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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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July 23, 2008

MIDDAY ROUNDUP

@ 12:58 pm by Chris Good

Barack Obama must be campaigning overseas, as he has made German-language flyers for an upcoming speech in Germany, conservative bloggers allege, while liberals accuse John McCain of having a meltdown when he said the White House is more important to Obama than Iraq.

Obama has flip-flopped on promises that his trip overseas will not include political rallies, as he is promoting his upcoming speech in Berlin with flyers in German, Hot Air’s Ed Morrissey interprets. And Obama may be more concerned with reaching out to on-the-fence Germans than Americans, as attendance at the Berlin speech will be free, unlike his U.S. rallies, where voters must decide whether to pony up cash to see the senator speak, Townhall.com’s Matt Lewis suggests.

McCain made the most slanderous remark of any presidential candidate in the last 30 years when he said yesterday that Obama would “rather lose a war in order to win a political campaign,” Swampland’s Joe Klein proclaims, dubbing the attack a “meltdown.” McCain’s comment was nasty and out of place, The Stump’s Michael Crowley says. But the outrage is unwarranted, as McCain has made similar attacks before—and has a legitimate point–Ann Althouse argues.

Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) receives plaudits for a new television ad that mocks Democrat Al Franken’s Senate Candidacy. The ad, in which bowlers accuse Franken of being bad at the sport, is charming and appeals to Minnesota’s tastes, Morrissey congratulates at Hot Air. But Coleman’s exposure in the blogosphere isn’t all sunny, as Senate Guru points readers to a piece in The Nation blasting the Minnesota senator for voting in lock-step with President Bush, a damning charge in 2008, according to the blogger.

FROM THE BLOGS:
Mukasey Disappoints Democrats? - Joe Sudbay, AMERICABLOG
Comparing 1996 and 2008 - John B. Judis, The Plank
Obama Ignorance Watch - Dean Barnett, The Weekly Standard
McCain-Jindal…Not Happening - Jim Geraghty, The Campaign Spot
Another Milestone for Dino Rossi - Eric Earling, The Next Right
Tales from the JV Squad: No Press Avail - Marc Ambinder
Reflections on Obama in Berlin - Streiff, RedState
McCain Platform: 4 Years of Self-Parody - Matt Stoller, Open Left
McCain-Cheney '08 - Josh Orton, MyDD
The Imagery Gap - Michael Crowley, The Stump
Spanish Obama Ad Emphasizes Fatherless Upbringing - Greg Sargent, TPM Election Central

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Bush Drops Opposition to Housing Bill - NY Times
Obama Meets Israeli, Palestinian Leaders - LA Times
Reid: Government Should Assist Solar Power Industry - Rocky Mountain News

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