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July 2008
- Gramm Guilty of Sparking Subprime Mess
  
  Mother Jones | Jul 26, 08 5:10 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Former Senator Phil Gramm helped create the subprime meltdown, yet faces no punishment—and could even become treasury secretary if John McCain wins in November, David Corn writes in Mother Jones . Eight years ago, a Gramm bill stopped the feds from regulating insurance policies that protected Wall Street securities. These policies, or "swaps," ended up at "the heart of the subprime meltdown," one expert said. More »
- Body Language Bares Rivals' Key Differences
  
  LiveScience | Jul 26, 08 7:37 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The presidential hopefuls are saying a lot more than just words, reports LiveScience. Body language experts analyzing John McCain and Barack Obama's movements have discovered major differences in the kind of leaders they are likely to be. McCain's firm stance and tendency to grip the podium send out a message of stability, while Obama's looser movements hint at change, they say. More »
- Michelle Wins Bakeoff, But Who Cares?
  
  Gourmet | Jul 25, 08 6:22 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - In an age when pretty much nobody bakes anything, Laura Shapiro wonders in Gourmet , why do Americans still expect would-be First Ladies to whip out cookie recipes for the public’s pleasure? Shapiro looks at the recipes submitted by Cindy McCain and Michelle Obama for a Yankee contest—and gives Obama’s homey apple cobbler the decisive nod. More »
- Brzezinski Down on Idea of Afghan 'Surge'
  
  Huffington Post | Jul 25, 08 5:25 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The presidential candidates seem to agree that Afghanistan needs a troop surge, but Zbigniew Brzezinski doesn’t. Jimmy Carter’s national security adviser, now a Barack Obama backer, says he's concerned that the US is “literally running the risk of unintentionally doing what the Russians did,” and being perceived as an invading force, the Huffington Post reports. More »
- Mac: Maliki's 'Pretty Good Timetable' Beats Obama's
  
  Talking Points Memo | Jul 25, 08 5:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - In an interview with CNN today, John McCain called Nouri al-Maliki’s troop withdrawal plan a “pretty good timetable”—leading Josh Marshall, on Talking Points Memo, to call foul. So “Barack Obama's 16 month timetable is a catastrophe,” Marshall says, the difference being that the Iraqi prime minister’s “is based on conditions on the ground and Obama's isn't—even though they're both 16 months.” More »
- Love Affair Between Press, Obama Is On the Rocks
  
  New Republic | Jul 25, 08 4:15 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Might the much ballyhooed love affair between the press and Barack Obama be coming to an end? Republicans watching coverage of his Europe trip would scoff, but Gabriel Sherman writes in the New Republic of a growing resentment between reporters on the trail and a campaign staff seen as more and more arrogant, secretive, and willing to freeze out reporters seen as uncooperative. More »
- Bush Hand: Maliki Nod 'Incredibly Damaging' to Mac
  
  Politico | Jul 25, 08 3:47 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - President Bush’s former communications director is decidedly off GOP message in a new interview, Politico reports, with Dan Bartlett, now in the private sector, saying, “Time will tell, but the al-Maliki comments about a timetable is very close to a game-changing event. That was incredibly damaging [to McCain], because it neutralized one of [Obama’s] biggest liabilities." More »
- Obama's Antiwar Stance: That Was Then, This Is Now
  
  Politico | Jul 25, 08 2:30 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - There's no reason to assume that Barack Obama would have voted against the war if he’d been in the Senate in 2002, James Kirchick writes for Politico. As a state senator, Obama was aligned with his liberal constituency in opposing the Iraq invasion; as a thoroughly briefed US senator with access to high-level intel, he might very well have been on the winning end of the 77-23 vote that approved the invasion. More »
- How Jindal Traded Vishnu for Jesus
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jul 25, 08 1:30 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - When political observers talk about Bobby Jindal’s vice presidential credentials, they often mention that his devout Christian faith might sway the base. It’s a curious advantage for the Hindu-raised son of Punjabi immigrants, but Jindal’s conversion was the sincere product of a deep spiritual quest, the Wall Street Journal reports. “I did not have an overnight epiphany,” says Jindal, but a “very intellectual-based journey.” More »
- Economy May Be McCain's Achilles Heel
  
  Politico | Jul 25, 08 11:43 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Americans are so worried about the economy they’re returning to a pre-9/11 mindset in which pocketbook issues trump national security—and that doesn’t bode well for John McCain, Politico reports. His predicament is beginning to look oddly like the reelection campaigns of George HW Bush and Jimmy Carter: Some 71% of voters disapprove of Bush’s economic policies, and 60% believe McCain will continue them. More »
- Maliki Pegs Obama as the Most Pliant: Krauthammer
  
  Washington Post | Jul 25, 08 8:48 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Nouri al-Maliki's endorsement of Barack Obama's timetable for withdrawal from Iraq this week was "the earliest and most ostentatious absentee ballot of this presidential election," writes Charles Krauthammer. The Washington Post columnist thinks that the Iraqi PM gave Obama an electorial assist for a clear reason: between him and John McCain, "it is no mystery who would be the more pliant US negotiator." More »