The Plank

by Walter Alarkon - 07/14/08 9:21 AM ET

Barack Obama’s campaign would have minimized any controversy over The New Yorker cartoon depicting the candidate in Muslim dress if it hadn’t said anything at all, writes Isaac Chotiner. The Washington Post, in the first part of its series looking into Chandra Levy’s murder, reports that former Rep. Gary Condit (D-Calif.) left messages on Levy’s answering machine two days after she disappeared, which is a new nugget that helps Condit’s case that he didn’t kill her, writes Marin Cogin.

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