memeorandum: Best Bitch Slap EVAR (D. Aristophanes/Sadly, No!)

12:20 PM ET, May 29, 2008

Top Items:

Michael Calderone / The Politico:

CNN's Yellin: Network execs killed critical White House stories — On Wednesday night, CNN's Jessica Yellin talked to Anderson Cooper about Scott McClellan's tell-all memoir and agreed with the former press secretary that White House reporters “dropped the ball” during the run-up to war.

Discussion: Top of the Ticket

Jessica Yellin / CNN:

Anchors & Reporters — Jessica Yellin is a Capitol Hill correspondent for CNN. Based in Washington, D.C., Yellin joined the network in August 2007. — Prior to CNN, Yellin was a White House correspondent for ABC News. She began with ABC in July 2003 and reported on politics and culture …

Discussion: Think Progress

Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
Jessica Yellin on CNN Says News Execs Pressured Her To Make Bush Look Good

Discussion: Winds of Change.NET

Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
CNN/ABC reporter: Corporate executives forced pro-Bush, pro-war narrative

Discussion: I Am TRex, Seeing the Forest and Crooks and Liars

Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Journalists were ‘under enormous pressure from corporate executives’

Discussion: Attackerman

Mike Allen / The Politico:

McClellan: WH wanted him to stay silent — Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan, speaking out for the first time since publication of his searing memoir, told NBC's “Today” show on Thursday that he erroneously believed what President Bush was saying about the war but now is answering …

Discussion: The Washington Note, The Sundries Shack and NewsBusters.org

Jason Zengerle / The New Republic:
The Manchurian Memoirist? — When Karl Rove said yesterday …

Discussion: The Hill's Blog Briefing Room, NewsBusters.org and International Herald Tribune

Scott McClellan / CNN:
Bartlett rips McClellan, calls allegation ‘total crap’

Discussion: Rough Sketch, MSNBC, Hot Air, The Swamp, The Hill's Blog Briefing Room, Taylor Marsh, NewsBusters.org, Right Wing News, TIME.com, Wonkette, The Crypt's Blogs, The Political Carnival and Wall Street Journal

Carla Marinucci / SFGate:
Pelosi Reacts to McClellan: “I Totally Agree”

Discussion: The Hill's Blog Briefing Room, On Deadline and Think Progress

Ali / Think Progress:
MSNBC: White House Officals Are ‘Flat Out Angry,’ …

Discussion: The Politico, The Carpetbagger Report, FishBowlDC, Comments from Left Field, The Fix, The Trail, The Corner, Booman Tribune, Salon, Washington Wire, alicublog, The Sideshow, The American Mind, Balloon Juice, The Vanity Press, The Political Carnival, Media Blog and A Tiny Revolution

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 …

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …, Booman Tribune, AMERICAblog, The Caucus, The Jed Report, TIME.com and The Political Carnival

CNN:

Pelosi prepared to ‘step in’ to end race — (CNN) - Hillary Clinton has hinted that she is prepared to take her fight to fully seat Florida and Michigan all the way to the party's convention in late August, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says that's not going to happen.

Discussion: TalkLeft

Mark Halperin / TIME.com:

Pool Report of Obama Plane Press Avail — Barack Obama Press Avail (Flight from Denver, CO to Chicago, IL) — Q: When will we have a clear idea to say we've got a nominee? — BO: After Tuesday we will. I think Saturday will be important, put the Michigan, Florida issue behind us.

Discussion: TownHall Blog and Real Clear Politics

D. Aristophanes / Sadly, No!:

Best Bitch Slap EVAR — Even Malkin has given up on Auschwitzgate, but Dan Riehl and his band of desperadoes soldier on: … Apparently, Dan-o couldn't figure out the great uncle's middle initial so that must mean he doesn't exist. The word went out: KERNERS ARE GO!

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The Carpetbagger Report, I Am TRex, Rising Hegemon, The Huffington Post, Lean Left, Balloon Juice, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and Top of the Ticket

Eric Auchard / Reuters:

Rupert Murdoch predicts landslide for Democrats — CARLSBAD, California (Reuters) - News Corp Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch on Wednesday predicted a Democratic landslide in the U.S. presidential election against a gloomy economic backdrop over the next 18 months.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

Peter Kafka / Silicon Alley Insider:
Murdoch: U.S. Economy “In For A Very Hard Time”

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Political Punch and marbury

Michael Calderone / The Politico:
Murdoch's ‘open’ to supporting Obama

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs and Silicon Alley Insider

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.

Discussion: MSNBC, Political Punch, TIME.com, BAGnewsNotes, Redstate and The Caucus

Karl / protein wisdom: Barack Obama's foreign policy du jour — now with triple-strength nuance!

Dawn Teo / The Huffington Post:

Michelle Obama In Phoenix: “Fear Is A Useless Emotion” — stumble digg reddit del.ico.us news trust buzz up — Tuesday, George Bush and Michelle Obama each traversed McCain's home state of Arizona to raise money for the presidential election. Bush headlined fundraisers for John McCain in Phoenix …

Discussion: TIME.com

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 …

Discussion: Publius Endures and Attackerman

Washington Post:

DNC Lawyers Rule Against Clinton — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's prospects of persuading Democratic officials to override party rules and recognize all delegates selected in the Florida and Michigan primaries suffered a setback yesterday after lawyers for the party ruled that no more than half …

Discussion: Booman Tribune and New York Times

Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Florida and Michigan May See Delegates Halved

Discussion: MSNBC, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Real Clear Politics and The Caucus

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: Newshoggers.com, JammieWearingFool, Connecting.the.Dots and On Deadline

PageOneQ:

Colbert grills ‘pro-family’ pundit over gay marriage — A satirical Stephen Colbert sat down with Family Research Council president and author of Personal Faith, Public Policy Tony Perkins to discuss the California Supreme Court ruling, handed down May 15, affirming the equal right to civil marriage for same-sex couples.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Crooks and Liars

Joseph Brean / National Post:

York University student union calls for ban on anti-abortion groups — In response to a series of controversies over abortion debates on Canadian campuses, the student government of York University in Toronto has tabled an outright ban on student clubs that are opposed to abortion.

Discussion: protein wisdom and Daimnation!

Matt Stoller / Open Left:

Bush Reelect eCampaign Director:"McClellan savaged for saying what everyone knows to be true" … That was Bush-Cheney eCampaign Director Mike Turk, 16 hours ago on his Twitter feed. — Twitter is a social network that limits people's messages to 140 characters.

Discussion: Think Progress