| 10:39 PM: | Farewells, little else await Bush in Europe. When President George W. Bush makes his final tour of European capitals next week, he can expect a less-than-fond farewell on a continent where leaders are already looking past him to his successor. Reuters. | |
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| 10:38 PM: | Sen. Warner Backs Gilmore But Won't Campaign For Him. Warner's office issued a statement saluting Gilmore. The Hill. | |
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| 10:36 PM: | McCain campaigns with potential VP picks in tow. Try-outs for the number two spot on the presumptive Republican nominee’s presidential ticket continued this week. Reuters. | |
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| 7:32 PM: | The Olbermann Effect. The presidential nominees have finally emerged, but the real victor this primary season is cable news. On The Media. | |
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| 7:30 PM: | Talk of War and Family Highlights McCain's Kickoff Commercial. Senator John McCain’s first advertising push of the general election is examined. NYT. | |
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| 7:30 PM: | Clinton Meets With Obama, and the Rest Is Secret. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton pulled off a secret rendezvous Thursday night, eluding camera crews and setting off a political scavenger hunt. NYT. | |
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| 7:29 PM: | Zakaria: Obama would be good for U.S. image. There's a huge international perception that Senator Obama is going to be better for America's image abroad if he were to win. CNN. | |
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| 7:28 PM: | Bush Considers New Economic Stimulus. The White House is weighing new measures to stimulate the ailing U.S. economy, after Friday brought news of soaring unemployment rates and oil prices. CBS. | |
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| 6:08 PM: | Bombshell! Washington State Legislative Race Has No Candidates on the Ballot Except a Libertarian. According to the Washington Secretary of State's webpage, the only candidate who filed for State Rep., 37th district, place 2, is Ruth Bennett of the Libertarian Party. Ballot Access. | |
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| 5:49 PM: | On The Media: Friday, 06 June 2008. Show Summary: Scott McClellan, Arianna Huffington, Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib. Podcast. On The Media. | |
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| 5:30 PM: | Dow falls 394.64 points on jobless rate, record oil. Stocks plunged on Friday, marking the Dow's worst day in 15 months. Reuters. | |
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| 5:18 PM: | Bill Moyers on The Democratic Party's Nominee. Bill Moyers on the Democratic Party and its new nominee, video podcast. Bill Moyers. | |
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| 5:11 PM: | Bob Dylan says Barack Obama is 'changin' America. In an exclusive interview with The Times, published today, Dylan gives a ringing endorsement to Mr Obama, the first ever black presidential candidate, claiming he is "redefining the nature of politics from the ground up". Times of London. | |
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| 4:52 PM: | Is Obama an enlightened being? Barack Obama isn't really one of us. Not in the normal way, anyway. SF Chron. | |
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| 4:50 PM: | Way Down In The Hole. How badly might Sen. Clinton need help with her post-campaign debt? Badly. Daily Kos. | |
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| 4:49 PM: | Clinton may have key role before November. Whether Sen. Hillary Clinton can begin to unite Democrats behind their presumed nominee may be crucial to the party's success in the fall. CNN. | |
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| 4:47 PM: | How Mayhill Fowler got online scoops on Obama and Bill Clinton. The 61-year-old, self-described "failed writer" and amateur Web journalist helped create two of the most unexpected moments in the 2008 election so far. LA Times. | |
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| 4:37 PM: | Democratic Party returns lobbyist, PAC money. The Democratic National Committee, now operating under Barack Obama's fundraising rules, on Friday returned about $100,000 in money from lobbyists and political action committees. AP. | |
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| 4:36 PM: | Big Dem 527 to fold into 2 groups. Progressive Media USA hasn't met its ambition of serving as a conduit for millions of dollars in attacks on McCain. Politico. | |
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| 4:35 PM: | Sunday talk show tip sheet. Fox and CBS score VP contenders for the Democratic and GOP tickets; ABC gets Kerry and Graham. Politico. | |
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| 4:35 PM: | Obama, Clinton speak secret language. Clinton has sent an unmistakable signal that she was more than just "open to" to a spot on the ticket. Politico. | |
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| 3:58 PM: | McCain Says Its Unclear Whether Bush Wiretapping Was Legal. John McCain's campaign has sent seemingly conflicting signals on the issue in recent days. NYT. | |
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| 3:57 PM: | McCain deploying staff, expanding advertising. With his Democratic foe now certain, Republican John McCain is deploying dozens of staffers into battleground states, boasting of improved fundraising and expanding his advertising into some of the most competitive terrain of the general election. AP. | |
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| 3:41 PM: | "Black President" In a change from this campaign season's music so far, the newest pro-Obama song is actually good. Salon. | |
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| 3:41 PM: | Remainders: Tomorrow in D.C. Bob Dylan endorses Obama. Ben Smith. | |
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| 3:40 PM: | Obama to Launch Economic Tour. Sen. Barack Obama will kick off a two-week "Change That Works for You" tour to highlight his economic plans. WSJ. | |
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| 3:39 PM: | Poll: Electorate split between Obama, McCain. The general election season opens with a neck-and-neck race between Barack Obama and John McCain, with more than one in five voters acknowledging that they might change their minds between now and November. CNN. | |
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| 3:18 PM: | Shares on Wall Street plummet 3% Leading US stock market indexes suffer massive falls as the price of oil soars to yet another record. BBC. | |
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| 3:18 PM: | The Propaganda Campaign Dissected. The Bush administration's most blatant appeals to fear in its campaign to sell the Iraq war were flatly unsupported. Washington Post. | |
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| 1:29 PM: | On the Sunday shows. Fox News Sunday: Obama-supporting Gov. Tim Kaine, McCain-supporting Gov. Tim Pawlenty; This Week: Sens. John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, Dianne Feinstein. Time. | |
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| 1:26 PM: | Did Clinton wait too long to concede? A history professor points to previous examples to suggest that Hillary Clinton isn't alone in waiting a bit before acknowledging her loss. Salon. | |
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| 1:11 PM: | Market crashes; Dow down 400 points; Blame Obama. Investors didn't panic because of the astonishing jump in oil prices or the sharp uptick in unemployment. Salon. | |
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| 1:08 PM: | Cafferty: What will you miss least about the primaries? It was 20 months of highlights and lowlights. It just seems longer. CNN. | |
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| 1:04 PM: | McCain, Obama both say Iran is other's weakness. John McCain and Barack Obama are using the foreign policy challenge of a rising Iran to play up what each describes as the other's weaknesses - inexperience or recklessness on Obama's part and McCain's embrace of failed tactics. AP. | |
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| 12:49 PM: | Clinton's couldas, shouldas, wouldas. She should not have avoided being labeled the "woman candidate for president." MSNBC. | |
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| 12:39 PM: | Losing it in '05. Chuck Todd has another flashback to what became, it turned out, a crucial defeat for Clinton. Ben Smith. | |
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| 12:38 PM: | McAuliffe Is Indeed Disneyland Bound. Hillary Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe told reporters gathered outside the candidate's home today that the entire staff is looking to "take some time, relax, and do everything we can to help Barack Obama." Natl Journal. | |
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| 12:37 PM: | Gallup Daily: Obama 46%, McCain 45% Two days after Barack Obama declared victory over Hillary Clinton in the Democratic delegate contest, he remains locked in a statistical tie (46% to 45%, respectively) with John McCain in the presidential preferences of national registered voters. Gallup. | |
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| 12:24 PM: | Some Thoughts On A Hypothetical Constitutional Crisis. Strategists for both John McCain and Barack Obama are chewing over a hypothetical scenario wherein Barack Obama recieves millions more votes than John McCain, but, because of the distribution of votes in the electoral college, McCain would become the president. Marc Ambinder. | |
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| 11:53 AM: | McCain group wants Clinton backers. The McCain campaign launched a new coalition meant to target independent and Democratic voters. Politico. | |
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| 11:48 AM: | Head of EMILY's List Feeling "Anger and Grief" In an e-mail to supporters, Ellen Malcolm makes clear she’s still coping with Clinton’s loss. "Those of us who have been wholehearted supporters of Sen. Clinton feel disappointment and sadness, even anger, that this opportunity to elect a fine candidate and the first woman president is passing us by." Time. | |
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| 11:45 AM: | Editorial: It’s So Much Nicer on K Street. Outside Washington, voters need to confront candidates who demonize the lobbyists who are actually silent underwriters of their candidacies. NYT. | |
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| 11:44 AM: | Editorial: The Truth About the War. A new report shows clearly that President Bush should have known that important claims he made about Iraq did not conform with intelligence reports. NYT. | |
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| 11:43 AM: | The first big Clinton campaign decision. In 2000, David Axelrod was all but offered the job as Hillary Clinton's media adviser -- then at the last minute, on her husband's advice, she changed. Ben Smith. | |
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| 10:57 AM: | Obama Makes Surprise Stop at Chicago Olympic Rally. The Illinois Senator drops by a local event celebrating Chicago being one of four finalists in the race for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Time. | |
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| 10:41 AM: | Lobbyists: Candidates Are Hypocritical to Attack Us. After presidential candidates have bashed lobbyists for much of the '08 race, the American League of Lobbyists (ALL) is appealing to candidates to treat them with more respect. The Hill. | |
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| 10:38 AM: | Obama's election 'more significant than the Emancipation Proclamation' In an interview with NPR, Clinton backer Robert Johnson offered dramatic support for Obama Ben Smith. | |
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| 10:21 AM: | Clinton, Obama didn't discuss veep. In private meeting, they laid ground for future discussions. Politico. | |
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| 9:54 AM: | Weekend Lineup. Here are the scheduled guests for the Sunday public affairs shows and other weekend programs. Natl Journal. | |
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| 9:54 AM: | Hip Hop Star Raps for Obama's Victory. Senator Barack Obama's triumphant week is punctuated by a two hip-hop giants. NYT. | |
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| 9:53 AM: | Fist-Bump, Explained. Barack and Michelle Obama's pound just before his victory speech Tuesday continues to produce some interesting media coverage. The Hill. | |
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| 9:53 AM: | Perils of YouTube. Nobody caught this the night McCain gave his speech in New Orleans, but YouTube misses nothing. Ben Smith. | |
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| 9:31 AM: | Public Financing for Obama? Today, it seems so inconceivable for Obama, who has raised $265 million (compared to McCain's $90 million), to accept public financing. Time. | |
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| 9:30 AM: | CNN Poll: Majority of Dems want Clinton to be VP. A majority of Democrats think Barack Obama should select Hillary Clinton as his running mate, according to a new national poll. CNN. | |
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| 9:29 AM: | Clinton Backer: Healing Will Be A Process. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, a Clinton supporter, says in an interview with CBSNews.com that the Democratic Party and both candidates need time to decompress from primary process. CBS. | |
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| 9:00 AM: | McCain camp debuts new ad with big buy. For its first real general election spot, John McCain's campaign is thinking big. Salon. | |
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| 9:00 AM: | Nat'l Poll: A Dead Heat. A new national poll by Cook Political/RT Strategies shows Obama and McCain statistically tied. Time. | |
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| 8:50 AM: | Obama Denies Rumor of Wife Using Derogatory Remark. The Illinois Senator scolded a McClatchy reporter who asked about a video that depicts Michelle Obama allegedly used a remark that could be offensive to whites. Time. | |
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| 8:50 AM: | The Long Goodbye. Hillary Rodham Clinton's big event Saturday is scheduled to begin at noon at the National Building Museum in Washington. NYT. | |
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| 8:49 AM: | Barack Obama: ISO Techie Geeks. According to an email that landed moments ago in the e.politics bunker, the Obama campaign is looking to hire tech geeks in a number of flavours: "programmer, database, voterfile, analytics, IT, etc." e.politics. | |
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| 8:14 AM: | Kenyan group vows to defend Obama from smears. A group of young Kenyans supporting Barack Obama launched what they called a worldwide campaign on Friday to defend the likely U.S. Democratic presidential nominee from smears by opponents. Reuters. | |
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| 8:13 AM: | U.S. Senate global warming bill blocked. Senate Republicans on Friday blocked a global warming bill that would have required major reductions in greenhouse gases, pushing debate over the world's biggest environmental concern to next year for a new Congress and president. CNN. | |
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| 8:10 AM: | Clinton supporter says campaign aide looked to use racial tension. A Democratic congressman is accusing Clinton's campaign of trying to exploit tensions between Jews and blacks. CNN. | |
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| 8:09 AM: | McCain Sets Sights On Clinton Voters. John McCain envisions a November victory built in part around attracting a large number of the millions of voters who turned away from Barack Obama's promise of change during the Democratic primary campaign, the Washington Post reports. CBS. | |
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| 7:59 AM: | Clinton asks supporters to begin raising money for Obama. Hillary Clinton has reportedly asked her national finance committee to shift gears; advisors to Clinton estimate that she can help the presumptive Democratic nominee pull in at least $50 million. Salon. | |
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| 7:49 AM: | McCain: Lieberman watch. Not only did Sen. Joe Lieberman appear on a McCain conference call hitting Obama on foreign policy, but now the Connecticut senator is spearheading a group called "Citizens for McCain"ť that seeks to draw independents and Democrats to McCain's candidacy. MSNBC. | |
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| 7:47 AM: | McCain Ad Highlights His Military Past. A Republican ad focuses on McCain's experience as a prisoner of war NYT. | |
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| 7:45 AM: | Clinton to Endorse Obama at National Building Museum Saturday. Hillary Clinton will endorse Barack Obama at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC this Saturday. The Hill. | |
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| 7:45 AM: | Barr Swipes At McCain Over Cap-And-Trade. Libertarian presidential nominee Bob Barr went after John McCain for supporting a cap-and-trade system that seeks to put mandatory limits on greenhouse gas emissions. The Hill. | |
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| 7:45 AM: | McCain Surprised to Be Running Even with Obama. "I'm surprised, frankly, to see the polls as close as they are, given our brand problems in the Republican Party," McCain said. The Hill. | |
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| 7:43 AM: | Clinton Announces (Some) Details of Saturday Event. With curiosity mounting about how Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign is choreographing her exit from the race for the Democratic nomination, the latest tidbits on her Saturday rally and expected endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama. WSJ. | |
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| 7:42 AM: | Polls show Obama-McCain race tight. A poll of polls on Thursday showed John McCain and Barack Obama locked in a virtual dead heat as the presidential general election campaign got under way. CNN. | |
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| 7:26 AM: | McCain drops first ad of general election. The McCain camp will release its first ad of the general election, a spot called "Safe." Politico. | |
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| 7:24 AM: | Advice for McCain: Rethink strategy. McCain should ditch the long speeches, be funny, and lose the tie. Politico. | |
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| 7:22 AM: | McCain bumbles the delivery. Campaign strategists and GOP operatives agree that when it comes to the oratory, John McCain is no Barack Obama. Politico. | |
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| 7:21 AM: | Details emerge from Obama-Clinton meeting. Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Friday shed some light on the surprise meeting between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton that took place at the California Democrat's Washington home Thursday night. CNN. | |
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| 6:26 AM: | McCain's first ad of the general. McCain to launch first general election ad "Safe." Politico. | |
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| 6:01 AM: | Raising the Barr. Angry libertarians could be a problem for John McCain in November. The Economist. | |
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| 6:00 AM: | Crises of faith. Both Barack Obama and John McCain have problems with religion. The Economist. | |
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| 5:59 AM: | The fall of the House of Clinton. Hillary Clinton has seen a nomination that was once hers for the taking slip from her grasp. How could it have happened? The Economist. | |
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| 5:57 AM: | Obama denies a rumor re: web video. Sen. Barack Obama on Thursday batted down rumors circulating on the Internet and mentioned on some cable news shows of the existence of a video of his wife using a derogatory term for white people, and criticized a reporter for asking him about the rumor, which has not a shred of evidence to support it. Politico. | |
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| 5:55 AM: | Rangel Pushed Clinton Out. "In the end, the same man who ushered Hillary Clinton into electoral politics nine years ago pushed her out," Politico notes. Political Wire. | |
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| 5:55 AM: | Clinton Campaign Owes More Than $30 Million. Sen. Hillary Clinton will likely seek help from Sen. Barack Obama "in retiring her massive campaign debt, which has swollen to more than $30 million, including $11 million she lent the effort." Political Wire. | |
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| 5:54 AM: | An exception for MoveOn. Obama, as he reiterated in taking over the DNC, doesn't take money from political action committees, which are usually maintained by industry and interest group lobbies. But MoveOn maybe an exception... Ben Smith. | |
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| 5:53 AM: | McCain says he's the underdog against Obama. Republican John McCain has gone with underdog, declaring himself just that in an interview with ABC News’ Charles Gibson on Thursday, two days after Illinois Sen. Barack Obama became the Democratic nominee. Reuters. | |
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| 5:51 AM: | Jobs cut for 5th straight month, unemployment rate jumps. U.S. employers shed jobs for a fifth straight month in May and the unemployment rate jumped to its highest in more than 3-1/2 years. Reuters. | |
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| 5:51 AM: | McCain's Cash On Hand. Sen. John McCain's campaign today reports an impressive $31.5M cash on hand, having attended more than 30 fundraisers in May for a total of more than $21M. Marc Ambinder. | |
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| 5:49 AM: | Obama & Clinton Secret Meeting. There was a meeting. It was not at Hillary Clinton's house. Staff worked out the schedules. Obama wanted to talk about bringing the party together. Marc Ambinder. | |
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| 5:48 AM: | Rather asks about WH blogger conspiracy. Dan Rather interviews Scott McClellan. Politico. | |
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| 5:46 AM: | NYT puts 16 reporters on Obama piece. NYT has 16 reporters on Obama world story. Politico. | |
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| 5:44 AM: | Ousted Executive Provides a Feminine Face to the McCain Campaign. Carleton S. Fiorina, the celebrity C.E.O. fired three years ago by Hewlett-Packard, is back, this time reincarnated as a telegenic, take-no-prisoners surrogate for John McCain. NYT. | |
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| 5:43 AM: | Obama Moves to Next Phase as Clinton Douses Talk of Ticket. Moving forcefully into the general election, Barack Obama held a private meeting with Hillary Rodham Clinton in an effort to unify Democrats. NYT. | |
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| 5:43 AM: | Adviser Says McCain Backs Bush Wiretaps. The position appears to bring Senator John McCain into closer alignment with the sweeping theories of executive power pushed by the Bush administration. NYT. | |
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| 5:10 AM: | Obama and the death of Clintonism. Now that Barack Obama has the nomination wrapped up, everyone will be looking for the symbolic moment when he takes Clinton's hand and they raise their arms together. Slate. | |
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| 5:09 AM: | Obama Reaching Out to the White Working Class. Obama tells USA Today how he’s targeting the voters he had the hardest time winning in the primaries. Time. | |
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| 5:06 AM: | Edwards rules out vice president slot. Edwards has ruled out being Barack Obama's running mate on the Democratic presidential ticket, according to interviews carried by two leading Spanish newspapers on Friday. AP. | |
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| 5:03 AM: | RNC Launches MeetBarackObama.com. A new message-replicating site from the Republican National Committee about Barack Obama. He's labeled "the freshman Senator from Illinois." Marc Ambinder. | |
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| 5:02 AM: | Schumer: Clinton would accept vice president offer. Clinton would agree to be Barack Obama's vice presidential running mate if offered the slot on the Democratic ticket, Sen. Charles Schumer said Friday. AP. | |
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| 12:13 AM: | McCain Keeps Pressure on Obama for Town Halls. The presumptive GOP nominee kicks off his remarks to a Florida journalism group at Walt Disney World by asking Obama to meet him in New York City next week for the first of 10 unmoderated town halls. Time. | |
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| 12:12 AM: | Did HRC lose to sexism? Why is it that we referred to her as Hillary and referred to the others as Obama, McCain, Romney, etc. Scripting News. | |
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