MSNBC: White House Officals Are ‘Flat Out Angry,’ Calling McClellan ‘Traitor,’ ‘Benedict’  —  When Scott McClellan resigned as Press Secretary on April 19, 2006, his White House officials colleagues heaped praise on him: … Yet news of McClellan's tell-all book seems to have soured White House officials' impression of him.

Bill pitches popular vote  —  From NBC/NJ's Matthew Berger  —  SAN JUAN, P.R. — Bill Clinton also said winning the popular vote “will prove she's the popular choice of the Democrats,” despite ending with less delegates than Obama, the former president said in an impromptu press conference on the streets of Old San Juan.

Keith Olbermann Blows Last Remaining Gasket  —  So while we were away, Sen. Hillary Clinton apparently made an ill-advised reference to the RFK assassination (and the June timing thereof) by way of explaining her continuing run in the Democratic primary.  And apparently Keith Olbermann had a thing or two to say about it:

Peter Osnos  —  Senior Fellow for Media  —  Program  —  Peter Osnos is the Founder and Editor-at-Large of PublicAffairs books.  Previously, he was Publisher of Random House's Times Books Division from 1991 to 1996 and before that was a Vice President and Associate Publisher of the Random House imprint.

Obama Says He Is Considering Iraq Trip  —  THORNTON, Colo. - Senator Barack Obama said today that he is considering visiting American troops and commanders in Iraq this summer.  He declined an invitation from Senator John McCain to take a joint trip to Iraq, saying: “I just don't want to be involved in a political stunt.”

The Uncle Seems Real  —  OK, Occam's Razor would indicate that Barack Obama has a maternal great uncle (i.e., his mother's mother's brother), named Charles Payne (middle initial unclear) who served with the 355th Infantry that liberated one of the camps in the Buchenwald complex, despite previous concerns on that score.

New York to Back Same-Sex Unions From Elsewhere  —  ALBANY — Gov. David A. Paterson has directed all state agencies to begin to revise their policies and regulations to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions, like Massachusetts, California and Canada.

Ogonowski falls short on signature deadline  —  When the deadline for certification passed yesterday, Jim Ogonowski, the Republican leadership's choice to challenge US Senator John F. Kerry, was 82 signatures short of qualifying for the GOP primary ballot, according to the state's central voter registry.

Outlook  — Sen. Hillary Clinton's comment that Robert F. Kennedy's assassination in 1968 justified her staying in the presidential race was an event that crystallized the antipathy to her inside party ranks.  Even old-time Clintonites were appalled.  — The most important political impact …

Bush's laws will be scrutinized if I become president, Obama says  —  DENVER - Maybe it's his background teaching constitutional law.  —  If elected president, Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama said one of the first things he wants to do is ensure the constitutionality of all the laws …

Terrorism and the Olympics  —  The reports of terror plots emanating this year from this Muslim region in the far west of China might seem fanciful: A foiled plot to blow up a plane; a cache of TNT to bomb the Summer Olympics; even a “violent terrorist gang” that planned to kidnap Olympic athletes.

Marines pass out Gospel verse to Iraqi Muslims, Iraqis say  —  FALLUJAH, Iraq — At the western entrance to the Iraqi city of Fallujah Tuesday, Muamar Anad handed his residence badge to the U.S. Marines guarding the city.  They checked to be sure that he was a city resident, and when they were done …