Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
11:50 AM ET, May 31, 2008

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Bill Clinton's enemies list?  —  Listen to audio of Bill Clinton's conference call below.  —  With Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign on the verge of defeat, Bill Clinton has been placing blame on enemies including a brazenly biased media that tried to suppress blue-collar votes …
RELATED:
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Sources: DNC Florida Compromise Reached, Michigan Hangs In Balance  —  stumble digg reddit del.ico.us news trust buzz up  —  Two sources, including a high-ranking official with the Florida delegation, have confirmed that the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee reached an agreement last night …
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Democrats considers Fla., Mich. delegate plans  —  WASHINGTON - Democrats searched for a compromise Saturday to seat disputed delegations from Michigan and Florida at this summer's party convention and clear the way for a quick end to the marathon struggle between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Amy Chozick / Wall Street Journal:
Tuesday May Not End Democratic Fight  —  CHICAGO — With just three more Democratic primaries and a rules committee meeting remaining, many expect the long race for the Democratic presidential nomination to end on Tuesday.  But will it?  —  Sen. Barack Obama says the general election campaign …
Discussion: TIME.com
James W. Pindell / Politicker:
DNC Committee meets behind closed doors and ends without agreement  —  WASHINGTON — Setting the stage for what could be a full day of testimony, voting, and planned protests, members of the Democratic National Committee's Rules and Bylaws Committee held a private, behind closed doors meeting Friday night …
Discussion: TIME.com and USA Today
Greg Wallace / Political Radar:
Dems Behind Closed Doors Til 1:30 am — Still No Consensus  —  ABC News' Teddy Davis and Gregory Wallace Report: Democrats went behind closed doors until 1:30 am ET on Saturday but they did not reach their goal of developing a unified proposal regarding Michigan and Florida.
Jim Tankersley / The Swamp:
Clinton's ‘briar patch’ scenario
Discussion: The Caucus and New York Times
Thomas Joscelyn / Weekly Standard:
Are We Serious?  —  They're at war, we're catching crooks.  —  A Memoir of the Jihad  —  by Andrew C. McCarthy  —  Encounter, 250 pp., $25.95  —  In the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks, America has tried to understand how she could have been so blind.
Discussion: Power Line and protein wisdom
Publius / Obsidian Wings:
Hillary's Choice  —  Perhaps I'm being melodramatic, but tomorrow is one of the most critical events of the 2008 election.  At this point, you're thinking “aha, rules committee meeting.”  But that's not actually what I'm talking about.  The truly truly critical event tomorrow …
Greg Gordon / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Former Bush donors now giving to Obama  —  WASHINGTON — Beverly Fanning is among the campaign donors who'll be joining President Bush at a gala at Washington's Ford's Theater Sunday night, but she says that won't dissuade her from her current passion: volunteering for Barack Obama's presidential campaign.
Marc Gunther / Fortune:
Chances dim for climate-change legislation  —  Business coalition splinters, and without widespread corporate support, the bill headed to the Senate is almost certainly doomed.  —  NEW YORK (Fortune) — An influential coalition of Fortune 500 companies and environmental groups that was formed …
Emptywheel:
Howard, This Is Not About You, This Is About Your Country  —  Howard Dean has kicked off this meeting with a great speech.  He emphasized the superb turnout Democrats have had this year.  And he emphasized how strong we are to be able come together and disagree.
Tom Raum / Associated Press:
Obama says his ears too big for Rushmore  —  MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL, S.D. (AP) — Democrat Barack Obama paid an unscheduled late-night visit to Mount Rushmore Friday, visiting the national memorial at closing time and joking that his ears were too big to ever be included in such a display.
Discussion: Power Line and The Corner
Fox News:
Bob Dole Calls Scott McClellan a ‘Miserable Creature’  —  Bob Dole says Bob Dole is mad at Scott McClellan.  —  The former Senate majority leader and 1996 Republican presidential candidate sent a nasty e-mail to McClellan calling him a “miserable creature” for his latest book blasting the Bush administration, FOX News has learned.
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
RELATED:
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
What Happened?  —  Not since America's most revered feckless …
Discussion: Sadly, No!
Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite / Washington Post:
President, Chicago Theological Seminary  —  Rev. Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite is president of Chicago Theological Seminary and senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.  She has been a professor of theology at the seminary for 20 years and director of its graduate degree center for five years.
RELATED:
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 11:50 AM ET, May 31, 2008.

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: 
Louise Nordstrom / Associated Press:
Iran's foreign minister slams US foreign policy
Discussion: The Strata-Sphere
Per Curiam / supreme.courts.state.tx.us:
In re Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Relator
Mari Yamaguchi / Associated Press:
Japanese woman caught living in man's closet
Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
Do Florida And Michigan Primaries Really Reflect The Will Of The People?
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Intelligence Official Sees Little Progress Before Bush Exits
Los Angeles Times:
Four Japanese gang figures got liver transplants at UCLA
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Carbon Chastity  —  The First Commandment of the Church of the Environment
Adm. Mike Mullen / jcs.mil:
From the Chairman: Military Must Stay Apolitical
 Earlier Items: 
Josh Gerstein / New York Sun:
Reporter Ordered To Testify About Sources
Discussion: FishBowlDC
Phil Stewart / Reuters:
Vatican says will excommunicate women priests
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
McAuliffe doesn't like McClellan book, either
HTML Mencken / Sadly, No!:
Thanks, DNCC … No problem!  —  See, I was gonna cut my hair …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Obama plans election kick-off at GOP convention site
Carla Marinucci / San Francisco Chronicle:
Clinton's Last Stand; Challenges for Obama, McCain
Andy Barr / The Hill's Blog Briefing Room:
Kerry: On Sept. 11 We Were at Peace
John McCormack / Weekly Standard Blog:
Axelrod Misrepresents Obama's Position on the Surge
Discussion: Hot Air
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Variety:
AMC Networks acquires full control of BBC America, after BBC Studios sold its remaining 50.1% interest in the channel to AMC Networks for $42M in cash

Jim Milliot / Publishers Weekly:
News Corp's HarperCollins reports Q1 revenue up 4% YoY to $546M, led by a 15% YoY gain in digital sales; JD Vance's Hillbilly Elegy led titles with ~1.5M copies

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
CNN must face Project Veritas' defamation lawsuit after a federal appeals court finds that Project Veritas plausibly alleged that CNN acted with actual malice

 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page