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4:45 AM ET, June 17, 2008

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Al Gore / Al's Journal:
My endorsement  —  A few hours from now I will step on stage in Detroit, Michigan to announce my support for Senator Barack Obama.  From now through Election Day, I intend to do whatever I can to make sure he is elected President of the United States.  —  Over the next four years …
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Jason Horowitz / New York Observer:
Clinton Bundler on Obama's Doyle Pick: The Biggest ‘F**k You’ Ever  —  A former bundler to Hillary Clinton just called in to tell me that Barack Obama's selection of Patti Solis Doyle as chief of staff to the campaign's eventual vice presidential nominee is the “biggest f**k you I have ever seen in politics.”
Anne E. Kornblut / The Trail:
Clinton Insiders Take Umbrage at Solis Doyle Move  —  FLINT, Mich. — The nomination fight is over, but the warring between the Obama and Clinton campaigns lives on.  —  The Obama team announced today that it had picked former Clinton campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle to serve on its general election staff.
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
PATTI SOLIS DOYLE, TAKE 2....It turns out that Barack Obama's hiring of Patti Solis Doyle is even more interesting than I thought at first.  Perhaps because I deliberately pulled back from campaign coverage during the final couple of months after Texas and Ohio, I didn't realize that Solis Doyle …
Adam Nagourney / The Caucus:
Former Clinton Campaign Manager Joins Obama Team  —  The Obama campaign is about to make its first big hire out of the campaign of Hillary Rodham Clinton.  Patti Solis Doyle, who was Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign manager until she was ousted in a staff shake up in February …
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Gore Endorses Obama as a Solver of Problems  —  DETROIT — Former Vice President Al Gore made his debut appearance in the presidential campaign here Monday evening, offering a vigorous endorsement of Senator Barack Obama and urging Democrats to keep in mind the consequences of not taking the general election with grave seriousness.
Discussion: TIME.com and Ben Smith's Blogs
Chris Bowers / Open Left:
Vice-President: Clinton Sinking, Nunn Rising?  —  Following the news that former Hillary Clinton campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle has been hired by the Obama campaign as Chief of Staff for the Vice-Presidential nominee, there has been quite a bit of speculation about the ramifications of this hiring.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Doing her part  —  Clinton gamely puts out a statement …
Discussion: TalkLeft
James Risen / New York Times:
Lost Army Job Tied to Doubts on Contractor  —  WASHINGTON — The Army official who managed the Pentagon's largest contract in Iraq says he was ousted from his job when he refused to approve paying more than $1 billion in questionable charges to KBR, the Houston-based company that has provided food …
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Hilzoy / Obsidian Wings:
Privatizing The Army
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Jeff G. / protein wisdom:
Don't call me nigger, Whitey  —  Or, how Sly and the Family Stone have prefigured the tortured logic of mainstream “liberal” American academic/media elite discourse on race.  From the Chicago Tribune: … Beyond the irony of being lectured on what people should or should not take offense …
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Chicago Tribune:   ‘Whitey’ fails to wound
neo-neocon:
Hey whitey, don't be insulted
Discussion: alicublog
Washington Post:
California Weddings Make History  —  State-Sanctioned Unions for Same-Sex Partners Begin  —  She said, “I do,” and she said, “Absolutely.”  —  With those words, Robin Tyler and Diane Olson, both dressed in ivory-colored suits, were pronounced “spouses for life” on the steps of the town courthouse …
Discussion: Buck Naked Politics
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Los Angeles Times:
Gay marriages begin as California ruling takes effect
Discussion: Opinion L.A.
San Francisco Chronicle:
Same-sex weddings start with union of elderly San Francisco couple
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Moderate Voice
CNN:
Second President Bush floats prospect of a third  —  (CNN) - For only the second time in nearly three decades, there won't be a Bush on the presidential ballot this November.  But that absence may not be a permanent one, the current White House occupants hinted Sunday.
Mark Glaser / MediaShift:
AP Badly Mistaken on Drudge Retort  —  Last week, the Associated Press decided that the Drudge Retort was in violation of copyright laws because it excerpted parts of AP stories and linked to them.  The AP legal team sent a cease-and-desist letter to Drudge Retort's owner, the technology book author Rogers Cadenhead.
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Little Green Footballs:
Boycotting the Associated Press
Tim Shipman / Telegraph:
Barack Obama aide: Why Winnie the Pooh should shape US foreign policy  —  Winnie the Pooh, Luke Skywalker and British football hooligans could shape the foreign policy of Barack Obama if he becomes US President, according to a key adviser.  —  Richard Danzig, who served …
Washington Post:
McCain Seeks to End Offshore Drilling Ban  —  Sen. John McCain called yesterday for an end to the federal ban on offshore oil drilling, offering an aggressive response to high gasoline prices and immediately drawing the ire of environmental groups that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee has courted for months.
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Michelle Malkin:
McCain on offshore drilling: For it before he was against it …
Discussion: The Trail, The Caucus and Don Surber
Washington Post:
Poll Finds Independent Voters Split Between McCain, Obama  —  Buoyed by a public mood favoring Democrats, Sen. Barack Obama begins the general-election campaign holding a narrow advantage over Sen. John McCain, with independent voters emerging as a constituency critical to the Republican's hopes of winning the presidency in November.
Discussion: TIME.com and Hot Air
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Robert H. Reid / Associated Press:
Iraqi violence down; war's root causes unresolved  —  BAGHDAD - Signs are emerging that Iraq has reached a turning point.  Violence is down, armed extremists are in disarray, government confidence is rising and sectarian communities are gearing up for a battle at the polls rather than slaughter in the streets.
Discussion: Power Line and Secular Blasphemy
 
 
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Alexander Marquardt / CNN:
“Yes We Can” Obama video wins Emmy
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Matt / Think Progress:
Fox anchor claims Iranian missile could possibly 'hit some military …
Matthew Continetti / Weekly Standard:
The Gitmo Nightmare  —  What the Supreme Court has wrought.
Discussion: Sadly, No! and Commentary
David Chartier / Ars Technica:
alt.blocked: Verizon blocks access to whole USENET hierarchy
Discussion: Amygdala and Digg
 Earlier Items: 
Kevin J. Kelley / Nationmedia.com:
‘No plans’ for Odinga-Obama meeting
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Obama Hits at McCain's Appeal to Women
Discussion: Open Left and Truthdig
Gwen Ifill / TheRoot:
Goodbye to a Standup Brother
Mary Anastasia O'Grady / Wall Street Journal:
Why Brazil Isn't Ashamed to Exploit Its Oil
Robert D. Kaplan / The Current:
What Obama Can Learn from Gates
Discussion: Redstate and Commentary
Amanda / Think Progress:
World trusts Ahmadinejad more than Bush 'to do the right thing …
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Hitting McCain on “a Google”
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs
People's Daily Online:
Obama Phenomenon in U.S.
Discussion: NewsBusters.org