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11:05 PM ET, June 6, 2008

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Andrews says he heard racist strategy from Clinton camp — A Democratic superdelegate from New Jersey said this week he is worried that unifying the party behind Barack Obama may be difficult because the Clinton camp “has engaged in some very divisive tactics and rhetoric it should not have.”

Discussion: Booman Tribune, THE GUN TOTING LIBERAL™, The Reaction, Liberal Values, American Street, Jack and Jill Politics, The Hill's Blog Briefing Room, Too Sense, Donklephant and Political Punch

David M. Herszenhorn / The Caucus:

More on the Obama-Clinton Meeting — Senator Dianne Feinstein of California got the call from Hillary Rodham Clinton Thursday afternoon: Could she, would she let Mrs. Clinton use her home in Northwest Washington for a little sit-down with a certain senator from Illinois …

Discussion: Associated Press, USA Today, Corrente, The Trail, The Swamp, Buck Naked Politics, Boston Globe, Taylor Marsh, MyDD, Donklephant, The Jed Report, CNN, Wonkette, The Democratic Daily, Daily Kos, Wake up America, New York Times and Real Clear Politics

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:

Malcolm not over Clinton defeat — In an e-mail to supporters, EMILY's List President Ellen Malcolm writes warmly of Obama, but also writes that she's not, personally, quite over her “anger and grief” at Clinton's defeat: … Full e-mail after the jump. — Dear , — Thank you Hillary.

Discussion: National Journal Online, The Swamp and TIME.com

CNN:

CNN Poll: McCain and Obama locked in a dead heat — (Above: Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama talk backstage at AIPAC in Washington Wednesday. Photo credit: Callie Shell/Aurora for TIME) — WASHINGTON (CNN) - The general election season opens with a neck-and-neck race between Barack …

Discussion: TalkLeft, TPM Election Central and Hot Air

Paul Steinhauser / CNN:

Poll: Dems want Obama-Clinton ticket — CNN Deputy Political Director — WASHINGTON (CNN) — A majority of Democrats think Barack Obama should select Hillary Clinton as his running mate, according to a new national poll. — Fifty-four percent of registered Democrats questioned …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Marc Ambinder, FOX Embeds, Viking Pundit, Don Surber and TPM Election Central

Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Please Don't Go — If, as this vexing veep search plays out …

Discussion: Firedoglake, The Caucus, New York Times and Wake up America

Mark Morford / San Francisco Chronicle:

You buying it? — Spiritual wise ones say: This sure ain't no ordinary politician. You buying it? — I find I'm having this discussion, this weird little debate, more and more, with colleagues, with readers, with liberals and moderates and miserable, deeply depressed Republicans …

Discussion: Outside The Beltway, Stop The ACLU, NO QUARTER, NewsBusters.org, Confederate Yankee, The Corner and Little Green Footballs

Michelle Goldberg / The New Republic:

3 A.M. For Feminism — Clinton dead-enders and the crisis in the women's movement. — Amy Siskind, a 42-year-old mother of two from Westchester, stood in a Washington, D.C., park on the last day in May, telling a few hundred cheering people that she would not, under any circumstances, vote for Barack Obama.

Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Althouse

Abha Bhattarai / New York Times:

Dow Slides Nearly 400 Points; Oil Surges — The markets opened lower on Friday and then just kept falling, hit by remarkable rise in the price of crude oil and a spike in the unemployment rate. — Wall Street suffered its worst losses in more than two months.

Discussion: CNNMoney.com, Bloomberg, Bring It On!, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, The Agonist and The Democratic Daily

Amy Sullivan / Time:

Why Didn't More Women Vote for Hillary? — Amy Klobuchar was a swing voter this year. At the outset of the 2008 race, the 48-year-old Senator from Minnesota was exactly the kind of voter Hillary Clinton's campaign was counting on. Women a generation older would be safely in their camp.

Discussion: protein wisdom

Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft: Bad Political Analysis

Mary Ann Akers / The Sleuth:

Black Group Offended by Delivery of T-Shirt — The president of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation is disturbed by an offensive t-shirt the group received in the mail Wednesday, the day after Barack Obama claimed his party's presidential nomination. The shirt has a cartoon image …

Discussion: Wake up America and Think Progress

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Discussion: culturekitchen, Gateway Pundit, Salon, Attackerman, Booman Tribune, Too Sense and The Caucus

Fred Thompson / Townhall.com:

HamNation: Obama on Your Shoulder — Mary Katharine Ham, with the help of her favorite songwriter, explores life under the new rules and politics of an Obama administration that's in all your business. — Your Name: — Your Email:

Discussion: NewsBusters.org, Hot Air, No More Mister Nice Blog, BLACKFIVE and Jonathan Martin's Blogs

Matt / Think Progress:

Clarke On Iraq War Architects: 'We Shouldn't Let These People Back Into Polite Society' — Noting that “prominent Democrats” had ruled out impeachment, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann asked former counterterrorism adviser Richard Clarke on his show last night, what “remedy” there could be for the lies …

Discussion: MyDD, Winds of Change.NET, Democrats.com, Hullabaloo and Emptywheel

Frank Newport / Gallup:

Among Blacks, Hillary Clinton's Image Sinks Over Last Year — McCain's image also deteriorates, while Obama's improves among blacks — PRINCETON, NJ — In an election year in which race is front and center, American blacks have grown more negative toward Hillary Clinton …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, TPM Election Central, The Fix and Hot Air

Chuck Todd / MSNBC:

Todd: Clinton's couldas, shouldas, wouldas — Reading the obituary for the most anticipated candidacy in a generation — Sen. Hillary Clinton speaks to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Wednesday, June 4, 2008, in Washington. — Political Director

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs

Michael Goldfarb / John McCain 2008:

McCain: Obama's Positions Are So Changey — Responding to a question about Obama's shifting position on Jerusalem at today's presser in the Everglades: … Just to recap, speaking at Aipac on Wednesday, Barack Obama said: … The next day Obama told CNN:

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Jonathan Martin's Blogs and The Washington Independent