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5:55 PM ET, June 6, 2008

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David M. Herszenhorn / The Caucus:
More on the Obama-Clinton Meeting  —  Senator Dianne Feinstein of California got the call from Hillary Rodham Clinton Thursday afternoon: Could she, would she let Mrs. Clinton use her home in Northwest Washington for a little sit-down with a certain senator from Illinois …
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Josh Margolin / New Jersey Online:
Andrews says he heard racist strategy from Clinton camp  —  A Democratic superdelegate from New Jersey said this week he is worried that unifying the party behind Barack Obama may be difficult because the Clinton camp “has engaged in some very divisive tactics and rhetoric it should not have.”
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 …
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Mark Morford / San Francisco Chronicle:
You buying it?  —  Spiritual wise ones say: This sure ain't no ordinary politician.  You buying it?  —  I find I'm having this discussion, this weird little debate, more and more, with colleagues, with readers, with liberals and moderates and miserable, deeply depressed Republicans …
Abha Bhattarai / New York Times:
Dow Slides Nearly 400 Points; Oil Surges  —  The markets opened lower on Friday and then just kept falling, hit by remarkable rise in the price of crude oil and a spike in the unemployment rate.  —  Wall Street suffered its worst losses in more than two months.
Discussion: The Agonist
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CNNMoney.com:
Oil surges $11 to record $138
Discussion: Open Left and TIME.com
Robert Tuttle / Bloomberg:   Oil Rises to Record on Weakening Dollar, Morgan Stanley Outlook
Fred Thompson / Townhall.com:
HamNation: Obama on Your Shoulder  —  Mary Katharine Ham, with the help of her favorite songwriter, explores life under the new rules and politics of an Obama administration that's in all your business.  —  Your Name:  —  Your Email:
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?
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Poll: Dems want Obama-Clinton ticket
Discussion: TPM Election Central
XXL:
Nas “Black President”  —  This entry was posted on Thursday, June 5th, 2008 at 5:00 pm and is filed under ** Highlight **, Audio, Bangers.  You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.  You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
Paul Alexander / Salon:
How Karl Rove played politics while people drowned  —  Hurricane Katrina posed a huge test to Bush's administration.  But instead of bailing out Louisiana, Karl Rove played Blame the Democrats.  —  On Monday, August 29, 2005, at about 6:00 a.m., Hurricane Katrina slammed into the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.
Discussion: First Draft
Pat Toomey / Wall Street Journal:
Don Young Embodies What's Wrong With the GOP  —  Today, the Club for Growth Political Action Committee endorses Alaska Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell in his bid to unseat Republican Rep. Don Young in the state's August primary.  —  The reason for the endorsement is simple.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Malcolm not over Clinton defeat  —  In an e-mail to supporters, EMILY's List President Ellen Malcolm writes warmly of Obama, but also writes that she's not, personally, quite over her “anger and grief” at Clinton's defeat: … Full e-mail after the jump.  —  Dear ,  —  Thank you Hillary.
Discussion: The Swamp and TIME.com
Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
MSNBC Reporter Calls Spike Lee “Uppity”  —  On MSNBC's Morning Joe show today, Courtney Hazlett reported on the current racial tiff between Spike Lee and Clint Eastwood.  She reminded us that this isn't the first time the two have had issues: “Spike Lee got really uppity” about Eastwood's WWII movies before!
Chuck Todd / MSNBC:
Todd: Clinton's couldas, shouldas, wouldas  —  Reading the obituary for the most anticipated candidacy in a generation  —  Sen. Hillary Clinton speaks to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Wednesday, June 4, 2008, in Washington.  —  Political Director
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Among Blacks, Hillary Clinton's Image Sinks Over Last Year  —  McCain's image also deteriorates, while Obama's improves among blacks  —  PRINCETON, NJ — In an election year in which race is front and center, American blacks have grown more negative toward Hillary Clinton …
Discussion: The Fix and TPM Election Central
The Campaign Spot:
Why Does the Michelle Obama Tape Rumor Match a 2006 Novel?  —  Sometimes, this rumor of this alleged tape of Michelle Obama denouncing “whitey” sounds like something out of a clichéd political thriller novel.  —  Actually, it sounds exactly like something out of a clichéd political thriller novel.
Michelle Goldberg / The New Republic:
3 A.M. For Feminism  —  Clinton dead-enders and the crisis in the women's movement.  —  Amy Siskind, a 42-year-old mother of two from Westchester, stood in a Washington, D.C., park on the last day in May, telling a few hundred cheering people that she would not, under any circumstances, vote for Barack Obama.
Discussion: Althouse
Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
Tribune Co. Plans Sharp Cutbacks at Papers  —  Tribune Company newspapers like The Los Angeles Times and The Chicago Tribune will quickly cut costs — by printing fewer papers and employing fewer journalists — top company executives said on Thursday.  —  Samuel Zell, the chairman …
Discussion: Seeing the Forest and Media Blog
 
 
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Matthew Yglesias:
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Lieberman: “Democrat Party”
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Recoil Election  —  It is the most amazing thing that a young black man …
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
McCain starts general with bio spot
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Andrew Coyne / Macleans.ca Blog Central:
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Matthew Yglesias:
“How Do We Beat The Bitch?”  —  Mark Kleiman suggests …
American Prospect:
She Made Us Talk About Sexism
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Perils of YouTube  —  Nobody caught this the night McCain gave …
Discussion: The Jed Report, Gawker and Slog
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
William Jennings Obama?
Discussion: USA Today
Juan Williams / Wall Street Journal:
It's Time for Another Obama Race Speech
Neil Degrasse Tyson / New York Times:
Vote by Numbers  —  IT appears that Hillary Clinton …