memeorandum: ‘Team Kimberlin’ Meltdown Continues (Robert Stacy McCain/The Other McCain)

11:50 PM ET, June 12, 2012

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Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider:

Obama Is Losing A Stunning Amount Of African-American Support In North Carolina — WATCH: What Obama's Embarrassing Primaries — In Kentucky And Arkansas Last Month Mean — President Barack Obama is rapidly losing support among African-American voters in North Carolina …

Discussion: Instapundit, Washington Wire, Scared Monkeys, Shot in the Dark, UrbanGrounds, Sister Toldjah, The Daily Caller, Washington Monthly, National Review, Race 4 2012, The Lonely Conservative and Ballot Box

Caitlin McDevitt / Politico:

Spike Lee: Obama win not a sure thing — Spike Lee is predicting a tough road to reelection for President Obama. — “This thing is not a lock,” the filmmaker told GQ in a recent interview. “It is not a lock that President Obama is getting a second term and people have to really rekindle the enthusiasm that we had the first time.”

Discussion: GQ, Weasel Zippers and Mediaite

Lydia Saad / Gallup:

Obama's White Base Shows Cracks Compared With 2008 — Support down five points since 2008 among all voters, but more among key 2008 white supporters — PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup Daily tracking indicates Barack Obama is receiving less support in the 2012 presidential election …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:

Obama's Jewish Support Drops 22 Points in New York — President Obama's support among Jewish voters in the state of New York has dropped 22 percentage points in only a month, according to the results of a just released poll. — The poll, conducted by Siena College, finds that currently President Obama …

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Weasel Zippers and Israel Matzav

Washington Examiner:

Now union members are deserting Obama — Tattered union label. Gallup finds that President Obama has some work to do with union members. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) — Two new and disturbing polls just out suggest that the road to reelection is getting tougher for President Obama.

Discussion: UrbanGrounds, Rasmussen Reports and Gallup

Politico:
Obama: Debt, deficits were ‘baked into the cake’

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Romney holds small lead in NC

Discussion: Rasmussen Reports, Weasel Zippers, Ballot Box, Hot Air, Ricochet Conversations Feed, americanthinker.com, Firedoglake, Business Insider, Pat Dollard, Politico and Guardian

Deborah Charles / Reuters:
Michelle Obama to Ann Romney: have fun campaigning

Discussion: New York Magazine and Washington Post

Jeff Weiner / Orlando Sentinel:

George Zimmerman's wife arrested, charged with perjury — At her husband's bond hearing, Shellie Zimmerman was asked repeatedly about money. Among the questions: How much did the couple collect in donations through the PayPal account George Zimmerman set up on his website?

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Scared Monkeys, Black Youth Project, The Mahablog, Sky Dancing, New York Magazine, Gawker, First Draft, Outside the Beltway and Colorlines

Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Democrat to offer bill repealing ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Pat Dollard

msnbc.com:
Shellie Zimmerman, wife of Trayvon Martin killer, arrested on perjury charge

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and JustOneMinute

Judd Legum / ThinkProgress: BREAKING: George Zimmerman's wife arrested on perjury charge

Jeff Weiner / Orlando Sentinel:
Zimmerman ‘does not properly respect the law,’ judge says in order revoking bond

Discussion: Daily Kos

Casey Glynn / CBS News:
Shellie Zimmerman, wife of George Zimmerman, arrested for perjury

Discussion: Riptide 2.0, JOSHUAPUNDIT, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Riehl World View

Democracy Corps:

Shifting the Economic Narrative — What is clear from this fresh look at public consciousness on the economy is how difficult this period has been for both non-college-educated and college-educated voters - and how vulnerable the prevailing narratives articulated by national Democratic leaders are.

Discussion: Washington Post, Washington Examiner, Hot Air, The Daily Beast, No More Mister Nice Blog, Hullabaloo, Washington Wire, American Glob, Washington Monthly, ABCNEWS, Weasel Zippers, The Democratic Daily and Connecting.the.Dots

BuzzFeed:

Clintonites Hit The Panic Button For Obama — Carville, Greenberg, Penn, and Schoen all say the re-elect is off course. The Obamans have always loved criticism from Clintonworld. — (Getty Images / MANDEL NGAN) — Former aides to President Bill Clinton are calling for a dramatic shift …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, The Moderate Voice and Ed Driscoll

Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:

Did He Get the Memo? Obama Sticks to Script on Stump — (Image credit: Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo) — BALTIMORE - As some high-profile Democrats question the focus of his pitch for a second term, President Obama today stuck closely to his well-worn script, telling a group of 500 donors …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Weasel Zippers

Alexander Burns / Politico:
Dems call for fresh message, warn of ‘impossible headwind’

Discussion: Mediaite

Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:

‘Team Kimberlin’ Meltdown Continues — Liars hate nothing worse than to be exposed as liars — exposure makes it hard for them to get away with their lies — and three weeks of public attention to lying felon Brett Kimberlin and his associates have put them under extraordinary psychological pressure.

Discussion: Patterico's Pontifications, American Power, The Lonely Conservative and Datechguy's Blog

Dan Collins / The Conservatory:

Neal Rauhauser's About To Have a Very Bad Day [UPDATEDx2] — Rauhauser, who is apparently having a seizure, contacted an Occupy-linked attorney to try to bring suit, with Wienergate-linked SWATting victim Mike Stack, against Patrick Frey, Stacy McCain and others. We know this because of a leaked email obtained by Brooks Bayne.

Discussion: Datechguy's Blog and The Camp Of The Saints

Brooks Bayne / The Trenches:
BREAKING: Neal Rauhauser Believes SWATter is One of His Own

Discussion: Patterico's Pontifications, “The Lid”, The Camp Of The Saints and The Other McCain

Tim Makand Josh Gerstein / Politico:

Eric Holder warns of ‘constitutional crisis’ — Under threat of a House contempt citation over the botched Fast and Furious gun-walking operation, Attorney General Eric Holder spoke in a conciliatory tone Tuesday about his willingness for “compromises” to avoid what he called …

Discussion: CNSNews, CNN and Belmont Club

Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Dems block McCain resolution on special counsel for leaks

Discussion: CBS News, CNN and Michelle Malkin

Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Cornyn: Holder should resign in wake of Fast and Furious probe

Discussion: Doug Ross

CBS Miami:

Doctors Release Pictures Of Causeway Cannibal Victim — MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Doctors have released photographs of Ronald Poppo, more than two weeks after the homeless man had much of his face chewed off during an attack by so-called Causeway Cannibal Rudy Eugene over the Memorial Day weekend.

Discussion: BuzzFeed, Guardian, Riehl World View, The Raw Story and Gawker

Kyle Munzenrieder / Riptide 2.0:
New Photos of Ronald Poppo, Face-Eating Victim, Released Post-Surgery

Discussion: Runnin' Scared and Gawker

Michael Stafford / Cagle Post:

Why I Gave Up On Being a Republican — I'm a life-long Republican. My political affiliation has been woven intrinsically into the very fabric of my being. — When I was young, Ronald Reagan bestrode the world like a colossus. I grew up watching the Cold War end-game play out as Reagan faced …

Discussion: The Daily Beast and driftglass

Tim Mak / Politico:
Jeb Bush comments have blogs in uproar

Discussion: Babalú Blog, NewsBusters.org blogs, CNN, GOP 12, Riehl World View, The Moderate Voice, National Review, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Power Line

David Brooks / New York Times:

The Follower Problem — If you go to the Lincoln or Jefferson memorials in Washington, you are invited to look up in admiration. Lincoln and Jefferson are presented as the embodiments of just authority. They are strong and powerful but also humanized. Jefferson is a graceful aristocratic democrat.

Discussion: National Review, First Draft, The Mahablog, The Daily Caller, Angry Bear, No More Mister Nice Blog, Philly.com and Balloon Juice

Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Our Mr. Brooks Leads Us Home

Discussion: Balloon Juice, Lawyers, Guns & Money and driftglass

New York Post:

Anti-gay Muslim cries bias — The NYPD wouldn't hire him — because he is anti-gay, a Police Academy reject complains in a startling new discrimination lawsuit. — The would-be cop from Brooklyn — identified only as “Farhan Doe” — is a Muslim-American who believes homosexuality is a sin …

Discussion: Jihad Watch, Pat Dollard, The New Civil Rights Movement, Runnin' Scared, Back2Stonewall and New York Magazine

Nick Wing / The Huffington Post:

Rick Scott: Voter Purge Turned Up ‘Over 50’ Non-Citizen Voters — 'The Debate's Over' … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Rick Scott, Video, Governor Rick Scott, Florida Lawsuit, Florida Suing Federal Government, Florida Voter Purge, Florida Voter Purge Lawsuit, Non-Citizen Voters, Rick Scott Florida …

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, CNN, The BRAD BLOG and The Hill

Joel Gehrke / Campaign 2012:

Obama: GOP stuck me with a steak dinner tab — President Obama subtly attacked Mitt Romney for being wealthy, suggesting that he hasn't “spent time in the real world” and so has not received the necessary preparation to occupy the White House. — “Those of us who have spent …

Discussion: Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, GayPatriot, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Conservatives4Palin and Pirate's Cove

Politico:

Obama: GOP campaign fits in a single tweet — OWINGS MILLS, Md. — President Obama accused the Republicans of running a campaign focused exclusively on blame. — “You can pretty much put their campaign on a tweet and have some characters to spare,” Obama said at a fundraiser outside of Baltimore.

Discussion: Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, American Glob, The PJ Tatler and Indecision Forever

Joe Scarborough / Politico:

Why I voted for Ron Paul — I operate on instinct. So I should not have been surprised by my own gut reaction to the absentee ballot that lay before me on the kitchen table. — I scanned the list for Republican primary candidates and let instinct take over. — Mitt Romney? Not on your life.

Discussion: Hot Air, Mediaite and The Daily Caller

Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:

Times Have Changed, It's OK to Lie — Last month David Corn noted that Mitt Romney was claiming that “government” would control half the economy once Obamacare was up and running. He's still saying it, and today Glenn Kessler of the Washington Post gives it a score of four Pinocchios and says Romney should drop it.

Discussion: Washington Post, Outside the Beltway, The New Republic, The Impolitic and The Reality-Based Community

Bruce Bartlett / Economix:

The Fiscal Legacy of George W. Bush — Bruce Bartlett held senior policy roles in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations and served on the staffs of Representatives Jack Kemp and Ron Paul. He is the author of “The Benefit and the Burden: Tax Reform - Why We Need It and What It Will Take.”

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Booman Tribune, The New Editor, Mother Jones, The Daily Dish, Liberal Values and Daily Kos

Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:

First-Ever Trans Senate Witness: ‘To Be Unemployed Is Very Devastating, Demeaning, And Demoralizing’ — This morning, the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee held a hearing on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which would extend employment protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Discussion: TransGriot, Feministing, Washington Blade, GLAAD, The New Civil Rights Movement, Towleroad News #gay and Box Turtle Bulletin

Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:

Current's Joy Behar Wants Conservatives ‘If They Have The Balls To Come On The Show’ — Hot on the heels of Current TV's announcement that The View co-host and veteran standup comic Joy Behar would begin hosting an hourlong show for the network, the feisty Emmy® award winning talk show host sat down …

Discussion: NewsBusters.org blogs, Twitchy and NewsBusters.org