Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
11:45 PM ET, June 7, 2012

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
CNN:
Clinton: 'I'm very sorry'  —  (CNN) - Bill Clinton regrets the swirl over comments he made earlier in the week in which he appeared to suggest he would be open to extending the so-called Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, the former president said Thursday.  —  “I'm very sorry about what happened …
RELATED:
Detroit Free Press:
Poll: Barack Obama in dead heat with Mitt Romney in Michigan as popularity slips  —  Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, left, and President Barack Obama / AP  —  President Barack Obama's popularity in Michigan has slipped in recent months, leaving him in a dead heat …
Mark Halperin / Time:
Between the Lines: By Mark Halperin  —  FILE - In this June 4, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in New York.  President Barack Obama and Democrats awoke Wednesday to the cruel reality of June, the political blows from the bitter loss in Wisconsin's gubernatorial recall election …
Alex Pareene / Salon:
An urgent plea to political reporters  —  Let's all stop pretending imaginary “gaffes” are real  —  Let's all agree to just not pretend the president made an “oral sex joke” at his gay fundraiser last night, because that's stupid.  It's stupid, and most of the people with jobs …
Rasmussen Reports:
Colorado: Obama 45%, Romney 45%
Quinnipiac University:
Romney Trails Obama By 5 Points In Virginia, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Gay Marriage …
Discussion: CNN, Ballot Box and GOP 12
Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM:
OBAMA CAUGHT LYING AGAIN: HE WAS MEMBER OF ‘NEW PARTY,’ SAYS KURTZ
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Clinton ‘very sorry’ for suggesting extension of Bush tax cuts
Discussion: The Hope For America
George W. Bush / CNN:
CNN Poll: George W. Bush only living ex-president under 50%
Ali A. Akbar / Facebook:
My mistake, Brett Kimberlin, and attacks on my mother...  Never doubt that God works in mysterious ways.  Especially in our failures and mistakes.  —  Like too many Americans nowadays, I grew up in a single-mother home.  I helped raise my two little brothers while my mother worked and went …
RELATED:
U.S. Congressman Kenny Marchant:
Marchant Stands for Free Speech and with Conservative Bloggers Under Attack  —  Congressman Kenny Marchant (TX-24) today issued a statement in strong support of free speech and conservative bloggers who are being targeted in dangerous “SWAT-tings” and asked Attorney General Holder to investigate …
Michelle Malkin:
ACLJ steps up to defend bloggers targeted over Brett Kimberlin coverage
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Election Forecast: Obama Begins With Tenuous Advantage  —  The first look at the 2012 FiveThirtyEight presidential forecast has Barack Obama as a very slight favorite to win re-election.  But his advantage equates to only a two-point lead in the national popular vote, and the edge …
RELATED:
Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
The Romney Campaign's ‘Route to 270’ Doesn't Get to 270
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Left pushes for $10 minimum wage, but House Democratic leadership balks  —  The House Democrats pushing for a steep hike in the minimum wage could face an unlikely foe: their own leadership.  —  Behind Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (Ill.), almost two dozen liberal Democrats endorsed legislation …
Discussion: Politico and Weasel Zippers
RELATED:
Wall Street Journal:
Noonan: What's Changed After Wisconsin  —  The Obama administration suddenly looks like a house of cards.  —  What happened in Wisconsin signals a shift in political mood and assumption.  Public employee unions were beaten back and defeated in a state with a long progressive tradition.
Discussion: Power Line
Joe Conason / The National Memo:
Did Young Mitt Romney Impersonate A Police Officer?  Another Witness Says Yes  —  Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy  —  When Mitt Romney was a college freshman, he told fellow residents of his Stanford University dormitory that he sometimes disguised himself …
RELATED:
Frances Martel / Mediaite:
Lawrence O'Donnell Breaks New Mitt Romney Scandal: He Maybe Had A Police Uniform?
Daniel Doherty / Townhall.com:
Jeb Bush: Man, I Regret Not Running For POTUS … I'm sure Jeb Bush himself isn't the only conservative wishing he had heeded his brother's advice. … I suppose there's at least one good reason Jeb Bush ultimately decided not to run for president in 2012: his last name.
RELATED:
John Ruberry / Marathon Pundit:
(Video) AFSCME boss gives race-baiting speech at Occupy Milwaukee rally  —  On Wednesday, the day after Governor Scott Walker's recall election victory, Occupy Milwaukee held a rally in Pere Marquette Park, A march followed, which was at times was violent.  But the ugliest occurrence yesterday …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Romney Just Making Stuff Up Now  —  I read a book today, oh boy.  —  A couple weeks ago, Mitt Romney quoted Noam Scheiber's book about the Obama administration's economic rescue, “The Escape Artists,” in a highly misleading way.  Yesterday he did it again, only this time Romney altered …
RELATED:
Ezra Klein:
Health reform: What if Obama hadn't tried it?
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke / Board of Governors …:
Testimony  —  Economic Outlook and Policy  —  Before the Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress, Washington, D.C.  —  Chairman Casey, Vice Chairman Brady, and other members of the Committee, I appreciate this opportunity to discuss the economic outlook and economic policy.
RELATED:
Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
Bernanke Offers No Clear Sign of New Action
New York Post:
Stuyvesant HS students hold ‘Slutty Wednesday’ to protest school's strict dress code policy  —  Nearly 100 smarties at the city's top-performing high school bared their bodies in “risque” outfits yesterday to denounce their school's conservative dress code — which bans the exposure of shoulders, midriffs, lower backs, bras and undies.
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Jon Stewart Slams MSNBC's Coverage of Walker Recall Election: ‘MSNB-Sad’  —  How bad was MSNBC's coverage of Republican Governor Scott Walker winning his recall election in Wisconsin Tuesday?  —  Well, the Daily Show's Jon Stewart on Wednesday renamed the network “MSNB-Sad” saying that it …
Discussion: Hot Air and MacIver Institute
Matt Cover / CNSNews:
Holder Claims Emails Using Words ‘Fast and Furious’ Don't Refer to Operation Fast and Furious  —  (CNSNews.com) - Attorney General Eric Holder claimed during congressional testimony today that internal Justice Department emails that use the phrase “Fast and Furious” do not refer …
The Caucus:
New Poll: The Supreme Court and the Health Care Law  —  More than two-thirds of Americans hope the Supreme Court will overturn some or all of the 2010 health care law, according to a new poll conducted by The New York Times and CBS News.  Just 24 percent said they hoped the court “would keep the entire health care law in place.”
RELATED:
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Sebelius: 'We'll be ready' if Supreme Court strikes healthcare law
Discussion: Politico
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Boehner shuffles office with new chief of staff  —  House Speaker John Boehner's chief of staff, Barry Jackson, is taking on a new role as senior counselor to the Speaker and handing the day-to-day management of the office to veteran Boehner aide Mike Sommers.
Discussion: Politico and Reuters
RELATED:
Cathryn Kulat / The Hill:
Boehner on Europe crisis: 'I don't see any light at the end of the tunnel'
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Rand Paul endorses Romney  —  File this under signs the Ron Paul campaign is really, truly over: Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul threw his support tonight to Mitt Romney.  —  The endorsement came in an appearance on “Hannity,” a little less than 24 hours after the elder Paul acknowledged in an email …
Discussion: CNN and Hit & Run
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 11:45 PM ET, June 7, 2012.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Gabrielle Giffords Weighs ‘Gabby PAC’ As Next Career Move
Discussion: Ballot Box
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Heitkamp gives cautious answer on backing Reid as leader
Discussion: Politico
Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Dems call on House panel to release Waters report in ethics case
Discussion: Politico
James Eng / msnbc.com:
Steve Smith, reputed white supremacist, causes stir by winning election to Pennsylvania county GOP seat
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Julia Preston / New York Times:
Deportations Continue Despite U.S. Review of Backlog
Discussion: Immigration Impact
Dan Mitchell / International Liberty:
Estonia and Austerity: Another Exploding Cigar for Paul Krugman
Alan Grayson / The Huffington Post:
11 Years Ago Today
 Earlier Items: 
Matt Katz / Philly.com:
Town puts Christie on blast
Discussion: Politico and msnbc.com
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Oliver North column raises a veteran's ire
Nick Allen / Telegraph:
Foie-mageddon: California in one last foie gras binge before statewide ban
Jack Cashill / American Thinker:
What the Media Choose Not to Know about Trayvon