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10:20 AM ET, June 2, 2008

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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Winning Again, Clinton Weighs Her Options  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton won another overwhelming victory over Senator Barack Obama on Sunday — this time in Puerto Rico — even as many Democrats, including some of her supporters, suggested it would be best if she dropped …
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Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
For Now, McCain Has The TV-Ad Scene to Himself  —  Many Spots Target Ohio Battleground; Message: Economy  —  John McCain's new TV-ad campaign says a lot about how he sees the general-election battle ahead.  The message is economics and the state that has seen the most spending on ads so far is Ohio.
Fafnir / Fafblog:
The Audacity Of Hope  —  So now everybody's all “oh, Hillary Clinton can't win the nomination” and “oh, Hillary Clinton can't be president” and “oh, Hillary Clinton, haven't they sedated her yet.”  Well that's just talking crazy talk!  There's tons a stuff that can happen between …
Discussion: The Sideshow
Jim Kuhnhenn / Associated Press:   Clinton seeks to go after Obama superdelegates
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Obama-Clinton marathon near the line
Beth Fouhy / Associated Press:   Clinton Ponders Next Move in Marathon Race
Anne E. Kornblut / Washington Post:
Clinton Wins Easily in Puerto Rico
Discussion: marbury
The Politico:
Clinton wins big in Puerto Rico
Discussion: The Swamp
SusanUnPC / NO QUARTER:
[VIDEO UPDATE] BREAKING NEWS on “Whitey” Tape from Fox News: A TV Network HAS the Tape  —  Here's the text version at TVEyes.com:  —  FNC 06/01/2008 14:43:30: ...>>>  welcome back to our special coverage live coverage from puerto rico. just before the break, roger stone the republican strategist …
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Booman Tribune:
The Michelle Tape  —  My old friend, Larry Johnson, knows about manipulating elections from his training with the Central Intelligence Agency.  He doesn't want Obama to win the nomination for whatever reason, and he's in full propaganda mode to do everything he can to frighten the superdelegates.
Boston Globe:
Senator Kennedy to have brain surgery this morning  —  Senator Edward M. Kennedy is undergoing surgery for his malignant brain tumor at Duke University this morning, his office announced today.  —  The surgery is to begin about 9 a.m. and will last approximately six hours.
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Mike Baker / Associated Press:
Kennedy to undergo surgery at Duke for brain tumor  —  DURHAM, N.C. - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was set to undergo surgery Monday at Duke University Medical Center for his cancerous brain tumor and then faces chemotherapy and radiation treatment, his office said.
Discussion: MyDD
CNN:   Kennedy to have brain surgery Monday
Oliver Burkeman / Guardian:
Hillary: my part in her downfall  —  As Hillary Clinton's doomed presidential bid draws to a painful close, one man has been cast as the scapegoat.  In his first interview, Mark Penn, the candidate's former chief strategist, talks to Oliver Burkeman about what went wrong
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Clinton camp converging on New York Tuesday, and shedding staff  —  Members of Hillary Clinton's advance staff received calls and emails this evening from headquarters summoning them to New York City Tuesday night, and telling them their roles on the campaign are ending, two Clinton staffers tell my colleague Amie Parnes.
William Kristol / New York Times:
What Obama Left Out  —  Commencement speeches are hard.  —  I gave one at a college about seven years ago.  I labored over it, consulting orations from years past, writing and rewriting drafts.  I ended up with remarks that struck me — even while I delivered them — as banal and platitudinous.
Max Blumenthal / The Huffington Post:
Pastor Hagee: The Antichrist Is Gay, “Partially Jewish, As Was Adolph Hitler” (Paging Joe Lieberman!)  —  On March 16, 2003, on the eve of the United States' invasion of Iraq, Pastor John Hagee took to the pulpit to warn of the coming Antichrist.  In his sermon, “The Final Dictator,” …
Jaketapper / Political Punch:
Rev. Pfleger: “America is the Greatest Sin Against God”  —  In another excerpt from Rev. Michael Pfleger's sermon last Sunday, May 25, from the pulpit of Sen. Barack Obama's now former church, Trinity United Church of Christ on the South side of Chicago, the longtime Obama associate condemns America for racism in fairly harsh terms.
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Amy Chozick / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Cuts Ties With Church
Discussion: Don Surber
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans Favor President Meeting With U.S. Enemies  —  Public thinks it's a good idea to meet with leaders of enemy countries  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Large majorities of Democrats and independents, and even half of Republicans, believe the president of the United States should meet with the leaders …
Discussion: The Swamp
 
 
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Jane Perlez / New York Times:
Taliban Leader Flaunts Power Inside Pakistan
William Kristol / Weekly Standard Blog:
(Bumped) Kristol: So long (for a while) to Michael Goldfarb
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Michael Abramowitz / Washington Post:
McClellan Recounts Administration's Missed Chances After '04 Election
Discussion: Think Progress and Hot Air
Fox News:
Large Explosion Rocks Danish Embassy in Pakistan, at Least 5 Killed
Andrew Buncombe / The Independent:
Muslim seminary issues fatwa against terrorism
Discussion: Mercury Rising
Annie Groer / The Huffington Post:
After Buyouts, The Goodbyes: Washington Post Staffers Gather …
New York Times:
Mr. Rove Talks, but Doesn't Answer
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McCain proposes squeezing Iran financially
 Earlier Items: 
Adam Nossiter / New York Times:
In Louisiana, Inklings of a New (True) Champion of the Right
Discussion: TIME.com
Stephen Farrell / New York Times:
Baghdad Jews Have Become a Fearful Few
Hindrocket / Power Line:
A STRATEGIC RETREAT?  —  We wrote here about Barack Obama's Iraq dilemma.
Ethan Bronner / New York Times:
State Dept. Reinstates Gaza Fulbright Grants
Discussion: Israel Matzav and Yourish.com
Associated Press:
Marine, back from Iraq, shot dead in his home town
Matt Schudel / Washington Post:
William E. Odom, 75; Military Adviser to 2 Administrations
David Harrison / Telegraph:
Christian preachers face arrest in Birmingham
Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The day the Democrats lost it  —  From Dana Milbank's coverage …
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