BEST OF THE BLOGS Saturday

• Hispanics and Pocketbooks - Matthew Yglesias, Atlantic
• The Two Sides of America Observe July 4th - Dymphna, Gates of Vienna
• "Unity" is More than a Town in New Hampshire - McQ, QandO
• The Jesse Helms "Racial Quota" Ad - Roger Clegg, The Corner
• Explaining Obama, Defining Abortion Terms - Maha, The Mahablog
• National Mall Disrepair - James Joyner, OTB
• 'Patriot Games' of the Wrong Kind - Michael Tackett, The Swamp
• Bye, Jesse, You Left Quite a Legacy - Pam Spaulding, Pam's House Blend
• The Price of Freedom - Scott Johnson, Power Line
• Obama's European Fans - Dan Collins, Protein Wisdom

Morning Archive

Best of The Blogs Friday

Morning Edition
In Praise of Barack Obama - Leon Wolf, Redstate
What Obama Can Do - BooMan, Booman Tribune
Flip-Flopping: American as Apple Pie - Nate, FiveThirtyEight
The Costs of Cap and Trade - Ezra Klein, TAP
Freedom of Speech: Negative Campaigning - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
The President Americans Have Been Waiting For - Jonathan Chait, The Plank
Obama: Mental Distress Can't Justify Late Term Abortion - Jeralyn, TalkLeft
Refining Obama's Iraq Policy - Ron Chusid, Liberal Values
On Iraq, an Important Semantic Debate - Marc Ambinder, Atlantic
Religious Right Warms Up to McCain - Steve Benen, Crooks and Liars

Best of The Blogs Thursday

Morning Edition
Hey Nutroots, You Lost - James Kirchick, The Plank
Obama and the Hoi Aristoi - V.D. Hanson, The Corner
McCain's Safety Valve - Matthew Yglesias, Atlantic
Obama as a Manager - Hilzoy, Obsidian Wings
Bush to Close Guantanamo? - Jan Crawford Greenburg, Legalities
Firedoglake Cheers Hezbollah's Military Power - Donald Douglas, American Power
New Health Reform Group to Spend $40 Million - Julie Bosman, The Caucus
The McCain Campaign Aftershock - Marc Ambinder, Atlantic
On Faith Based Initiatives - Michael, PoliGazette
The Case Against Mitt Romney - Chris Cillizza, The Fix

Afternoon Edition
Obamacans, McCainocrats and Centrists - Joe Gandelman, TMV
Tories, Republicans, Obama - Andrew Sullivan, Daily Dish
Gitmo Will Be this Year's Campaign Issue - Emptywheel, Firedoglake
Anger Mismanagement, McCain-Style - Michael Stickings, The Reaction
Obama, Unrepentent Flip-Flopper - Jaime Sneider, Weekly Standard
Al-Haramain Ruling and the Current Congress - Glenn Greenwald, Salon
60's Dying as Leftist College Profs Retire - Good Lt., Jawa Report
Dems to Short-Change Denver on Convention? - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air

Best of The Blogs Wednesday

Morning Edition
The Case for Mitt Romney - Chris Cillizza, The Fix
Durbin Was Wrong - John Cole, Balloon Juice
Change the Teamsters Can Believe In - Scott Johnson, Power Line
The Far-Right's Patriotism Problem - Larisa Alexandrovna, HuffPo
Blogger Orgy of Self-Congratulation - Tom Maguire, JustOneMinute
When Obama Said Non-Partisan He Meant It - Taylor Marsh
Rewarding Good Behavior - Kos, Daily Kos
The Press and the Politics of the Prius - Scarecrow, Firedoglake
US Gets a Hunting License in Pakistan? - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
McCain Should Choose an Issue and Stick With It - Patrick Ruffini, Next Right

Afternoon Edition
Wes Clark and the Banality of Campaign '08 - Rick Moran, PJM
Obama Advisor Adds Insult to Injury - Glenn Greenwald, Salon
Wars and Wartime Presidents - James Joyner, OTB
New Media Meme on Flip-Flops - Steve Benen, Carpetbagger Report
Racism Everywhere! - Reihan Salam, American Scene
Afghanistan Could Prove Tricky for Democrats - Alan Stewart Carl, Donklephant
Torture And Moral Causistry - Cernig, Newshoggers
You Are the Sucker: Roberts Court Edition - Scott Lemieux, LG&M

Best of The Blogs Tuesday

Morning Edition
General Clark Not Backing Down - Todd Beeton, MyDD
MoveOn.org: Thrown Under The Bus - Pejman, Redstate
The General's Big Mouth - Marc Ambinder, Atlantic
Google and the Anti-Obama Bloggers - Miguel Helft, Bits
McCain's Michigan-Ohio Strategy - Patrick Ruffini, Next Right
Fatherlessness as Child Abuse? - La Shawn Barber
Obama and "False Rumors" - Byron York, The Corner
Packer Says, "Iraq 4-Evah!" - Publius, Obsidian Wings
Can the Blogosphere Please Grow Up? - BooMan, Booman Tribune
McCain's Delicate Dance Away From Bush - Jennifer Rubin, PJM

Afternoon Edition
The Flip-Flop Obsession - Michael Scherer, Swampland
Origins of the Obama Phenomenon - Donald Douglas, American Power
McCain Warns of an Obama Court - Elisabeth Bumiller, The Caucus
Gay Rights and the Obama Legacy - Reihan Salam, American Scene
The Christianism Of Obama - Andrew Sullivan, Daily Dish
Obama Poaches McCain Base - Taylor Marsh
Is Abortion "Responsible"? - Dana Goldstein, Tapped
Through the Looking Glass - Kevin Drum, Political Animal

Best of The Blogs Monday

Morning Edition
Wesley Clark is an Idiot - Michelle Malkin
End the Judgeocracy - Mark Krikorian, The Corner
Is Obama Becoming 'Generic Democrat'? - Nate, FiveThirtyEight
The McCain/Bush Effect on Red States - Paul Jenkins, HuffPo
The Center Fetish - Digby, Hullabaloo
So Why Do We Need Gitmo? - Sachi, Big Lizards
Is Obama the Democrat's Reagan? - Rebecca Walberg, PJM
Obama's FISA - Jerome Armstrong, MyDD
Media Obsesses About Obama Muslim Rumors - Gateway Pundit
Ugly Liberals - AJ Strata, Strata-Sphere

Afternoon Edition
DC Press Lords Lay Down Fire for McCain - Josh Marshall, TPM
Into the DLC Tiger's Den - Kos, Daily Kos
Google Shuts Down Anti-Obama Blogs - James Joyner, OTB
Mean Old Wesley Clark - Ezra Klein, TAP
Re-Reading Bill Kristol - Andrew Sullivan, Daily Dish
Non-Issue of the Day - BooMan, Booman Tribune
Clark's Comments Play to McCain's Strengths - Chris Cillizza, The Fix
The Problems with Universalism - Michael, PoliGazette