Via the Wall Street Journal:
Barack Obama said a storm like Hurricane Gustav raises “bipartisan concerns” and it’s “fine” that John McCain visited Mississippi’s emergency operations center Sunday morning.
But he reiterated his worry that the security required for either presidential candidate could divert local law enforcement and other personnel from storm preparations. For that reason, Obama, [...]

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Key GOP senator won’t attend party’s convention: WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina won’t be attending the Republican national convention, which begins over Labor Day weekend.
(Via McClatchy.)
Whew. Is this another sign of a possible Republican Party meltdown? As noted in the article, Dole is the latest in a string of [...]

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Justice finds that Gonzales aides broke federal hiring laws: WASHINGTON — Aides to former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales violated federal laws and Justice Department policies by illegally selecting employees based on their conservative and Republican leanings, a joint report by two department watchdog agencies reported Monday.
(Via McClatchy.)
I can’t say this is very surprising (more like [...]

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McCain: Ratcheting up the rhetoric - First Read - msnbc.com: NBC’s Andrea Mitchell reports that there was never a plan for Obama to take the press to Landstuhl, despite the claim by McCain folks and others. The plan was to go with his military aide, retired General Scott Gration. The Pentagon said Gration was off-limits [...]

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Just what is up lately with John McCain? One has to wonder if his campaign is sabotaging him on purpose. Surely it can’t be the case that the candidate of a major American political party is completely without access to a basic fact checker?
Even a college-aged intern (with the Google or other basic [...]

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McCain Vows To Court Young Voters : NPR: “‘John McCain sees young voters as a competitive demographic this year,’ said McCain youth outreach spokesman Joe Pounder, ‘and we’re going to go after them.’”
(Via NPR.)
Really? Really? John McCain sees young voters as a competitive demographic this year, is just delusional to such a degree [...]

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As World Embraces Obama, McCain Attacks: “‘I believe any partisanship ends at the water’s edge,’ John McCain said when he visited Colombia in early July.
At least that’s what McCain believes when he’s across the water.
Since Obama departed overseas–on a trip McCain baited him to take–the McCain campaign has sent out a barrage of emails, statements [...]

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Seeded at Newsvine:
Majority Leader Harry Reid has had it up to here with Tom Coburn, the Senate’s scourge of excessive spending and pork-barrel earmarks. Mr.

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Seeded at Newsvine:
A website with the goal of unearthing evidence that PUMA is (at the very least) a Republican founded organization.

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Seeded at Newsvine:
Though the picture so far is of the Republicans as the party of austerity and the Democrats as the party of stimulus, there’s a surprise when it comes to changes in the federal deficit: Republicans are more liberal with the red ink than Dems.

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John McCain’s Florida problems may be growing: Democratic voters have out-registered Republicans by a nearly 7-to-1 margin since January.

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Patsy Jindal [John Derbyshire]What do I have to say about Louisiana Governor Jindal signing the Louisiana Science Education Act? Very little more than I said here back on June 20.

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