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6:50 PM ET, June 7, 2012

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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 …
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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 …
Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
The Romney Campaign's ‘Route to 270’ Doesn't Get to 270  —  A pollster's presentation aims at an electoral college victory strategy, but falls a bit short of the goal.  —  If you're a politician who wants people to give money to your campaign — but I repeat myself — it helps to convince those well-off donors that you can win.
Quinnipiac University:
Romney Trails Obama By 5 Points In Virginia, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Gay Marriage …
Discussion: CNN, Ballot Box, Guardian and GOP 12
Bill Clinton / 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 …
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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 …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Obama is killing the Democratic Party  —  President Obama, I have frequently argued, has been fabulous for the conservative movement.  He spurred the creation of the tea party.  He helped the GOP win the House majority in 2010 and make big gains in the Senate.
George W. Bush / CNN:
CNN Poll: George W. Bush only living ex-president under 50%  —  Washington (CNN) - More than three years after leaving office, former President George W. Bush remains unpopular with the public, according to a new national poll.  —  A CNN/ORC International poll also indicates that two-thirds …
Mark Halperin / Time:
Between the Lines: By Mark Halperin
Discussion: Power Line
BuzzFeed:
Did President Obama Just Make A Blowjob Joke?
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.”
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Erika Johnsen / Hot Air:
NYT/CBS News poll: More than 2/3 of Americans hope SCOTUS will bring the pain on ObamaCare
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Sebelius: 'We'll be ready' if Supreme Court strikes healthcare law
Discussion: Politico
Jonathan Allen / Politico:
How SCOTUS could help Congress save billions
Discussion: Vodkapundit
American Center for Law and Justice ACLJ:
Bloggers' Free Speech Rights Under Attack  —  Free speech is under attack.  Conservative writers are now facing threats against themselves, their families, and their livelihoods merely because they've aggressively investigated the history and funding of radical liberals.
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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 …
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 …
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Frances Martel / Mediaite:
Lawrence O'Donnell Breaks New Mitt Romney Scandal: He Maybe Had A Police Uniform?
Discussion: The Hope For America
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 …
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Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Hill leaders blast Obama admin. on leaks
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Holder and lawmakers spar over Fast & Furious
Discussion: Mediaite
Manu Raju / Politico:
Secret talks under way about ‘fiscal cliff’  —  A growing number of lawmakers are alarmed that Congress's do-nothing posture ahead of the year-end fiscal cliff could provoke a massive voter backlash and economic catastrophe if they don't start laying the groundwork right now to cut a deal.
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Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Heitkamp gives cautious answer on backing Reid as leader
Discussion: Politico
Ezra Klein:
Health reform: What if Obama hadn't tried it?  —  When you see these conversations about whether Obama should have pursued health care reform rather than continuing to “focus on the economy,” it's worth keeping a couple of things in mind.  —  1) The calendar: The stimulus bill passed in February 2009.
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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.
Stanley Kurtz / National Review:
Obama's Third-Party History  —  On the evening of January 11, 1996, while Mitt Romney was in the final years of his run as the head of Bain Capital, Barack Obama formally joined the New Party, which was deeply hostile to the mainstream of the Democratic party and even to American capitalism.
Richard Yeselson / The New Republic:
Not With a Bang, But a Whimper: The Long, Slow Death Spiral of America's Labor Movement  —  Many commentators have correctly observed that the reelection of Governor Scott Walker is a grave blow to unions, especially public sector unions.  They went all in to defeat Walker and …
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Nick Allen / Telegraph:
Foie-mageddon: California in one last foie gras binge before statewide ban  —  A foie gras frenzy is under way in California as the state prepares to become the first in America to ban the controversial delicacy.  —  California's decision to ban foie gras - pictured above in its pate form …
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.
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Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
Citing Growth, Fed Chief Gives No Hints of New Stimulus
Discussion: Truthdig
James Eng / msnbc.com:
Steve Smith, reputed white supremacist, causes stir by winning election to Pennsylvania county GOP seat  —  Leaders of the Republican Committee of Luzerne County, Pa., are trying to figure out whether they can oust a reputed white supremacist who was elected to the committee with one vote - his own.
Discussion: The Huffington Post
 
 
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