The Morning Read: Friday, June 6, 2008

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama had a secret meeting last night.

The Clinton campaign owes more than $30 million.

Charlie Rangel thought Clinton needed to go, and she took that "to heart," reports Politico.

John Edwards does not want to be V.P. again. 

Bob Dylan is backing Obama

An adviser to John McCain says McCain supports the president’s electronic surveillance program, which may be a shift from his previously stated position.

Obama has begun courting the voters who didn’t back him in the primary.

“Obama needs to declare that he will refrain from playing the racial victim,” writes Juan Williams.

Hakim Jeffries said Clinton has to “engage in meaningful conversation and reconciliation” when she returns to home.

On Clinton, Peggy Noonan writes, “Most candidates lose over things, not over their essential nature. But that is what happened here. For all her accomplishments and success, it was her sketchy character that in the end did her in.”

Kimberly Strassel says there are a lot of contradictions in Obama’s message and policies.

Republicans created a web site called ClintonsforMcCain.

Here’s how black Republicans are dealing with the rise of Obama.

Bloomberg said there’s still time to put together a ballot initiative this year.

Rudy Giuliani’s top aide may take over the state G.O.P., which, accoring to the New York Post, could be the beginning of a Giuliani bid for governor.

Bloomberg may want control of the state G.O.P., too.

The New York Sun’s editorial board says if Bloomberg wants to stay in public office, he should run for govenor.

David Paterson‘s wife said, “You’re really a single parent when you’re married to an elected official.”

Joshua Spivak writes about the lack of presidents New York has turned out recently.

Conservatives can’t decide whether to back a Democrat or Republican for Vito Fossella’s seat.

Brooklyn Paper imagines how to use the last name of those candidates in hypothetical headlines.

Marty Connor and Dan Squadron will each release tax returns from the last five years.

Assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny won’t say whether he’ll make a campaign issue out of his opponent’s connection to Vito Fossella.

Gay City News explains, at length, the problems with the lawsuit filed by same-sex marriage opponents.

Gay City News also says Dov Hikind is Bill Thompson’s “anti-gay fund-raiser.”

And Caribbean leaders will meet with David Paterson, Charlie Rangel and Marty Markowitz.

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