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1:25 PM ET, May 31, 2008

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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Sources: DNC Florida Compromise Reached, Michigan Hangs In Balance  —  stumble digg reddit del.ico.us news trust buzz up  —  Two sources, including a high-ranking official with the Florida delegation, have confirmed that the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee reached an agreement last night …
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Democrats consider Fla., Mich. delegate plans  —  WASHINGTON - Supporters for Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton staked out competing positions Saturday as Democrats searched for a compromise to seat disputed convention delegations from Florida and Michigan and clear the way for a smooth end …
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Bill Clinton's enemies list?  —  Listen to audio of Bill Clinton's conference call below.  —  With Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign on the verge of defeat, Bill Clinton has been placing blame on enemies including a brazenly biased media that tried to suppress blue-collar votes …
James W. Pindell / Politicker:
DNC Committee meets behind closed doors and ends without agreement  —  WASHINGTON — Setting the stage for what could be a full day of testimony, voting, and planned protests, members of the Democratic National Committee's Rules and Bylaws Committee held a private, behind closed doors meeting Friday night …
Discussion: MoJoBlog, TIME.com and USA Today
Amy Chozick / Wall Street Journal:
Tuesday May Not End Democratic Fight
Discussion: TIME.com
Jim Tankersley / The Swamp:
Clinton's ‘briar patch’ scenario
Discussion: New York Times
Katharine Q. Seelye / The Caucus:   Democrats Meet Over Fla., Mich. in Late-Night Session
Marni Soupcoff / National Post:
David Frum on Scott McClellan's new book: George Bush got the team he deserved  —  Except maybe for MSNBC's wild-eyed commentator Keith Olbermann, nobody in politics or media seems to have a good word to say for Scott McClellan, the former George W. Bush press secretary turned ferocious Bush critic.
Discussion: Democracy Project and Nitpicker
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Ryan Grim / The Politico:
Exclusive: McClellan pitch softer on Bush
Discussion: TIME.com
Fox News:   Bob Dole Calls Scott McClellan a ‘Miserable Creature’
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
What Happened?  —  Not since America's most revered feckless …
Discussion: Sadly, No!
Tom Raum / Associated Press:
Obama says his ears too big for Rushmore  —  MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL, S.D. (AP) — Democrat Barack Obama paid an unscheduled late-night visit to Mount Rushmore Friday, visiting the national memorial at closing time and joking that his ears were too big to ever be included in such a display.
Thomas Joscelyn / Weekly Standard:
Are We Serious?  —  They're at war, we're catching crooks.  —  A Memoir of the Jihad  —  by Andrew C. McCarthy  —  Encounter, 250 pp., $25.95  —  In the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks, America has tried to understand how she could have been so blind.
Discussion: Power Line and protein wisdom
Publius / Obsidian Wings:
Hillary's Choice  —  Perhaps I'm being melodramatic, but tomorrow is one of the most critical events of the 2008 election.  At this point, you're thinking “aha, rules committee meeting.”  But that's not actually what I'm talking about.  The truly truly critical event tomorrow …
Gordon Rayner / Telegraph:
Irish referendum could scupper EU treaty  —  In 1973, when Ireland joined what is now the European Union, it was the poorest country on the continent.  —  Today, thanks in no small part to £32 billion in EU grants, it is the second richest per capita (after Luxembourg).
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Carol J. Williams / Los Angeles Times:
Judge critical of Guantanamo war crimes case is dismissed  —  Army Col. Peter Brownback III had threatened to suspend proceedings unless prosecutors handed over key records to the defense.  —  MIAMI — A judge hearing a war crimes case at Guantanamo Bay who publicly expressed frustration …
Discussion: New York Times and Think Progress
Greg Gordon / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Former Bush donors now giving to Obama  —  WASHINGTON — Beverly Fanning is among the campaign donors who'll be joining President Bush at a gala at Washington's Ford's Theater Sunday night, but she says that won't dissuade her from her current passion: volunteering for Barack Obama's presidential campaign.
Emptywheel:
Howard, This Is Not About You, This Is About Your Country  —  Howard Dean has kicked off this meeting with a great speech.  He emphasized the superb turnout Democrats have had this year.  And he emphasized how strong we are to be able come together and disagree.
 
 
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Hendrik Hertzberg / New Yorker:
“DEMOCRATS WIN LANDSLIDE VICTORY”
Pew Research Center:
Domestic Concerns Take Priority
Rasmussen Reports:
McCain Trusted More Than Obama on Economy, Iraq, National Security
Discussion: Eunomia
Jonathan D. Salant / Bloomberg:
Reed Urges McCain to Appeal to Evangelical Flock, Not Leaders
Discussion: Right Wing Watch
Marc Gunther / Fortune:
Chances dim for climate-change legislation
Louise Nordstrom / Associated Press:
Iran's foreign minister slams US foreign policy
Discussion: The Strata-Sphere
Mari Yamaguchi / Associated Press:
Japanese woman caught living in man's closet
Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
Do Florida And Michigan Primaries Really Reflect The Will Of The People?
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Intelligence Official Sees Little Progress Before Bush Exits
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Four Japanese gang figures got liver transplants at UCLA
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
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Josh Gerstein / New York Sun:
Reporter Ordered To Testify About Sources
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Phil Stewart / Reuters:
Vatican says will excommunicate women priests
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
McAuliffe doesn't like McClellan book, either
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Obama plans election kick-off at GOP convention site
 

 
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