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1:50 PM ET, June 14, 2008

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Joe Klein / Time:
“He Was Loving This Election”  —  Back when he was just starting in television — and ever since — but particularly back then, Tim Russert was astounded by the joys of the job.  Early on, he helped arrange an interview with the Pope for the Today Show — and Tim did it up right …
Discussion: TalkLeft, City Room and The Trail
Tom Shales / Washington Post:
Tim Russert: The Smile That Lit Up Journalism  —  But he couldn't have died.  It seems impossible.  Tim Russert can't be gone because he was having too good a time.  —  He was an expert at journalism, politics and the ways of the world, yes, but he also seemed to have mastered happiness.
Washington Post:
Key Iraqi Leaders Deliver Setbacks to U.S.  —  Premier Rejects Terms of Proposed Pacts; Cleric Reactivates Militia  —  The Bush administration's Iraq policy suffered two major setbacks Friday when Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki publicly rejected key U.S. terms for an ongoing military presence …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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New York Times:
A Moment of Clarity in Baghdad  —  The disconnect between Washington's stay-the-course Republicans — President Bush and Senator John McCain, in particular — and the Iraqi government has grown too wide to ignore.  As the administration pushes for a legal agreement to extend …
Mike O'Shea / Concurring Opinions:
What to Watch For in D.C. v. Heller  —  The Supreme Court's next scheduled opinion day, Monday, June 16, could yield a decision in the landmark Second Amendment case of D.C. v. Heller.  My guess is that we'll see Heller on or after June 23, at the very end of the Term.
Discussion: Convictions
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Ewen MacAskill / Guardian:
Fox forced to apologise to Obama for third time in two weeks  —  Rupert Murdoch's Fox News television station has been forced to apologise to Barack Obama for the third time in a fortnight after screening a racially tinged caption referring to his wife Michelle as his “baby mama”.
Discussion: The Liberal Avenger and Truthdig
Noemie Emery / Weekly Standard:
It's Not Race, It's Arugula  —  Obama's real electoral challenge.  —  On the way to his rendezvous with destiny, Barack Obama consistently lost white voters, especially of the middle and working classes, to Hillary Clinton—voters variously known as Appalachians or Reagan Democrats …
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See-Dubya / michellemalkin.com:
It's not race, it's arugula
Discussion: American Spectator
Craig Gilbert / JSOnline:
Delegate's reversal stuns party  —  Wisconsin Democrat now publicly supports McCain  —  Washington - As an avid supporter of Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic primaries, Debra Bartoshevich is not alone in her frustration over Clinton's defeat.  —  She's not alone in refusing to support Barack Obama.
Discussion: TIME.com, Redstate and Political Punch
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
ASSIGNMENT DESK: BILL RICHARDSON FOR VP?  —  Make Bill Richardson vice president, or he will kill this child.  Yeeearrgghhh!  —  Ryan asks, “Could you do an evaluation of Richardson for VP?  He seems like an obviously good choice, but there hasn't really been any discussion of him as a nominee.
Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
Giuliani Plans to Aid Hopefuls, for His Share  —  WASHINGTON — With the Republican Party in need of money for the November elections, former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani has offered to appear at fund-raisers around the country for G.O.P. candidates.  But there is a catch: He wants some cash out of the deal.
Juliet Eilperin / The Trail:
McCain Cancels Fundraiser with Oilman Who Joked About Rape  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) Friday suddenly cancelled an upcoming fundraiser at the home of a Texas Republican after media outlets began asking the campaign about comments the host made while running for governor in 1990.
Discussion: MOMocrats
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Margaret Talev / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Obama considering world tour ahead of August convention  —  WASHINGTON — Barack Obama may depart this summer from his road-warrior tour of election-battleground states to take a trip around the world, one intended to shore up his credentials on foreign policy.
Discussion: The Swamp
 
 
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Dina Cappiello / Associated Press:
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Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
NRA's political clout is waning
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SAD NEWS.  —  The wires are reporting that Tim Russert died from a heart attack today.
 

 
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