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6:40 PM ET, June 5, 2008

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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Obama And Dean Team Up To Recast The Political Map  —  Sixteen months after he launched his campaign for the White House, Sen. Barack Obama may, just now, be entering his campaign's most perilous stage.  Facing a rift of sorts within the Democratic Party and concerns over the scope of his political base …
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Associated Press:
Obama keeps Dean at DNC, bans lobbyist money  —  WASHINGTON - Barack Obama, now cast as the Democrats' standard-bearer, moved quickly to put his imprint on the national party Thursday, eager to reinforce its fundraising operation and pursue an aggressive general election campaign.
Justin M. Sizemore / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
HOW OBAMA DID IT  —  Big states, small states, caucuses and campaign strategy
Discussion: The Plank
Adam Nagourney / The Caucus:
Clinton Says V.P. Is Obama's Choice  —  Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton today disavowed a campaign by some of her supporters to pressure Senator Barack Obama into choosing her as a running-mate, saying they were acting on their own and the decision on who to pick was “Senator Obama's and his alone.”
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CNN:
Polls: McCain, Obama in a dead heat
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
New York Times:   Clinton Says Running Mate Choice Is Obama's
Jeanne Cummings / The Politico:
GOP fears Obama's money machine  —  With Hillary Clinton's campaign coming to an end this weekend, Barack Obama's rise as the Democratic nominee brings serious bad news to a new group — John McCain's finance team.  —  A review of campaign finance data offers not one ounce of good news …
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Michael Cooper / The Caucus:
McCain's $21.5 Million May
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
McCain Rips Off Obama's Slogan And Logo
Kelly Moeller / Political Punch:
Obama Confronts Lieberman On McCain Advocacy, Tone, on Senate Floor  —  Sen. Joe Lieberman, the self-described “Independent Democrat” who caucuses with the Democratic party in the Senate even though he has endorsed Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz, got some tough talk from Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois …
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
Senate Panel Accuses Bush of Iraq Exaggerations  —  WASHINGTON — In a report long delayed by partisan squabbling, the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday accused President Bush and Vice President Cheney of taking the country to war in Iraq by exaggerating evidence of links between Saddam Hussein …
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Thom Shanker / New York Times:
2 Top Leaders of Air Force Pushed Out After Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — The Air Force's senior civilian official and its highest-ranking general were ousted by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates on Thursday following an official inquiry into the mishandling of nuclear weapons and components, senior Pentagon officials said.
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Aamer Madhani / The Swamp:
Defense source: Air Force brass to resign
Discussion: The Crypt's Blogs
Staten Island Advance:
Son of GOP nominee throws hat into ring for Staten Island's seat  —  It could be father versus son in the race for Staten Island's seat in the House of Representatives.  —  An already topsy-turvy political year grew even more so today when Francis M. Powers, the son of GOP designee Francis H. Powers …
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Stay classy, Kos: Markos goes after McCain's ... teeth  —  Bookmark this post, and recall it every single time a progressive blogger accuses us of “distractions” and irrelevancies when it comes to criticizing Barack Obama.  Today, Markos gives his readers a substantive reason to vote against John McCain — his yellowed teeth:
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Kos / Daily Kos:   McCain's teeth  —  Hunter already mocked John McCain's website today …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Obama denies a rumor and questions the question  —  Sen. Barack Obama on Thursday batted down rumors circulating on the Internet and mentioned on some cable news shows of the existence of a video of his wife using a derogatory term for white people, and criticized a reporter for asking him about the rumor …
Discussion: Hot Air and NO QUARTER
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John R. Bolton / Los Angeles Times:
Obama the naive  —  His views on world affairs ignore history and imperil the U.S. and our allies.  —  » Discuss Article Barack Obama's willingness to meet with the leaders of rogue states such as Iran and North Korea “without preconditions” is a naive and dangerous approach to dealing with the hard men who run pariah states.
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Jonathan D. Salant / Bloomberg:
Obama Campaign Open to Helping Clinton Pay Off $20 Million Debt  —  Barack Obama's campaign is open to paying off some of the more than $20 million in debt accrued by defeated rival Hillary Clinton, a top adviser said.  —  “Certainly that is something that would be on the table,” the adviser …
Discussion: Salon and Donklephant
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:   Ferraro wants Obama to pay Clinton's debt
Donna Miles / DefenseLINK:
U.S. Isn't Seeking Permanent Bases in Iraq, Ambassador Says  —  The United States is not seeking permanent military bases in Iraq as it negotiates legal and military agreements with the Iraqi government, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan C. Crocker said here today.
Ross Douthat:
A History of Theodicy  —  Inspired by James Wood's latest litany of eloquent complaints against the God in whom he doesn't believe, here's something I'd like to see: A history of popular theodicy, tracing the influence of the “argument from the existence of evil” against belief in God …
Discussion: Eunomia
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Lincoln's Rule: Organization Matters  —  Politics has become hi-tech with sophisticated databases, the Internet, TV ads, focus groups and polls.  —  But a lanky Sangamon County, Ill., lawyer described the essential task of politics in 1840 in a letter to his Whig campaign committee.
Discussion: Firedoglake and protein wisdom
Glenn Thrush / Spin Cycle:
Most NY Reps to Skip Hillary Send Off  —  Sorry Hillary, they've got other plans.  —  The vast majority of Hillary Rodham Clinton's congressional supporters in New York will be skipping her Saturday drop-out announcement in Washington - citing reasons ranging from town halls back in their districts …
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Rick Perlstein / Today's Ideas & Actions:
The Meaning Of Box 722  —  For at least six months now I've been planning, and putting off, this post.  The imminent occasion of the first African American major-party nominee forces my hand.  It's time for me to help give a sense of just how far we have come.
 
 
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John McWhorter / New York Sun:
Racism in Retreat  —  A year and a half ago, often …
Discussion: Commentary
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Veepstakes: Pawlenty Aims to Raise Profile Within GOP
Dan / Riehl World View:
McCain / Lieberman?  —  Reading this item at TPM via Roll Call …
Matthew Yglesias:
Annals of GOP Doom
Discussion: Eunomia
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
GOLF WE CAN BELIEVE IN  —  After McCain's Tuesday night prebuttal …
Jonathan Stein / MoJoBlog:
10 House Races All Headed in One Direction
Discussion: HorsesAss.Org
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
An Early Gallup Road Map to the McCain-Obama Matchup
Jack Shafer / Slate:
Hillary Didn't Lose. Barack Won.
Discussion: The Fix
 Earlier Items: 
Mark Halperin / TIME.com:
HALPERIN'S TAKE: What John McCain Underestimates
Discussion: The American Mind and Hot Air
Ross Douthat:
Hillary Bows Out  —  “If only she'd done this weeks ago,” Matt writes.
Discussion: The Plank
Mark Steyn / The Corner:
Steyn Trial Marked by End of Civilization
Political Perceptions:
Obama's White Family and Black Church
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
MCCAIN: MINDING THE GAP
Geraldine Ferraro / Wall Street Journal:
Obama's ‘Identity’ Beat Hillary's ‘Identity’
Karen Tumulty / Time:
How Obama Did It  —  Barack Obama was campaigning last October …
Robert M. Goldberg / New York Post:
HOW ‘LIBERAL’ CARE WOULD KILL TED