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12:50 PM ET, June 5, 2008

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Kevin Sullivan / Washington Post:
Overseas, Excitement Over Obama  —  In Presumptive Nominee, Many See Chance for New Direction and New Attitude  —  For much of the world, Sen. Barack Obama's victory in the Democratic primaries was a moment to admire the United States at a time when the nation's image abroad has been seriously damaged.
Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
Obama's Evolving Position on Iran
Washington Post:
‘She Could Accept Losing.  She Could Not Accept Quitting.’  —  In a campaign of near-deaths and premature obituaries, the night of May 6 will be remembered inside Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign as the moment it really ended.  —  The staff had settled into the war room at the campaign's Arlington headquarters.
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Washington Post:
Clinton Pullout Likely Saturday
The Politico:
Dems struggle to heal wounds on Hill
Jeanne Cummings / The Politico:
GOP fears Obama's money machine  —  With Hillary Clinton's campaign coming to an end this weekend, Barack Obama's rise as the Democratic nominee brings serious bad news to a new group — John McCain's finance team.  —  A review of campaign finance data offers not one ounce of good news …
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
FIRST THOUGHTS: OBAMA'S WIDER MAP  —  From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro  —  *** Obama's wider map: About two months ago, we unveiled our early look at the electoral map.  And this being the second official day of the general election, now's as good a time as any to see where we stand in the McCain vs. Obama race.
The Hill:
Sen. Warner avoids backing would-be GOP successor  —  Sen. John Warner (R-Va.) is avoiding an endorsement in the closely watched Senate contest to succeed him, so far declining to support fellow Republican Jim Gilmore several days after the former Virginia governor clinched the GOP nomination.
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inRich.com:
Three Va. figures probably long shots for VP
Discussion: Associated Press and TIME.com
Patrick Cockburn / The Independent:
Revealed: Secret plan to keep Iraq under US control  —  Bush wants 50 military bases, control of Iraqi airspace and legal immunity for all American soldiers and contractors  —  A secret deal being negotiated in Baghdad would perpetuate the American military occupation of Iraq indefinitely …
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Robert M. Goldberg / New York Post:
HOW ‘LIBERAL’ CARE WOULD KILL TED  —  IRONICALLY enough, the dangers of the lib eral health-care agenda are being made clear by the care that a liberal icon, Sen. Ted Kennedy, has received since his brain seizure last month.  —  One day after an MRI detected a tumor, Kennedy was quickly diagnosed …
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Breaking — Obama to change DNC lobbyist policy, will focus on small-group economy chats  —  Good Thursday morning.  —  DRIVING THE DAY: On Day 2 as nominee, Senator Obama wants to show that he will change the nation's politics.  As the presumptive DemoObama already eager to show …
Discussion: CBS News and Spin Cycle
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Jonathan D. Salant / Bloomberg:
Obama Campaign Open to Helping Clinton Pay Off $20 Million Debt
Discussion: Associated Press, Salon and MoJoBlog
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
PHASE II  —  The Senate intel committee's Phase II report on pre-war intelligence on Iraq is just out.  We'll be bringing you more through the day, but if you're eager to take a look, you can find the reports here:  —  “Report on Whether Public Statements Regarding Iraq by U.S. Government officials …
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
McCain Rips Off Obama's Slogan And Logo  —  Is John McCain trying to be the older, whiter, more conservative Barack Obama?  —  On Tuesday, the Senator co-opted the slogan that has come to personify Obama's candidacy, taking the Illinois Democrat's “Change You Can Believe In” and altering it into “A Leader You Can Believe In.”
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Matthew Yglesias:   How Long in Iraq?  —  Here's CBS's poll on how long Americans …
John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Rezko is not just Obama's problem—he's the GOP's  —  Will Sen. Barack Obama declare that, if elected president, he would not pardon his fundraiser and personal real estate fairy, Tony Rezko, who was convicted Wednesday of multiple corruption charges in a Chicago federal court?  —  Obama is Mr. Reform, isn't he?
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Marcus Mabry / New York Times:
Many Blacks Find Joy in Unexpected Breakthrough  —  Kwabena Sam-Brew, a 38-year-old immigrant from Ghana, doubted that Nana, his 5-year-old American-born daughter, would remember the rally that effectively crowned Senator Barack Obama as the Democratic nominee Tuesday night.
Brad Friedman / The BRAD BLOG:
My Own Votes, Four of Them, Were Flipped Yesterday Before My Very Eyes  —  As a fairly well-known Election Integrity journalist who has personally covered, for years, the myriad election woes of thousands (if not millions) of voters around the country who have tried to bring seemingly endless stories …
Karen Tumulty / Time:
How Obama Did It  —  Barack Obama was campaigning last October in South Carolina when he got an urgent call from Penny Pritzker, the hotel heiress who leads his campaign's finance committee.  About 200 of his biggest fund raisers were meeting in Des Moines, Iowa, and among them, near panic was setting in.
 
 
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Kathy English / neworleans.fbi.gov:
TAX ASSESSOR BETTY JEFFERSON, ALONG WITH MOSE JEFFERSON AND ANGELA …
Associated Press:
Mistrial for man who shot 6 at Jewish center
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
State chairs push to keep Dean
Andy McCarthy / The Corner:
Prison Is So Confining for Terrorists
Discussion: Moonbattery
Menzie Chinn / Econbrowser:
More on De-Globalization: Oil, Transport Costs and Inflation
Discussion: The Bellows and Paul Krugman
Wall Street Journal:
Jindal Excites GOP As a Possible Running Mate
John R. Bolton / Los Angeles Times:
Obama the naive  —  His views on world affairs ignore history …
Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
Asking and Telling Sam Nunn
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Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Inside Hillary Clinton's decision to quit: The 5 hidden emotional stages
Marc Ambinder:
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
The Gas Prices We Deserve
Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner:
Oh Hillary!  —  While pondering contributing to her campaign-debt fund …
Fox News:
Dead Voters Still Showing Up on Election Records, Puzzling Officials
Bob Owens / Pajamas Media:
Vindication For Marine Charged in Haditha Cover-up
Associated Press:
Michelle Obama to be guest host on ‘The View’
Discussion: TIME.com
David Frum:
Rush & Me - Part 1  —  As mentioned below, Rush Limbaugh …
 

 
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Lucia Moses / Business Insider:
Sources: ~100 NYT Tech Guild members cross the picket line to work on Election Day; NYT engineer and union steward Benjamin Harnett says the figure is under 50

Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
iHeart says it is laying off employees; a source says the layoffs affect less than 5% of a workforce of more than 10,000 employees

Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe, a music distributor in 50+ countries, and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, accusing Believe of copyright infringement

 
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