memeorandum: Senior Israeli official: ‘Bush intends to attack Iran before the end of his term.’ (Faiz/Think Progress)

12:40 PM ET, May 20, 2008

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‘Bush intends to attack Iran before the end of his term’ — US President George W. Bush intends to attack Iran in the upcoming months, before the end of his term, Army Radio quoted a senior official in Jerusalem as saying Tuesday. — The official claimed that a senior member of the president's entourage …

Discussion: CNN, Think Progress, Jules Crittenden, The Hill's Blog Briefing Room, QandO, Confederate Yankee, Donklephant, Wonkette, Commentary, The Raw Story, Political Byline, Israel Matzav, God-o-Meter and Blogs of War

Faiz / Think Progress:
Senior Israeli official: ‘Bush intends to attack Iran before the end of his term.’

Discussion: Firedoglake and The Hill's Blog Briefing Room

Lois Romano / Washington Post:

Clinton Puts Up A New Fight — The Candidate Confronts Sexism On the Trail and Vows to Battle On — Women of all ages and nationalities push against the rope line carrying books and T-shirts, posters and stuffed animals — anything for her to autograph. They tote huge signs that shout …

Discussion: Washington Wire, protein wisdom, Spin Cycle, The New Republic, MSNBC, New York Times, The Page and Jules Crittenden

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:

Clinton on misogyny — Hillary has avoided, for most of the race, talking about the question of misogyny (though her aides have broached it somewhat more freely than Obama's aides have racism). — She addressed it in a Washington Post interview today: … This is a complicated story, I think.

Discussion: The Swamp and Balloon Juice

The Huffington Post:

McCain Confronted With New Iran Gaffe, Gets Facts Wrong Again (VIDEO) — Yesterday, Time's Joe Klein noted that he could find no evidence that Sen. Barack Obama had ever specifically said he would negotiate with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: … Later in the day, Klein confronted McCain with this question at a press conference.

Discussion: Think Progress, Wonk Room and Cliff Schecter

Weekly Standard:

Obama Will Meet with Leader of Iran (TBD) — Obama advisor Susan Rice serves up the nuance to Wolf Blitzer: … Translation: Ahmadinejad may not be the leader of Iran when Obama is president, in which case Obama isn't going to travel all the way to Tehran just to make a social call on a Holocaust denier.

Discussion: Power Line, Commentary, American Thinker, Weekly Standard Blog and National Review

Joe Klein / Swampland:

McCain's Savannah Press Conference — At a press conference here, I just asked John McCain about why he keeps talking about Obama's alleged willingness to talk to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has no power over Iranian foreign policy, rather than Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who does.

Discussion: Wonk Room, Attackerman and The Huffington Post

Mark Murray / MSNBC:

FIRST THOUGHTS: EVERYONE'S A WINNER — From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro — *** Everyone's a winner: Much like a children's soccer or Tee Ball game, tonight's contests in Kentucky (which Clinton is expected to win big) and Oregon (ditto for Obama) are going to allow everyone to walk out a winner.

New York Times:
Obama Is Expected to Hit a Milestone in Today's Votes

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Washington Post, Fox News, Los Angeles Times, The Caucus, Democratic Strategist, Sister Toldjah, Associated Press, MSNBC, On Deadline, The Political Carnival and Patterico's Pontifications

Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Democrats Observe A Fragile Cease-Fire

Discussion: The New Republic and Political Machine

David Brooks / New York Times:

Talking Versus Doing — In 1965, Mancur Olson wrote a classic book called “The Logic of Collective Action,” which pointed out that large, amorphous groups are often less powerful politically than small, organized ones. He followed it up with “The Rise and Decline of Nations.”

Discussion: Cato-at-liberty, Digital Rules, UNCoRRELATED, Political Perceptions, American Spectator and New Yorker

Matthew Yglesias:
Jobs I'd be Willing to Take — According to George Packer …

Discussion: Outside The Beltway, Comments from Left Field, American Spectator and Whiskey Fire

Wall Street Journal:

Clinton Keeps Up Fight As Staff Tensions Rise — By MONICA LANGLEY in Bowling Green, Ky., and AMY CHOZICK in Crow Agency, Mont. — Heading into twin Democratic primaries Tuesday in Kentucky and Oregon — which the two candidates are expected to split — Sen. Hillary Clinton is vowing …

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …, Balloon Juice and The Page

Dana Goldstein / American Prospect:

KY DISTRICT SAYS ADVANCED MATH IS ONLY FOR GIRLS. — Remember those experimental sex-segregated K-12 programs the New York Times Magazine profiled in March? You know, the ones that rely upon gender stereotypes to educate young public school students? Yesterday the ACLU filed a lawsuit …

Discussion: Washington Monthly

Valerie Strauss / Washington Post:
No Crisis For Boys In Schools, Study Says

Discussion: The New Republic

Karl / protein wisdom:

A Barack Obama “tiny countries” update — In the comments to yesterday's post on Barack Obama's declaration on Sunday that Iran, Venezuela and Cuba do not pose a “serious” threat to the US because they are “tiny countries,” much smaller than the Soviet Union (followed by his declaration …

Discussion: michellemalkin.com, The Caucus and Salon

Michael Luo / New York Times:
Obama Talk on Iranians Draws Fire From McCain

Discussion: The New Republic and The Reaction

Dean Barnett / Weekly Standard Blog:

Barack Obama, Sexist! (?) — Yesterday I posted the news that Geraldine Ferraro may not vote for Barack Obama because of his “terribly sexist” ways. I mocked Ferraro's shrill claim of sexism, but I now realize that perceiving sexist activity is not a strength of mine.

Discussion: Hot Air

Staten Island Advance:

Exclusive: Fossella will not seek re-election — In a bombshell announcement that brings the curtain down on one of the most storied careers in Staten Island political history, fifth-term Republican Rep. Vito Fossella will not seek re-election this fall. — Mired in scandal after revelations …

Discussion: Capitol Briefing, New York Times, The Hill's Blog Briefing Room, Hotline On Call, DownWithTyranny! and Pandagon

Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:

John McCain's Rapid-Fire Responders — Aides Turn the Media Rebuttal Into a Savvy Campaign Tactic — When Newsweek ran a story last week on how John McCain and his allies may attack Barack Obama in the fall, the Arizona senator's top adviser fired off a letter calling the article “offensive” …

Discussion: Commentary, Swampland, Jonathan Martin's Blogs, MSNBC and Romenesko

CNN:

Mom forced to live in car with dogs — SANTA BARBARA, California (CNN) — Barbara Harvey climbs into the back of her small Honda sport utility vehicle and snuggles with her two golden retrievers, her head nestled on a pillow propped against the driver's seat.