Top Items:
Thomas B. Edsall / The Huffington Post:
What Did Bill Clinton Do To Get $15M From Ron Burkle? — The campaign press statement accompanying the release on Friday of Hillary Clinton's 2000 - 2007 tax returns includes some useful summary data for the media: Bill and Hillary Clinton's total income over the past 8 years, $109 million …
RELATED:
Clay Barbour / Charlotte Observer:
Bill Clinton: N.C. now crucial — He says wife's bid to get nomination will hinge on Tar Heel state — Like it did in Texas and Ohio, the Clinton campaign for president has drawn a line in the sand, down the middle of the Tar Heel state. — Bill Clinton said Friday in Charlotte …
Mike McIntire / New York Times:Clintons Made $109 Million in Last 8 Years
Discussion:
Scripting News, TBogg, Air America Radio blogs, The Caucus, Roger L. Simon, Connecting.the.Dots, The Reaction, The Carpetbagger Report, The Swamp, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Washington Post, Buck Naked Politics, TPM Election Central, Jules Crittenden, PoliGazette, Fox News, The Page, Ben Smith's Blogs, The Politico and Scared Monkeys
Bonney Kapp / FOX Embeds:
Obama Campaign: “McCain Is Not A Warmonger” — Yesterday evening, Senator Barack Obama dropped by a fundraiser for North Dakota Democrats. The campaign arranged with the state party to allow a print pool reporter to accompany the senator, but no cameras were allowed, which has been typical at fundraisers …
RELATED:
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Colombia fires Penn — Mark Penn yesterday called his meeting with Colombia, a client of the firm he heads, an “error,” and the Colombian government, in a statement from its embassy, calls the notion that its hired gun won't meet with it “unacceptable,” and fires the firm. — Here's the statement:
RELATED:
John M. Broder / The Caucus:
Colombia to Penn: You're Fired — More fallout from the Mark Penn Colombia episode: — The Colombian government said on Saturday that it was ending its relationship with Burson-Marsteller, the global public relations firm headed by Mark Penn, who is also Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's pollster and chief strategist.
Mike Hall / Topeka Capital-Journal:
Walls close in on Phelpses — Judge orders liens on church building, law office — A federal judge in Maryland on Thursday ordered liens on the Westboro Baptist Church building and the Phelps-Chartered Law office. — If the case presided over by U.S. District Court Judge Richard D. Bennett …
RELATED:
Mark Silva / Baltimore Sun:
MCCAIN, OBAMA, CLINTON, PETRAEUS — Gen. David Petraeus' return engagement on Capitol Hill next week will be of particular interest to a few of the senators on committees hearing his testimony: Sens. McCain, Obama and Clinton. — McCain, as the AP's Liz Sidoti points out today …
Discussion:
Matthew Yglesias
RELATED:
Deborah Sontag / New York Times:
Ohio Hospital Contests a Story Clinton Tells — Over the last five weeks, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York has featured in her campaign stump speeches the story of a health care horror: an uninsured pregnant woman who lost her baby and died herself after being denied care …
Discussion:
Hot Air, Pam's House Blend, Swampland, The Trail, FOX Embeds, NewsBusters.org, American Street, Corrente, Liberal Values, Political Machine, Classical Values, AMERICAblog, TalkLeft, Fox News, Election Geek Blog …, Comments from Left Field, Washington Post, Spin Cycle, Balloon Juice, Patterico's Pontifications and The Page
Thom Shanker / New York Times:
Army Worried by Rising Stress of Return Tours to Iraq — WASHINGTON — Army leaders are expressing increased alarm about the mental health of soldiers who would be sent back to the front again and again under plans that call for troop numbers to be sustained at high levels in Iraq for this year and beyond.
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
The Media's defense of McCain's 100-years in Iraq comment — It's not surprising that McCain's Media must defend him at every turn. Here's a typical example from emailer Candice: … We know that wasn't the case, Mr.Williams. — Bob Somerby asks: “Are these life-forms actually human?”
Discussion:
Blue Girl, Red State
RELATED:
The Daily Howler:
HOW WE GOT HERE! McCain could still win it. Here's why: — WHERE THE WH*RES ARE: In our view, it's been a sad and sobering week for “liberal” and “progressive” values. We'll start with the suspension of Randi Rhodes, who displayed appalling bad judgment in letting us know “Where the Wh*res Are.”
Discussion:
TalkLeft
Ben Smith / The Politico:
The Democratic veep prospects: A guide — Four years ago today, The New York Times reported that an adviser to John Kerry had completed interviews with four contenders for the vice presidential nomination. — Today, both Democratic campaigns are laughing off the notion of choosing a running mate …
Associated Press:
Sen. Biden: Troop buildup is failure — WASHINGTON - A leading Democrat on Saturday declared last year's troop buildup in Iraq a failure. — Sen. Joe Biden, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the military push didn't succeed because U.S. troops remain committed …
Jeremy Waldron / lrb.co.uk:
Reality Check — Worst-Case Scenarios by Cass Sunstein Buy this book — Two months after the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, Dick Cheney was told about a meeting that Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri had had a month before the attacks around a campfire in Kandahar …
Damien McElroy / Telegraph:
British fear US commander is beating the drum for Iran strikes — British officials gave warning yesterday that America's commander in Iraq will declare that Iran is waging war against the US-backed Baghdad government. — A strong statement from General David Petraeus about Iran's intervention …
Shaun Mullen / The Moderate Voice:
Phil Gramm: McCain's Terrorist In Pinstripes — There is a ticking time bomb in the John McCain campaign and the sooner that Barack Obama can turn his full attention to exploiting it the bigger and consequential the explosion should be for this phony maverick.
Discussion:
protein wisdom, DownWithTyranny!, The Impolitic, Newshoggers.com and Middle Earth Journal
RELATED:
Rick Maze / Army Times:
Lawmaker apologizes for comment on Iraq guard — A North Carolina congressman has apologized for calling a contract employee in Baghdad a “two-bit security guard.” — Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., used that term when talking about a visit to Iraq where he was denied access to a gymnasium.
RELATED:
Deputy Ed. - Gen. Assignment Desk, DC — 
EU Technology Reporter, Brussels — 
Breaking News Reporter, NY — 
Harrisburg Reporter, PA — 
Senior Editor - Styles, NY — 
Part-time Editor, Remote — 
Home & Travel Reporter, Ireland — 
Assistant Digital Editor, MA — 
Senior Editor - Visuals (Temporary), DC — 
Copy Editor, Remote US — 
Markets Reporter, NY/CA — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
Food Reporter, CA — 
Staff Writer, NV — 
Pharma Editor, Remote — 
Higher Ed. Reporter, Remote CA — 
Politics Reporter, Brussels — 
Investigations & Enterprise Ed., WI — 
Social Strategy Editor, NY — 
Senior Narrative Editor, CA — 
Editor-in-Chief, NY (flexible) — 
Housing Reporter, OK — 
Writer/AI Content Reviewer, CA — 
Writer/Editor, Remote — 
Multi Media Reporter, NC — 
Afternoon/Night Editor, NH — 
Education Lab Editor, WA — 
Senior Editor, Remote US — 
State Worker Reporter, CA — 
Executive Editor, NM — 
News Assistant, NY — 
Local Editor, NJ (Remote) — 
News Writer, CA — 
News Editor/Reporter, KS — 
