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Drudge banners: "IOU" and links to this LA Times story on the budget crisis in California. And the U.S. says North Korea does not appear to be readying a missile launch in this Bloomberg story is also highlighed on Drudge. ... READ MORE

Huffington Post
The Huffington Post banners: "Obama's first major military operation underway in Afghanistan" and links to this AP story. Unemployment to hit a 9.6 percent, a 26 year high, according to this AP report, highlighted on the HuffPo. And Jesse Berney ... READ MORE

HotAir
The Obama administration doesn't see the contradiction between calling for free elections in Honduras and staying out of the election in Iran, writes Allahpundit. And veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas went "nuclear" on the White House for controlling the ... READ MORE

DailyKos
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) wants to president but "she couldn't even get her own campaign's scheduling staff to give her enough time to run," writes Jed Lewison. And South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's (R) recent confessions have set off ... READ MORE

Townhall
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's (R) Republican enemies hope he stays in office, writes Matt Lewis. And, drawing on examples from other countries, Carol Platt Liebau writes what ObamaCare "really means." READ MORE

OpenLeft
Advancing the debate over torture is always going to be difficult, writes Daniel de Groot. And Mike Lux takes a look at the fight over a new Pecora commission. READ MORE

RedState
The press is "finally" calling out the Obama administration for controlling the press, writes Paint it Red. And Moe Lane takes a detailed look at the 2010 election and the ages of several Democratic committee chair people. READ MORE

MyDD
Mitt Romney appears to be urging Republicans to stand up to President Obama, writes Charles Lemos. And Lemos also writes that South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) must think the Associated Press is a "licensed therapist." READ MORE

Powerline
Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.) appeared to open the door to the Obama administration making more demands Israel in the peace process while in the country, writes Paul. And new polling shows that support for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is ... READ MORE

Matthew Yglesias
The entire committee system in Congress "leaves a lot to be desired," writes Matthew Yglesias. And Yglesias also points out a general thought among the punditry right now: Congress is asserting its dominance in setting and controlling the agenda, not ... READ MORE

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June 24, 2008

MIDDAY ROUNDUP

@ 1:03 pm by Chris Good

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) has upped her stock in the GOP veepstakes by calling for drilling in her state while John McCain should not bring columnist Bill Kristol on board as an adviser, conservatives note. Liberals meanwhile slam House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) for claiming of victory on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) overhaul after caving into GOP demands.

Palin is now a politician to watch after she penned a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) imploring him to ok drilling, The Weekly Standard’s John McCormack proclaims. And Palin shrewdly used a hot-button issue—oil prices—to raise her profile as a charismatic young governor, Hot Air’s Allahpundit determines. Energy security is about long-term planning, and Palin has shown she understands this her call to drill in Alaska, Allahpundit says.

Hoyer is claiming a “significant victory” after negotiating the FISA rewrite, but he shouldn’t boast because he gave Republicans everything they asked for, Glenn Greenwald claims at Salon.com. And Hoyer was “lying” when he justified the deal by saying the American people wanted it, Open Left’s Matt Stoller claims.

McCain should not bring Kristol in as an adviser, as The Corner’s Rich Lowry has suggested, conservatives declare. Kristol would bog McCain’s campaign down with associations to the GOP’s past, Kathryn Jean Lopez argues. And Kristol would be just another Beltway political strategist who wouldn’t help McCain’s attempts at securing his maverick image, Michelle Malkin claims.

The outrage continues among liberals over Black’s comment that a terrorist attack on U.S. soil would give McCain a “big advantage” in the presidential campaign. Black was inappropriately saying “Yep, terrorism would be good for us” according to Steve Benen at Crooks and Liars. Firedoglake’s Christy Hardin Smith is more direct, saying Black is “sick.”

FROM THE BLOGS:
Obama's Ambitions - Dean Barnett, The Weekly Standard
$300 Million Bailout Steams ahead in Senate - Michelle Malkin
Did Iraqi WMD Go to Syria? - Douglas Feith, The Corner
Hoping for Terror - Matthew Yglesias
Charlie Black's Yap - Christy Hardin Smith, Firedoglake
Plouffe's PowerPoint Sets the Stage - Marc Ambinder
Defending Obscenity in the Google Age - TChris, TalkLeft
We Should Fear Huffington - Patrick Ruffini, The Next Right
Bill to Answer Questions on Obama - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
GAO Analyzes the Surge - TChris, TalkLeft
Hoyer Hails FISA 'Victory' - Glenn Greenwald, Salon.com
Dobson Lectures Obama about God - John Aravosis, AMERICABLOG
James Dobson Is Upset - Kevin Drum, Political Animal
Five Place McCain Should Go - Patrick Ottenhoff, The Next Right
Huffington Advocates Media Bias - Matt Lewis, Townhall.com

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Bill Clinton Backs Obama, but through Spokesman - Reuters
Stimulus Package Fails to Boost Confidence - The Hill
Dobson Accuses Obama of 'Distorting Bible' - AP
Report: Partisanship Reigned in DoJ Hiring Program - Washington Post

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2 Comments »

The Hill welcomes comment from anyone and will almost always post it whether it is favorable or critical, as long as it is substantive and advances debate.
  1. Mac Pick Palin Veep BEFORE Hil Campaigns w/Obama!

    In addition to her overwhelming attraction on the oil/energy issue and the female/disaffected Hillary voters, Palin's human interest story will generate millions and millions of dollars worth of publicity and media coverage — essentially free to the McCain campaign — more than offsetting Obama’s reported money advantage.

    Comment by Ted — June 24, 2008 @ 1:51 pm

  2. …and, I can see it all now, Alaska Gov Sarah Palin's husband, Todd, introducing Sarah as the next Vice President of the United States at the Republican National Convention later this summer, to the tune of Shania Twain's "She's Not Just a Pretty Face".

    Here it is:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMlcZDorjuE

    Just imagine!!! (Dems, eat your heart out)

    Comment by Ted — June 24, 2008 @ 1:54 pm

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