either already made his decision or is very close to doing so. So who are the most likely choices and what would lead Obama to bring them onto the ticket?


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The Obama campaign figures out another obvious countermaneuver:

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Watch it and forward it to your greedy relatives.

Update
Here's a helpful chart based on numbers crunched by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center:


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