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6:45 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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Scott McClellan's Confession  —  Scott McClellan worked as a loyal press spokesman for George W. Bush for eight years, ultimately becoming White House Press Secretary .  He resigned from that position in 2006, in the wake of the controversy over the Valerie Plame leak scandal.
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: Wonkette
Rich Noyes / NewsBusters.org:
What Happens When the Ex-Press Secretary Doesn't Trash His Boss  —  Before Scott McClellan was President Bush's Press Secretary, there was Ari Fleischer, and when Fleischer left the White House he wrote his own book, “Taking Heat: The President, the Press, and My Years in the White House.”
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
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.
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Washington Wire:
Obama's Self-Assurance Over Nomination
Discussion: TalkLeft
Krissah Williams / The Trail:
Florida Voter's Lawsuit Dismissed
Discussion: CNN
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:
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
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.”
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Krooney / TIME.com:
McCain Again Pounds Obama on Visiting Iraq
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.
Frank Phillips / Boston Globe:
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.
Human Events:
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 …
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.
Discussion: Daily Kos
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 …
Stephen Adams / Telegraph:
John Bolton escapes citizen's arrest at Hay Festival  —  John Bolton, the former US ambassador to the United Nations, has escaped an attempted citizen's arrest as he appeared at the Hay Festival.  —  George Monbiot is held off by security guards  —  Security guards blocked the path …
 
 
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Bob Smizik / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
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