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12:55 PM ET, June 7, 2012

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George W. Bush / CNN:

CNN Poll: George W. Bush only living ex-president under 50% — Washington (CNN) - More than three years after leaving office, former President George W. Bush remains unpopular with the public, according to a new national poll. — A CNN/ORC International poll also indicates that two-thirds …

Discussion: NY Daily News, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, New York Magazine, Althouse and Towleroad News #gay

Alexander Burns / Politico:

Boom: Romney, RNC beat Obama's May fundraising — Mitt Romney's presidential campaign and the Republican National Committee raised a combined $76.8 million in May, outdistancing President Obama and the Democratic National Committee by a wide margin. — The RNC announced on Twitter: “The RNC and @MittRomney raised $76.8M in May.”

Discussion: Daily Kos, Washington Free Beacon and BuzzFeed

Politico:

Clinton aides: Bill screwed up — Bill Clinton's off-message musings in recent days on Mitt Romney, taxes and the state of the economy prompted a series of urgent and agitated calls between senior aides to both Clinton and President Barack Obama. — In the past, these kinds of complaints …

Discussion: Hot Air, ABCNEWS, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, The Daily Caller, New York Magazine, Jammie Wearing Fools and CNN

Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:

Breaking: Romney/RNC outraises Obama/DNC by nearly $17 million in May — First, the good news for the Obama campaign — they improved on a relatively poor showing in April's fundraising numbers. Earlier today, Team O and the DNC announced that they had jointly raised $60 million in May, up from the previous month's $43.6 million:

Discussion: Associated Press, The Gateway Pundit, The Ulsterman Report and Wall Street Journal

Benjy Sarlin / Livewire:
Romney/RNC Outraise Obama/DNC With Huge $76.8 Million Haul

Discussion: Power Line, Talking Points Memo and The PJ Tatler

Tim Mak / Politico:
Jeb Bush: President Obama ought to give George W. Bush a hat tip

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Tim Mak / Politico:
George W. Bush least popular living ex-president, poll shows

Discussion: Outside the Beltway

CNN:
Romney's campaign announces $77 million raised in May

Discussion: The Hill and Outside the Beltway

Quinnipiac University:
Romney Trails Obama By 5 Points In Virginia, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Gay Marriage …

Discussion: GOP 12 and Ballot Box

CNN:
Major GOP donor ready to give big donation to pro-Romney super PAC

Discussion: Ballot Box, GOP 12 and Washington Post

Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:

Obama is killing the Democratic Party — President Obama, I have frequently argued, has been fabulous for the conservative movement. He spurred the creation of the tea party. He helped the GOP win the House majority in 2010 and make big gains in the Senate.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, americanthinker.com, Ricochet Conversations Feed, American Prospect, The Enterprise Blog and Campaign Stops

Stanley Kurtz / National Review:

Obama's Third-Party History — On the evening of January 11, 1996, while Mitt Romney was in the final years of his run as the head of Bain Capital, Barack Obama formally joined the New Party, which was deeply hostile to the mainstream of the Democratic party and even to American capitalism.

Discussion: protein wisdom, Power Line, Moonbattery, Pundit & Pundette, Weasel Zippers, The Daley Gator, The PJ Tatler and The Caucus

Jesse Helfrich / The Hill:

Obama frets after ‘terrifying’ recall vote — President Obama will need to double down on his efforts to keep Wisconsin safely in his column after Gov. Scott Walker's (R) resounding victory in Tuesday's recall election. — Every Democratic presidential candidate since Walter Mondale in 1984 …

First Read / msnbc.com:
Obama on defensive

Discussion: Boston Globe and New York Times

Michael Barbaro / New York Times:

The Candidate Next Door — ON Dunemere Drive, it seems as if just about everyone has a gripe against the owners of No. 311. — The elderly woman next door complains that her car is constantly boxed into her driveway. A few houses over, a gay couple grumbles that their beloved ocean views are in jeopardy.

Discussion: The Caucus, msnbc.com, Hit & Run, GOP 12, The Daily Caller, New York Magazine, TheBlaze.com, TBogg, Prairie Weather, The Rightnewz, The Daily Dish and Gawker, more at Mediagazer »

Frances Martel / Mediaite:
Lawrence O'Donnell Breaks New Mitt Romney Scandal: He Maybe Had A Police Uniform?

Discussion: The Hope For America

Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:
NYT: Mitt Romney Still Bullying Gays... With His House

Discussion: GayPatriot, Capital New York and Ricochet Conversations Feed

BuzzFeed:

Did President Obama Just Make A Blowjob Joke? — So says the pool report from his gay and lesbian fundraiser at L.A.'s Beverly Wilshire tonight. Incredibly awkward. — Obama speaks during a campaign event at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills tonight. — (Getty Images / JEWEL SAMAD)

Discussion: JustOneMinute, Business Insider, Guardian, Althouse, Indecision Forever, The Sundries Shack, iOwnTheWorld.com, americanthinker.com, Betsy's Page and Riehl World View

Los Angeles Times:
President Obama gets enthusiastic welcome at L.A. gay event

Discussion: Jammie Wearing Fools, Politico, NewsBusters.org blogs, Mediaite, Business Insider and GayPatriot

The Caucus:

New Poll: The Supreme Court and the Health Care Law — More than two-thirds of Americans hope the Supreme Court will overturn some or all of the 2010 health care law, according to a new poll conducted by The New York Times and CBS News. Just 24 percent said they hoped the court “would keep the entire health care law in place.”

Discussion: Associated Press, ABCNEWS, Ezra Klein, The Moderate Voice, Wake up America, Taegan Goddard's …, Connecting.the.Dots, Guardian and The Volokh Conspiracy

Jonathan Allen / Politico:
How SCOTUS could help Congress save billions

Discussion: Vodkapundit

Paul Krugman:

Estonian Rhapsody — Since Estonia has suddenly become the poster child for austerity defenders — they're on the euro and they're booming! — I thought it might be useful to have a picture of what we're talking about. Here's real GDP, from Eurostat: — So, a terrible — Depression-level …

Discussion: International Liberty, Hit & Run, Weasel Zippers, Questions and Observations, Politicker, FP Passport, New York Magazine, Washington Free Beacon, Hot Air, NewsBusters.org blogs, americanthinker.com, American Glob, The PJ Tatler, Mediaite, World Now, The Raw Story and Campaign 2012

Melissa Jeltsen / The Huffington Post: President Of Estonia Slams Paul Krugman: ‘Smug, Overbearing & Patronizing’

John / The City Square:

San Franciscans protest against Obama — Barack Obama, America's Fundraiser-in-Chief, visited San Francisco today in search of still more campaign cash. Because San Francisco, home to Nancy Pelosi, has a reputation as America's most liberal city, one might think that The One would be safe from criticism here.

Discussion: Examiner and The Gateway Pundit

Larry / Fund47:
The Press Lines Up to Interview San Francisco Tea Party at Obama Fundraisers

Discussion: The Jawa Report

Jack Cashill / American Thinker:

What the Media Choose Not to Know about Trayvon — Unnerved by an unspoken mix of political bias and racial queasiness, the major media have chosen to know as little about Trayvon Martin as they know about Barack Obama. — As a case in point, consider this boy vs. man fable spun by the New York Times' Charles Blow:

Nick Allen / Telegraph:

Foie-mageddon: California in one last foie gras binge before statewide ban — A foie gras frenzy is under way in California as the state prepares to become the first in America to ban the controversial delicacy. — California's decision to ban foie gras - pictured above in its pate form …

Discussion: Via Meadia and Babalú Blog

Manu Raju / Politico:

Secret talks under way about ‘fiscal cliff’ — A growing number of lawmakers are alarmed that Congress's do-nothing posture ahead of the year-end fiscal cliff could provoke a massive voter backlash and economic catastrophe if they don't start laying the groundwork right now to cut a deal.

Discussion: Grist and Political Insider

BuzzFeed:

Rick Santorum Hits The Speaking Circuit — He'll make between $40,000 and $50,000 a talk, a source familiar with his plans tells BuzzFeed. “The Dawn of an American Renaissance.” — Via: harrywalker.com — Rick Santorum is joining the ranks of politicians turning public speaking …

Discussion: GOP 12

Alexander Burns / Politico:

Ron Paul: I won't be the nominee — Texas Rep. Ron Paul acknowledged in a message to supporters Wednesday evening that he will not end up with enough delegates to win the Republican presidential nomination — an obvious statement that may still come as a disappointment to the congressman's hard-core supporters.

Discussion: Ballot Box, Washington Post and Hit & Run

Vicente Silveira / Linkedin Blog:

An Update on LinkedIn Member Passwords Compromised — We want to provide you with an update on this morning's reports of stolen passwords. We can confirm that some of the passwords that were compromised correspond to LinkedIn accounts. We are continuing to investigate this situation …

Discussion: Reuters, eHarmony Blog, USA Today, The Moderate Voice, CBS San Francisco, BuzzFeed, msnbc.com, Guardian, KASW-TV, TechCrunch, Betabeat and AllThingsD

Rolling Stone:

America's Last Prisoner of War — Three years ago, a 23-year-old soldier walked off his base in Afghanistan and into the hands of the Taliban. Now he's a crucial pawn in negotiations to end the war. Will the Pentagon leave a man behind? — Courtesy of the Bergdahl Family. — By

Discussion: BuzzFeed and newsfeed.time.com