Morning folks...

Barack Obama's campaign is condemning it....calling it “tasteless and offensive”...the "it" is a New Yorker magazine cover that depicts Obama in a turban, fist-bumping his gun-slinging wife. Plus, the cartoon shows an American flag burns in their fireplace. The New Yorker says it's satire. Is it? Or does it cross the line? We will definitely be talking about this tonight....

Jessica Yellin will be LIVE for us tonight from the NAACP convention where both Barack Obama and John McCain vie for African-American votes this week...a stop along the campaign trail with potential opportunities and pitfalls for both candidates. Obama will speak tonight!! On the surface, the convention should be a love fest between the African-American attendees and the first African American with a real chance of being elected president. BUT "racial disparity will remain an issue in America, regardless of whether Barack Obama is elected as the nation's first black president..." the chairman of the NAACP told the organization's national convention Sunday night.

Barack Obama is making headlines in the NY TIMES today...he has an op-ed titled: My Plan for Iraq

Here is an excerpt: THE call by Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki for a timetable for the removal of American troops from Iraq presents an enormous opportunity. We should seize this moment to begin the phased redeployment of combat troops that I have long advocated, and that is needed for long-term success in Iraq and the security interests of the United States....

On another front...Obama is also calling for the Administration to step up or "re-up" efforts in Afghanistan – no longer the forgotten war....

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