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1:35 AM ET, June 4, 2008

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CNN:
Republicans begin to highlight Clinton's criticism of Obama  —  NEW YORK (CNN) - Hours before the polls closed Tuesday in the final two Democratic presidential primaries, the Republican National Committee began circulating a video of Hillary Clinton questioning Barack Obama's qualifications …
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Associated Press:
Clinton says she's open to being Obama's VP  —  WASHINGTON (AP)—Hillary Rodham Clinton will concede Tuesday night that Barack Obama has the delegates to secure the Democratic nomination, campaign officials said, effectively ending her bid to be the nation's first female president.
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Pawlenty: McCain will compete for Clinton backers  —  John McCain portrayed her as a trailblazing model for aspring female politicians yesterday and now one of his top surrogates and vice-presidential prospects is taking the next natural step and promising that they'll compete for Hillary Clinton's supporters.
Associated Press:
AP tally: Obama effectively clinches nomination … WASHINGTON (AP) - Barack Obama effectively clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, based on an Associated Press tally of convention delegates, becoming the first black candidate ever to lead his party into a fall campaign for the White House.
Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
Making History and Denying History  —  This is an Open Thread.  But it is also an explanation for why I feel Barack Obama should give Hillary Clinton some space tonight.  —  Barack Obama will be the Democratic nominee for President.  Yes, this is historic - an African American will be our nominee.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Clinton, pushed as VP, doesn't push back
CNN:
Obama claims Democratic nomination
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
FRIGHTENINGLY SAD  —  Here at TPM HQ we're watching John McCain's prebuttal to Sen. Obama's speech tonight.  —  And, man, I'm curious to hear what other people think, but I really feel like he would have served himself much better by just going to ground for the evening.
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Drudge Report:
EXCLUSIVE: MCCAIN SPEECH TONIGHT: THE GENERAL ELECTION BEGINS  —  John McCain will launch his general election campaign against Barack Obama tonight at 9:00 in New Orleans, Louisiana.  In a speech that will praise Senator Clinton for her “tenacity and courage,” McCain will recognize Obama as the Democratic party's presumptive nominee.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:   This Moment  —  If I needed reassurance that this man …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Clintons Threaten  —  The speech tonight was a remarkable one for a candidate who has lost the nomination, though not remarkable for a Clinton.  It was an assertion that she had won the nomination and a refusal to concede anything to her opponent.  Classless, graceless, shameless, relentless.
Amz / Democracy Corps:
Another Congressional Wave Election  —  In the latest Democracy Corps battleground survey of 1,600 likely voters conducted May 19-26, 2008, we modified our sample design to include more hard-to-reach Republican-held districts.  And even in this totally Republican battleground that Bush won …
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Democracy Corps:
Democrats Improve Advantage in 45 Republican-Held Districts
Discussion: Swampland and American Street
Muckraker / Muckraked:
Bush: We'll Be in Iraq for 40 Years, Hamas Election Was “Good Thing”  —  When NBC News correspondent Richard Engel sat down with President Bush last year for an interview, he had little idea how much Bush would reveal about his true intentions and his real sentiments about the war on terror and America's allies and enemies.
Discussion: Think Progress
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Richard Engel / Simon & Schuster, Inc.:   War Journal  —  My Five Years in Iraq  —  This Edition: Hardcover
Frank Phillips / Boston Globe:
Ogonowski's challenge to Kerry collapses; challenger misses signature mark  —  Ogonowski drew attention for his campaign against Niki Tsongas, but failed to collect enough signatures.  —  In a major embarrassment to Republican leaders in Massachusetts and in the U.S. Senate, Jim Ogonowski …
Associated Press:
Text of Obama's speech Tuesday … Text of Democrat Barack Obama's prepared remarks for a rally on Tuesday in St. Paul, Minn., as released by his campaign:  —  Tonight, after 54 hard-fought contests, our primary season has finally come to an end.  —  Sixteen months have passed since …
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Mike Dorning / The Swamp:   Obama claims nomination
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Says Nunn: It might be time to take another look at 'don't ask, don't tell'  —  Former Georgia senator Sam Nunn, who helped push through the 1993 “don't ask, don't tell” law that established the terms under which gays and lesbians could serve in the U.S. military, said Tuesday that it's time to review the policy.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Amanda / Think Progress:   Sam Nunn Reconsiders DADT: ‘Times Change,’ …
The Corner:
McCain Tonight [Mark R. Levin]  —  Not to offend those who might be offended, but this speech is a mash and tough to digest.  You have to get through the self-congratulatory praise of independence and commander-in-chief pose from the Senate, then you have to try to follow the inconsistency …
Sasha Issenberg / Boston Globe:
Pennsylvania Superdelegate Brady for Obama  —  WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania Congressman Bob Brady called Barack Obama's campaign tonight to say that he would cast his vote as a superdelegate for Obama, joining a number of previously uncommitted colleagues have done the same but asked that the campaign …
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Marc Ambinder:
Thoughts About Obama's Speech  —  What a different emotional register from John McCain's; Obama seems on the verge of tears; the enormous crowd in the Xcel center seems ready to lift Obama on its shoulders; the much smaller audience for McCain's speech interrupted his remarks with stilted cheers.
Discussion: TIME.com
Kara Spak / Chicago Sun Times:
Cardinal removes Pfleger from St. Sabina parish  —  The firebrand pastor of St. Sabina parish was removed from his duties there Tuesday, according to a statement released by the Archdiocese of Chicago.  —  In the statement, Cardinal Francis George says he asked the Rev. Michael Pfleger …
 
 
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Mark Hemingway / The Corner:
RE: As For the Substance...  Jonah — my sentiments exactly.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
FRIGHTENINGLY SAD — NOW ON VIDEO!
Matthew Yglesias:
Clinton's Speech  —  I probably shouldn't write any more about this woman and her staff.
Krooney / TIME.com:
OBAMA CAMP DECLARES ITSELF THE VICTOR
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Clinton: “No decisions tonight”
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The Future Is Now? Pretty Soon, at Least
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HALPERIN'S TAKE: What Obama And Clinton Underestimate
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Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
A Tale of Two Tell-Alls … - There was no rational reason …
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