White House Used Bill Clinton to Ask Sestak to Drop Out of Race  —  President Obama's chief of staff used former President Bill Clinton as an intermediary to see if Representative Joe Sestak would drop out of a Senate primary if given a prominent, but unpaid, advisory position, people briefed on the matter said Friday.

How the Sestak job offer became a big deal  —  Party leaders and campaign operatives — on nearly a daily basis — approach challenger candidates seeking to disrupt the established political order with a simple message: Get out or else.  —  And so, the report this morning …

Memorandum from White House Counsel Regarding the Review of Discussions Relating to Congressman Sestak  —  MEMORANDUM FROM ROBERT F. BAUER, WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL  —  We have concluded that allegations of improper conduct rest on factual errors and lack a basis in the law.  —  Secretary of the Navy.

Noonan Unhinged  —  An incoherent tangle of prejudices and feelings wrapped up in hyperbole is the best Peggy Noonan can now muster.  How else to describe this morning's column?  It heralds nothing less than the end of the Obama presidency just a year and a half in: … Seriously?  Her evidence for this?

Rand Paul Endorses Obviously Unconstitutional Plan To End Birthright Citizenship  —  Kentucky Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul is best known for radical anti-government views that lead him to oppose the federal ban on whites-only lunch counters, while claiming that governmental criticism of BP is “un-American.”