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4:40 PM ET, May 31, 2008

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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Sources: DNC Florida Compromise Reached, Michigan Hangs In Balance  —  stumble digg reddit del.ico.us news trust buzz up  —  Two sources, including a high-ranking official with the Florida delegation, have confirmed that the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee reached an agreement last night …
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Lanny J. Davis / Wall Street Journal:
The Argument for Nominating Hillary  —  After the votes are in from Puerto Rico tomorrow and South Dakota and Montana on Tuesday, neither Barack Obama nor Hillary Clinton will be able to make a facts-based case that they represent a significant majority of grass-roots Democrats.
New York Times:
Democrats Debate Seating Delegates From Two States  —  WASHINGTON — As hundreds of protesters demonstrated outside, leading Democrats called for unity as party officials gathered Saturday to settle a dispute over seating Florida and Michigan delegates and resolve a bitter impasse …
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
The Michigan Case Begins
Discussion: The Democratic Daily
New York Times:
No Road Map for Democrats as Race Ends
Discussion: Don Surber
James W. Pindell / Politicker:
DNC Committee meets behind closed doors and ends without agreement
Discussion: Spin Cycle
Jaketapper / Political Punch:
A Clinton Hurricane Hits Outside the DNC Hearing Room
Discussion: Dean's World
Nick Baumann / MoJoBlog:
Clinton Surrogate Says FL-MI Struggle = Civil Rights Movement
Discussion: TRAIL BLAZERS, Swampland and CNN
Avi Zenilman / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Florida (almost) a done deal
Discussion: Salon and AMERICAblog
Amy Chozick / Wall Street Journal:
Tuesday May Not End Democratic Fight
Discussion: TIME.com and The Other McCain
Katharine Q. Seelye / The Caucus:
Democrats Meet Over Fla., Mich. in Late-Night Session
The New Republic:
Scenes From Today's RBC Hillary Protest  —  Howard Dean may hope that the “healing will begin today,” but two blocks away from the northwest Washington Marriott where the DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee is meeting right now to try to figure out Florida and Michigan, the Hillary protesters …
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Avi Zenilman / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Dean's remarks  —  “We are going to nominate eithe rthe first woman or the first African-American to our party,” he says.  —  He thanks all the candidates, “especially Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama.”  —  “These two candidates have helped transform our party”, he continues.
Discussion: The Swamp
Marni Soupcoff / National Post:
David Frum on Scott McClellan's new book: George Bush got the team he deserved  —  Except maybe for MSNBC's wild-eyed commentator Keith Olbermann, nobody in politics or media seems to have a good word to say for Scott McClellan, the former George W. Bush press secretary turned ferocious Bush critic.
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Ryan Grim / The Politico:
Exclusive: McClellan pitch softer on Bush
Discussion: TIME.com
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
Willful blindness  —  The new issue of the Weekly Standard carries Tom Joscelyn's review of Andrew McCarthy's important book Willful Blindness: A Memoir of the Jihad.  The new issue of National Review carries Bruce Thornton's review of the book (subscribers only) as well.  Both reviews are excellent.
Discussion: Fausta's blog
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Thomas Joscelyn / Weekly Standard:
Are We Serious?  —  They're at war, we're catching crooks.
Discussion: protein wisdom
Lauren Frayer / Associated Press:
Al-Qaida's stance on women sparks extremist debate  —  CAIRO, Egypt - Muslim extremist women are challenging al-Qaida's refusal to include — or at least acknowledge — women in its ranks, in an emotional debate that gives rare insight into the gender conflicts lurking beneath one of the strictest strains of Islam.
Tom Raum / Associated Press:
Obama says his ears too big for Rushmore  —  MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL, S.D. (AP) — Democrat Barack Obama paid an unscheduled late-night visit to Mount Rushmore Friday, visiting the national memorial at closing time and joking that his ears were too big to ever be included in such a display.
Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
Obama's painful new headache  —  WASHINGTON — The Rev. Michael Pfleger's “I'm white!  I'm entitled ... black man stealing my show” outburst about Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton from the pulpit of the Obama family church, Trinity United Church of Christ, created a political problem …
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Lanny Davis Loses His Cool On DNC Member  —  stumble digg reddit del.ico.us news trust buzz up  —  A brief but spittle-filled shouting match broke out in the halls of the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee hearing on Saturday between a committee member and a surrogate for Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign.
Discussion: The Field
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Obama Hits McCain Again: “We Don't Need More Leaders Who Can't Admit They've Made A Mistake”  —  On the trail today in South Dakota, Barack Obama will keep up the pressure on John McCain for wrongly saying that the troop numbers in Iraq are now at “pre-surge” levels, using McCain's refusal …
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Bill Clinton's enemies list?  —  Listen to audio of Bill Clinton's conference call below.  —  With Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign on the verge of defeat, Bill Clinton has been placing blame on enemies including a brazenly biased media that tried to suppress blue-collar votes …
Carol J. Williams / Los Angeles Times:
Judge critical of Guantanamo war crimes case is dismissed  —  Army Col. Peter Brownback III had threatened to suspend proceedings unless prosecutors handed over key records to the defense.  —  MIAMI — A judge hearing a war crimes case at Guantanamo Bay who publicly expressed frustration …
 
 
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Hilary Bok / Washington Monthly:
FERRARO AND RACE...  Geraldine Ferraro wrote a horrible op-ed in the Boston Globe.
New York Times:
Growing Opposition to Iraq Security Pact
Joe Garofoli / San Francisco Chronicle:
Black bloggers fight to make voices heard
Gordon Rayner / Telegraph:
Irish referendum could scupper EU treaty
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Hendrik Hertzberg / New Yorker:
“DEMOCRATS WIN LANDSLIDE VICTORY”
Rasmussen Reports:
McCain Trusted More Than Obama on Economy, Iraq, National Security
Discussion: Wake up America and Eunomia
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Discussion: Open Left
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Chances dim for climate-change legislation
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Japanese woman caught living in man's closet
Publius / Obsidian Wings:
Hillary's Choice
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Intelligence Official Sees Little Progress Before Bush Exits
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Former Bush donors now giving to Obama
 

 
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