memeorandum: Health Care Reform Boosts Spending A Tiny Fraction While Covering Millions: Report (Jeffrey Young/The Huffington Post)

2:55 AM ET, June 13, 2012

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Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider:

Obama Is Losing A Stunning Amount Of African-American Support In North Carolina — WATCH: What Obama's Embarrassing Primaries — In Kentucky And Arkansas Last Month Mean — President Barack Obama is rapidly losing support among African-American voters in North Carolina …

Discussion: Instapundit, Washington Wire, Shot in the Dark, Scared Monkeys, UrbanGrounds, Race 4 2012, The Daily Caller, Sister Toldjah, Washington Monthly, National Review, The Lonely Conservative and Ballot Box

Lydia Saad / Gallup:

Obama's White Base Shows Cracks Compared With 2008 — Support down five points since 2008 among all voters, but more among key 2008 white supporters — PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup Daily tracking indicates Barack Obama is receiving less support in the 2012 presidential election …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

Caitlin McDevitt / Politico:

Spike Lee: Obama win not a sure thing — Spike Lee is predicting a tough road to reelection for President Obama. — “This thing is not a lock,” the filmmaker told GQ in a recent interview. “It is not a lock that President Obama is getting a second term and people have to really rekindle the enthusiasm that we had the first time.”

Discussion: GQ, Weasel Zippers and Mediaite

Politico:
Obama: Debt, deficits were ‘baked into the cake’

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon

Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama's Jewish Support Drops 22 Points in New York

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Israel Matzav

Washington Examiner:
Now union members are deserting Obama

Discussion: UrbanGrounds and Rasmussen Reports

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Romney holds small lead in NC

Discussion: Ballot Box, Weasel Zippers, Ricochet Conversations Feed, Rasmussen Reports, Hot Air, americanthinker.com, Firedoglake, Business Insider, Politico and Guardian

Jeff Weiner / Orlando Sentinel:

George Zimmerman's wife arrested, charged with perjury — At her husband's bond hearing, Shellie Zimmerman was asked repeatedly about money. Among the questions: How much did the couple collect in donations through the PayPal account George Zimmerman set up on his website?

Discussion: The Political Carnival, The Moderate Voice, Scared Monkeys, Black Youth Project, The Mahablog, Sky Dancing, New York Magazine, First Draft, Outside the Beltway and Colorlines

Jeff Weiner / Orlando Sentinel:
Zimmerman ‘does not properly respect the law,’ judge says in order revoking bond

Discussion: Daily Kos

msnbc.com:
Shellie Zimmerman, wife of Trayvon Martin killer, arrested on perjury charge

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and JustOneMinute

Casey Glynn / CBS News:
Shellie Zimmerman, wife of George Zimmerman, arrested for perjury

Discussion: Riptide 2.0, JOSHUAPUNDIT, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Riehl World View

Judd Legum / ThinkProgress: BREAKING: George Zimmerman's wife arrested on perjury charge

Democracy Corps:

Shifting the Economic Narrative — What is clear from this fresh look at public consciousness on the economy is how difficult this period has been for both non-college-educated and college-educated voters - and how vulnerable the prevailing narratives articulated by national Democratic leaders are.

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Washington Examiner, Politico, No More Mister Nice Blog, Mediaite, Hullabaloo, Hot Air, The Daily Beast, Washington Wire, Washington Monthly, The Democratic Daily, Wall Street Journal and Weasel Zippers

BuzzFeed:

Clintonites Hit The Panic Button For Obama — Carville, Greenberg, Penn, and Schoen all say the re-elect is off course. The Obamans have always loved criticism from Clintonworld. — (Getty Images / MANDEL NGAN) — Former aides to President Bill Clinton are calling for a dramatic shift …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Ed Driscoll and Washington Monthly

Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Obama campaign's rough patch concerns some Democrats

Discussion: Power Line and ABCNEWS

Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:

‘Team Kimberlin’ Meltdown Continues — Liars hate nothing worse than to be exposed as liars — exposure makes it hard for them to get away with their lies — and three weeks of public attention to lying felon Brett Kimberlin and his associates have put them under extraordinary psychological pressure.

Discussion: Patterico's Pontifications, American Power, The Lonely Conservative and Datechguy's Blog

Dan Collins / The Conservatory:
Neal Rauhauser's About To Have a Very Bad Day [UPDATEDx2]

Discussion: Datechguy's Blog, The Trenches, “The Lid”, Patterico's Pontifications and The Other McCain

CBS Miami:

Doctors Release Pictures Of Causeway Cannibal Victim — MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Doctors have released photographs of Ronald Poppo, more than two weeks after the homeless man had much of his face chewed off during an attack by so-called Causeway Cannibal Rudy Eugene over the Memorial Day weekend.

Discussion: BuzzFeed, Guardian, Riehl World View and The Raw Story

Kyle Munzenrieder / Riptide 2.0:
New Photos of Ronald Poppo, Face-Eating Victim, Released Post-Surgery

Discussion: Runnin' Scared

Tim Makand Josh Gerstein / Politico:

Eric Holder warns of ‘constitutional crisis’ — Under threat of a House contempt citation over the botched Fast and Furious gun-walking operation, Attorney General Eric Holder spoke in a conciliatory tone Tuesday about his willingness for “compromises” to avoid what he called …

Discussion: CNN and CNSNews

Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Dems block McCain resolution on special counsel for leaks

Discussion: CBS News, Michelle Malkin and CNN

Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Cornyn: Holder should resign in wake of Fast and Furious probe

Discussion: Doug Ross and Nice Deb

Michael Stafford / Cagle Post:

Why I Gave Up On Being a Republican — I'm a life-long Republican. My political affiliation has been woven intrinsically into the very fabric of my being. — When I was young, Ronald Reagan bestrode the world like a colossus. I grew up watching the Cold War end-game play out as Reagan faced …

Discussion: The Daily Beast and driftglass

Tim Mak / Politico:
Jeb Bush comments have blogs in uproar

Discussion: The Political Carnival, CNN, NewsBusters.org blogs, Riehl World View, GOP 12, National Review, The Moderate Voice, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Power Line

Bradley Klapper / WTOP.com:

US: Russia sending Syria attack helicopters — WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration said Tuesday that Russia is sending attack helicopters to Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime and warned that the Arab country's 15-month conflict could become even deadlier.

New York Times:
By RICK GLADSTONE, J. DAVID GOODMAN and MARK LANDLER

Discussion: msnbc.com, World Now, American Power and Guardian

Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:

Our Mr. Brooks Leads Us Home — Moral Hazard, the Irish setter owned by New York Times columnist David Brooks for the purposes of the occasional photo-op, waited patiently by the pantry door of the Young Fogies Club, licking his balls in deep contemplation.

Discussion: Balloon Juice, Lawyers, Guns & Money and driftglass

David Brooks / New York Times:
The Follower Problem

Discussion: National Review, First Draft, The Mahablog, The Daily Caller, Angry Bear, Philly.com and No More Mister Nice Blog

New York Post:

Anti-gay Muslim cries bias — The NYPD wouldn't hire him — because he is anti-gay, a Police Academy reject complains in a startling new discrimination lawsuit. — The would-be cop from Brooklyn — identified only as “Farhan Doe” — is a Muslim-American who believes homosexuality is a sin …

Discussion: Runnin' Scared, Jihad Watch, Back2Stonewall and New York Magazine

Nick Wing / The Huffington Post:

Rick Scott: Voter Purge Turned Up ‘Over 50’ Non-Citizen Voters — 'The Debate's Over' … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Rick Scott, Video, Governor Rick Scott, Florida Lawsuit, Florida Suing Federal Government, Florida Voter Purge, Florida Voter Purge Lawsuit, Non-Citizen Voters, Rick Scott Florida …

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, CNN and The Hill

Joel Gehrke / Campaign 2012:

Obama: GOP stuck me with a steak dinner tab — President Obama subtly attacked Mitt Romney for being wealthy, suggesting that he hasn't “spent time in the real world” and so has not received the necessary preparation to occupy the White House. — “Those of us who have spent …

Discussion: Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, Conservatives4Palin and Pirate's Cove

Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:

Current's Joy Behar Wants Conservatives ‘If They Have The Balls To Come On The Show’ — Hot on the heels of Current TV's announcement that The View co-host and veteran standup comic Joy Behar would begin hosting an hourlong show for the network, the feisty Emmy® award winning talk show host sat down …

Discussion: NewsBusters.org blogs, Twitchy and NewsBusters.org

Evan McMorris-Santoro / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:

TPM2012 — Is Mitt Romney Afraid Of Gary Johnson? — Mitt Romney is afraid of being embarrassed in his home state by a socially liberal candidate who has admitted to smoking pot in his past — no, not President Obama: It's Libertarian Gary Johnson. That's the basis of a lawsuit expected …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, CNN and Hit & Run

Jeffrey Young / The Huffington Post:

Health Care Reform Boosts Spending A Tiny Fraction While Covering Millions: Report … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Barack Obama , Health Insurance, Supreme Court, Budget 2012, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Health Care, Health Care, Uninsured, Business News

Discussion: Campaign 2012 and Weasel Zippers

Brian Tashman / rightwingwatch.org:

Gohmert Misleads on ENDA, Criticizes Faith Groups that Affirm Gays and Lesbians ‘Despite the Plumbing that God Created’ — As Kyle pointed out, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) while speaking on Today's Issues suggested that he doesn't believe reports that Commerce Secretary John Bryson suffered a seizure before crashing his car.

Discussion: L.A. NOW, Advocate, ThinkProgress and Towleroad News #gay

Alex Pareene / Salon:

Bob Kerrey, yet another Great Moderate Hope — Matt Bai and the dream of a Senate once again ruled by wise old men — Bob Kerrey, ex-senator and longtime New Yorker, has decided to go off and try to get back that Senate seat from Nebraska that he gave up a few years back …

Discussion: Hotline On Call and New York Times

New York Times:

For Obama and Romney, Nonstop Fund-Raising — WASHINGTON — President Obama wooed campaign donors in speed-dating fashion on Tuesday, rushing through six fund-raisers in six hours in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Thursday will find him in Manhattan, where he will join Anna Wintour at the home …

Discussion: The Caucus