memeorandum: Press Briefing by Dana Perino (White House)

3:25 AM ET, June 6, 2008

Top Items:

Clinton, Obama meet in Washington — They confer after she disavows push to make her vice president — WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton met late Thursday with Barack Obama, a day after saying she would end her quest for the Democratic nomination and endorse the Illinois senator.

Discussion: Tom Watson, The Moderate Voice, The Caucus, The Democratic Daily, Wizbang, Political Machine, American Spectator and TPM Election Central

Jordan Fabian / The Hill:

Ferraro wants Obama to pay Clinton's debt — Geraldine Ferraro has a plan for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) to recoup her sizable campaign debt: Have Sen. Barack Obama's (D-Ill.) fundraisers pick up the tab. — After a long primary season, the Clinton campaign's expenditures …

Discussion: Booman Tribune, Lawyers, Guns and Money, The Reaction and AMERICAblog

Glenn Thrush / Spin Cycle:

Most NY Reps to skip Hillary sendoff — Sorry Hillary, they've got other plans. — The vast majority of Hillary Rodham Clinton's congressional supporters in New York will be skipping her Saturday drop-out announcement in Washington - citing reasons ranging from town halls back in their districts …

Discussion: Top of the Ticket and Gateway Pundit

Hilary Leila Krieger / Jerusalem Post:

Obama clarifies united J'lem comment — Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama did not rule out Palestinian sovereignty over parts of Jerusalem when he called for Israel's capital to remain “undivided,” his campaign told The Jerusalem Post Thursday.

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs, Spectator, Israel Matzav, YID With LID, Flopping Aces, Doug Ross and Commentary

Steven Ginsberg / The Trail:

Obama Clarifies Remarks on Jerusalem — Facing criticism from Palestinians, Sen. Barack Obama acknowledged today that the status of Jerusalem will need to be negotiated in future peace talks, amending a statement earlier in the week that Jerusalem “must remain undivided.”

Discussion: Political Punch, Redstate, Hot Air, Soccer Dad, The Belmont Club and Atlas Shrugs

Gallup:

Gallup Daily: Obama Gets Slight Bounce With Clinton as VP — Slight majority of Democrats say Obama should choose Clinton — PRINCETON, NJ — A slight majority of Democrats say that Barack Obama should choose Hillary Clinton as his Democratic running mate for the fall election.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, TalkLeft and Donklephant

Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
An Early Gallup Road Map to the McCain-Obama Matchup

Discussion: Matthew Yglesias, Oliver Willis and American Power

Adam Nagourney / The Caucus:
Clinton Says V.P. Is Obama's Choice

Discussion: TIME.com, City Room, Slate, Marc Ambinder, Comments from Left Field and Lawyers, Guns and Money

Justin M. Sizemore / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
HOW OBAMA DID IT — Big states, small states, caucuses and campaign strategy

Discussion: The Plank

Kelly Moeller / Political Punch:

Obama Confronts Lieberman On McCain Advocacy, Tone, on Senate Floor — Sen. Joe Lieberman, the self-described “Independent Democrat” who caucuses with the Democratic party in the Senate even though he has endorsed Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz, got some tough talk from Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois …

Matt / Think Progress:

DeLay On Obama: ‘Unless He Proves Me Wrong, He Is A Marxist’ — On right-winger Mike Gallagher's radio show today, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX), who is currently facing charges of money laundering and conspiracy to launder money, launched a fringe attack on Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) by claiming that he is a Marxist.

Discussion: Political Punch

Andy Barr / The Hill's Blog Briefing Room:
DeLay: ‘Unless Obama Proves Me Wrong, He Is a Marxist’

Discussion: RADAMISTO

John Walcott / McClatchy Washington Bureau:

Did Iranian agents dupe Pentagon officials? — WASHINGTON — Defense Department counterintelligence investigators suspected that Iranian exiles who provided dubious intelligence on Iraq and Iran to a small group of Pentagon officials might have “been used as agents of a foreign intelligence service …

Discussion: Newshoggers.com, RADAMISTO and Seeing the Forest

Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard Blog:
Jay Rockefeller's Amnesia; White House Weakness

Discussion: Attackerman

Scott Shane / New York Times:
Senate Panel Accuses Bush of Iraq Exaggerations

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, PERRspectives Blog, Hot Air, Reuters, Talking Points Memo, McClatchy Washington Bureau, Gateway Pundit, TPMMuckraker, Macsmind, RADAMISTO, The Crypt's Blogs, The Gavel, Liberal Values and The Poor Man Institute

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:

Obama denies a rumor and questions the question — Sen. Barack Obama on Thursday batted down rumors circulating on the Internet and mentioned on some cable news shows of the existence of a video of his wife using a derogatory term for white people, and criticized a reporter for asking him about the rumor …

Discussion: Gateway Pundit, Hot Air, NO QUARTER and The Mahatma X Files

David Weigel / Reason Magazine:
Everything's Gonna Be All White

Discussion: protein wisdom, American Spectator, Rezko Watch and RADAMISTO

Noah Shachtman / Danger Room:

Air Force Chief, Secretary Resign (Updated Yet Again) — The Air Force's top civilian and uniformed leaders are being booted out of the Pentagon. Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael “Buzz” Moseley has resigned. Secretary Michael W. Wynne is next. — The move, initially reported by Inside Defense …

Discussion: democracyarsenal.org, Argghhh!, The Swamp and Outside The Beltway

Robert Burns / Associated Press:
Gates ousts Air Force leaders in historic shake-up

Discussion: Little Green Footballs, Truthdig and Argghhh!

Thom Shanker / New York Times:
2 Top Leaders of Air Force Pushed Out After Inquiry

Discussion: The Swamp, Lawyers, Guns and Money, Soccer Dad, The Crypt's Blogs, Matthew Yglesias and Crooks and Liars

White House:

Press Briefing by Dana Perino — MS. PERINO: Good morning — afternoon. One quick announcement. President Bush wanted to thank Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of Veterans Affairs James Peake today for participating in a groundbreaking of the National Intrepid Center of Excellence.

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, First Draft and Daily Kos

Satyam / Think Progress:
Iraq Report Undermines Bush's Claim That He Is A ‘Credible’ …

Discussion: U.S. Senate Select Committee …

Staten Island Advance:

Son of GOP nominee throws hat into ring for Staten Island's seat — It could be father versus son in the race for Staten Island's seat in the House of Representatives. — An already topsy-turvy political year grew even more so today when Francis M. Powers, the son of GOP designee Francis H. Powers …

Discussion: Daily Kos, The Crypt's Blogs, The Hill's Blog Briefing Room, The Daily Gotham, Spin Cycle, Swing State Project and TPM Election Central

Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:

Stay classy, Kos: Markos goes after McCain's ... teeth — Bookmark this post, and recall it every single time a progressive blogger accuses us of “distractions” and irrelevancies when it comes to criticizing Barack Obama. Today, Markos gives his readers a substantive reason to vote against John McCain — his yellowed teeth:

Discussion: NewsBusters.org, Sister Toldjah, Redstate, JammieWearingFool and Daily Kos

Kos / Daily Kos:
McCain's teeth — Hunter already mocked John McCain's website today …

Discussion: Macsmind, The Hill's Blog Briefing Room, The Huffington Post and Little Green Footballs

Mark Halperin / TIME.com:

HALPERIN'S TAKE: What John McCain Underestimates — 1. The astonishing enthusiasm that Obama inspires in his supporters — and how much it contrasts with the respect, but not passion, McCain enjoys from his own backers. (And the size of Obama's crowds...)

Discussion: TownHall Blog, Hot Air and The American Mind

Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:

Obama And Dean Team Up To Recast The Political Map — Sixteen months after he launched his campaign for the White House, Sen. Barack Obama may, just now, be entering his campaign's most perilous stage. Facing a rift of sorts within the Democratic Party and concerns over the scope of his political base …

Discussion: protein wisdom, THE GUN TOTING LIBERAL™, Associated Press, Hot Air, TPM Election Central, Cliff Schecter, The Swamp, The Hill's Blog Briefing Room, Ben Smith's Blogs, The Caucus, Outside The Beltway, Washington Monthly and MyDD

Marc Ambinder:

Questions About The Secret Meeting — Now, With Answers — There was a meeting. It was not at Hillary Clinton's house. (I'm betting it was at Jim Johnson's Georgetown condo.) Staff worked out the schedules. Obama wanted to talk about bringing the party together. — 1. Who asked for the meeting?

Discussion: Taylor Marsh