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11:05 AM ET, June 6, 2008

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Beth Fouhy / Associated Press:
Clinton expected to look to Obama for help on debt  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — In politics, money talks.  And money is likely to be an important factor in discussions between Barack Obama's advisers and the debt-saddled Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign.  —  Clinton will likely seek help …
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MSNBC:
Clinton, Obama meet in Washington  —  They confer after she disavows push to make her vice president  —  WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton met late Thursday with Barack Obama, a day after saying she would end her quest for the Democratic nomination and endorse the Illinois senator.
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Clinton Meets With Obama, and the Rest Is Secret  —  WASHINGTON — For 17 months, they tracked one another's movements like prey.  —  But Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton came together here Thursday evening to pull off a secret rendezvous.  They ditched their traveling entourages …
Paul Haven / Associated Press:
Reports: Edwards rules out vice president slot  —  MADRID, Spain - John Edwards has ruled out being Barack Obama's running mate on the Democratic presidential ticket, according to interviews carried by two leading Spanish newspapers on Friday.  —  “I already had the privilege of running …
Discussion: Hot Air and TIME.com
New York Times:
OBAMA MOVES TO NEXT PHASE AS CLINTON DOUSES TALK OF TICKET  —  Moving forcefully into the general election, Barack Obama held a private meeting with Hillary Rodham Clinton in an effort to unify Democrats.  — More From The Caucus
Discussion: The Caucus and TIME.com
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
ADVISER SAYS MCCAIN BACKS BUSH WIRETAPS  —  The position appears to bring Senator John McCain into closer alignment with the sweeping theories of executive power pushed by the Bush administration.
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
McCain bumbles the delivery  —  NEW ORLEANS - As Democrats buzzed this week about their new de facto nominee, his historic candidacy and the unlikely political demise of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Republican circles were humming with another topic.  —  The topic: Is there a way John McCain …
Discussion: The Swamp and Daily Pundit
Hilary Leila Krieger / Jerusalem Post:
Obama clarifies united J'lem comment  —  Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama did not rule out Palestinian sovereignty over parts of Jerusalem when he called for Israel's capital to remain “undivided,” his campaign told The Jerusalem Post Thursday.
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David Jackson / USA Today:
McCain says he won't run from Bush in campaign  —  FORT LAUDERDALE — Republican John McCain said he won't try to “separate” himself from a weakened President Bush or his unpopular handling of the war in Iraq to try to win the general election against Barack Obama, who has made opposition to the war a focus of the Democratic campaign.
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Kathy Kiely / USA Today:
Obama reaching out to the white working class
Discussion: Think Progress and TIME.com
Thomas M. Defrank / NY Daily News:
Bill Clinton faces benching in fall presidential campaign  —  WASHINGTON - The Obama camp is preparing to embrace Hillary Clinton enthusiastically - but they're reaching for the 10-foot pole to keep her rabid husband at bay.  —  Bill Clinton's erratic and increasingly sulfuric behavior …
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George Will / Real Clear Politics:
For Obama, a Ticket Test  —  WASHINGTON — An axiom.  When voters watch a presumptive presidential nominee considering this or that running mate, they think: What if the president dies?  When the presumptive nominee considers this or that running mate, he thinks: What if I live?
Discussion: TalkLeft and The Daily Dish
Ronald Brownstein / National Journal Online:
The Democratic Gamble  —  IN A YEAR SO TILTED TOWARD DEMOCRATS, HILLARY CLINTON MIGHT HAVE REPRESENTED A SAFER BET TO ACCUMULATE THE BARE MINIMUM OF 270 ELECTORAL VOTES NEEDED TO WIN THE WHITE HOUSE.  —  Sat.  —  It's difficult to overstate Barack Obama's achievement in wresting …
Discussion: The Opinionator
The Politico:
Clinton's exit: When push came to shove  —  In the end, the same man who ushered Hillary Clinton into electoral politics nine years ago pushed her out.  —  Wednesday, Clinton was asking supporters to wait - it was unclear for what — and to give her time to gather her thoughts.
Orin Kerr / The Volokh Conspiracy:
IS THE DC CHECKPOINT PLAN UNCONSTITUTIONAL?  The Washington Post has a detailed story on DC's plans for a “military style checkpoint” to stop gun violence.  Eugene mentioned it briefly below, but I wanted to blog at some length about the legal issues.  It turns out that there's …
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Allison Klein / Washington Post:
D.C. Police to Check Drivers In Violence-Plagued Trinidad
 
 
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Robert S. McElvaine / The Huffington Post:
America's 40 Years War at an End
Jeff Dawson / Guardian:
Dirty Harry comes clean
Discussion: Reason Magazine
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
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