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12:30 PM ET, June 7, 2008

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Jodi Kantor / New York Times:
Clinton Bloc Becomes the Prize for Election Day  —  Now that a would-be first female president is ending her quest for the White House, the race is more about women than ever before.  —  With Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's ending her campaign for the Democratic nomination …
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Washington Post:
Clinton to Publicly Withdraw, Support Obama  —  After a tumultuous 17-month journey, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) will formally withdraw as a presidential candidate today, publicly declaring her support for Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) for the first time since he secured the Democratic nomination.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Hot Air
CNN:
Clinton to endorse Obama, call for unity  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. Hillary Clinton will endorse Sen. Barack Obama for president Saturday, and use her final campaign speech to urge supporters to back him in November, a source close to Clinton and familiar with her prepared remarks tells CNN.
Discussion: Blogs of War
NY Daily News:
Last dance for Hillary  —  Hillary Clinton will wave goodbye to her 2008 campaign Saturday at the National Museum Building, where she and Bill Clinton celebrated his presidential victories  —  WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton's last waltz from the 2008 White House race will be performed on a stage …
Discussion: TIME.com, Commentary and TMZ.com
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Prolonged battle gave Obama's opponents much time to prepare  —  When Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) finally secured the Democratic nomination Tuesday night, his Republican opponents were fully prepared to welcome the Illinois senator to the general election.  —  Given Obama's six-month, 54-contest …
Alexandra Twin / CNNMoney.com:
Dark day on Wall Street  —  The Dow's 395-point drubbing is its biggest one-day point loss in 15 months, after crude prices' largest one-day advance ever and a poor jobs report.  —  NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Stocks tanked Friday, with the Dow industrials shedding 395 points …
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Jeannine Aversa / Associated Press:
Biggest jobless jump since '86 _ Wall Street sinks
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Washington Post:
Record Oil Spike, High Jobless Rate Sink Stock Market
Brian Blackstone / Wall Street Journal:
Unemployment Rate Jumps to 5.5% As Economy Continues to Shed Jobs
Discussion: Wonkette
Andy Ostroy / The Huffington Post:
The Sleazy GOP Attack Machine Kicks Into High Gear: Welcome to “F**K Whitey” and “RadicalVille”  —  It's only been three days since Sen. Barack Obama historically won the Democratic nomination for president of the United States.  But the Republican venom against the candidate and his wife Michelle is starting to spew.
Frederick W. Kagan / Weekly Standard:
Voting for Commander in Chief  —  There can only be one.  —  It would be hard to design a better test for the job of commander in chief than the real-life test senators John McCain and Barack Obama have undergone in the last two years.  As the situation in Iraq deteriorated during 2006 …
Discussion: Fausta's blog
ESPN:
Jim McKay, Olympics and ABC announcer, dies at age 86  —  Jim McKay, 86, a longtime television sports journalist, has died of natural causes in Maryland, according to a statement from the McKay family.  —  McKay is best known for hosting “ABC's Wide World of Sports” and 12 Olympic Games.
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Nelson bill would abolish Electoral College  —  Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) introduced a constitutional amendment to abolish the Electoral College on Friday, less than a week after the Democrats settled on how to handle delegates from Florida at their national convention.
Discussion: Electoral-vote.com
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
As Ills Persist, Afghan Leader Is Losing Luster  —  WASHINGTON — After six years in which Hamid Karzai has been the darling of the United States and its allies, his luster may be fading.  —  Next week, Mr. Karzai, the Afghan president, is to arrive in Paris for a donors conference with attendees from 80 countries and organizations.
Leslie Wayne / New York Times:
Conventions Rake In Soft Money That Candidates Forgo  —  One of Senator Barack Obama's first acts after claiming the Democratic nomination was declaring he would not take special-interest money for his presidential bid, even going so far as to bar lobbyists from donating to the Democratic National Committee.
Discussion: TIME.com
William K. Rashbaum / City Room:
City's Top Crane Inspector Is Arrested  —  The city's chief crane inspector was arrested on Friday and charged with taking bribes to approve cranes under his review and for taking money from crane operators who sought to ensure that they would pass the required licensing exam, an official involved in the case said.
 
 
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Matthew Benjamin / Bloomberg:
McCain Aide Says Bush Knows Little About Economy
Sean D. Hamill / New York Times:
South Carolina to Offer Cross on Car Plates
Discussion: Hot Air and Think Progress
The Campaign Spot:
Team McCain Offers Their Outlook on the General Election
Jad Mouawad / New York Times:
Oil Prices Take a Nerve-Rattling Jump Past $138
Martha Irvine / Associated Press:
Young voters: Obama's race as an asset, non-issue
Paul Krugman:
We need a new business cycle vocabulary
Discussion: Economist's View
Michelle Malkin:
How today's media would have covered D-Day
Reuters:
US walking away from U.N. rights forum -diplomats
Discussion: A NEWT ONE
 Earlier Items: 
Daniel / Crooked Timber:
Fat Hominid  —  There's a paper to be written at some point …
Martin Kady II / The Crypt's Blogs:
Dems yank global warming bill
Discussion: The Belmont Club
WLS / Patterico's Pontifications:
How it Works in the Real World — The Minimum Wage and Unemployment
Discussion: Wizbang and PrestoPundit
Nicholas Kulish / New York Times:
Germany Abuzz at Racy Novel of Sex and Hygiene
Mary Ann Akers / The Sleuth:
Black Group Offended by Delivery of T-Shirt
Media Matters for America:
Fox News' E.D. Hill teased discussion of Obama dap: “A fist bump?
Discussion: PoliBlog (TM) and RADAMISTO
Josh Kraushaar / The Crypt's Blogs:
Kerry rival ends campaign for Mass. Senate
Matt / Think Progress:
Clarke On Iraq War Architects: 'We Shouldn't Let These People …
 

 
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