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12:10 PM ET, June 7, 2007

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Roy Sekoff / Huffington Post:
Obama To Beat Clinton In Second Quarter Fundraising  —  The Huffington Post has learned from sources close to both candidates that the Obama campaign will surpass the Clinton campaign in second quarter fundraising.  "It's a matter of pure mathematics," an Obama fundraiser told HuffPost.
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The Politico:
Obama's quests for 'eye-popping' cash
Discussion: The Caucus and Los Angeles Times
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Sen. Stevens Told to Keep Records for Graft Probe  —  Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in the Senate, disclosed in an interview that the FBI asked him to preserve records as part of a widening investigation into Alaskan political corruption that has touched his son and ensnared …
Discussion: MSNBC and On Deadline
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Campaign Funds for Alaskan; Road Aid to Florida  —  It is no secret that campaign contributions sometimes lead to lucrative official favors.  Rarely, though, are the tradeoffs quite as obvious as in the twisted case of Coconut Road.  —  The road, a stretch of pavement near Fort Myers …
Daniel Henninger / Opinion Journal:
To Be an American  —  For many, illegal workers are a rebuke to dutiful citizenship.  —  People tend to regard the idea of "democratic" politics with high reverence, when in practice it consists most of the time of the right of any citizen to describe one's opponent as an idiot, or worse.
Discussion: UrbanGrounds
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Edward / Heading Right:   Conservatives Want Solutions That Work
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
Candidates Lacking A Real-World Clue  —  GOFFSTOWN, N.H. — The 18 presidential candidates — eight Democrats and 10 Republicans — who came to Saint Anselm College here for a pair of debates this week displayed a remarkable ability to ignore the real-world consequences of many of the policies they were advocating.
Discussion: TalkLeft and Rising Hegemon
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Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:
A Contender's Worn-Out Welcome
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Immigrant Measure Survives Challenges  —  The plan to overhaul the nation's immigration system survived its most serious challenges yesterday, when the Senate defeated amendments to disqualify hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants from legalization and to extend visas to hundreds …
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Alec MacGillis / Washington Post:
They Know How to Caucus  —  Teresa Vilmain and Other Experts in an Arcane Presidential Art  —  DES MOINES — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton had a decision to make.  After someone in her campaign leaked a memo late last month suggesting that she skip the Iowa caucuses, the New York Democrat needed …
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Bush Defends Climate and Missile Plans  —  As leaders of the world's wealthiest democracies began their annual summit meeting today, President Bush defended his plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and tried yet again to dismiss Russian concerns over a missile defense plan, saying it is …
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
Rights Groups Call for End to Secret Detentions  —  Six human rights groups on Wednesday released a list of 39 people they believe have been secretly imprisoned by the United States and whose whereabouts are unknown, calling on the Bush administration to abandon such detentions.
Discussion: Unfogged and Rook's Rant
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Raphael G. Satter / Associated Press:
Report: 39 secretly imprisoned by U.S.
Discussion: Liberty Street
P Lukasiak / TPMCafe blogs:
Joe Klein's Big Lie  —  15 of 15 people recommend this blog entry.  —  Joe Klein has made one of his periodic attacks on the liberal blogosphere.  As usual in order to make himself look good, and make his critics look ridiculous, he lies about what actually happened.  —  Here's Klein's version:
Discussion: The Impolitic and Shakesville
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newsweek:
I'm a McCain Man, Through and Through—Unless the Democrats Nominate Obama.  Then, Forget the McCain Thing  —  Barack Obama cultivates an image as a politician whose appeal reaches across party lines.  But even he might be surprised to learn that one of his biggest admirers works for GOP Sen. John McCain …
Alan Fram / Associated Press:
AP Poll: Bush Approval Hits Low Point  —  Bush Approval Hits All-Time Low in AP-Ipsos Poll, With Discontent Over Iraq, Terror War  —  Public approval of the job President Bush is doing now matches its all-time low, with widespread discontent over how he is handling the war in Iraq …
William Otis / Washington Post:
Neither Prison Nor Pardon  —  Justice in the Libby Case Lies With Bush's Third Option  —  Scooter Libby should not be pardoned.  But his punishment — 30 months in prison, two years' probation and a $250,000 fine — is excessive.  President Bush should commute the sentence by eliminating the jail term while preserving the fine.
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Official: Cheney Urged Wiretaps  —  Stand-In for Ashcroft Alleges Interference  —  Vice President Cheney told Justice Department officials that he disagreed with their objections to a secret surveillance program during a high-level White House meeting in March 2004, a former senior Justice official told senators yesterday.
Ben Lando / UPI:
ANALYSIS: OIL STRIKERS MET BY IRAQI TROOPS  —  On the third day of an oil strike in southern Iraq, the Iraqi military has surrounded oil workers and the prime minister has issued arrest warrants for the union leaders, sparking an outcry from supporters and international unions.
Robert E. Rector / Heritage Foundation:
Amnesty Will Cost U.S. Taxpayers at Least $2.6 Trillion  —  The Senate is currently considering a massive immigration reform bill, the "Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Reform Act of 2007" (S. 1348).  This bill would grant amnesty to nearly all illegal immigrants currently in the United States.
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
When Pardons Turn Political  —  President Bush has pardoned 113 people during his presidency, including a Tennessee bootlegger and a Mississippi odometer cheat.  —  But none has drawn the public scrutiny, nor posed the same political challenge, as the candidate that many conservatives hope …
 
 
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Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
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Ken Dilanian / USA Today:
Past as lobbyist may play into future as candidate
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John Bresnahan / The Politico:
Lynne Cheney, Susan Thomas floated as possible replacements …