firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 8/8/2008
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From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro*** The Olympics lull: Now we’ve entered the real lull in the presidential race. Not only is it August, but the Olympics officially start today and Obama begins a weeklong vacation to Hawaii. But, as you’ve probably guessed, the race won’t completely come to a standstill. For one thing, McCain will campaign today in Iowa, and Hillary Clinton picks up the slack for the vacationing Obama by stumping in battleground Nevada, a contest she won back ...
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Obama: 'Hands'
Ben Smith's Blog —
The candidate's Olympics spot casts him as the new face of a new, green economy and of the future. (Did I use the word "new" enough there?)
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Cohen Wins
Balloon Juice —
... Who would have ever predicted that running openly race-baiting commercials against your opponent would be a bad thing:
Facing tons of negativity—Ku Klux Klan images, less-than-subtle references to his Jewish faith—incumbent Rep. Steve Cohen (who is white) easily won his primary against challenger Nikki Tinker (who is black) in yesterday’s Democratic primary in a majority-black congressional seat in Memphis, TN. Obama even weighed in on the race yesterday, saying in a statement that Tinker’s “incendiary and personal ...
Travel Globally, Attack Locally
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right —
... Obama’s Olympic “Hands” ad celebrates American ingenuity and runs for 15 seconds before you have any idea it’s even a political ad. There’s Michael Phelps setting world records, there’s Morgan Freeman’s powerful voiceover in Visa ads celebrating the human condition, then there’s a guy ...
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