memeorandum: [TS] Op-Ed Columnist: Obama in Second Place (Paul Krugman/New York Times)

10:05 AM ET, June 4, 2007

Top Items:

Democrats Focus on Iraq In Contentious Second Debate — Democratic presidential candidates clashed sharply over Iraq in the second debate of the campaign Sunday night, with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) and Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) rejecting criticism from former senator John Edwards …

Discussion: New York Times, Boston Globe, Washington Times, CNN, TIME, Associated Press, Don Surber and DownWithTyranny!

David Yepsen / Associated Press:

Top three emerge as winners in debate — The three frontrunners in the Democratic race for president - John Edwards, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama - emerged as the winners of Sunday night's debate in New Hampshire. — Edwards probably did himself the most good. — He looked tanned and confident during the session.

Discussion: The Politico, Hotline On Call, State of the Day and Central Sanity

Digby / Hullabaloo:
Debate

Discussion: State of the Day and The Sideshow

Mvdg / Michael P.F. van der Galiën:
The Democratic Debate

Discussion: The Washington Note and The Moderate Voice

New York Times:
The Democrats' Second 2008 Presidential Debate

Discussion: The Carpetbagger Report and THE CUNNING REALIST

CNN:
Democrats clash on Iraq

Discussion: QandO, The Anonymous Liberal, The Caucus, Bark Bark Woof Woof, The Reaction, Liberal Values and Washington Post

CNN: CNN LIVE EVENT/SPECIAL

New York Times:

Commanders Say Push in Baghdad Is Short of Goal — Three months after the start of the Baghdad security plan that has added thousands of American and Iraqi troops to the capital, they control fewer than one-third of the city's neighborhoods, far short of the initial goal for the operation …

Discussion: The Newshoggers, The Moderate Voice, KnoxViews, Eunomia, The Road to Surfdom, Brian Beutler, Prairie Weather, State of the Day, Michael P.F. van der Galiën, Jules Crittenden, On Deadline, Crunchy Con, Rising Hegemon and AMERICAblog

CNN Political Ticker:

Columnist/Author released after being arrested in Spin Room — MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (CNN ) - Columnist and author Eric Alterman has been released after being arrested Sunday night inside the debate spin room. He was charged with criminal trespass after police say he refused repeated orders to leave.

Discussion: Althouse, Pajamas Media, Instapundit.com, Hot Air, SteveAudio, Taylor Marsh, Lonewacko, Gawker, Sister Toldjah, Booman Tribune, Macsmind and Talking Points Memo

Eric Alterman / The Huffington Post: "Top of the World, Ma"

Tom Incantalupo / Newsday:

JFK TERROR PLOT: three under arrest — Feds: Anger fueled airport bomb plot — The alleged plot to blow up Kennedy Airport's fuel system, intended to be more destructive and deadly than the Sept. 11 attacks, was driven by a deep-seated hatred of the United States and the West and now spotlights …

Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Brilliant at Breakfast

New York Times:
Papers Portray Plot as More Talk Than Action

Discussion: The Carpetbagger Report

Toby Harnden / Telegraph:
Plot to blow up JFK is 'tip of the iceberg'

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Atlas Shrugs and JammieWearingFool

Christopher Cooper / Wall Street Journal:

Thompson's First Test: Raising Funds Fast — After a Late Start, — Campaign Targets — Web, Fence-Sitters — As a late entry into the crowded, expensive, presidential campaign, Fred Thompson's first big test of viability will be his ability to raise money quickly.

Discussion: New York Times and Blue Crab Boulevard

Holly Bailey / Newsweek:
Thompson and the 'Laziness' Issue

Discussion: NewsBusters.org and Alarming News

Aman Ali / The Hill:

Gingrich hints again of White House run — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) fueled further speculation Sunday about entering the Republican race for president by taking shots at the Bush administration. — "The government is not functioning," Gingrich said on Fox News.

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, Michael P.F. van der Galiën and Political Radar

Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Gillespie might replace Bartlett

Discussion: The Next Hurrah

Josh Gerstein / New York Sun:

Islamic Groups Named in Hamas Funding Case — Federal prosecutors have named three prominent Islamic organizations in America as participants in an alleged criminal conspiracy to support a Palestinian Arab terrorist group, Hamas. — Prosecutors applied the label of "unindicted co-conspirator" …

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, Jihad Watch and Power Line

New York Times:

14 More American Servicemen Are Killed in Iraq, Most of Them by Makeshift Bombs — The pace of American troop deaths increased this weekend as 14 more servicemen were reported killed in Iraq, all but one from makeshift bombs that insurgents have been employing with greater lethality against American soldiers and armored vehicles.

Discussion: Big Brass Blog, The Daily Background, Middle Earth Journal, The Belgravia Dispatch and Needlenose

Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
Attacks Kill 14 U.S. Soldiers in Iraq

Discussion: Brilliant at Breakfast and AMERICAblog

Laura Blumenfeld / Washington Post:

The Tortured Lives of Interrogators — Veterans of Iraq, N. Ireland and Mideast Share Stark Memories — CHICAGO — The American interrogator was afraid. Of what and why, he couldn't say. He was riding the L train in Chicago, and his throat was closing.

Discussion: CorrenteWire, TPMCafe blogs, TalkLeft and Majikthise

Michael R. Wickline / NWAnews.com:

GOP chief: New strategy key — The Republican Party of Arkansas, which was beaten decisively in last year's election, needs to dedicate itself to running next time on an anti-tax, pro-highway and pro-education agenda, its new chairman said. — Bryant businessman Dennis Milligan …

Discussion: Michael P.F. van der Galiën, All Spin Zone, The Reaction and Multi Medium

Gateway Pundit:

Remembering the Massacre at Tiananmen Square- 18 Yrs Ago Today — On June 4, 1989, hundreds of innocent civilians were shot dead by the Chinese army during a bloody military operation to crush a democratic uprising in Peking's (Beijing) Tiananmen Square. — Tanks rumbled through …

Discussion: BBC and QandO

Mvdg / Michael P.F. van der Galiën:

What's American Liberalism... Exactly: Part II? — Yesterday, I published this post about American Liberalism. I linked to the post at TMV, writing: … A little while later, three great bloggers, Pamela Leavey, Libby Spencer and Ron Chusid answered (some of) the questions raised in my post.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and The Impolitic

Real Clear Politics:

Sandy Berger and the Clinton Cover-Up - Why It Matters — On May 17th, Sandy Berger, President Bill Clinton's National Security Adviser, voluntarily gave up his law license and with it the right to practice law. That is a stunning move for an accomplished lawyer, one of the nation's most influential public officials.

Discussion: Carry on America, Betsy's Page and Power Line

Graeme Paton / Telegraph:

Islamic courses 'can breed radicals' — Islamic studies departments at British universities may be fuelling extremism among students, according to a Government report. — In a major review of the way Islam is taught on campuses, ministers will today call for courses to be improved …

Discussion: Harry's Place, Jihad Watch and Michael P.F. van der Galiën

Lee Silver / Newsweek:

Life 2.0 — A new generation of scientific mavericks is not content to merely tinker with life's genetic code. They want to rewrite it from scratch. — Newsweek International — It last happened about 3.6 billion years ago. a tiny living cell emerged from the dust of the Earth.