The Hill Articles: August 13, 2008

The Great Game Pelosi: Dems Won’t Need Lieberman after Election Powell Hits Back Hard at Kristol DAY’S END ROUNDUP Kristol: Powell Will Endorse Obama Republicans Have Energy Move Up Their Sleeves It’s Time for a Merger: NAACP and Mainstream America Protecting the Civil Rights of All Americans ‘MLK Was a Republican’ Billboards Could Run in Denver before Dem Convention Elizabeth Edwards’ Best Friend Dishes to People Pew Poll: Obama Holds Slim Lead GOP House Candidate Says Dem Opponent Would Cut Troops’ Throats Defense Dept. Assents to Subpoena, Cooperates with Sexual Assault Investigation Huck’s Army Aims to Stop Evangelicals From Voting For Obama BarackObama Becomes Top Twitterer Stevens’s lawyers press transfer issue Poll Shows Democrat Leading in Race to Succeed Rep. Everett Conrad, Chambliss defend compromise energy plan Daschle ‘doesn’t expect to be’ Obama’s VP Rep. Davis moves closer to contesting primary loss Mueller to testify on reporters’ breached phone records Hagan and Dole Campaign Spar Over Age Clooney Denies Reports: ‘I Would Never Be Dumb Enough to Offer Policy Advice’ to Obama Jesse Jackson’s convention streak in doubt Grassroots Effort Underway to Draft Rep. Cantor for VP MIDDAY ROUNDUP Obama Hits McCain and Bush on Economics in New Ad Democrats hit McCain over link to Ralph Reed Bush Will Send Rice to Georgia Obama’s Working Vacation Craigslisters Offer Cash for Obama Speech Tickets Bush sends Rice to Georgia Poll: 41 Percent Think Bush Is Worst President Ever Dems rake in cash after appearing on ‘Colbert Report’ Huck Backers Hope to Dissuade McCain From Picking Romney Warner, not Clinton, will deliver keynote MORNING READ The Huffington Post The Plank Drudge Report MyDD TalkingPointsMemo Townhall.com The Corner RedState Daily Kos A Gorbachev Initiative for Europe’s Quaternity: Sarko’s Opportunity Mark Warner to Give Convention Keynote Coffman, Lamborn and Polis prevail in Colorado primaries