Day's End Round-Up

Barack Obama's birth certificate disproves rumors that he was born outside the country, say bloggers who came to the Illinois senator's defense digging up the document. The results of an internal probe into a National Republican Congressional Committee financial scandal has bloggers shocked. And Obama moving much of the Democratic National Committee to Chicago is the subject of debate.

An unlikely pairing from Daily Kos and The Corner debunks the rumor that Obama was born outside the United States. Kos posts Obama's birth certificate and writes that he's glad to squash false rumors that Obama was born in Kenya under the first name Barry and middle name Muhammad. But the document does not prove anything to some, as suitably flip points out it is not attributed to any person or organization and says it is a certificate of birth, and not a birth certificate.

The NRCC's former treasurer pocketed $725,000 according to an internal audit, The Caucus reports. The blog points out this is the worst time for the report to come out as the committee struggles to keep pace with its Democratic counterpart. The report undermines any GOP demands that Democrats be accountable to get their house in order, Michelle Malkin writes.

And Obama moving much of the party fundraising arm to Chicago is a "major shake-up," writes The Trail. But Marc Ambinder isn't surprised, writing it was a natural move for the Illinois senator's presidential campaign.

FROM THE BLOGS:
DNC Merger with Obama Camp Continues - Marc Ambinder
Obama's Birth Certificate - kos, Daily Kos
Kos Tries to Pass off Obama's Certificate of Birth - Suitably Flip
Obama Shakes up DNC - The Trail
Dean Mum on Obama Using Public Funds - Top of the Ticket
SCOTUS Rules Detainees Can Challenge - Amanda, Think Progress
Jindal: Worse Than Katrina? - Isaiah Poole, Firedoglake
The NRCC Mess Revisited - Michelle Malkin
Slime Attack on Schaffer - Ben DeGrow, The Next Right
Waiting for 2012 for a Real Conservative? - Matthew E. Miller, race42008

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
NRSC Chief Predicts Toughest Election Year Since 1974 - Christian Science Monitor
Dems Attack Lobbying Record of McCain's VP Vetter - The Hill
Justices Rule Terror Suspects Can Appeal - New York Times

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Barack Obama and John McCain should have done a better job vetting their veep vetters, bloggers say Tuesday after one of Obama

A disputed Bob Novak column that suggests Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) want Emanuel to succeed Barack Obama in the Senate has bloggers wondering just who is pedaling the rumor. John McCain

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

Hillary Clinton's campaign valedictory is the only show in town Saturday. By backing Barack Obama wholeheartedly, she did what she had to do, according to liberal bloggers. But Clinton's endorsement seemed a little forced to conservative bloggers, who note her backers' boos for Obama. Though she's leaving one campaign, she's not finished with public life yet, bloggers on all sides agree.

Clinton's unequivocal endorsement was what Obama supporters were waiting for, according to The Stump's Michael Crowley. Obama now has the full support of Clinton's most vocal supporter online, Talkleft's Jeralyn, who thanks Clinton for her commitment and passion and calls a John McCain presidency "simply unacceptable." The applause from Clinton supporters for Obama drowned out the "few boos" cried at the mention his name, writes MyDD's Jonathan Singer, who sees a united Democratic Party going forward.

But the boos for Obama were certainly there, notes Allahpundit, who suggests that the feminist theme of Clinton's farewell might foreshadow "Clinton 2012: Woman Warrior." When she talked about her own campaign, she was the smiling "New Hillary," but when she talked Obama, she reverted back to the "mean" "Old Hillary," writes Townhall's Matt Lewis. Clinton's defeat validates conservative pundit Peggy Noonan's case against Clinton, built on the argument that she and her husband were "not quite stable," writes The Corner's Kathryn Jean Lopez.

Clinton now returns to the Senate, where she has four years left on her term. She made clear in her speech that she'll continue to fight for her causes and she'll try to to rehabilitate her husband's image, dinged during a rough-and-tumble primary campaign, writes The Fix's Chris Cillizza.

FROM THE BLOGS:
Barack Obama Has Our Full Support - Jeralyn, TalkLeft
Unity - Jonathan Singer, MyDD
Exit Hillary - Michael Crowley, The Stump
Hillary Clinton: A Personal View - DemFromCT, Daily Kos
The Old Hillary And New Hillary - Matt Lewis, Townhall.com
Noonan Should Be Declaring Victory - K.J. Lopez, The Corner
Boos And Cheers As Hillary Endorses Obama - Allahpundit, Hot Air
Clinton Badly Needs Help With Debt - Adam B, Daily Kos
Legacy And Future In Mind, Clinton Ends Run - C. Cillizza, The Fix
Chuck Schumer On Moving Forward - Jonathan Singer, MyDD
Democratic And Independent Swing Voters - P. Rosenberg, Open Left
David Broder: Embodiment Of Beltway Values - Glenn Greenwald

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Ending Her Bid, Clinton Backs Obama - New York Times
In Money Race, Obama Has The Advantage - Washington Post
Franken Wins Endorsement For Senate in Minn. - Associated Press

Is the Democratic Party finally on track after Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton met face to face last night? liberal bloggers ask, while conservatives doubt a rumored videotape of Michelle Obama using the term

A new Senate Intelligence Committee report showing the Bush Administration mishandled prewar intelligence has liberal bloggers outraged. John McCain

Now that Barack Obama has clinched the Democratic nomination, bloggers monitor the changing tone on Capitol Hill toward Hillary Clinton, speculate on Obama

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