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3:10 PM ET, June 6, 2008

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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 …
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Clinton Meets With Obama, and the Rest Is Secret  —  WASHINGTON — For 17 months, they tracked one another's movements like prey.  —  But Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton came together here Thursday evening to pull off a secret rendezvous.  They ditched their traveling entourages …
CNN:
Obama, Clinton talk about future
Discussion: TIME.com
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
McCain bumbles the delivery  —  NEW ORLEANS - As Democrats buzzed this week about their new de facto nominee, his historic candidacy and the unlikely political demise of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Republican circles were humming with another topic.  —  The topic: Is there a way John McCain …
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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard Blog:
Why Obama's Afraid of Town-Hall Debates
Beth Fouhy / Associated Press:
Clinton expected to look to Obama for help on debt  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — In politics, money talks.  And money is likely to be an important factor in discussions between Barack Obama's advisers and the debt-saddled Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign.  —  Clinton will likely seek help …
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George Will / Real Clear Politics:
For Obama, a Ticket Test  —  WASHINGTON — An axiom.  When voters watch a presumptive presidential nominee considering this or that running mate, they think: What if the president dies?  When the presumptive nominee considers this or that running mate, he thinks: What if I live?
Discussion: TalkLeft and Liberal Values
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Obama Handles Clinton
Discussion: Commentary
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
McCain's First General Election Ad  —  Since Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) formally secured the Democratic nomination for president on Tuesday night, Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) has been doing everything he can to stay on offense in the general election.  —  From his scathing speech denouncing …
Discussion: Capitol Briefing
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The Campaign Spot:
Why Does the Michelle Obama Tape Rumor Match a 2006 Novel?  —  Sometimes, this rumor of this alleged tape of Michelle Obama denouncing “whitey” sounds like something out of a clichéd political thriller novel.  —  Actually, it sounds exactly like something out of a clichéd political thriller novel.
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:
Neil Degrasse Tyson / New York Times:
Vote by Numbers  —  IT appears that Hillary Clinton is going to suspend her presidential campaign this weekend, at the urging of Democratic Party leaders and superdelegates.  Before that happens, Mrs. Clinton and the superdelegates might want to know this: if the general election were held today …
Pat Toomey / Wall Street Journal:
Don Young Embodies What's Wrong With the GOP  —  Today, the Club for Growth Political Action Committee endorses Alaska Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell in his bid to unseat Republican Rep. Don Young in the state's August primary.  —  The reason for the endorsement is simple.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
William Jennings Obama?  —  McCain tells USA Today:  —  “I believe that people are interested very much in substance,” McCain said, contrasting himself with Barack Obama's charismatic style.  “If it was simply style, William Jennings Bryan would have been president.”
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Paul Alexander / Salon:
How Karl Rove played politics while people drowned  —  Hurricane Katrina posed a huge test to Bush's administration.  But instead of bailing out Louisiana, Karl Rove played Blame the Democrats.  —  On Monday, August 29, 2005, at about 6:00 a.m., Hurricane Katrina slammed into the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.
Discussion: First Draft
Robert Tuttle / Bloomberg:
Oil Rises to Record on Weakening Dollar, Morgan Stanley Outlook  —  Crude oil rose more than $9 to a record as the dollar weakened after the U.S. unemployment rate grew the most in two decades and Morgan Stanley said prices may reach $150 within a month.  —  Oil may “spike” because …
Discussion: The Agonist and TIME.com
WBBM-TV:
Obama: I'll Be In White House For Chicago Olympics  —  Chicago Is 1 Of 4 Finalists For 2016 Summer Games  —  CHICAGO (CBS) ― Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama dropped in on the Chicago 2016 Olympics rally on Friday and declared he is confident that he will be winding …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Great moments in cable TV  —  A bit of a reality gap in a story alleging that Obama was borrowing from Mario Cuomo.  Hard to tell what's going on, but the commentators don't seem to notice.
Discussion: MoJoBlog
Juan Williams / Wall Street Journal:
It's Time for Another Obama Race Speech  —  Now what?  How does Barack Obama, fresh from claiming the Democratic nomination, put Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Father Michael Pfleger behind him, before they ignite yet again and blow up his general election campaign?
 
 
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Andrew Coyne / Macleans.ca Blog Central:
Liveblogging the Maclean's Trial V: Stand and Deliver
Discussion: Jay Currie
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Nas “Black President”
Dan Gilgoff / God-o-Meter:
Exclusive: Interview with Mark DeMoss
See-Dubya / michellemalkin.com:
Cabinet minister says Israel will “attack Iran” over nuke program
Matthew Yglesias:
“How Do We Beat The Bitch?”  —  Mark Kleiman suggests …
Jay Nordlinger / The Corner:
Own Fidel!  —  An absolutely extraordinary auction is now taking place …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
American Prospect:
She Made Us Talk About Sexism
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Perils of YouTube  —  Nobody caught this the night McCain gave …
Discussion: Slog
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Lynnley Browning / New York Times:
Wealthy Americans Under Scrutiny in UBS Case
Jeannine Aversa / Associated Press:
Unemployment rate jumps to 5.5 percent in May
JTA:
Bibi reportedly eyeing Rove's services
American Prospect:
Seven Ways Hillary Clinton Changed Our Politics
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
What Clinton is telling — and hinting to — her disappointed supporters
Discussion: Political Machine
Marc Ambinder:
Did Obama Backtrack On Jerusalem?
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
The moment America became the leader of the Free World
Ronald Brownstein / National Journal Online:
The Democratic Gamble  —  IN A YEAR SO TILTED TOWARD DEMOCRATS …
Discussion: The Opinionator and MSNBC
 

 
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Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
India issues a notice to Wikipedia over bias concerns, questioning if it should be classified as a publisher, after judges called its open editing “dangerous”

 
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