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5:20 PM ET, May 19, 2008

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Jennifer Rubin / Commentary:
Not A Serious Threat  —  This remarkable bit of footage from Barack Obama's appearance in Oregon last night is now floating around on YouTube.  It might be useful as an undergraduate course exam: how many errors can you spot?  Obama apparently believes that Iran and other rogues states …
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John McCormick / Chicago Tribune:
Obama counters McCain on ‘appeasment’  —  Sen. Barack Obama today continued to his running debate with Sen. John McCain and President Bush over foreign policy in the Middle East and whether it makes sense to have unconditional talks with Iran.  —  Speaking in Billings, Mont. …
Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:
Obama: Making Jimmy Carter Look Tough
Discussion: The Daily Dish and PrestoPundit
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Iran not a “serious threat”?
Discussion: Israel Matzav and Sister Toldjah
Imaeyen Ibanga / ABCNEWS:
Obama Warns GOP “Lay Off My Wife”  —  Obama Loses Argument With Wife Over Getting a Dog  —  Sen. Barack Obama ripped into a Republican ad today that targets comments made by his wife, Michelle, and called the GOP tactic “low class” and “detestable.”  —  The Illinois senator told …
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Michelle Malkin:
The proud Obamas lash back  —  You know what I have to say about Barack Obama calling the Tennessee GOP “low-class” and “unacceptable” on Good Morning America because of its ad answering Michelle Obama's lack of pride in her country?  —  Barack, sweetie, your conversation …
Mark Halperin / The Page:
More from The Obamas' Interview with “Good Morning America”
Discussion: TalkLeft
Paul J. Nyden / Charleston Gazette:
Byrd endorses Obama for president  —  Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., endorsed Barack Obama for president shortly after noon today, focusing on his hope to end the Iraq War.  —  “As people all across this great nation know, I have been one of the most outspoken opponents of the Bush …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Sen. Robert Byrd endorses Obama  —  The Charleston Gazette reports an endorsement deep with symbolism: West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd is endorsing Barack Obama.  —  “Barack Obama is a noble-hearted patriot and humble Christian, and he has my full faith and support,” Byrd says.
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Top Hillarylander mulls Obama job  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton's former campaign manager and confidante, Patti Solis Doyle, and Sen. Barack Obama's top adviser have informally discussed the former Clintonite's going to work for the Obama campaign in the general election.
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Dana Goldstein / American Prospect:
SHOULD OBAMA DELCARE VICTORY?  —  Polls show Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton will likely split Tuesday's primary states one-for-one once again, with Obama picking up Oregon and Clinton winning Kentucky.  What was true last week, and the week before, and the week before that (etc.) …
The Huffington Post:
Superdelegates Turned Down $1 Million Offer From Clinton Donor  —  One of Sen. Hillary Clinton's top financial supporters offered $1 million to the Young Democrats of America during a phone conversation in which he also pressed for the organization's two uncommitted superdelegates to endorse …
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama Opens Up 16-Point Lead, Biggest Yet  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup Poll Daily tracking finds Barack Obama with his largest advantage over Hillary Clinton in Democratic voters' nomination preferences thus far, 55% to 39%.  —  Obama's previous largest lead was 11 percentage points, in May 15-17 and April 12-14 polling.
Discussion: Wonkette
Saira Anees / Political Punch:
Rove's Latest Electoral Maps Have Clinton Stronger Than Obama Against McCain  —  Electoral maps put together by the consulting firm helmed by Karl Rove, and obtained by ABC News, show Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, to be a stronger general election candidate in a hypothetical general election match …
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Hillary Clinton / CNN:
‘This is nowhere near over’  —  MAYSVILLE, Kentucky (CNN) …
Discussion: Salon
Agence France Presse:
US billionaire Buffett backs Obama for president  —  Buffett told a press conference here Monday he had offered support to both Obama and Democratic rival Hillary Clinton but that since it appeared Obama would win the party's nomination, “I will be very happy if he is elected president.
Discussion: Rolling Stone and American Street
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Stranded in Suburbia  —  I have seen the future, and it works.  —  O.K., I know that these days you're supposed to see the future in China or India, not in the heart of “old Europe.”  —  But we're living in a world in which oil prices keep setting records, in which the idea …
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Patrick Deneen / What I Saw in America:
No Prob  —  A person named Jim Manzi over at NRO's The Corner …
Discussion: Crunchy Con
Matt / Think Progress:
Kristol's Third Strike: Weekly Standard Editor Gets The Facts Wrong In His New York Times Column  —  In his New York Times column today, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol tried to find reasons for conservatives to be optimistic about 2008 elections, despite the claims of some Republicans that …
Robertgreenwald / Brave New Films blog:
McCain's YouTube Problem Just Became a Nightmare  —  There's no question John McCain is getting a free ride from the mainstream press.  But with the power of YouTube and the blogosphere, we can provide an accurate portrayal of the so-called Maverick.  We can put the brakes on his free ride!
 
 
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ABCNEWS:
Lobbyists for Foreign Governments Raise Money, Get Clinton, McCain Meetings
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
George Packer / New Yorker:
THE FALL OF CONSERVATISM  —  Have the Republicans run out of ideas?
Jim Sullinger / Kansas City Star:
Sebelius vetoes bill requiring voters to show photo ID
Matthew Yglesias:
Dear Urban Land Company
Michael Tomasky / Guardian:
Ding! Round one goes to the dove with the dodgy name
Elizabeth Jensen / New York Times:
Lehrer Says ‘News Hour’ Money Woes Are Worst Ever
Discussion: FishBowlDC and Media Blog
Dennis Cauchon / USA Today:
Taxpayers' bill leaps by trillions
Brian Kalish / USA Today:
GOP exits to cost party millions
 Earlier Items: 
Larry Kudlow / The Corner:
Joe Lieberman: Absolutely Brilliant
Discussion: Blogs of War
Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
Is A Funny Thing Happening On the Way To Obama's Coronation?
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Al Gore Hosting Major Fundraising Event For DNC Uniting Clinton And Obama Donors
Discussion: The Fix and The Nation
Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:
The GOP at the Trough  —  Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin …
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
IN MCCAIN'S COURT … Successful politicians know how to attract …
The Trail:
Record Obama Crowd, the Size of a City
Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
Keeping Secrets: In Presidential Memo, A New Designation for Classifying Information
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Feud Fuels Bill O'Reilly's Blasts at GE
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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