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Obama's aim: to make college affordable.

As John noted last night, Barack Obama's formulaic denunciation of the Iranian crackdown, stopped short of giving up on his hot dog diplomacy with Iran. FOX News reports:

Iranians will have to decide whether they want to attend Fourth of July celebrations at U.S. embassies, President Obama said Tuesday, linking their attendance to the potential for warming between the two nations.

I didn't expect the newly-elected RNC chair Michael Steele to be so divisive so soon. He even calls up Joe the Plumber's favorite bone, "redistribution of wealth." Soon, he'll be speaking with Sarah Palin at his side and he looks like he'll be another Rush Limbaugh tool. The GOP is a vacant lot.

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Here's why we need a landslide.

Barbara Slavin: 

Prior to this month's disputed presidential election in Iran, the Obama administration sent a letter to the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calling for an improvement in relations, according to interviews and the leader himself.

Ayatollah Khamenei confirmed the letter toward the end of a lengthy sermon last week, in which he accused the United States of f

Iranian leaders have a completely different world view, that's for sure. Listen to the foreign ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi, who spoke to the press about the elections, calling its elections a "gem:"

Michelle Obama and Maria Shriver kick off United We Serve. Read about that here.

And I don't mean the weather. We happened to be on the beautiful island last week just as the four Uighurs arrived from Gitmo. For us, it was a long postponed vacation (cancelled at the last minute last June when a hurricane threatened).

President Barack Obama sent an e-mail endorsing Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds to hundreds of thousands of Obama supporters in Virginia last week, the latest indication that the lessons of Obama's 2008 presidential campaign are playing out in key state races in 2009.

President Barack Obama says he does not want to become a scapegoat for Iran's leadership as postelection upheaval continues, but Republicans are still saying the new president is being too cautious.

By Glenn Kessler Dennis Ross, the State Department's point man on Iran policy, will be moving to the White House with what appears to be an expanded portfolio, Obama administration officials said today. Ross, currently special adviser for the Persian Gulf and Southwest Asia, has been involved in crafting the administration's outreach to Iran.

Former President Bill Clinton said Saturday that Americans should be mindful of the nation's changing demographics, which led to the election of Barack Obama as president.

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