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4:50 PM ET, May 21, 2008

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Joseph Lieberman / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats and Our Enemies  —  How did the Democratic Party get here?  How did the party of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and John F. Kennedy drift so far from the foreign policy and national security principles and policies that were at the core of its identity and its purpose?
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Jesse A. Hamilton / On Background:
Courtney Endorses Obama  —  Though he had said he was going to wait until the last of the primaries was over, Rep. Joe Courtney decided to instead make his pick for a Democratic candidate clear this morning, chosing Sen. Barack Obama.  —  Courtney's was the only district in Connecticut that was won …
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Chuck Hagel Takes On McCain, Repeatedly Praises Obama
Spencer / Attackerman:
What Lies Underneath The Lies You Told
Discussion: Salon
Liza / culturekitchen:
David Gergen and CNN pundits challenge Hillary Clinton to denounce the racist vote [UPDATED 2]  —  [ Editorial Note: Now we have the important part of the transcript. ]  —  This is one of those historic TV moments that people will be talking about for a long time.  And let me tell you, I lost it as it was happening.
Discussion: Bang the Drum and Scripting News
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The Moderate Voice:
Another Myth About Obama Is Shattered … Exit polls from Oregon punch a big hole in the theory that Barack Obama's problem with working class whites is generic.  —  As the former president's son alludes to in his quip on MSNBC last night, Obama's real problem appears to be with Appalachian whites …
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Oregon Exit Polls: Obama Handily Beat Hillary Among Whites, No-College, Less-Than-$50,000 Voters  —  The Oregon exit polls lend a bit more weight to the theory that Barack Obama's real problem is more with Appalachia than it is with working class whites in general, as the Hillary campaign has repeatedly suggested.
Marc Ambinder:
Linda Douglass Joins The Obama Campaign  —  Linda Douglass, an award-winning television and print journalist who currently serves as a contributing editor to National Journal, will join Barack Obama's presidential campaign as a senior strategist and as a senior campaign spokesperson on the roadshow, a newly created position.
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Money shocker!  Hillary Clinton's campaign debt soars  —  (*UPDATE: Due to a mathematical error, Hillary Clinton's loans to herself were added twice in the calculation of this item.  Her total debts are about $21 million, not $31 million.  A corrected item covering the first five paragraphs of this one has been published here.)
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Jeanne Cummings / The Politico:
Lobbyists: This is our thanks?  —  More than a few Republican lobbyists in Washington are scratching their heads these days, asking: So this is the thanks we get?  —  It was a small band of loyal lobbyists who stood by presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain last August …
Peter Wallsten / Los Angeles Times:
Obama's strategy now faces a bigger test  —  To win the general election, he must rebuild his machinery almost from scratch.  He and staffers turn first to Florida, where they'll try to drum up young and African American voters.  —  WASHINGTON — Barack Obama declared Tuesday night …
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Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
CLINTON'S FLORIDA-MICHIGAN PUSH
Discussion: The Jed Report
Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
Obama Organizes Florida
Discussion: Oliver Willis
Matt Kelley / USA Today:
McCain adviser's work as lobbyist comes to light  —  This story is part of USA TODAY's series, “The Price of Power,” which tracks the political and business relationships between public officials and donors.  —  WASHINGTON — John McCain's top foreign policy adviser lobbied the Arizona senator's staff …
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M. Duss / Wonk Room:
Chalabi's Lobbyists  —  USA Today reports on the lobbying career …
Discussion: Think Progress, MoJoBlog and The RBC
Anthony York / Capitol Weekly:
Foreclosure tale shows that nobody is immune from crisis  —  As the real estate market softened in 2007, the new owner of a three-bedroom, 1,600-square-foot house in Sacramento's Curtis Park neighborhood ran into trouble.  The house that was purchased for $535,000 in January had lost equity.
Discussion: Wonkette and LA Observed
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Rick Klein / ABCNEWS:
Obama's Evolving Take on Meeting With Iran  —  Democratic Contender Under Fire From McCain on Foreign Policy  —  Barack Obama's original answer seemed crystal clear: last July, asked whether he would meet with the “leaders” of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba, and North Korea “without precondition …
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Kenneth R. Timmerman / NewsMax.com:
Iranians Would Welcome Airstrikes, Sources Say
Discussion: Macsmind and Flopping Aces
Brendan Farrington / Associated Press:
Clinton may take delegate fight to convention … BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton says she is willing to take her fight to seat Florida and Michigan delegates to the convention if the two states want to go that far.  In an interview with The Associated Press …
Discussion: Big Head DC and Political Machine
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
McCain incentivizing supporters to comment on blogs  —  John McCain's campaign is using their campaign website to encourage supporters to post supportive comments on political blogs, including the most well-known liberal site in the blogosphere.  And to make things easier …
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
McCain Backer Hagee Said Hitler Was Fulfilling God's Will (AUDIO)  —  John Hagee, the controversial evangelical leader and endorser of Sen. John McCain, argued in a late 1990s sermon that the Nazis had operated on God's behalf to chase the Jews from Europe and shepherd them to Palestine.
Amanda / Think Progress:
McCain adviser: Sometimes it's ‘accurate’ to describe a woman as a ‘bitch.’  —  During yesterday's Democratic primary coverage, CNN senior analyst Jeff Toobin criticized a New York Times column that published a joke about Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) being a “white bitch.”
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
OBAMA'S MOMENT.  —  Matt wonders whether Obama is a new Jimmy Carter or a new Ronald Reagan.  I think that's actually the wrong comparison to fear: The question is whether he's a new first term Bill Clinton.  Like Clinton, Obama has fairly little Washington experience, and is running as a charismatic …
 
 
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Matthew Yglesias:
Jim Geraghty's Revenge Song
Associated Press:
Lebanese Rivals Reach Agreement Seen as Major Triumph for Hezbollah
Krooney / TIME.com:
Clinton Makes Baldest/Boldest Appeal to Florida and Michigan Voters
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Michael O'Hanlon's defense of his pro-war record
Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner:
re: Just Curious  —  Obama must not have been paying attention …
Michael Dobbs / Fact Checker:
MCCAIN, OBAMA, AND KISSING DICTATORS
Megan McArdle:
Are conservatives out of ideas?
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
ARE CONSERVATIVES OUT OF IDEAS?  —  It's hard to forget …
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
 Earlier Items: 
Brad Wilmouth / NewsBusters.org:
NBC's Mitchell Suggests Republicans May Cheat Obama in November
Discussion: Hot Air
Marc Ambinder:
Why Obama Tolerates Clinton's Presence
Byron York / National Review:
Hillary: The Al Gore of 2008
Paul Bedard / US News:
Clintonista Warns: McCain Isn't Bush III
James Andrew Miller / Washington Post:
Next Stop, Supreme Court?
Zogby:
Reuters/Zogby Poll: Obama Opens Double-digit Lead Over McCain in National Test
Discussion: Reuters and The Moderate Voice
Justin Rood / ABCNEWS:
Report: U.S. Soldiers Did ‘Dirty Work’ for Chinese Interrogators
 

 
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