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12:15 PM ET, May 28, 2008

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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Scott McClellan on the “liberal media”  —  (updated below)  —  In a minimally rational world, this extraordinary passage, from the new book by Scott McClellan, would forever slay the single most ludicrous myth in our political culture: The “Liberal Media”: … Just consider how remarkable that is.
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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Ex-Press Aide Writes That Bush Misled U.S. on Iraq  —  Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan writes in a new memoir that the Iraq war was sold to the American people with a sophisticated “political propaganda campaign” led by President Bush and aimed at “manipulating sources of public opinion” …
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” …
Ken Herman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Bush misled U.S. on Iraq, former aide says in new book  —  Scott McClellan's ‘What Happened’ delivers tough criticism of president, advisers  —  WASHINGTON — In a book due out Monday, former White House press secretary Scott McClellan offers a blistering review of the administration …
Mike Carney / On Deadline:
White House responds to ex-Bush aide's book
Discussion: Romenesko
Seth Leibsohn / The Corner:   Re: Scott McClellan
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Heckuva job, Scotty: McClellan writes a book Update: AOL Hot Seat Poll added
Discussion: Redstate
Roger Simon / The Politico:
Dems seek to avoid meltdown  —  Those people who believe all problems have solutions may be unfamiliar with the inner workings of the Democratic Party.  —  On Saturday, the party's Rules and Bylaws Committee will try to solve a big problem, in order to avoid a huge problem in order to prevent a train wreck.
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Bob Cusack / The Hill:
Obama urges supporters not to demonstrate at crucial DNC meeting  —  Sen. Barack Obama's (D-Ill.) campaign is urging its supporters not to demonstrate at Saturday's highly anticipated Democratic National Committee (DNC) meeting on how to handle the delegates of Florida and Michigan.
Discussion: TIME.com and Boston Globe
Marc Ambinder:   The RBC Meeting: A Preview
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Memo: Fla., Mich. can't be fully restored
Discussion: TalkLeft and 2008 Democratic …
Fernando Suarez / CBS News:
Clinton Casts Wide Net of Exaggeration, Claims to Lead in “Every Poll”  —  From CBS News' Fernando Suarez:  —  BILLINGS, MONT. — During an evening rally in Montana's largest city Tuesday night, Hillary Clinton explained to the crowd why she should be the Democratic Party's nominee …
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Hillary Clinton's Swing-State Advantage  —  Clinton says her primary wins are indicative of general-election results  —  PRINCETON, NJ — In the 20 states where Hillary Clinton has claimed victory in the 2008 Democratic primary and caucus elections (winning the popular vote) …
Discussion: TPM Election Central
Alan Fram / Associated Press:
Obama competitive against McCain with key voters
Oregonian:
Why I've chosen to back Barack Obama  —  F or the first time in 40 years, the Oregon Democratic primary has played a pivotal role in deciding who may be our president.  In casting our votes, we Oregonians understood the seriousness of our decision.  —  As one of the superdelegates …
Stephen Adams / Telegraph:
John Bolton to be target of citizen's arrest at Hay Festival  —  John Bolton, the former US ambassador to the United Nations, faces a citizen's arrest when he addresses an audience at the Hay Festival in Wales this evening.  —  George Monbiot, the journalist and activist …
David Boaz / Wall Street Journal:
Our Collectivist Candidates  —  On Sunday Barack Obama urged graduates of Connecticut's Wesleyan University to devote themselves to “collective service.”  This is not an unusual theme for a commencement address.  But it was interesting how long he went on discussing various kinds …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
BIG TROUBLE?  —  Below I noted MSNBC's story tonight about how fmr. Sen. Phil Gramm (McCain's economics advisor) was advising him on his subprime mortgage bailout policy while Gramm was also a registered lobbyist for the Swiss bank UBS.  —  Now, it's clear from the report that UBS had some exposure on the subprime front.
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Haig Simonian / Financial Times:
UBS tells unit staff to avoid US visits
Scott W. Johnson / Weekly Standard:
The Kennedy-Khrushchev Conference for Dummies  —  Remedial history for Barack Obama.  —  BARACK OBAMA FIRST VOWED to meet unconditionally with the leaders of America's foremost enemies in the YouTube Democratic candidates' debate on July 23, 2007.  Since then he has reaffirmed and expanded …
Paul Graham:
Cities and Ambition  —  Great cities attract ambitious people.  You can sense it when you walk around one.  In a hundred subtle ways, the city sends you a message: you could do more; you should try harder.  —  The surprising thing is how different these messages can be.
Discussion: Megan McArdle and EconLog
 
 
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Can He Take a Frisk?  —  After “Rahmbo” Emanuel, the Illinois …
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The Rich Get Hungrier  —  WILL the food crisis that is menacing …
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