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"WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY Good morning! The season of spiraling into madness as begun, and I&amp;#x27;ll tell you all about an assassination arrest, more convention jockeying, vacations and John McCain&amp;#x27;s refunds. It&amp;#x27;s all after the jump!Assassination Efforts The first (but, sadly, perhaps not last) arrest for threatening to assassinate Barack Obama was made yesterday. Raymond Hunter Geisel was taken into custody yesterday in Florida for threatening to kill Obama if elected and detailing his plan for doing so to Secret Service agents. If anyone asks, Doctor Seuss, also known as Theodor Geisel, died childless. (Read Caille&amp;#x27;s take on the incident.) Democratic Conventioneering While Hillary Clinton is reportedly still jockeying for recognition and position at the Democratic convention, Bill Clinton has already been offered and accepted his Wednesday speaking slot. Reports have her threatening to let (or encourage) her supporters to make a stink and cast their ballots for her despite her public statements that this would not promote a sense of party unity to the viewing public. Now she is saying that it would be &amp;quot;cathartic&amp;quot; for her poor disappointed fans. Correct me if I&amp;#x27;m wrong but isn&amp;#x27;t it not about them? Or her? Edwards And the Convention Although many people have raised doubts about the allegations from the National Enquirer that John Edwards fathered a child with a former contractor for his campaign, the story hasn&amp;#x27;t died yet. With Edwards seemingly unwilling to address&amp;amp;#8212;or vociferously deny&amp;amp;#8212;the story, some people are calling into doubt his role at the convention this year. What? Like reporters shouting questions about Rielle Hunter would be a distraction from Obama&amp;#x27;s ascendency? Obama&amp;#x27;s Vacation Obama is leaving on vacation today and Democrats are nervously twiddling their thumbs waiting for the photo opp that the Republicans will play over and over again to portray him as an elitist. In 2004, that image was of John Kerry windsurfing. I don&amp;#x27;t think they have to worry. Last year&amp;#x27;s vacation netted exactly one photo, of Obama shirtless in the surf, and women (and People) swooned. McCain&amp;#x27;s Refunds John McCain is returning $50,000 worth of donations to his campaign that seem shady for a couple of reasons: they were collected by a foreign national (!) and came from folks who had not only never donated before but who seemed unlikely to be able to afford to give amounts ranging from $2,300 to $19,000 each. The guy has a better return policy than a lot of retail stores. Do those donations seem shady to you? What sorts of pictures are you expecting&amp;amp;#8212;or hoping&amp;amp;#8212;to see from Obama&amp;#x27;s Hawaiian vacation? And what role do you think Hillary Clinton should have at the convention? &amp;amp;#8212;Megan"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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