Morning Must Reads: Nature of the Contest

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–Jay has a nice break down of Tuesday’s results.

–A White House official gets a bit overexcited at Lincoln’s win and sticks a finger in labor’s eye.

Marc Ambinder writes Arkansas’s lessons lie in the nature of the contest, not the outcome.

–Bill Clinton will be a much sought after surrogate for Dems this summer.

–Lincoln’s still an underdog in November.

–Sharron Angle will try to shy away from some of her more outside-the-mainstream views, but Harry Reid has the time and the moola to exploit them. Despite all his weaknesses, this is a race he can win.

–National Republicans are very excited about Nikki Haley.

–With permanent members on board, the U.N. Security Council is expected to pass major sanctions against Iran.

–Obama meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas today at the White House.

–He plans to return to the Gulf Coast on Monday.

–A new Quinnipiac poll has Crist leading in Florida and predictable spill-related dives in approval of offshore drilling and Obama.

Jennifer Rubin takes note of Mitch Daniel’s focus on fiscal issues over foreign policy or social ones. His answers don’t sound tailored to ’12 posturing.

–The Wall Street Journal walks up financial reform conference meetings.

–And Matt Yglesias and Kevin Drum look upon Lindsey Graham’s disavowal of climate legislation and despair.

What did I miss?