memeorandum: Poll finds support for Obama among Jewish voters has dropped (Justin Sink/The Hill)

12:35 PM ET, June 11, 2012

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Shelby Grad / L.A. NOW:

Commerce Secretary John Bryson accused in hit-and-run crashes — Authorities are investigating a series of traffic collisions in the San Gabriel Valley involving U.S. Secretary of Commerce John Bryson, authorities said Saturday. — Bryson was found unconscious in his vehicle and has been hospitalized, officials said.

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Maria P. White / CNN:

Police: U.S. Commerce secretary cited in California hit-and-run accident — (CNN) — U.S. Secretary of Commerce John Bryson was cited with felony hit-and-run after causing with two car accidents within minutes of one another in Southern California, a police spokesman told CNN early Monday.

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Associated Press:
Commerce Dept. says Sec. Bryson suffered seizure

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Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
Conservative Super PAC (Briefly) Suggests Alcohol Involved In Commerce Secretary Incident

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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Commerce secretary under investigation for hit-and-run accident

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BuzzFeed:

Jeb Bush: No Place For Father, Reagan In Today's GOP — The “dysfunction” is “disturbing,” says the former Florida governor. A pox on both parties. — Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush on Capitol Hill earlier this week. — (Getty Images / Chip Somodevilla)

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Sharyl Attkisson / CBS News:

House committee schedules contempt vote against Holder — (CBS News) CBS News has learned the House Oversight Committee will vote next week on whether to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress. It's the fourth time in 30 years that Congress has launched a contempt action against an executive branch member.

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Kerry Picket / Washington Times:

FLA Congresswoman leads 85 member effort demanding Swat-ting investigation from DOJ — Congresswoman Sandy Adams, Florida Republican, is sending a letter, currently signed by 85 House Republicans, to Attorney General Eric Holder urging him to assign Justice Department officials to investigate the recent threat of “SWAT-tings.”

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Jake Sherman / Politico: Darrell Issa schedules contempt vote on Eric Holder

Andrew Malcolm / Associated Press:

Obama's new economic adviser, Wile E. Coyote — One of the immutable rules of politics is that if you have to explain something you've said publicly, the argument is already lost. “What I was trying to say was....” — Loser! — In that sense President Obama was strategically wise Friday afternoon …

Mj Leeand Tim Mak / Politico:

Paul Krugman: President Obama ‘screwed up the line’ — Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman on Monday slammed President Barack Obama's remark that the private sector is “doing fine,” calling it “unfortunate” and adding that the president “screwed up the line.” — “That was an unfortunate line.

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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Majority of Union Members Favor Obama; a Third Back Romney

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Geneva Sands / The Hill: Romney ‘Jolt’ video knocks Obama for saying private sector ‘doing fine’

Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:

THE SECOND TERM — What would Obama do if reëlected? — President Obama awaiting G8 leaders at Camp David last month. He has an ambitious agenda, which, at least in broad ways, his campaign is beginning to highlight. Photograph by Luke Sharrett.

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Robin Roberts / Yahoo! Good Morning America:

I'm Going to Beat This — As many of you know, 5 years ago I beat breast cancer. I've always been a fighter, and with all of your prayers and support, a winner. — Sometimes the treatment for cancer can cause other serious medical problems. Today, I want to let you know that I've …

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The Sun:

PM left daughter aged 8 down pub — Camerons' nightmare — HORRIFIED David Cameron got home from a Sunday lunch with family and friends — and discovered he had left his eight-year-old daughter in the pub. — He dashed back and found little Nancy with staff at the Plough Inn in Cadsden, Bucks.

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Haroon Siddique / Guardian:
David Cameron left daughter behind after pub visit

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Paul Krugman / New York Times:

Another Bank Bailout — Oh, wow — another bank bailout, this time in Spain. Who could have predicted that? — The answer, of course, is everybody. In fact, the whole story is starting to feel like a comedy routine: yet again the economy slides, unemployment soars, banks get into trouble …

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Brad Plumer / Ezra Klein:

Spain's bailout bought just 4 hours and 40 minutes of calm — In the past, every time European leaders have huddled together and announced a plan to douse the latest fire in Europe, the financial markets have usually been placated for a brief while — say, a few weeks or months.

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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:

Mitt Romney plans six-state, five-day bus tour — As the contest against President Obama intensifies, Mitt Romney is trying to seize momentum with a five-day bus tour through small towns across six battleground states. — The presumptive Republican nominee announced plans Monday to visit …

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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Obama campaign slaps back at Romney's ‘out of touch’ remark

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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Poll finds support for Obama among Jewish voters has dropped

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Washington Examiner:

Parties await Supreme Court ruling on health care — Paul Clement, the attorney representing the 26 states challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, talks to the news media outside the U.S. Supreme Court on the third day of oral arguments over the constitutionality of the act March 28, 2012 in Washington, DC.

Amanda Peterson Beadle / ThinkProgress: Nation's Largest Health Insurer Will Preserve Key Obamacare Provisions, Regardless Of Supreme Court Ruling

N.C. Aizenman / Washington Post:
Largest health insurer to keep key parts of law regardless of court ruling

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John Fund / National Review:

Netroots Nation under a Cloud — The Base to Obama: You should be worried. — Providence, R.I. — If elections are won partly on the enthusiasm of a candidate's base, Barack Obama is in trouble. Netroots Nation, the annual left-wing conference for bloggers and activists, held its seventh annual rally here this weekend.

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Bloomberg:

Italy Moves Into Debt-Crisis Crosshairs After Spain — The 100 billion-euro ($126 billion) rescue for Spain's banks moved Italy to the front line of Europe's debt crisis as an initial rally in the country's bonds fizzled on concern it may be the next to succumb.

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Reuters:
Euro zone agrees to lend Spain up to 100 billion euros

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John Ellis / Real Clear Politics:

The Tipping Point — In 2008, 43 percent of white voters cast their presidential ballots for Sen. Barack Obama. That was more than he needed to win. Today, according to the most recent FOX News poll, 35 percent of white voters say that they support President Obama's re-election.

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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:

Dems likely to hold Giffords seat — Democrats are headed for a victory in tomorrow's special election to replace Gabby Giffords in the House, but the relevance of the result in Arizona to much of anything else appears limited. — Democrat Ron Barber leads with 53% to 41% for Republican Jesse Kelly …

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