memeorandum: Weinergate: Barbara Walters Loses Reporter Cred - UPDATE (Elizabeth Scalia/The Anchoress)

9:00 AM ET, June 7, 2011

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Chris Cuomo / ABCNEWS:

Rep. Anthony Weiner: ‘The Picture Was of Me and I Sent It’ — Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York said today he has engaged in “several inappropriate” electronic relationships with six women over three years, and that he publicly lied about a photo of himself sent over Twitter to a college student in Seattle over a week ago.

Meagan Broussard / Big Government:

My Story — My name is Meagan Broussard. I am 26 years old. I served in the U.S. Army, and I am a full-time college student and a single mom. — I admired Rep. Anthony Weiner because I had seen a video of him standing up for the 9/11 responders. It was a rant, but he came across …

Discussion: The Daily Beast, The Gateway Pundit, Salon, National Review, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Weasel Zippers, Runnin' Scared, Maggie's Notebook, Atlas Shrugs and Verum Serum, more at Mediagazer »

Andrew Breitbart / Big Government:

Déjà Vu: Another Congressman Bares Naked Torso (and More) for Online Pal — BigGovernment.com and BigJournalism.com have reported throughout the morning about the emergence of new details in the Weinergate saga, after a young woman came forward with new information that tends …

Danb / RADAR:

Weiner Sexting Partner Reveals Her Identity, Says: ‘He Called Me On Congress Phone!’ — The woman who carried on a nine-month sexting relationship with Rep. Anthony Weiner is a 40-year-old Las Vegas blackjack dealer named Lisa Weiss. — Following a bombshell joint investigation …

Discussion: City Room, The Daily Beast, Weasel Zippers, Gawker and Pajamas Media

New York Post:

Erections have consequences — Let us declare with certitude the obvious: Rep. Anthony Weiner has disgraced his office, and himself, and he needs to quit. — Never mind that he went before the TV cameras yesterday, cried on cue and assumed “responsibility” for a litany of offenses to common decency …

Discussion: New York Times and TechCrunch

Elizabeth Scalia / The Anchoress:

Weinergate: Barbara Walters Loses Reporter Cred - UPDATE — I know, I know; I am the only blogger in the world, it seems, who is not writing about Anthony Weiner. Mea Culpa — Mondays are my busiest day, and today I didn't even get to go to Adoration, so you know it was just unmanageably busy.

Discussion: Washington Post and Wizbang

John Bresnahan / The Politico:

Nancy Pelosi calls for Anthony Weiner ethics inquiry — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Steve Israel, the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, are calling for an investigation into Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) over the series of sexually explicit conservations …

Discussion: Washington Times, The Lonely Conservative, Pirate's Cove, Mediaite, Fox News, The Gateway Pundit, Fox Nation, Towleroad News #gay, Gawker and New York Magazine

The Huffington Post:

Anthony Weiner's Survival Chances Deemed Slim By Insiders, Experts … WASHINGTON — It was only fitting that the circus surrounding Rep. Anthony Weiner's admission on Monday that he had, in fact, sent lewd messages to random females over Twitter ended with a lewd question referencing a wiener.

Discussion: Daily Kos, Hot Air, The Daily Caller and CBS News

The Atlantic Online:
Anthony Weiner Admits to Sending Racy Photos: Should We Really Ignore It?

Discussion: Outside the Beltway and A plain blog about politics

Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Creepy must-see flashback: Weiner lies shamelessly to ABC about what happened

Discussion: Slate Magazine, National Review, Pajamas Media and Wizbang

Danb / RADAR:
Weiner Used Jewish Sexual Stereotype To Facebook Sexting Partner

Discussion: Mediaite, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, The Other McCain, Patterico's Pontifications and National Review

Dylan Howard / RADAR:
Weinergate Grows: Another Woman Provides Sex Messages From His Account

The Politico:
Can Anthony Weiner survive?

Discussion: The Caucus and Outside the Beltway

Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Weiner Admits He Sent Lewd Photos; Seeks Not to Resign

Discussion: New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Caucus, The Politico, Daily Kos, Connecting.the.Dots and American Power

Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Anthony Weiner admits tweet, will not resign

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Hit & Run, ThinkProgress, Yahoo! News, CNN, UrbanGrounds, AMERICAblog News, Washington Post, Shakesville, Outside the Beltway, Hot Air, Modeled Behavior, The Democratic Daily, Wake up America, Indecision Forever, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog and New York Magazine

CBS New York:
Weiner Admits Tweeting Lewd Photo & Having Multiple ‘Inappropriate’ Online Relationships

Discussion: Pajamas Media, RealClearPolitics Video Log and CNN

The Note:
Weiner Flashback: “I Was the Victim of This”

Discussion: Althouse, Pajamas Media and POWIP

City Room:
Weiner Says He Sent Photos and Lied, but Won't Resign

Discussion: AlterNet, Moonbattery, Washington Post, Balloon Juice, Wake up America, Runnin' Scared and No More Mister Nice Blog

Carolyn Hax / Washington Post:
‘The picture was of me, and I sent it’

Discussion: Big Government, The BLT, Truthdig, alicublog and Runnin' Scared

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Can Weiner keep his seat?

Discussion: Runnin' Scared

Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:

ABC News Poll: Romney Even Against Obama In Match-Up — An announcement bump for Mitt Romney and a bus-tour boost for Sarah Palin put the pair atop the field for the Republican presidential nomination. But while their primary standings are similar, their broader prospects for election look vastly different.

Discussion: The Politico, M.JOSEPH SHEPPARD'S …, National Review, Conservatives4Palin, JammieWearingFool and FrumForum

Dan Balz / Washington Post:

Obama loses bin Laden bounce; Romney on the move among GOP contenders — The public opinion boost President Obama received after the killing of Osama bin Laden has dissipated, and Americans' disapproval of how he is handling the nation's economy and the deficit has reached new highs, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Discussion: USA Today, Top of the Ticket, Hot Air, Taegan Goddard's …, CNN and DownWithTyranny!

David Frum / CNN:
Don't doom GOP's chance to win in 2012

Discussion: NewsBusters.org and The New Republic

William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:

Charles Johnson: I Won't Apologize to Breitbart — Earlier today I noted that numerous people owed Andrew Breitbart an apology. — Among those people was Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs who accused Andrew Bretibart of “smearing” Weiner with “phony” accuastions.

Discussion: Little Green Footballs, Nice Deb, Weasel Zippers, Datechguy's Blog and Daily Kos

The Politico:

Andrew Breitbart's day of vindication — ‘Breitbart is a regular whipping boy. We can accuse him of anything,’ Breitbart said of himself. AP Photo — In Andrew Breitbart's up-and-down career as a conservative agitator, it doesn't get any better than this.

Discussion: YID With LID, Pirate's Cove, JammieWearingFool, CANNONFIRE, New York Times and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Andrew Breitbart takes over Anthony Weiner news conference

Discussion: Althouse, Breitbart.tv, The Raw Story, Founding Bloggers, FrumForum and Shakesville

Joel J. Miller / National Review:

What Sarah Palin Got Wrong — And We Did, Too — Before we all ride the Palin-Revere fiasco utterly into the ground, it's worth noting what she really got wrong, and what the rest of us did as well. — Sarah Palin said that Paul Revere “warned the British that they weren't gonna be taking away our arms …

Discussion: AmSpecBlog, Ben Smith's Blog and GOP 12

Sheila Marikar / ABCNEWS:
Historians: Palin Made an ‘Obvious Blooper’

Discussion: Mudville Gazette, Oliver Willis, Weigel, Guardian, Wonkette, Little Green Footballs, ThinkProgress, The Huffington Post, Outside the Beltway and Washington Post

Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:

Louisiana Republican Aims To Overturn Roe v. Wade … The Louisiana state legislature is considering a bill that would make performing an abortion a criminal offense, including in cases of rape and incest, and that would force a woman to pay out of pocket for an abortion that is necessary to save her life.

Discussion: FrumForum

Cheryl Wetzstein / Washington Times: Pro-choice forces seek to prevent referendum

Russ Britt / MarketWatch:

Firms to cut health plans as reform starts: survey — 30% of companies say they'll stop offering coverage — Front Page - News Viewer - Commentary - Markets - Investing - Personal Finance - Community - Games — LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Once provisions of the Affordable Care Act start …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Weasel Zippers, Babalú Blog and Don Surber

The Hill:

For Obama, problem's not just the economy — Grave national-security and foreign-policy issues are crowding President Obama's agenda as he struggles to repair the nation's economy. — With the 2012 election looming, Obama is juggling a decision on how many troops to withdraw from Afghanistan …

Discussion: The Politico

Jackie Calmes / The Caucus:

Goolsbee Leaving as Top Economic Adviser — Austan Goolsbee, a longtime adviser to President Obama and the only economist left on his core economic team, plans to leave as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers by September after a year in the job to return to the University of Chicago.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, The Politico, Firedoglake, Economist's View and The Lonely Conservative

The Hill:

GOP may push for two-year budget as price of debt deal — Republican leaders are considering asking the White House to back a significant reform of the federal budget process in exchange for raising the nation's debt ceiling. — The GOP wish list for hiking the debt ceiling will be long …

Discussion: FrumForum

Josiah Ryan / The Hill:

Verrilli confirmed as next solicitor general — The Senate on Monday evening confirmed Donald Verrilli to succeed Elena Kagan as the nation's next solicitor general. — The vote was 72-16. — Verrilli, who was nominated by President Obama in January, was recommended by the Senate Judiciary Committee 17-1 on May 12.

Discussion: Booman Tribune