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11:30 AM ET, June 2, 2008

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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.
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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 …
Jim Kuhnhenn / Associated Press:
Clinton seeks to go after Obama superdelegates
Discussion: PoliBlog (TM)
Fafnir / Fafblog:   The Audacity Of Hope
Marc Ambinder:   Clinton Clues
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
FIRST THOUGHTS: THE END GAME
Discussion: marbury and DownWithTyranny!
Wall Street Journal:
Obama Poised to Claim Victory
Discussion: TalkLeft and Real Clear Politics
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Obama-Clinton marathon near the line
Beth Fouhy / Associated Press:   Clinton Ponders Next Move in Marathon Race
Catherine Dodge / Bloomberg:
Clinton Puerto Rico Win Doesn't Revive Nomination Bid
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.
Michael Abramowitz / Washington Post:
McClellan Recounts Administration's Missed Chances After '04 Election  —  Believe it or not, even after a week of wall-to-wall media coverage, there's still grist to mull over from the new Scott McClellan memoir, “What Happened.”  —  McClellan, the press-secretary-turned-administration critic …
Discussion: MoJoBlog, Hot Air and Booman Tribune
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Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch:
Tomgram: Kill Them!  We Are Going to Wipe Them Out!  —  Presidential Bloodlust  —  The Movie-Made War World of George W. Bush  —  Here's a memory for you.  I was probably five or six and sitting with my father in a movie house off New York's Times Square — one of the slightly seedy theaters …
Discussion: Think Progress
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
GO.  FIGHT.  WIN.  —  The Post's Michael Abramowitz has a good catch this morning:
Discussion: Shakesville
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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Washington Post:
Kennedy to Undergo Surgery for Brain Tumor
Discussion: Tabloid Edition
CNN:
Kennedy to have brain surgery Monday
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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
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,” …
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 …
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Jill Zuckman / The Swamp:
McCain calls for Iran divestment effort
CNN:
Suicide bomber targets Danish embassy in Pakistan  —  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) — A massive blast targeting the Danish Embassy in Pakistan Monday killed at least six people and wounded more than a dozen, authorities said.  —  The blast left a four-foot deep crater in the road.
Discussion: ThreatsWatch and Jihad Watch
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New York Times:
Mr. Rove Talks, but Doesn't Answer  —  In a recent appearance on “This Week With George Stephanopoulos,” Karl Rove was asked if he had a role in the Justice Department's decision to prosecute Don Siegelman.  The former Democratic governor of Alabama was convicted and sentenced to more than seven years …
Washington Post:
No Dem Damage to Their Day  —  D anielle DeBuchanann e's wedding coordinator waited until the day before the event to warn her about the last-minute additions to the guest list.  —  “There will be protesters,” the bride says she was told on Friday.  —  “How many?” she asked.
 
 
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
A Return of That '70s Show?
Jonathan D. Glater / New York Times:
Student Loans Start to Bypass 2-Year Colleges
Bill Roggio / The Long War Journal:
Iraqi Army interdicting Iranian operations in the South
The Politico:
Drudge Report keeps campaigns guessing
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs
Nate / FiveThirtyEight.com:
Popular Vote Scenario Tester, Online Version [UPDATED]
Discussion: The Numbers and Pollster.com
 Earlier Items: 
Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
For Now, McCain Has The TV-Ad Scene to Himself
William Kristol / Weekly Standard Blog:
(Bumped) Kristol: So long (for a while) to Michael Goldfarb
Annie Groer / The Huffington Post:
After Buyouts, The Goodbyes: Washington Post Staffers Gather …
Adam Nossiter / New York Times:
In Louisiana, Inklings of a New (True) Champion of the Right
Discussion: TIME.com
 

 
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Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

 
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