memeorandum: FOX Pundit Wishes for Obama Assassination, Laughs (Jeffrey Feldman/The Huffington Post)

7:10 PM ET, May 26, 2008

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Rebecca Sinderbrand / CNN:

Bill Clinton: ‘Cover up’ hiding Hillary Clinton's chances — (CNN) — Former President Bill Clinton said that Democrats were more likely to lose in November if Hillary Clinton is not the nominee, and suggested some were trying to “push and pressure and bully” superdelegates to make up their minds prematurely.

Discussion: The Daily Dish, NO QUARTER, Balloon Juice and Sweetness & Light

Aaron Bruns / FOX Embeds:

Dancing Days Are Here Again For Hillary Clinton? — It was one of the happiest days we've seen her spend on the campaign trail in weeks — and given the last few days, a much needed one. — Hillary Clinton started her Sunday morning at an evangelical church in Puerto Rico …

Discussion: NewsBusters.org, TIME.com and Hot Air

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

Divided They Stand — It is, in a way, almost appropriate that the final days of the struggle for the Democratic nomination have been marked by yet another fake Clinton scandal — the latest in a long line that goes all the way back to Whitewater. — This one, in case you missed it …

Discussion: TalkLeft, The Carpetbagger Report, Too Sense, Anglachel's Journal, Redstate, The Confluence, AMERICAblog, Corrente, The Reaction, Make Them Accountable, Commentary, culturekitchen, TPMCafe, JustOneMinute, Balloon Juice, Vox Popoli, PSoTD and Gallup

Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:

Why Krugman Is Wrong — In his column today he suggests that two Clinton “gaffes” are inventions of the media and/or the Obama campaign. Only when wrested from context is that in any way plausible. In context, the response to what the Clintons were saying both times is perfectly understandable - and the Clinton implication ugly.

Discussion: Prairie Weather

Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:

Will McCain Make A Play For Hillary's Female Suporters? — I was watching a clip of Geraldine Ferraro on Fox News the other day, and the ground is definitely being tested for an appeal to Hillary's female supporters who think she's been done wrong. (We'll leave aside the supreme irony …

Discussion: TalkLeft

Associated Press:

Fidel Castro bashes Obama Cuba policy — HAVANA (AP) — Former President Fidel Castro says Sen. Barack Obama's plan to maintain Washington's trade embargo against Cuba will cause hunger and suffering on the island. — In a column published Monday by government-run newspapers …

Discussion: TalkLeft, FOX Embeds, TIME.com and The Political Carnival

granma.cu:

The empire's hypocritical politics — IT would be dishonest of me to remain silent after hearing the speech Obama delivered on the afternoon of May 23 at the Cuban American National Foundation created by Ronald Reagan. I listened to his speech, as I did McCain's and Bush's.

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs and TPM Election Central

David Carr / New York Times:

The Wars We Choose to Ignore — Gen. John A. Logan was a Union officer, a fierce Republican partisan, an early advocate of the kind of volunteer army the United States now fights wars with. He is also one of the people credited with coming up with the holiday that we celebrate today.

Discussion: The Daily Dish, Commentary, Open Left, American Street, Booman Tribune, TownHall Blog, About.com US Politics and abu muqawama

New York Times:

Mr. Bush and the G.I. Bill — President Bush opposes a new G.I. Bill of Rights. He worries that if the traditional path to college for service members since World War II is improved and expanded for the post-9/11 generation, too many people will take it. — He is wrong, but at least he is consistent.

Discussion: The Caucus, The Swamp, NewsBusters.org, Weekly Standard Blog, FishBowlDC, The Trail, The Jed Report, A Tiny Revolution, Ed Driscoll.com, Gateway Pundit and Connecting.the.Dots

Editor and Publisher:

Fox News Contributor Jokes About Bumping Off Obama — NEW YORK Even as Hillary Clinton worked to defuse her Friday comment about the 2008 campaign and the Robert Kennedy assassination, a Fox News contributor went much further, joking about someone actually targeting Barack Obama.

Discussion: Top of the Ticket, Wake up America, protein wisdom, FiveThirtyEight.com, Informed Comment, The Carpetbagger Report, The Huffington Post and Daily Kos

Jeffrey Feldman / The Huffington Post:
FOX Pundit Wishes for Obama Assassination, Laughs

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Group News Blog, The RBC, Hot Air, TVNewser, Daily Kos, Brave New Films blog, Think Progress, RADAMISTO, Political Byline and Booman Tribune

Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:

FEC computers can't handle Obama jackpot — The record-shattering fundraising by Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton has reshaped the financing of presidential elections and generated breathless coverage and analysis of the otherwise arcane area of campaign finance.

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs, Prairie Weather, Balloon Juice, TIME.com and TPM Election Central

Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:

A Pro-Choicer's Dream Veep — Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, whose Roman Catholic archdiocese covers northeast Kansas, on May 9 called on Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to stop taking Communion until she disowns her support for the “serious moral evil” of abortion. That put the church in conflict …

Discussion: The Fix, The Carpetbagger Report, GregsOpinion.com and Booman Tribune

Aaron Gould Sheinin / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

Libertarians pick Bob Barr to run for president — Candidate from Georgia says he's not trying to be GOP ‘spoiler’ — Denver — Georgia's Bob Barr won a long and tense battle Sunday for the 2008 Libertarian Party's presidential nomination and now faces the daunting task of doing …

Discussion: Cliff Schecter, Don Surber, Reason Magazine, Liberal Values, PoliBlog (TM), Balloon Juice, Happy Furry Puppy Story …, Hominid Views, Megan McArdle, Post Politics, Think Progress, The Caucus, Donklephant, Oliver Willis and Roger Ailes

Guardian:

Carter urges new approach to Gaza — Ex-president says EU is colluding in a human rights crime — Britain and other European governments should break from the US over the international embargo on Gaza, former US president Jimmy Carter told the Guardian yesterday.

Discussion: Israel Matzav, Political Machine, Empire Burlesque and Gateway Pundit

Irwin Stelzer / Times of London:
Jimmy Carter says Israel had 150 nuclear weapons

Discussion: Agence France Presse, The Raw Story, protein wisdom, Hot Air, Doug Ross, Gateway Pundit, Newshoggers.com, Israel Matzav and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS

Dallas Morning News:

Dallas Republican proposes cure for what ails GOP — WASHINGTON - The last time House Republicans were this lost, they turned to Newt Gingrich to lead them from the wilderness. He put together a Contract With America to give voters a clear way to distinguish the D's from the R's.

Discussion: RADAMISTO and Sadly, No!

Alexandra Zavis / Los Angeles Times:

Iraq violence falls to four-year low, U.S. says — Children jump and run as Iraqi troops arrive in their neighborhood to distribute food rations in the impoverished Sadr City district of eastern Baghdad. Iraqi troops poured into the Baghdad Shiite bastion of Sadr City three days ago …

Discussion: Washington Times, American Power, michellemalkin.com and PoliGazette