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8:55 AM ET, May 29, 2008

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Ali / Think Progress:
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.
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Scott McClellan / CNN:
Bartlett rips McClellan, calls allegation ‘total crap’  —  McClellan and Bartlett worked closely together in the White House.  (Getty Images)  —  Watch Dan Bartlett respond to McClellan at 4 p.m. ET on The Situation Room  —  (CNN) — Former White House counselor Dan Bartlett lashed …
Carla Marinucci / SFGate:
Pelosi Reacts to McClellan: “I Totally Agree”  —  Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in a wide-ranging editorial board interview with The Chronicle today, offered her own views on the bombshell book by former White House press secretary Scott McClellan, who charges that the Iraq war …
Discussion: On Deadline and Think Progress
Carla Marinucci / San Francisco Chronicle:
Pelosi vows to prevent fight at Dem convention  —  (05-28) 20:17 PDT San Francisco — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she will step in if necessary to make sure the presidential nomination fight between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama does not reach the Democratic National Convention …
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Washington Wire:
Obama's Self-Assurance Over Nomination
Discussion: TalkLeft
Brent Baker / NewsBusters.org:
McClellan's Publisher a Liberal: Advances Soros & Slams Limbaugh  —  Peter Osnos, who wrote Wednesday that he “worked very closely” with Scott McClellan on McClellan's new book published by PublicAffairs which Osnos founded, is a liberal whose publishing house is affiliated with the far-left …
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Peter Osnos / The Century Foundation:
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.
Tuned In:
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:
Steve Kornacki / New York Observer:
What Jim Webb Is Worth to Obama  —  Now is the season for idle vice presidential speculation, and this year the field of potential nominees in both parties is unusually large.  —  Among Democrats, much of the chatter is understandably focused on Hillary Clinton, who, to judge …
Discussion: Eunomia
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
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 …
Discussion: Connecting.the.Dots
Deborah Charles / Tales from the Trail:
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 …
New York Times:
Obama Seeks to Clarify His Disputed Comments on Diplomacy  —  WASHINGTON — With his experience and leadership credentials under sharp criticism, Senator Barack Obama and his advisers are trying to clarify what has emerged as a central tenet of his proposed foreign policy: a willingness to meet leaders of enemy nations.
Wall Street Journal:
. . . And Escape From New Jersey  —  New Jersey is about the last place one might think to look for free-market policy reform.  But this week Jay Webber, a Republican Assemblyman in Trenton, will introduce legislation to let Garden State residents buy low-cost health insurance from any registered policy in any of the 50 states.
Discussion: EconLog and Betsy's Page
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
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.
Transterrestrial Musings:
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.
Paul Maslin / Salon:
Will the youth vote win it for Obama this fall?  —  The likely Democratic nominee has a unique appeal to voters under 30.  A look at how a strong youth turnout — or lack thereof — could affect this November's results.  —  Barack Obama greets supporters March 3 in Houston, Texas.
 
 
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Steven Lee Myers / The Seattle Times:
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Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
Terrorism and the Olympics  —  The reports of terror plots emanating …
New York Times:
A Tiny Fruit That Tricks the Tongue
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Jim Manzi / The Corner:
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Mark Bixler / CNN:
Hundreds of New Testaments torched in Israel
Human Events:
Outlook  — Sen. Hillary Clinton's comment that Robert F …
Melanie Phillips / Spectator:
The Universities' Witch-Hunt Against The Jews
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Cernig / Newshoggers.com:
Get Well Soon, Libby!  —  Our colleague, Libby Spencer …
Discussion: Publius Endures
Stephen Adams / Telegraph:
John Bolton escapes citizen's arrest at Hay Festival
 

 
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

 
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