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23 July: Is the US media pro-Obama or anti-substance?
22 July: NYT nixes McCain: Not Obama enough!
21 July: Obama's Iraqi endorsement
18 July: Race relations and "the N word"

Crikey's US correspondent Guy Rundle is covering the 2008 presidential race right down to the wire.

NEW TO CRIKEY: Video reportage from the US campaign trail!

Netroots Nation - Interview with Elise from Daily KOS

Netroots Nation - Interview with Jim Hightower from Hightower Lowdown

The old left collapses into the blogosphere:
The Netroots gathering -- with about 1000 attendees -- is a mirror of the blogosphere that generated it.
It's the economy stupid:
Beware of the obessseions of cable news, tune in to the mainstream.
Time for leaving Portland:
Out of the Pacific north west and into the unkown, Rundle trades Americas.

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VIDEO OF THE DAY

George W. Bush blooper reel: "Wall St got drunk"

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CANBERRA CALLING

Crikey's daily political podcast

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TECHNOLOGY

Apple loses customer emails. Oops

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Father's Day

Obama on "AWOL" dads

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Obama No-show

McCain's Town Hall debates

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Military McCain

What's he really stand for?

Peter Costello: empty vessels make the most sound

It's only natural that thoughts, in this long Canberra winter, should turn to leadership, writes Bernard Keane.

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Frank Lowy, my part in his tax bill

I broke the story of Frank Lowy’s first costly punch-up with the Australian Taxation Office, writes Alex Mitchell.

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40 black swans shot. ABC wants more

When Bairnsdale locals found out that 40 black swans had been shot in a DSE authorised cull, the contacted ABC's Stateline with the story. That's when it got interesting, writes Lionel Elmore.

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Popular bone drug may cause fractures for some women

A new study suggests that the widely used anti-osteoporosis drug, Fosamaxin, may cause fractures, rather than prevent them, writes Ray Moynihan.

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First Dog on the Moon

One day in Crikey's basement, Crikey's Editor is berating Crikey's cartooninst...

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10,000 457s a month keeping down inflation -- and wages

457 visas are now being granted at a rate of more than 10,000 a month. In June, 1,200 of those visas took less than a week to process, writes Michael Pascoe.

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Lib/Nat merger: Santoro rises from the ashes to be really annoying

Brough’s proposal that Shane Stone come in as a compromise president for the new Liberal National Party was rejected by the Nationals because Stone was unacceptable to Liberal factional chief Santo Santoro. Remember him? writes Bernard Keane.

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Comitatus: Spare us the Costello horsefluff

There are words for the all the Peter Costello speculation. One of them is "silly". The other one starts with "s" too, writes Possum Comitatus.

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Sydney infrastructure edges closer to breaking point

The signs of infrastructure collapse in Sydney keep coming yet nobody in government seems willing to connect the dots, writes, Ben Sandilands.

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The Media Monitors' Top 20

Everything old is new again as Mark Vaile, Peter Costello and Alexander Downer congregate around the middle of the list, writes Patrick Baume.

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US08 Media Wrap

Get a taste of the best commentary from the US Media here.

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Blogwatch

Blogs on the latest news from Zimbabwe.

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Stuff we like

Crikey's picks of the best reads on the web.

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And recently…

Queensland Libs offer biggest compromise yet to Nationals

A leaked email to Crikey has revealed how far the Federal Liberal executive was willing to compromise with the National Party over Queensland, writes Bernard Keane.

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How Gardasil hype undermined the PBAC

The PBAC originally decided against subsidising Gardasil. Then the media stepped in, writes Dr Agnes Vitry.

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Rundle08: Obama's got game, and watching the repeats

Before a gym full of cheering troops in the Green Zone, someone handed Obama a basketball. Obama tensed up, and then put the damn thing in, from the three point line, writes Guy Rundle.

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First Dog on the Moon

Leaked to Crikey by our mole in DFAT: The short list for Ambassador to The Holy See...

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Fischer's costly new job in Rome rewards Mr Nice Guy

Kevin Rudd’s appointment of Tim Fisher as ambassador to the Holy See comes with a million dollar-plus price tag, writes Bernard Keane.

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