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1:20 PM 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 …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
On past 2,118  —  Clinton campaign Chairman Terry McAuliffe tells my colleague Ken Vogel in San Juan that Hillary Clinton will “probably” continue a retail-level campaign operation after Tuesday's primaries regardless of what happens in them.  —  Team Clinton also won't necessarily consider …
Jim Kuhnhenn / Associated Press:
Clinton seeks to go after Obama superdelegates
Discussion: PoliBlog (TM)
Marc Ambinder:
Clinton Clues
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
FIRST THOUGHTS: THE END GAME
Fafnir / Fafblog:
The Audacity Of Hope
Discussion: Jules Crittenden
Larry Johnson / NO QUARTER:
Michelle Obama and Louis Farrakhan Take On Whitey  —  I learned over the weekend why the Republicans who have seen the tape of Michelle Obama ranting about “whitey” describe it as “STUNNING.”  I have not seen it but I have heard from five separate sources who have spoken directly with people who have seen the tape.
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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 …
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 …
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
GO.  FIGHT.  WIN.  —  The Post's Michael Abramowitz has a good catch this morning:
Discussion: MyDD and Shakesville
Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch:
Tomgram: Kill Them! We Are Going to Wipe Them Out!
Discussion: Think Progress
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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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama Maintains 10-Point Lead Over Clinton
Discussion: Open Left and Donklephant
William Kristol / Weekly Standard Blog:
(Bumped) Kristol: So long (for a while) to Michael Goldfarb  —  Note to our readers: The online editor of THE WEEKLY STANDARD and proprietor of this blog, Michael Goldfarb, has taken a leave of absence effective today to serve as deputy communications director of the McCain campaign.
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Newest McCain official: President has “near dictatorial powers”
Discussion: Too Sense
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.
CNN:
Sources: Most uncommitted senators to endorse Obama  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Most of the seventeen Democratic senators who have remained uncommitted throughout the primaries will endorse Barack Obama for president this week, CNN has learned.  —  Sources familiar with discussions between Obama supporters …
Discussion: TIME.com and Political Machine
Asif Shahzad / Associated Press:
Bomb explodes outside Danish embassy in Pakistan  —  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A huge car bomb exploded outside the Danish Embassy in the Pakistani capital on Monday, killing at least six people and wounding dozens more, officials and witnesses said.  —  The blast echoed through Islamabad …
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CNN:
Suicide bomber targets Danish embassy in Pakistan
Discussion: ThreatsWatch and Jihad Watch
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
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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CNN:
Kennedy in hospital for brain surgery
 
 
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Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Warning signs for McCain
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Agence France Presse:
Ahmadinejad says Israel will soon disappear
Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner:
Even the French Get It
Thomas Harding / Telegraph:
Afghan insurgents ‘on brink of defeat’
Associated Press:
Parents object to Muslim presentation at Gulf Coast school
New York Times:
What Do You Call a Terror(Jihad)ist?
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Diaz-Balarts back bill after donation
Washington Post:
No Dem Damage to Their Day  —  D anielle DeBuchanann e's wedding …
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A Return of That '70s Show?
Bill Roggio / The Long War Journal:
Iraqi Army interdicting Iranian operations in the South
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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
Wall Street Journal:
Obama Poised to Claim Victory
New York Times:
Mr. Rove Talks, but Doesn't Answer
Adam Nossiter / New York Times:
In Louisiana, Inklings of a New (True) Champion of the Right
Discussion: TIME.com
 

 
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Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

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