MORNING READ

More Barack Obama advisers receive scrutiny from conservative bloggers. Obama, however, has hit his stride on the economy, writes liberal ones. And the Senate Intelligence Committee report on the case for the Iraq invasion is evidence either of Democratic straw-grasping or of the Bush administration’s dishonesty, depending on which bloggers one reads.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) should think again before meeting with two of Obama’s veep selection advisers, as Reid did yesterday, writes Ed Morrissey at Hot Air. One of them, Eric Holder, played a role in President Clinton’s controversial pardon of Marc Rich, Morrissey notes, while the other, Jim Johnson, faces questions over loans he took from Countrywide Financial and the non-disclosure of his Fannie Mae salary, writes The Corner’s Byron York. Obama himself may be engaging in hypocrisy, as he’s attacking John McCain for wanting to bail out Wall Street just months after Obama refused to challenge the federal bailout of Bear Stearns, writes The Corner’s Mark Hemingway.

Obama, however, has found the right tone in attacking Republicans over the economy. Instead of using a laundry list of reasons why Republicans have been wrong, Obama makes a cohesive case in arguing that the Bush administration’s “ownership society” approach is to blame for current economic woes, writes Daily Kos’s SusanG. Obama goes beyond the usual argument about Bush’s incompetence to show that Bush’s policies have failed, writes Josh Orton at MyDD.

The emphasis in the Senate report on the run-up to the Iraq invasion, put out by Sen. Jay Rockefeller’s (D-W.Va.) Intelligence Committee, shows that Democrats can’t argue the merits of the military surge and have instead returned to the pre-war debate, according to RedState’s California Yankee. But it’s important that someone document the Bush administration’s statements, since the country is still at war and since the White House is using similar arguments for an attack on Iran, writes Arianna Huffington.

FROM THE BLOGS:
The Jim Johnson Affair – Byron York, The Corner
When Harry Met Jimmy And Eric – Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
Obama For Bailout Before Against It – Mark Hemingway, The Corner
Obama Goes On Offensive On Economy – SusanG, Daily Kos
Obama’s Economic Speech, A Step Beyond Bush – Josh Orton, MyDD
Fear Itself – Gary Hart, TPMCafe
Democrats’ New Political Threat To Security – Cal. Yankee, RedState
Senate Report Reveals White House ‘Lies‘ – A. Huffington, HuffPo
Halperin On How They’ll Choose Veeps – Jonathan Cohn, The Plank
‘Constitutional Crisis?’ Eh – Josh Patashnik, The Plank
Right On Time: Abramoff Sentencing – Josh Marshall, TPM
Obama Is Not Going To Get $100M In June – Moe Lane, RedState
McCain: Obama Runs For Carter’s 2nd Term – Allahpundit, Hot Air
Selling Limited Government – Jon Henke, The Next Right
New GOP Energy Czar: Hitler – Kagro X, Daily Kos
Hang On, Saxby! – Todd Beeton, MyDD

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Lobbying’s Good Guys? Invisible On Campaign Trail – Wash. Post
Barack Obama Is $100 Million Man – The Hill
Obama, In Economic Tour, Criticizes McCain – New York Times
Obama Ramps Up Search For Running Mate – Associated Press