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10:05 AM ET, May 28, 2008

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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Exclusive: McClellan whacks Bush, White House  —  Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan writes in a surprisingly scathing memoir to be published next week that President Bush “veered terribly off course,” was not “open and forthright on Iraq,” and took a “permanent campaign approach” …
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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Ex-Press Aide Writes That Bush Misled U.S. on Iraq  —  Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan writes in a new memoir that the Iraq war was sold to the American people with a sophisticated “political propaganda campaign” led by President Bush and aimed at “manipulating sources of public opinion” …
Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
In Ex-Spokesman's Book, Harsh Words for Bush  —  PHOENIX — President Bush “convinces himself to believe what suits his needs at the moment,” and has engaged in “self-deception” to justify his political ends, Scott McClellan, the former White House press secretary, writes in a critical new memoir about his years in the West Wing.
Ken Herman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Bush misled U.S. on Iraq, former aide says in new book  —  Scott McClellan's ‘What Happened’ delivers tough criticism of president, advisers  —  WASHINGTON — In a book due out Monday, former White House press secretary Scott McClellan offers a blistering review of the administration …
Discussion: Blogs of War and Pensito Review
Jason Zengerle / The New Republic:
What Happened to McClellan?  —  There's nothing terribly surprising …
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard Blog:
The Coming Resurrection of Scott McClellan
Roger Simon / The Politico:
Dems seek to avoid meltdown  —  Those people who believe all problems have solutions may be unfamiliar with the inner workings of the Democratic Party.  —  On Saturday, the party's Rules and Bylaws Committee will try to solve a big problem, in order to avoid a huge problem in order to prevent a train wreck.
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Bob Cusack / The Hill:
Obama urges supporters not to demonstrate at crucial DNC meeting  —  Sen. Barack Obama's (D-Ill.) campaign is urging its supporters not to demonstrate at Saturday's highly anticipated Democratic National Committee (DNC) meeting on how to handle the delegates of Florida and Michigan.
Discussion: TIME.com
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Dem lawyers: Fla., Mich. can't be fully restored  —  WASHINGTON - A Democratic Party rules committee has the authority to seat some delegates from Michigan and Florida but not fully restore the two states as Hillary Rodham Clinton wants, according to party lawyers.
Marc Ambinder:   The RBC Meeting: A Preview
New York Times:
Al Qaeda Warrior Uses Internet to Rally Women  —  BRUSSELS — On the street, Malika El Aroud is anonymous in an Islamic black veil covering all but her eyes.  —  In her living room, Ms. El Aroud, a 48-year-old Belgian, wears the ordinary look of middle age: a plain black T-shirt and pants and curly brown hair.
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David Boaz / Wall Street Journal:
Our Collectivist Candidates  —  On Sunday Barack Obama urged graduates of Connecticut's Wesleyan University to devote themselves to “collective service.”  This is not an unusual theme for a commencement address.  But it was interesting how long he went on discussing various kinds …
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy and EconLog
StrategyPage:
Al Qaeda Discusses Losing Iraq  —  Al Qaeda web sites are making a lot of noise about “why we lost in Iraq.”  Western intelligence agencies are fascinated by the statistics being posted in several of these Arab language sites.  Not the kind of stuff you read about in the Western media.
Stephen Adams / Telegraph:
John Bolton to be target of citizen's arrest at Hay Festival  —  John Bolton, the former US ambassador to the United Nations, faces a citizen's arrest when he addresses an audience at the Hay Festival in Wales this evening.  —  George Monbiot, the journalist and activist …
Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
Using the President, but Carefully Going Only So Far  —  PHOENIX — The last time the two met — 83 days ago — President Bush promised that he would do whatever Senator John McCain asked him to do to help elect him the 44th president.  —  “You know, if he wants me to show up, I will,” Mr. Bush said in the Rose Garden.
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Washington Post:
McCain Accepts a Hand From Bush, at Arm's Length
Discussion: MSNBC and Wonkette
Scott W. Johnson / Weekly Standard:
The Kennedy-Khrushchev Conference for Dummies  —  Remedial history for Barack Obama.  —  BARACK OBAMA FIRST VOWED to meet unconditionally with the leaders of America's foremost enemies in the YouTube Democratic candidates' debate on July 23, 2007.  Since then he has reaffirmed and expanded …
Fernando Suarez / CBS News:
Clinton Casts Wide Net of Exaggeration, Claims to Lead in “Every Poll”  —  From CBS News' Fernando Suarez:  —  BILLINGS, MONT. — During an evening rally in Montana's largest city Tuesday night, Hillary Clinton explained to the crowd why she should be the Democratic Party's nominee …
Susan Crabtree / The Hill:
FBI interviews Arizona staffers  —  Federal agents interviewed staffers for likely Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) as part of their corruption case against Rep. Rick Renzi (R-Ariz.).  —  U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona Diane J. Humetewa and fellow prosecutors disclosed …
Paul Graham:
Cities and Ambition  —  Great cities attract ambitious people.  You can sense it when you walk around one.  In a hundred subtle ways, the city sends you a message: you could do more; you should try harder.  —  The surprising thing is how different these messages can be.
Discussion: Megan McArdle and EconLog
Haig Simonian / Financial Times:
UBS tells unit staff to avoid US visits  —  UBS has told members of its former private banking team responsible for rich US clients not to travel to America.  —  The Swiss bank has also made lawyers available to the more than 50 bankers involved, many of whom have left UBS since it decided …
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Can He Take a Frisk?  —  After “Rahmbo” Emanuel, the Illinois …
Discussion: Prairie Weather and MSNBC
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Challenger Gets Cold Shoulder in New Jersey
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Oregonian:
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Jerusalem Post:
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Helene Cooper / New York Times:
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Amartya Sen / New York Times:
The Rich Get Hungrier  —  WILL the food crisis that is menacing …
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Alan Fram / Associated Press:
Obama competitive against McCain with key voters
Wisam Mohammed / Reuters:
Iraq's main Sunni bloc suspends government talks
Aaron Blake / The Hill:
Early polls suggest Dems can increase Senate majority
Discussion: Political Machine
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