DAY'S END ROUNDUP

FROM THE BLOGS:

Passage of power
Bill Clinton reviews Robert Caro’s new book on LBJ in The New York Times.

A young president in love
Vanity Fair ran excerpts from David Maraniss’s new book, complete with letters and diary entries from girlfriends the president had in his early 20s.

The hypothetical president
David Harsanyi at Real Clear Politics says the president is basing his pitch to voters on hypothetical arguments.

Obama won’t be Swift-Boated
Margaret Carlson at Bloomberg says the GOP is pursuing the wrong strategy if it hopes to turn Obama’s personality or national-security credentials against him.


OTHER NEWS SOURCES:

Gingrich ends presidential race
Justin Sink at The Hill reports that Newt Gingrich left the presidential race in the same way he ran it — talking about brain science, hologram technology and, of course, lunar colonies.

Treasury says no debt-ceiling hike will be needed before the election
Lawmakers will not have to re-fight their epic battle over raising the debt ceiling until after the November elections, reports Peter Schroeder at The Hill.