Politico:

Health care reform proponents are growing pessimistic that they can meet President Barack Obama’s August target for passing a bill – saying the next four weeks must fall together perfectly, without a hitch or a hiccup.

The number of weeks that’s happened recently? Zero.

A series of setbacks has made the task of completing floor votes in both chambers virtually insurmountable, given the plodding pace of the Senate. The official line from the White House and the congressional leadership is it’s possible, but privately, there are a dwindling number of aides who would put money on it.

The Examiner:

See UPDATE below with eyewitness account of disputed meeting

ALSO: McCaskill says decision to fire IG “appears well founded”

Fired AmeriCorps inspector general Gerald Walpin strongly denies the White House’s claim that he was “confused, disoriented [and] unable to answer questions” at a May 20, 2009 board meeting of the Corporation for National and Community Service, the organization that oversees AmeriCorps. (more…)

LJ World:

Some media reports have cited for Kansas University professor Christine Arguello as a potential nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court.

President Barack Obama is looking for someone to replace the retiring David Souter.

Arguello, a U.S. district judge in Colorado, has received a call from people “in direct contact with the White House,” according to an article in the Denver Post.