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Florida Re-Do Not Happening

Meetings today geared towards making the Florida mail-in re-vote happen ended on a sour note, and now it looks like that idea has been rejected.

Vacations Or Else

Chrysler is making everyone go on vacation for two weeks in July. I'm not sure what to make of this, other than it is some sort of a unique cost-cutting measure. I wonder what happens if you work for Chrysler and you've already burned your vacation time for the year?

Pelosi: Dream On

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi just isn't convinced that the Clinton/Obama (or Obama/Clinton) dream ticket will happen.

Candidate Strategies Differ on Aide Controversies

Recently, top advisers for both Democratic candidates resigned over negative statements about the opposition. Last week, Samantha Power, one of Obama's top foreign policy advisers was quoted calling Clinton a "monster." Shortly after, Clinton adviser Geraldine Ferraro fueled racial controversy by suggesting that Obama wouldn't have made it this far if he wasn't a male African American.

Hey, Look! It's Mike Gravel!

Green Party presidential candidate Jesse Johnson announced today that he's received the endorsement of Democratic presidential candidate Mike Gravel. We're not sure Mike ever dropped out of the Democratic race. Can you endorse someone else if you're still technically a candidate?

Iran Into William Fallon, and Guess What He Said?

It turns out that Iran wasn't the reason Admiral Fallon retired / resigned from CENTCOM, or at least not most of the reason. What it actually seems to be about is Iraq, and the speed with which troops are taken out of there. Slate's Fred Kaplan breaks it down.

The Fix, By Omission

What do you do when you're the Bush administration, and you have a U.S. Joint Forces Command report that clarifies the fact that there was never any ties between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda before the Iraq War, even though that was used as a case for invasion? You hide it, of course.

Fugitive Limbaugh

Wired Magazine ponders whether Rush Limbaugh's tactic of imploring his audience of Republicans to vote for Hillary Clinton — even if they have to sign affidavits pledging to support the Democratic Party — is a violation of election law.

Rick Perry's False Logic

The EPA recently compromised on air quality standards and lowered the allowable ozone levels in the air. Rick Perry is complaining about it, but his blame is misplaced.

Clinton Picks Up Delegates in Final Tallies

The Associated Press reports that final counts in New York and Colorado brought Senator Clinton five more delegates, and she grabbed three more superdelegates this week as well.

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