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10:40 AM ET, June 5, 2007

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USA Today:
Obama now virtually tied with Clinton, poll shows  —  WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama are essentially tied for the Democratic presidential nomination, according to a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll, the first time that the New York senator hasn't clearly led the field.
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Associated Press:
Sen. Clinton: God got me through marital strife … WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare public discussion of her husband's infidelity, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that she probably could not have gotten through her marital troubles without relying on her faith in God.
Washington Post:
Discontent Over Iraq Increasing, Poll Finds  —  Growing frustration with the performance of the Democratic Congress, combined with widespread public pessimism over President Bush's temporary troop buildup in Iraq, has left satisfaction with the overall direction of the country at its lowest point …
Manu Raju / The Hill:   Obama tries to lure more Latino voters
Susan Jo Keller / New York Times:
Senator Craig Thomas of Wyoming Dies at 74  —  Senator Craig Thomas, a three-term Republican from Wyoming, died Monday evening, just hours after his staff reported that the treatment he was receiving for leukemia was no longer working.  He was 74.  —  Under Wyoming's election laws …
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Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Wyoming Sen. Craig Thomas Dies at 74  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - Wyoming Sen. Craig Thomas, a three-term conservative Republican who stayed clear of the Washington limelight and political catfights, died Monday.  He was 74.  —  The senator's family issued a statement saying he died Monday evening …
CNN:
Wyoming Sen. Craig Thomas dies
Discussion: The American Mind
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Wyoming Sen. Thomas dead at 74
Discussion: CALIFORNIA YANKEE
Washington Post:
Libby Faces Sentencing in CIA Leak Case  —  U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton this morning began the sentencing phase in the trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Cheney, who has been convicted of lying to investigators about his role in leaking the identity of an undercover CIA officer.
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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Sentencing For Libby Today  —  It's sentencing day today for I. Lewis Libby.  Today, Judge Reggie Walton will sentence Libby based on his conviction on multiple felony counts after a trial and conviction before a jury of his peers.  —  Elizabeth de la Vega has a great article on what is truly the heart of this case.
Discussion: TomPaine.com
USA Today:
Court advisers lean to leniency in Libby's sentencing
Discussion: TalkLeft and Daily Kos
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Democrats Fear a Wider Black Caucus-Pelosi Rift  —  Democratic leaders fear that Rep. William J. Jefferson's indictment yesterday on racketeering and bribery charges, coming exactly one year after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi engineered his ouster from the powerful Ways and Means Committee …
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New York Times:
Congressman Sought Bribes, Indictment Says  —  Representative William J. Jefferson, the Louisiana Democrat at the center of an investigation that included an F.B.I. raid at his Congressional office and accusations that he hid $90,000 in bribe money in his home freezer, was indicted Monday …
Damien Cave / New York Times:
Cheated of Future, Iraqi Graduates Want to Flee  —  They started college just before or after the American invasion with dreams of new friends and parties, brilliant teachers and advanced degrees that would lead to stellar jobs, marriage and children.  Success seemed well within their grasp.
Dan Senor / Opinion Journal:
Realists on Iraq  —  Democratic presidential candidates should listen to the "experts" they so often cite.  —  During Sunday night's Democratic presidential debate, the candidates cited an oft-repeated source of the mess in Iraq: The White House's refusal to heed knowledgeable advice.
New York Times:
An Unacceptable Nominee  —  President Bush's latest appeals court nominee, Leslie Southwick, has a disturbing history of insensitivity to blacks and other minority groups.  The Senate should reject this nomination and make clear to the White House that it will reject all future nominees …
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
Greg Gordon / Real Cities:
Justice Department actions expected to draw congressional scrutiny  —  WASHINGTON - Saying it was out to combat widespread voter fraud, the Justice Department in recent years has stepped up enforcement of election laws to ease the purging of ineligible voters from state registration rolls.
Bella Thomas / Prospect Magazine:
A Cuban death rehearsal  —  135 » Witness » A Cuban death rehearsal  —  With Fidel Castro apparently on the verge of death, I returned to Cuba to visit old friends.  Little has changed over recent years and life for most Cubans remains harsh.  Yet western visitors continue to romanticise the place
Discussion: Redstate
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
McCain urges rivals to avoid divisive issue  —  Sen. John McCain yesterday pleaded with his fellow candidates for the Republican presidential nomination not to take political advantage of the immigration fight within the party.  —  "I would hope they wouldn't play politics for their own interests …
WBZ-TV:
Retired Officer Subdues Unruly Plane Passengers  —  (WBZ) BOSTON A former police officer is being called a hero after he helped subdue two unruly passengers on a plane over the weekend.  —  Retired police officer Bob Hayden, who served in Boston and Lawrence for several years …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Mickey Kaus / Los Angeles Times:
Immigration — Bush's domestic Iraq  —  The rigid thinking leading us to failure in the Mideast spawned 'comprehensive immigration reform.'  —  MAINSTREAM editorialists like to praise President Bush's immigration initiative as an expression of his pragmatic, bipartisan, "compassionate conservative" …
 
 
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Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
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John Edward Ames / Christian Science Monitor:
Hey, journalists, enough with the fancy leads already!
Discussion: The Agonist
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Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
Bush: Russians have derailed reforms
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Little Green Footballs:
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Times of London:
Crackdown on middle class wine drinkers
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Thomas H. Maugh II / Los Angeles Times:
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Discussion: The Newshoggers
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Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
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