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3:25 PM ET, June 7, 2008

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CNN:
Clinton endorses Obama for president  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. Hillary Clinton said Saturday “we need to do all we can” to help elect Sen. Barack Obama the next president of the United States.  —  Her endorsement was met with a scattering of boos and thumbs downs from the large crowd at the National Building Museum in Washington.
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Jodi Kantor / New York Times:
Clinton Bloc Becomes the Prize for Election Day  —  Now that a would-be first female president is ending her quest for the White House, the race is more about women than ever before.  —  With Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's ending her campaign for the Democratic nomination …
New York Times:
Ending Her Bid, Clinton Backs Obama  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton formally threw her support behind Senator Barack Obama on Saturday, clearing the way for Mr. Obama to head into the general election with a plan to challenge Senator John McCain in typically Republicans states.
Discussion: marbury
New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Endorses Barack Obama  —  Following is a transcript of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's speech in Washington, in which she suspended her campaign and endorsed Senator Barack Obama, as provided by CQ Transcriptions:  —  Thank you very, very much.
Discussion: FP Passport
Washington Post:
Clinton to Publicly Withdraw, Support Obama  —  After a tumultuous 17-month journey, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) will formally withdraw as a presidential candidate today, publicly declaring her support for Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) for the first time since he secured the Democratic nomination.
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
With Legacy and Future in Mind, Clinton Ends Run  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton today offered a full-throated endorsement of Barack Obama's presidential campaign in a speech that mixed the historic nature of the protracted Democratic nomination fight with intimate personal reflections …
Discussion: Power Line
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
Party Unity Begins: Hillary Clinton Suspends Campaign, Endorses Barack Obama  —  After a long, grueling primary season, Senator Hillary Clinton called for party unity and vowed to support Senator Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee.
Discussion: Firedoglake and Taylor Marsh
John F. Harris / The Politico:   For Clintons, an old dream finally fades
NY Daily News:
Last dance for Hillary  —  Hillary Clinton will wave goodbye …
Discussion: TMZ.com
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Prolonged battle gave Obama's opponents much time to prepare
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Video: Hannity on the Obama-Khalidi connection  —  We have written on the network of radicals attached to Barack Obama's political and public career, and perhaps none carry the impact of Rashid Khalidi.  Barack Obama tried to shrug off Khalidi as a person he “knew” from Khalidi's days …
Discussion: Stop The ACLU and Flopping Aces
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
David Broder: Embodiment of Beltway values  —  David Broder, Washington Post chat, yesterday: … David Broder, Washington Post chat, September 15, 2006: … No matter how many times one sees it, it will never cease to amaze that the exact same media mavens who righteously strutted around demanding …
Ogged / Unfogged:
Not Just Chris Matthews, Either  —  Not watching cable news, and not reading any feminist blogs regularly, my appreciation of the misogyny Hillary Clinton faced was mostly abstract and I was a little surprised at the intensity of the anger some women were expressing over her treatment.
Alexandra Twin / CNNMoney.com:
Dark day on Wall Street  —  The Dow's 395-point drubbing is its biggest one-day point loss in 15 months, after crude prices' largest one-day advance ever and a poor jobs report.  —  NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Stocks tanked Friday, with the Dow industrials shedding 395 points …
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Jeannine Aversa / Associated Press:   Biggest jobless jump since '86 _ Wall Street sinks
Washington Post:
Record Oil Spike, High Jobless Rate Sink Stock Market
Brian Blackstone / Wall Street Journal:
Unemployment Rate Jumps to 5.5% As Economy Continues to Shed Jobs
Discussion: Wonkette
Frederick W. Kagan / Weekly Standard:
Voting for Commander in Chief  —  There can only be one.  —  It would be hard to design a better test for the job of commander in chief than the real-life test senators John McCain and Barack Obama have undergone in the last two years.  As the situation in Iraq deteriorated during 2006 …
Discussion: Fausta's blog
Wonk Room:
McCain Adviser Holtz-Eakin Ludicrously Asserts Obama Would Be A Third Bush Term  —  Our guest bloggers are Center for American Progress Action Fund fellows James Kvaal and Robert Gordon.  —  Apparently the McCain campaign is feeling the sting of comparisons to George Bush.
ESPN:
Jim McKay, Olympics and ABC announcer, dies at age 86  —  Jim McKay, 86, a longtime television sports journalist, has died of natural causes in Maryland, according to a statement from the McKay family.  —  McKay is best known for hosting “ABC's Wide World of Sports” and 12 Olympic Games.
 
 
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Reuters:
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