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Political Hot Topics
(Today's top political stories from news organizations across the country)

Compiled by Mary Grace Lucas
CNN Washington Bureau


CNN: Obama prepares to deliver speech in Berlin

Without offering up too many hints, Senator Barack Obama told reporters that his much-anticipated public address here later today will not be "a wonkish policy speech." Obama sought to "tamp down" expectations of crowd size and did concede he was seeking out a larger audience beyond the one that will gather in Tiergarten Park.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/07/24/obama-prepares-to-deliver-much-anticipated-speech-in-berlin/

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NY Times: With Arizona Changing, McCain Focuses on Home

As a general rule, Senator John McCain does not alert the news media when he eats breakfast in Arizona. But on a Monday morning this month, Mr. McCain campaigned in a local diner, after a Sunday stop at his campaign office here, where he urged volunteers to 搈ake sure we get our voters registered, to make sure we are organized."

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/us/politics/24arizona.html?ref=todayspaper

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Washington Post: McCain Still Waiting for His Turn at Good Luck

It seemed like a great way to counter Obamamania. Sen. John McCain would board a helicopter in New Orleans today, skim quickly over the Gulf of Mexico and land on an oil rig -- a made-for-TV moment to highlight his call for offshore drilling, an issue that Republicans believe will be a big winner in November.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp ... R2008072303653.html

WSJ: 'Generation Gap' Widens in the 2008 Electorate

Voter preferences have long been split by race and gender, but this year's election is adding another divide: a sharp age gap. Democrat Barack Obama has a strong lead among younger voters, and Republican John McCain is solidly in front among older voters. That divide has grown in the past month, according to the Wall Street Journal/NBC News
poll.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB ... =todays_us_page_one

CNN Radio: Criticism of President Bush gets septic and the VP field appears to have narrowed

Your daily presidential campaign goof, Louisiana's governor makes a clear statement about his future, and San Francisco's sewer system could become a political statement. Lisa Desjardins has today's CNN Radio political ticker.

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/200 ... calticker072408.mp3

CNN: Obama ends Middle East trip with visit to Western Wall

Barack Obama departed Israel early Thursday after a pre-dawn visit to one of Jerusalem鈥檚 holiest sites, the Western Wall. Under tight security, Obama arrived at a section of the Wall that had been cordoned off at 5:11am local time. While the visit had not been announced in advance, dozens of people were waiting in the darkness for his arrival.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn ... it-to-western-wall/

WSJ: Christian PAC to Run Obama Ads

A new Christian political action committee backing Democrat Barack Obama in the presidential race is escalating its efforts to elect the Illinois senator with the help of Christian voters this November.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB ... =todays_us_page_one

WSJ: Voter Unease With Obama Lingers Despite His Lead

Midway through the election year, the presidential campaign looks less like a race between two candidates than a referendum on one of them -- Sen. Barack Obama.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB ... =todays_us_page_one

CNN: McCain talks up Pawlenty

Reluctant at first to wade into the vice presidential selection process, John McCain Wednesday was coaxed into offering more praise for one of the hotter names in the speculation game this week.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn ... -talks-up-pawlenty/

CNN: McCain broadens definition of surge

John McCain defended comments he made in an interview on Tuesday when he incorrectly argued that the surge in Iraq gave way to the so-called 揂nbar Awakening"-when Sunni leaders joined forces with U.S. troops to fight Al Qaeda in the fall of 2006.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/07/23/mccain-broadens-definition-of-surge/

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NY Times: Candidates Spar Over Troop Surge and Iraq Chronology

Senator John McCain was chiding Senator Barack Obama for 揳 false depiction of what actually happened" in Iraq in a television interview this week. But in giving his chronology of events in Iraq, Mr. McCain gave what critics said was his own false depiction.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/us/politics/24check.html?ref=todayspaper

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The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center says that both candidates' proposals would increase the national debt by trillions and may make the system more complex.

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-taxes24-2008jul24,0,1595880.story

New York Sun: Schumer Scolded Over Politics At Economic Hearing

Presidential politics veered into a congressional hearing on the economy yesterday as a top Republican lawmaker scolded New York's senior senator for inviting two informal advisers to Senator Obama to testify before his committee.

http://www.nysun.com/national/sc ... omic-hearing/82548/

WSJ: Housing Bill Will Extend Federal Role In Markets

A sprawling bill that reaches deep into the U.S. housing industry is close to becoming law, in what will likely stand as the federal government's most expansive effort to stabilize the mortgage and financial markets.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121681776929477089.htm l?mod=todays_us_page_one

WSJ: States Slammed by Tax Shortfalls

The stumbling U.S. economy is forcing states to slash spending and cut jobs in order to close a projected $40 billion shortfall in the current fiscal year. That gap -- identified Wednesday in a survey by the National Conference of State Legislatures -- is more than triple the size of the previous year's. It is the result of broad economic weakness at the state and local levels that could cause pain throughout this year and into 2010.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121682740001077489.htm l

LA Times: Obama makes connection with Israeli family in Sderot

'This terror is intolerable,' he says after touring their home, damaged by a Palestinian rocket. McCain visited them in March.

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-family24-20 08jul24,0,1238330.story

CNN: Obama stands by plan to talk with Iran

Sen. Barack Obama said Wednesday that a nuclear-armed Iran would be a "game-changing" situation, not just in the Middle East but throughout the world.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/23/obama.israel/in dex.html

CNN: Dems, Republicans spar over oil speculation bill

The Senate voted Wednesday to move forward on a bill meant to crack down on oil speculators. But Republicans vowed to block the Senate from taking up any other measure until the Democratic leadership agrees to vote on other energy-related issues.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/23/congress.oil/index.html

CNN Navarrette Commentary: To stay relevant, media must diversify

Thanks to the history-making candidacy of Sen. Barack Obama, Americans find themselves at a defining moment in our politics.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/23/navarrette/index.html

CNN: Headline grabber for McCain: Armstrong, but not oil rig

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