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We keep scratching names off the VP list. Jim Webb is the latest to join Ted Strickland in the "I'm not going to be VP" statements.

I have said in the past that I didn't think Webb would be a good choice for a vice president, particularly his past views on women.

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Celeste Zappala, the Gold Star mother of an early casualty in America's invasion of Iraq who lost her son when he was doing guard duty during a fraudulent "search" for alleged WMDs in Iraq, was speaking from the heart when she told a group of anti-war demonstrators at Philadelphia's Independence Mall Saturday that she was grateful no American troops had been killed during the past week in Iraq.

Her concern for the troops' well-being is understandable.

But left unsaid is that the lower U.S. casualty figures in Iraq are coming at the expense of much higher civilian casualties. This is even more true in Afghanistan, where the war is heating up.
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He raves all about Carole Rome;
The wedding will likely be small.

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BARBARA'S DAILY BUZZFLASH MINUTE

“Subject: Who Is Responsible For The Recession We Find Ourselves In?” The Repuglicans have built a house of cards that is collapsing in on itself, and we the American people will bear the brunt of this Repuglican catastrophic failure! From a failed economy, to a failed foreign policy, the Repuglicans have created angst and chaos, anguish and grief here at home and ever expanding to include the rest of the world. America needs change, we need a fresh approach, we need Democratic leadership, if we are indeed to recover from this the worst Repuglican leadership ever!

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_{all the photos taken by me. This is approximately the view Barack Obama had that day.}

Bruce Springsteen. Rolling Stones. U2. How many major rock acts play football stadiums anymore? Barack Obama is not a major rock act, and there is no opening band. But for one night only, Obama will play Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium in Denver, home of the NFL Broncos. And unlike Springsteen, the Stones, and U2, you won't have to mortgage your house to see the show.

But at least everyone in that appearance will have a seat. The other major crowd of that size where Obama spoke, well, didn't have nearly as much room.

On my vacation, I happened to be in Portland, Oregon. My friend from college who lives there is about to have a baby, and I hadn't really explored the Pacific Northwest. But I couldn't resist one temptation: I wanted to see the space where Obama drew a huge crowd along the Willamette River.

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A BUZZFLASH NEWS ALERT
by Amy Weiss

Attorney General Michael Mukasey has ignored a subpoena issued June 16 by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform asking for documents relevant to its Valerie Plame leak investigation, including FBI interviews with President Bush and Vice President Cheney.

Committee Chair Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) sent Mukasey a letter July 8 informing him that the Committee would vote July 16 on whether or not Mukasey will be found in contempt of Congress.

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A BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS
by Meg White

In the news Tuesday were two seemingly unrelated stories about the heels of the proverbial loaf of war.

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