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10:10 AM ET, June 1, 2012

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Bill Clinton / CNN:

TRENDING: Bill Clinton, predicting Obama win, calls Romney's business career ‘sterling’ — (CNN) - Former President Bill Clinton, a stalwart backer of President Barack Obama who's already helped the incumbent Democrat raise funds for his re-election bid, said Thursday that Mitt Romney had a …

Discussion: msnbc.com, Politico, GOP 12, The Hill, The Lonely Conservative, Towleroad News #gay, National Review, hogewash, Indecision Forever and Booman Tribune

BuzzFeed:

Mitt Romney Wins Over The Right By Confronting Obama — Behind his confrontational strategy: A bet that the base cares more about grit than policy, and doesn't want him to apologize for Donald Trump. “This is right out of Breitbart's playbook,” says Thor. — Romey, in front of Solyndra Thursday.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, GOP 12 and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog

John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:

WHEN ROMNEY FIGHTS BACK, POLITICO DECLARES THE DAY ‘NASTY’ — Reid J. Epstein, Maggie Haberman and Glenn Thrush of Politico decided that today, of all days, was “2012's nastiest day,” because after being heckled Occupy-style by Obama-organized protesters last week, Romney fought fire with fire today:

Discussion: Politico, americanthinker.com, ABCNEWS and PoliPundit.com

CNN:
Romney campaign out with third ‘Day One’ TV ad

Discussion: Politico, The Caucus, The Moderate Voice and The PJ Tatler

Byron Tau / Politico:
Bill Clinton: Mitt Romney's business record ‘sterling’

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, msnbc.com, ABCNEWS and Washington Post

Washington Examiner:
Combative Romney team hits Obama coast-to-coast

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Power Line, Washington Free Beacon, Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit, The Lonely Conservative, Daily Kos and Weasel Zippers

Jeff Cox / CNBC:

US Creates 69,000 New Jobs, Unemployment Rate 8.2% — The American jobs engine hit stall speed in May, with the economy adding just 69,000 new jobs while the unemployment rate climbed to 8.2 percent. — As another summertime swoon looms, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Hot Air and americanthinker.com

Timothy R. Homan / Bloomberg:

Employment In U.S. Increased 69,000 In May — American employers in May added the smallest number of workers in a year and the unemployment rate unexpectedly increased as job-seekers re-entered the workforce, further evidence that the labor-market recovery is stalling.

Discussion: Reuters, Instapundit and The Page

Associated Press:

US economy added 69K jobs in May, fewest in a year — US economy added 69,000 jobs in May, fewest in a year; unemployment rate rose to 8.2 percent — WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy suddenly looks a lot weaker. — U.S. employers created only 69,000 jobs in May, the fewest in a year, and the unemployment rate ticked up.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, GOP 12, Scared Monkeys and The Lonely Conservative

Shaila Dewan / New York Times:

U.S. Added 69,000 Jobs in May; Jobless Rate at 8.2% — The United States economy gained a net 69,000 jobs in May, the Labor Department said Friday, a dismal showing that reflected mounting fears of a global slowdown. The unemployment rate rose to 8.2 percent from 8.1 percent in April.

Discussion: Power Line, Economix, The Caucus and Taylor Marsh

David E. Sanger / New York Times:

Obama Order Sped Up Wave of Cyberattacks Against Iran — WASHINGTON — From his first months in office, President Obama secretly ordered increasingly sophisticated attacks on the computer systems that run Iran's main nuclear enrichment facilities, significantly expanding America's …

Discussion: ABCNEWS, New York Magazine, The Caucus, emptywheel, Guardian, Israel Matzav, The Raw Story, Pirate's Cove, Lawfare, The Volokh Conspiracy and Balloon Juice

Monica Davey / New York Times:

Recall Election Could Foretell November Vote — WAUKESHA, Wis. — If this was ever an election just about Wisconsin, it is far more than that now. — With more than $30 million raised from conservative donors, many of them from other states, and visits from a who's who of high-profile Republican governors …

Discussion: The Page and FOX6Now.com

Washington Examiner:
York: On wrong side of issues, Obama avoids Wisc.

Discussion: Shot in the Dark and hogewash

Patrick Marley / JSOnline:
Barrett focuses on probe of Walker aides in final recall debate

Discussion: Ballot Box, Hotline On Call, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*, naked capitalism, Center for Media and Democracy and Weekly Standard

Kevin Bogardus / Ballot Box:
Public sector union head says Dems could do more for Wisconsin recall

Discussion: Politico, CNN, Washington Post, Washington Free Beacon and The Hill

Brian McGrory / The Boston Globe:

Warren: 'I won't deny who I am' — Elizabeth Warren, outside her childhood home in Norman, Okla., last year. She said her parents had to elope because her father's family disapproved of her mother's Native American ancestry. — She has given clumsy answers, evaded questions …

Discussion: Weekly Standard, Politico, The Hill, Ballot Box, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Boston Globe

Hillary Chabot / Boston Herald:
Cherokees to protest Warren at convention

Discussion: MFS - The Other News and Weekly Standard

Ryan J. Reilly / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:

TPMMuckraker — Justice Department Demands Florida Stop Purging Voter Rolls — The Justice Department sent a letter to Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner Thursday evening demanding the state cease purging its voting rolls because the process it is using has not been cleared under the Voting Rights Act, TPM has learned.

Discussion: Firedoglake, ThinkProgress, theGrio and Talking Points Memo

Joseph Williams / Politico: DOJ eyes Florida voter roll purge of non-U.S. citizens

Mark Landler / New York Times:

Wisecracks in White House As Bush Portrait Is Unveiled — WASHINGTON — When former President George W. Bush returned to the White House on Thursday to unveil his official portrait, he brought along his wife, Laura; his parents, George and Barbara; daughters, Jenna and Barbara …

Discussion: AMERICAN DIGEST, Outside the Beltway, The Reaction, Sense of Events and Shakesville

Hans Nichols / Bloomberg:
Obama Tells Donors Health-Care Fight May Loom After Court Rules

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Campaign 2012, Washington Post and National Review

Mike Riggs / Hit & Run:
White House Visitor Logs Show Barack Obama Has Spent More Time With George Clooney Than DEA Chief Michele Leonhart

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

Washington Post:

John Edwards should not be retried — THE ACQUITTAL Thursday of former North Carolina senator and Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards on one count of accepting illegal campaign contributions, and the jurors' inability to reach a unanimous verdict on five other counts …

Discussion: Daily Kos, Booman Tribune and Gawker

New York Times:
For Edwards, Mistrial on 5 of 6 Counts

Discussion: NPR, The Atlantic Online, americanthinker.com, CNN, Politico, The Caucus, msnbc.com, Althouse and Guardian

Alex Alvarez / Mediaite:

CNN's Ashleigh Banfield: Pedophilia, Incest Often ‘Not By Choice,’ But Being Gay Is ‘A Lifestyle Choice’ — On Thursday morning, Early Start co-anchor Ashleigh Banfield felt compelled to weigh in on a story involving New Hope Baptist Church's Pastor Curtis Knapp, who made headlines for saying …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Towleroad News #gay, LGBTQ Nation and Advocate

Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:

House members slam Obama on closing Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site — Republicans and Democrats in the House slammed the Obama administration's plan to close the nuclear waste disposal site at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, as both praised a bill that would keep that site open …

Discussion: The Heritage Foundation

WHBF-TV:

Controversial family book in Erie schools — A book aimed at preventing bullying at Erie Elementary is creating a lot of controversy. — Some parents are all riled up about what it's telling kids is acceptable. — Parents in Erie, Illinois said “The Family Book” has got to go.

Discussion: ThinkProgress

CBS News:

Romney gives Obama an “F” across the board — PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO — (CBS News) In an interview with CBS News political correspondent Jan Crawford, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said he would give President Obama an “F” in every area, including foreign policy.

Discussion: Politico, Ballot Box and New York Magazine

Brian Z. Tamanaha / New York Times:

How to Make Law School Affordable — THE economics of legal education are broken. The problem is that the cost of a law degree is now vastly out of proportion to the economic opportunities obtained by the majority of graduates. The average debt of law graduates tops $100,000 …

kff.org:

Kaiser Health Tracking Poll — May 2012 — The May Health Tracking Poll focuses on the public's perceptions and reactions to women's reproductive health reemerging as a heated issue in policy debates and news and its potential impact on the upcoming presidential election.

Discussion: americanthinker.com, Washington Post, The Daily Caller and Weasel Zippers

Peter Morici / Fox News:

What to expect from Friday's jobs report — Friday, forecasters expect the Labor Department to report the economy added 150,000 jobs in May—better than the 115,000 in April but well below the 229,000 monthly pace for the first quarter. Economic growth and jobs creation are slowing …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Campaign 2012