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11:50 AM ET, June 9, 2008

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Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
‘Bush Lied’?  If Only It Were That Simple.  —  Search the Internet for “Bush Lied” products, and you will find sites that offer more than a thousand designs.  The basic “Bush Lied, People Died” bumper sticker is only the beginning.  —  Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.) …
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New York Sun:
The Senate's Intelligence  —  “Our evidence suggests that Baghdad …
Discussion: Weekly Standard Blog
Thomas B. Edsall / The Huffington Post:
GOP Insiders Worry About McCain's Chances  —  For four months John McCain had a clear field while Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were at each other's throats.  Given the opportunity, the Arizona Senator failed to define the debate in favorable terms, spending much of the valuable primary …
Peter Wallsten / Los Angeles Times:
John McCain's Ohio disconnect  —  Republican Party machinery in the state helped get President Bush into office, but it's not firing yet on McCain's behalf.  —  CINCINNATI — As the architect of Ohio's ballot measure against gay marriage, Phil Burress helped draw thousands of conservative voters …
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
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Mark Niquette / The Columbus Dispatch:
Clinton's supporters still wary of Obama
Discussion: TIME.com
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
It's a Different Country  —  Fervent supporters of Barack Obama like to say that putting him in the White House would transform America.  With all due respect to the candidate, that gets it backward.  Mr. Obama is an impressive speaker who has run a brilliant campaign — but if he wins in November …
Discussion: Lean Left and Ta-Nehisi Coates
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Amateur Campaign Blogger Scoops the Pros  —  Mayhill Fowler says she never planned to ask Bill Clinton the question that unleashed a decidedly unpresidential tirade.  —  But in the crush of the crowd in South Dakota last Monday, when she raised the topic of “that hatchet job” on him in Vanity Fair …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and New York Times
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
McCain's Web site talks about the anti-Christ being ‘a Jew,’ Hillary being a ‘bitch,’ Obama being a ‘Muslim fag,’ and America bringing 9/11 on itself  —  · Digg It!  ·  —  UPDATE: Jed finds more on other McCain sites, including a reference to Obama as a n*gger.
Discussion: Think Progress
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Speaking of candidate sites...
Discussion: The Jed Report
William Kristol / New York Times:
A Campaign We Can Believe In?  —  Hillary Clinton's concession speech Saturday was the story of the weekend.  But the dueling speeches by John McCain and Barack Obama on Tuesday night, after the last primaries, are what voters — and campaign operatives — should be revisiting.
Bruce Bartlett / The New Republic:
Mr. Right?  —  The rise of the Obamacons.  —  The New Yorker is hardly the optimal vehicle for reaching the conservative intelligentsia.  But, last year, Barack Obama cooperated with a profile for that magazine where he seemed to be speaking directly to the right.
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Citing History, Bush Suggests His Policies Will One Day Be Vindicated  —  Meet George W. Bush, time traveler.  —  He's in Poland in 1939 as Nazi tanks advance on Warsaw, then flying with his Navy-pilot father to battle imperial Japan.  He's alongside Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War …
Ari Melber / The Nation:
White Male Pundit Power  —  It's still all about the white men.  Hillary Clinton's loss has renewed critiques that American political media is slanted, sexist and dominated by men.  While Clinton and Obama broke barriers in the Democratic primary, swiftly dispatching white male Senators …
Newsweek:
His Jewish ‘Problem’: A Myth?  —  Charles Ommanney / Getty Images for Newsweek  —  The candidate sought to reassure the crowd at AIPAC last week  —  Barack Obama received a standing ovation when he proclaimed his unwavering support for Israel to the influential lobbying group AIPAC last week.
Josh Gerstein / New York Sun:
Top Talent Scout for Obama Tied to Subprime Lender  —  Could Become a Political Liability  —  Long-standing ties between a member of Senator Obama's new vice presidential search team and a prominent mortgage executive the senator has pilloried could become a political liability that hampers …
Robert Novak / Real Clear Politics:
McCain's Evangelical Problem  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Shortcomings by John McCain's campaign in the art of politics are alienating two organizations of Christian conservatives.  James Dobson's Focus on the Family is estranged following the failure of Dobson and McCain to talk out their differences.
White House:
President Bush Departs for Europe  —  THE PRESIDENT: Good morning.  I'm just about to leave for Europe.  I'm looking forward to my trip.  I'm looking forward to meeting with our friends and allies.  We've got strong relations in Europe, and this trip will help solidify those relations.
Discussion: Washington Wire and Brendan Nyhan
 
 
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Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
McCain plays media critic — and then forgets what he said
Scott Glover / Los Angeles Times:
Upcoming trial will see hours of hard-core fetish pornography
Sasha Issenberg / Boston Globe:
La. governor stirs GOP imaginations
Discussion: TIME.com
Matthew Yglesias:
Except for Disagreements, They Agree
John Keilman / Chicago Tribune:
Rev. Michael Pfleger is set to return June 16 after mocking …
Stuart Rothenberg / Real Clear Politics:
How Different Will the 2008 White House Map Look From '04 and '00?
Megan McArdle:
What do you do with your old iPhone?
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Senate Votes To Privatize Its Failing Restaurants
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newsminer.com • Fairbanks, Alaska:
Poll: Begich has edge on Stevens
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Marijuana Hotbed Retreats on Medicinal Use
Discussion: Newshoggers.com and Althouse
Albert R. Hunt / Bloomberg:
Clinton's Loss Driven by Strategy, Not Sexism: Albert R. Hunt
Discussion: TalkLeft
Ben Adler / The Politico:
Will Clinton take the blame if Obama falls?
Daniel Gross / Newsweek:
Why It's Worse Than You Think  —  For months, economic Pollyannas …
Discussion: Pam's House Blend
Nitya / Political Radar:
Laura Bush Praises Clinton, Offers Advice to Michelle Obama
Discussion: TIME.com and marbury
Mark Macaskill / Times of London:
Parents of ill vegan girl may face police
Jed / The Jed Report:
Brutal  —  This anti-McCain video, put together in February …
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

 
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