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Drudge banners: "IOU" and links to this LA Times story on the budget crisis in California. And the U.S. says North Korea does not appear to be readying a missile launch in this Bloomberg story is also highlighed on Drudge. ... READ MORE

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The Huffington Post banners: "Obama's first major military operation underway in Afghanistan" and links to this AP story. Unemployment to hit a 9.6 percent, a 26 year high, according to this AP report, highlighted on the HuffPo. And Jesse Berney ... READ MORE

HotAir
The Obama administration doesn't see the contradiction between calling for free elections in Honduras and staying out of the election in Iran, writes Allahpundit. And veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas went "nuclear" on the White House for controlling the ... READ MORE

DailyKos
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) wants to president but "she couldn't even get her own campaign's scheduling staff to give her enough time to run," writes Jed Lewison. And South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's (R) recent confessions have set off ... READ MORE

Townhall
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's (R) Republican enemies hope he stays in office, writes Matt Lewis. And, drawing on examples from other countries, Carol Platt Liebau writes what ObamaCare "really means." READ MORE

OpenLeft
Advancing the debate over torture is always going to be difficult, writes Daniel de Groot. And Mike Lux takes a look at the fight over a new Pecora commission. READ MORE

RedState
The press is "finally" calling out the Obama administration for controlling the press, writes Paint it Red. And Moe Lane takes a detailed look at the 2010 election and the ages of several Democratic committee chair people. READ MORE

MyDD
Mitt Romney appears to be urging Republicans to stand up to President Obama, writes Charles Lemos. And Lemos also writes that South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) must think the Associated Press is a "licensed therapist." READ MORE

Powerline
Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.) appeared to open the door to the Obama administration making more demands Israel in the peace process while in the country, writes Paul. And new polling shows that support for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is ... READ MORE

Matthew Yglesias
The entire committee system in Congress "leaves a lot to be desired," writes Matthew Yglesias. And Yglesias also points out a general thought among the punditry right now: Congress is asserting its dominance in setting and controlling the agenda, not ... READ MORE

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June 8, 2008

SUNDAY ROUNDUP

@ 6:56 pm by Walter Alarkon

Hillary Clinton doesn't need to look far to figure out what went wrong, according to bloggers writing postmortems Sunday about her campaign. Having taken down Clinton, Barack Obama and his money-making machine are poised to vanquish John McCain, bloggers surmise. And both parties' congressional candidates need to watch out for bloggers looking to expose special interests.

The "hilarious" analysis of the Democratic race by Clinton strategist Mark Penn shows that he still doesn't get his "anachronistic," "poll-driven" campaign was a reason Clinton couldn't raise enough money to win, writes Swampland's Joe Klein. Compared to Obama, Clinton had a flawed organization and a flawed campaign message, one that was just about regaining power, writes RedState's Pejman Yousefzadeh.

With Clinton out of the way, Obama is enjoying a six-point bounce in the latest Rasmussen tracking poll and leading McCain, 48 percent to 40 percent, writes Todd Beeton at MyDD. The tongue-twisted performance of Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R), in which he doesn't even try to defend McCain's support for Democratic climate change proposals, may be a "sad harbinger of things to come" for Republicans, writes a despondent John Hinderaker at Power Line.

Bloggers on both sides push for independent-minded candidates in two heated congressional primaries. Democrats should back Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) in his race against the candidate of Emily's List, Nikki Tinker, who hasn't distanced herself from anti-Semitic and homophobic attacks against Cohen, writes Paul Rosenberg at Open Left. And if Republicans want to turn the tide, they should support pork-busting Sean Parnell, the Alaska lieutenant governor running in a GOP primary against the "uber-purveyor of pork," Rep. Don Young (R), writes Eric Earling at The Next Right.

FROM THE BLOGS:
Hilarious: Penn's Analysis In NYT - Joe Klein, Swampland
So Long, Farewell… - P. Yousefzadeh, RedState
Unity: The Day After - Big Tent Democrat, TalkLeft
Hillary As Veep? - Kevin Drum, Political Animal
Obama's Bounce - Todd Beeton, MyDD
Unilateral Disarmament - John Hinderaker, Power Line
A Fully Partisan Iraq Report - P. Mirengoff, Power Line
No One Trusts Election Coverage - Allahpundit, Hot Air
Emily's List Backing Homophobic Campaign? - Rosenberg, Open Left
MA-Sen.-Republicans Humiliated Again - brownsox, Daily Kos
Clear Out The Deadwood - Eric Earling, The Next Right

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
The Long Road To A Clinton Exit - New York Times
Each Party Is Set To Hunt The Other's Ground - Washington Post
Obama Maps Nationwide Push In GOP Strongholds - New York Times
Iraq, Not The Economy, Frames The National Debate - Wash. Post

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