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4:00 AM ET, May 28, 2008

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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” …
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Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
In Book, Ex-Spokesman Has Harsh Words for Bush  —  PHOENIX — President Bush “convinces himself to believe what suits his needs at the moment,” and has engaged in “self-deception” to justify his political ends, Scott McClellan, the former White House press secretary, writes in a critical new memoir about his years in the West Wing.
Discussion: BAGnewsNotes
David Dayen / Washington Monthly:
RELEASE THE MEMOIRS!... There was a hint last November that Scott McClellan's memoir was going to be unrelenting on George Bush, Karl Rove and the gang, but that was quickly dismissed as overhyped.  The book is now on the verge of being released, and in fact was on sale over the weekend at D.C.-area bookstores.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard Blog:
The Coming Resurrection of Scott McClellan
Discussion: TBogg and StephenBainbridge.com
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 …
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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.
CNN:
RNC hits Obama over Auschwitz claim, Obama camp responds
Discussion: Wonkette and TIME.com
Marc Ambinder:
Jack-In-The-Box Politics: Obama's Uncle
Transterrestrial Musings:
It's Nothing New  —  Thanks to a link from one of my Obama …
Discussion: Ed Driscoll.com
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Dem lawyers: Fla., Mich. can't be fully restored  —  WASHINGTON - A Democratic Party rules committee has the authority to seat some delegates from Michigan and Florida but not fully restore the two states as Hillary Rodham Clinton wants, according to party lawyers.
Discussion: AMERICAblog
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The Hill:
McCain camp claims it has money lead over Obama
Discussion: Cliff Schecter
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Obama Heads To Michigan Next Week
Discussion: TIME.com
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Obama rejects McCain's proposal for a joint trip to Iraq  —  Even more amusing than Maverick's savviness in forcing this choice on him is TPM straining to spin it as some sort of manifestation of principle — a standard Obama reaction whenever he weasels out of some tough decision …
Discussion: Redstate and Dean's World
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.
StrategyPage:
Al Qaeda Discusses Losing Iraq  —  Al Qaeda web sites are making a lot of noise about “why we lost in Iraq.”  Western intelligence agencies are fascinated by the statistics being posted in several of these Arab language sites.  Not the kind of stuff you read about in the Western media.
Discussion: Pat Dollard and The Jawa Report
ABCNEWS:
Al Qaeda Supporters' Tape to Call for Use of WMDs  —  Authorities: New Tape to Urge Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction on Civilians  —  Intelligence and law enforcement sources tell ABC News they are expecting al Qaeda supporters will post a new video on the Internet in the next 24 hours …
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Boston Globe:
Dunkin' Donuts yanks Rachael Ray ad  —  Does Dunkin' Donuts really think its customers could mistake Rachael Ray for a terrorist sympathizer?  The Canton-based company has abruptly canceled an ad in which the domestic diva wears a scarf that looks like a keffiyeh, a traditional headdress worn by Arab men.
Alex Spillius / Irish Independent News Ireland:
Obama supporter accuses Jews of ‘McCarthyism’  —  A foreign policy expert consulted by presidential hopeful Barack Obama has accused members of the American Jewish establishment of “McCarthyism” in its attitude towards critics of Israel.  —  Former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski …
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 …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Megan McArdle
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.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
 
 
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Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
Wine Drinkers of the World, Unite
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Associated Press:
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Aaron Blake / The Hill:
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Discussion: Political Machine
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Lost Opportunities Haunt Final Days of Bear Stearns
Discussion: The G Spot and TigerHawk
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Caucuses vs. Primaries : A Report
Haig Simonian / Financial Times:
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Discussion: Forbes, RADAMISTO and The RBC
Jonathan Larsen / MSNBC:
McCain housing policy shaped by lobbyist
Jed / The Jed Report:
In April '92, Clinton camp called Brown victory “impossible”
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Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Air America Founder Evan Montvel-Cohen Arrested In Guam
Michael Ledeen / The Corner:
Zbig & Co Want to Mollify the Mullahs
Geraldo Rivera / The Huffington Post:
Secretary Chertoff, Call Off These Raids
Discussion: Lonewacko and Hot Air
Muhammad Cohen / Asia Times:
Bush ‘plans Iran air strike by August’
Jared Allen / The Hill:
Richardson's housing woes deepen
Discussion: michellemalkin.com and QandO
Talal Al-Khatib / Political Radar:
Obama Hits McCain on Closed Door Meeting with Bush
Jonah Goldberg / The Corner:
Why Not Sarah?  —  If we're consigned to choosing among Republicans …
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