Top Items:
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Obama's World War II history — Earlier, the Republican National Committee pounced on Obama's improbable statement that an uncle had served in the unit that liberated Auschwitz. — In fact, campaign spokesman Bill Burton says, his great uncle was a member of the 89th Infantry Division …
Discussion:
The Swamp, No More Mister Nice Blog, Daily Kos, Liberal Values, The Daily Dish, Hot Air, Salon, NO QUARTER, AMERICAblog and Writes Like She Talks
RELATED:
Fox News:
Obama Campaign Scrambles to Correct the Record on Uncle's War Service — Barack Obama's campaign scrambled Tuesday to set the record straight after the Democratic presidential candidate said on Memorial Day that his uncle helped liberate the Auschwitz death camp at the end of World War II.
Discussion:
Political Machine, Political Radar, The American Mind, Commentary, Spin Cycle and Rezko Watch
Purple Avenger / Ace of Spades HQ:
Obama rewrites WWII history — In one of his more egregious and easily demonstrated lies, made even more so by the day he decided to let it loose on, Obama has rewritten WWII history such that the allies liberated Auschwitz. … Auschwitz of course is in Poland. It was liberated by the Red Army on Jan 27 1945.
Discussion:
michellemalkin.com, Wake up America, Stubborn Facts, DBKP, NewsBusters.org, Wonkette, Stop The ACLU, Nitpicker, NO QUARTER, The Daily Gut and Rachel Lucas
Michael Dobbs / Fact Checker:
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS AUSCHWITZ? — AUSCHWITZ, JANUARY 1945. … IN AN ATTEMPT TO BURNISH HIS CREDENTIALS WITH AMERICA'S VETERANS, BARACK OBAMA HAS FREQUENTLY TALKED ABOUT HIS GRANDFATHER “WHO SERVED IN PATTON'S ARMY.” HE HAS NOW ADDED A NEW EPISODE TO HIS WORLD WAR II REPERTOIRE: THE UNCLE WHO LIBERATED AUSCHWITZ.
Discussion:
BBC, TalkLeft, Cliff Schecter, Political Punch, Flopping Aces, The Trail, NewsBusters.org, Taylor Marsh and Sweetness & Light
Marc Ambinder:
Jack-In-The-Box Politics: Obama's Uncle — Call it Jack-in-box-politics. Each day, campaigns and national parties spin and spin and spin and spin and wait to see which story pops, making a loud noise, getting everyone's attention. Today's Jack-in-the-box story is Sen. Obama's misremembered recollection …
Discussion:
Comments from Left Field
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Exclusive: McClellan whacks Bush, White House — Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan writes in a surprisingly scathing memoir to be published next week that President Bush “veered terribly off course,” was not “open and forthright on Iraq,” and took a “permanent campaign approach” …
Hendrik Hertzberg / New Yorker:
A TEACHABLE MOMENT — Those of us who love Chris Matthews have to rate this near the apex of our Top Ten Matthews Moments list. In the unlikely event you missed it: — This is a highly satisfying nine minutes, and not just because it is a pleasure to see an arrogant right-wing blowhard …
RELATED:
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Obama Heads To Michigan Next Week — Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) will make a stop in Michigan next Monday, less than 48 hours after an expected ruling by the Democratic National Committee about the fate of the Wolverine State's delegation to the party convention in August.
Discussion:
TIME.com
RELATED:
Lanny Davis / The Huffington Post:
Four Things the Obama Campaign Couldn't Resist Doing To Anger Clinton Supporters — The follow are four things that the Obama campaign couldn't resist doing to anger Clinton supporters, supporters that Sen. Obama needs in the general election if — if — he is the nominee.
Michael Ledeen / The Corner:
Zbig & Co Want to Mollify the Mullahs — It's been a bad day for the Dems' efforts to rewrite history. First Obama gets caught inventing American armed forces in Poland at the end of World War II, and then Zbigniew Brzezinski and William Odom give us this bit of puffery in the WaPo …
RELATED:
Marc Ambinder:
Worry About McCain-Ridge, Not McCain-Crist — ITEM: The Brody FIle's David Brody writes today about conservatives who worry that John McCain will put Charlie Crist, the popular, pro-life-but-not-doctrinaire Republican governor of Florida on the ticket. — ANALYSIS: Citing Crist's reluctance …
RELATED:
Dee Dee Myers / The Huffington Post:
Hillary's Bone-headed Argument — Hillary Clinton's comments on Friday — invoking Bobby Kennedy's assassination after the California primary in 1968 to shore up her argument that Democratic primaries are often unresolved in June — were bone-headed on two scores. — First, the obvious.
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Obama Says No To Baghdad Stroll With McCain — Barack Obama has decided that he has no interest in joining John McCain on his next “Baghdad Stroll.” — McCain, in an interview yesterday, suggested that Obama take a trip to Iraq, and even agreed to a joint trip for the two candidates.
Discussion:
Hot Air, Associated Press, Stop The ACLU, Needlenose, Flopping Aces, The Caucus, Doug Ross, Atlas Shrugs, TIME.com, StephenBainbridge.com and Washington Wire
Muhammad Cohen / Asia Times:
Bush ‘plans Iran air strike by August’ — NEW YORK - The George W Bush administration plans to launch an air strike against Iran within the next two months, an informed source tells Asia Times Online, echoing other reports that have surfaced in the media in the United States recently.
Discussion:
Newshoggers.com
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
McCain ad features Obama supporter — A reader notices an odd choice, or oversight, in John McCain's latest television spot: The woman at left is wearing an Obama t-shirt. — “Big ideas for serious problems,” the narrator intones as she shakes McCain's hand. — Now that's bipartisanship.
Talal Al-Khatib / Political Radar:
Obama Hits McCain on Closed Door Meeting with Bush — ABC News' Sunlen Miller Reports: Senator Obama capitalized on Senator McCain's closed door meeting with President Bush today, to paint the presumptive Republican nominee as a continuation of the Bush administration's failed policies.
RELATED:
Peter Hartcher / Sydney Morning Herald:
The end of history - and back again — Future reflections ... Francis Fukuyama thinks the Reagan revolution of the past three decades was vital for the US, but, like many revolutions, it went too far. — FRANCIS FUKUYAMA emerged as a celebrated prophet of the conservative movement …
Discussion:
The New Republic
RELATED:
Marc Ambinder:
Obama Campaign Banks Superdelegates — In June of 1984, the day after California handed Gary Hart a last-minute victory and New Jersey, thanks to Hart's having insulted the state, voted for Walter Mondale by 15 points, Tad Devine, Mondale's chief superdelegate counter, was ready.
Senior Data Journalist, NY — 
Manager - Publishing Editorial, Manila — 
Oil Reporter, Singapore — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
Business Reporter, SC — 
State Government Reporter, WA — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Senior California Politics Reporter, CA — 
Staff Writer - Business, NY — 
Team Editor - Opinion, ON — 
Assistant Correspondent, DC — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — 
Lead Business Reporter, TN — 
Managing Editor, WA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Trending News Reporter, TX — 
City Correspondent, London — 
Legislative Reporter, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Visual Editor, Remote — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
Senior Political Reporter, DC — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — 
Coordinating Editor, OR — 
Editor, Remote US — 
Business Reporter, WA — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
