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12:25 PM ET, May 31, 2008

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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Sources: DNC Florida Compromise Reached, Michigan Hangs In Balance  —  stumble digg reddit del.ico.us news trust buzz up  —  Two sources, including a high-ranking official with the Florida delegation, have confirmed that the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee reached an agreement last night …
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Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Bill Clinton's enemies list?  —  Listen to audio of Bill Clinton's conference call below.  —  With Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign on the verge of defeat, Bill Clinton has been placing blame on enemies including a brazenly biased media that tried to suppress blue-collar votes …
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Democrats consider Fla., Mich. delegate plans  —  WASHINGTON - Supporters for Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton staked out competing positions Saturday as Democrats searched for a compromise to seat disputed convention delegations from Florida and Michigan and clear the way for a smooth end …
James W. Pindell / Politicker:
DNC Committee meets behind closed doors and ends without agreement  —  WASHINGTON — Setting the stage for what could be a full day of testimony, voting, and planned protests, members of the Democratic National Committee's Rules and Bylaws Committee held a private, behind closed doors meeting Friday night …
Discussion: TIME.com and USA Today
Amy Chozick / Wall Street Journal:
Tuesday May Not End Democratic Fight  —  CHICAGO — With just three more Democratic primaries and a rules committee meeting remaining, many expect the long race for the Democratic presidential nomination to end on Tuesday.  But will it?  —  Sen. Barack Obama says the general election campaign …
Discussion: TIME.com
Greg Wallace / Political Radar:
Dems Behind Closed Doors Til 1:30 am — Still No Consensus  —  ABC News' Teddy Davis and Gregory Wallace Report: Democrats went behind closed doors until 1:30 am ET on Saturday but they did not reach their goal of developing a unified proposal regarding Michigan and Florida.
Jim Tankersley / The Swamp:
Clinton's ‘briar patch’ scenario
Katharine Q. Seelye / The Caucus:   Democrats Meet Over Fla., Mich. in Late-Night Session
Thomas Joscelyn / Weekly Standard:
Are We Serious?  —  They're at war, we're catching crooks.  —  A Memoir of the Jihad  —  by Andrew C. McCarthy  —  Encounter, 250 pp., $25.95  —  In the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks, America has tried to understand how she could have been so blind.
Discussion: Power Line and protein wisdom
Marni Soupcoff / National Post:
David Frum on Scott McClellan's new book: George Bush got the team he deserved  —  Except maybe for MSNBC's wild-eyed commentator Keith Olbermann, nobody in politics or media seems to have a good word to say for Scott McClellan, the former George W. Bush press secretary turned ferocious Bush critic.
Discussion: Democracy Project
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Ryan Grim / The Politico:
Exclusive: McClellan pitch softer on Bush
Discussion: TIME.com
Fox News:
Bob Dole Calls Scott McClellan a ‘Miserable Creature’
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
What Happened?  —  Not since America's most revered feckless …
Discussion: Sadly, No!
Publius / Obsidian Wings:
Hillary's Choice  —  Perhaps I'm being melodramatic, but tomorrow is one of the most critical events of the 2008 election.  At this point, you're thinking “aha, rules committee meeting.”  But that's not actually what I'm talking about.  The truly truly critical event tomorrow …
Tom Raum / Associated Press:
Obama says his ears too big for Rushmore  —  MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL, S.D. (AP) — Democrat Barack Obama paid an unscheduled late-night visit to Mount Rushmore Friday, visiting the national memorial at closing time and joking that his ears were too big to ever be included in such a display.
Discussion: Power Line and The Corner
Greg Gordon / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Former Bush donors now giving to Obama  —  WASHINGTON — Beverly Fanning is among the campaign donors who'll be joining President Bush at a gala at Washington's Ford's Theater Sunday night, but she says that won't dissuade her from her current passion: volunteering for Barack Obama's presidential campaign.
Emptywheel:
Howard, This Is Not About You, This Is About Your Country  —  Howard Dean has kicked off this meeting with a great speech.  He emphasized the superb turnout Democrats have had this year.  And he emphasized how strong we are to be able come together and disagree.
Marc Gunther / Fortune:
Chances dim for climate-change legislation  —  Business coalition splinters, and without widespread corporate support, the bill headed to the Senate is almost certainly doomed.  —  NEW YORK (Fortune) — An influential coalition of Fortune 500 companies and environmental groups that was formed …
Andy Barr / The Hill's Blog Briefing Room:
Kerry: On Sept. 11 We Were at Peace  —  Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) believes that on September 11 “we were basically at peace.”  —  Asked to clarify his remarks, specifically asking about the attacks on the U.S.S. Cole during Barack Obama campaign conference call, Kerry said, “well …
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Mark Murray / MSNBC:
OBAMA SLAMS MCCAIN ON IRAQ FACTS
Discussion: The Sundries Shack
 
 
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Thanks, DNCC … No problem!  —  See, I was gonna cut my hair …
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