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Recent Commentary & News Stories

- The Commander-in-Chief Test - Michael Hirsh, Newsweek

- Obama, the Democrats, and the Surge - Peter Wehner, Weekly Standard

- Obama's Tidal-Wave Potential - Steve Kornacki, New York Observer

- Real Men Vote for McCain - Lou Aguilar, National Review Online

- Wolfson on McCain's Dismal Campaign - John Heilemann, NY Magazine

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All Commentary & News Stories

- The Commander-in-Chief Test - Michael Hirsh, Newsweek

- Obama, the Democrats, and the Surge - Peter Wehner, Weekly Standard

- Obama's Tidal-Wave Potential - Steve Kornacki, New York Observer

- Real Men Vote for McCain - Lou Aguilar, National Review Online

- Wolfson on McCain's Dismal Campaign - John Heilemann, NY Magazine

- GOP Reformers Face a Tough Fight - Kimberley Strassel, Wall St. Journal

- How McCain Should've Handled Obama's Visit - Daniel Finkelstein, Times

- McCain's Against Birth Control - Katha Pollitt, The Nation

- Campaign Promises to Keep - Ashley Johnson, National Journal

- Why Doesn't McCain Freak More Conservatives Out? - Noam Scheiber, TNR

- How to Make Fun of Obama - Joel Stein, Los Angeles Times

- Obama's Summer of Success - Scot Lehigh, Boston Globe

- The Audacity of Vanity - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post

- What Would Obama Die For? - David Paul Kuhn, Wall Street Journal

- The Coming Activist Age - David Brooks, New York Times

- McCain, Obama Err to Placate Party Bases - Mort Kondracke, Roll Call

- Are the Obamas Untouchable? - Pat Buchanan, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

- 'The Maverick' Gets the Branding Iron - J. Podesta & J. Halpin, The Politico

- Laugh, Obama, Laugh - Kathleen Parker, RealClearPolitics

- Obama Tour Will Inspire the Disenchanted - Gerard Baker, London Times

- Dems Finding Success in Center - Reid Wilson, Politics Nation

- Evangelicals Haven't Embraced Dem Agenda - Naomi Schaeffer Riley, WSJ

- The Fading Debate Over an Iraq Pullout - Christian Science Monitor

- Obama's 'Judgment' on the Surge - Wall Street Journal

- The Promise and Peril of Obama's World Tour - John Dickerson, Slate

- Two Able Presidential Candidates - David Colburn, Orlando Sentinel

- Disillusioned About Barack Obama - Nat Hentoff, Sacramento Bee

- Judges, Taxes Won't Make McCain's Case - Bruce Bartlett, The Politico

- Iowa May Not Be a Battleground After All - David Yepsen, DM Register

- Pelosi Pushing Chet Edwards for VP? - Carl Leubsdorf, Dallas Morning News

- Listening to the Governors - David Broder, Washington Post

- Obama's Pander on Immigration - Debra Saunders, San Francisco Chronicle

- In Iraq, Affection for Obama... but His Proposal? - Tavernise & Oppel, NYT

- Is Barack In a Box on Iraq? - Dick Morris & Eileen McGann, New York Post

- A New Electorate in the Making? - Rhodes Cook, UVA Center for Politics

- It Should Be Democrats' Year - But May Not Be - Susan Estrich, FOX News

- 5 States That Will Pick the President - Stuart Rothenberg, Roll Call

- McCain and Bush's Uneasy Alliance - James Carney, Time

- Voters Want Economic Leadership - Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal

- What McCain Economic Policy? - Harold Meyerson, Washington Post

- What Kind of Leader Will Obama or McCain Be? - Gergen & Zelleke, CSM

- Why I Still Kinda Like John McCain - Jonathan Chait, The New Republic

- Obama Right to Keep Iran Military Option - Rick Santorum, Philly Inquirer

- They Must Be Joking - Joe Conason, New York Observer

- Talking Sense on Iraq - New York Times

- Can Obama Claim the Reagan Mantle? - James Pinkerton, FOX News

- Obama Needs Foreign-Policy Heavyweight - Steve Kornacki, NY Observer

- McCain Finds Economic Opening - Jennifer Rubin, The American Spectator

- Grading the Candidates' War Speeches - Fred Kaplan, Slate

- McCain's Cult of Teddy Roosevelt - Michael Knox Beran, National Review

- Obama: The Half-Billion-Dollar Man? - Jay Newton-Small, Time

- The GOP Is the Party of Civil Rights - Bruce Bartlett, Wall Street Journal

- Joe Lieberman: Democrats' Worst Enemy - Jennifer Rubin, Human Events

- After FISA Vote, Obama Has Lost Liberal Trust - Marc Ash, Chicago ST

- The Elite's View of White America - Kirk Leech, Spiked

- McCain: The Return of the Reformer? - Kenneth Vogel, The Politico

- Obama and Damage to the Brand - Byron York, NRO

- Obama, McCain Duel Over Iraq - John Broder, International Herald Tribune

- Flaws in Obama's Foreign Policy - Michael Goodwin, New York Daily News

- McCain's Plan for the Next Cold War - John Judis, The New Republic

- The New Reality in Iraq - F. Kagan, K. Kagan & J. Keane, Wall Street Journal

- May We Mock, Barack? - Maureen Dowd, New York Times

- Swing State Review: Ohio, Part 1 - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics

- Obama Backers Beg for Clarity - Jason Horowitz, New York Observer

- The Election Isn't About Obama - Michael Tomasky, The Guardian

- Why the Race is Tied - Dick Morris, The Hill

- Obama's Run Isn't Closing Divide on Race - Nagourney & Thee, NY Times

- Fear and Fretting on the Campaign Trail - Russ Smith, Wall Street Journal

- The Withdrawal Dynamic is Shifting - Simon Jenkins, The Guardian

- McCain's School Choice Opportunity - Clint Bolick, Wall Street Journal

- America's Satire-A-Thon - Kathleen Parker, RealClearPolitics

- Obama Wrong to Stick with Iraq Timetable - Washington Post

- Squawk of the Town - New York Observer

- Obama Cover Has Bite, Benefits - Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune

- Tacking to the Center Is Tacky - Tony Blankley, Washington Times

- A New Strategy for a New World - Senator Barack Obama

- Obama Opposed the Surge & Said It Would Fail - Senator John McCain

- Obama Broadens Discussion, Doubles Down on Iraq - Greg Sargent, TPM

- Surge's Success Puts Obama on the Defensive - Jake Tapper, ABC News

- Iraq is Essential to the War on Terror - Steve Huntley, Chicago Sun-Times

- Obama and the Necessities of Nuance - Dick Polman, Philadelphia Inquirer

- McCain Being Tested on Immigration - Jennifer Rubin, New York Observer

- Will Romney's Combative Style Net VP Nod? - Scott Conroy, CBS News

- Team Obama's Tantrum Misfired - John Podhoretz, Commentary

- TV Hosts Struggle to Find Obama Punch Line - Bill Carter, New York Times

- How Weak Economy Could Actually Help McCain - James Pethokoukis, US News

- Chuck Hagel, Fantasy Running Mate - Steve Kornacki, New York Observer

- Cold Feet Among Obama Supporters? - Steve Kornacki, New York Observer

- Obama on the War We're In - Thomas Donnelly, Weekly Standard

- Obama and the Death of Humor - Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic

- The Choice is Stark: Leave Iraq or Stay in Iraq - Josh Marshall, TPM

- Why Give an Iraq Plan Before You Visit Iraq? - Pete Hegseth, NRO

- Breakup with Obama Stumps Netroots - James Kirchick, The Politico

- Voters Split on Iraq Stances - J. Weisman & J. Cohen, Washington Post

- Obama Planning to Ignore the Facts - Rich Lowry, New York Post

- New Yorker Pics Speak Louder Than Words - Jonathan Alter, Newsweek

- Quit Whining About the New Yorker Cover - Jack Shafer, Slate

- Are Facts Obsolete? - Thomas Sowell, RealClearPolitics

- Yes Virginia, Obama Can Win - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post

- David Axelrod: The Architect - Amanda Paulson, Christian Science Monitor