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By: MIKE ALLEN source: politico.com

POTUS amps up energy lobbying -- Matt Bai: Obama v. Dems -- Chalian to PBS -- Feinberg feted -- Chicago wins Stanley Cup in 6 games -- Zeleny, Semonti bdays

Good Thursday morning.

PULLING BACK THE CURTAIN -- “Ark. fight fuels W.H.-labor family feud,” by Glenn Thrush and Ben Smith: “While the three unions that spearheaded the anti-Lincoln push — AFL-CIO, AFSCME and SEIU — were disappointed by Halter’s loss, they remain upbeat about the declaration of independence they delivered to the White House … ‘We worked like hell to get the Senate and we worked like hell to get the White House, and our people are saying, “What the hell are we getting out of this?”’ said Gerald McEntee, president of AFSCME, which shelled out $3 million to back Halter in Arkansas. ‘We lost an election on Tuesday, but we laid down a marker,’ he added. ‘We … made the point that we are not going to be boxed in by anybody.’ None of the three major unions that backed Halter are likely to support or endorse Lincoln in her tough general election.”

EXCLUSIVE -- PBS announcing today: “David Chalian, longtime political director at ABC News, will join the PBS NewsHour … as its political editor beginning July 6, 2010. In this new position, Chalian will direct the NewsHour’s political coverage across all broadcast and digital platforms. In addition to campaign politics, Chalian will manage the editorial content from the NewsHour’s congressional, White House, and Supreme Court beats. He will also serve as an on-camera political analyst, appear in regular political webcasts on the Online NewsHour (newshour.pbs.org) and develop additional original digital political content.” See the release

EXCLUSIVE, from POLITICO’s “Morning Energy”: White House officials think BP backlash may help President Obama to sign an energy bill before the end of the year, giving him a triple crown of health reform, Wall Street re-regulation and climate/energy. The vehicle may be a “spill bill” to crack down on the oil industry, combined with clean-energy measures the president has long supported. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) yesterday appeared at a presser with Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) to unveil the “Lugar Practical Energy and Climate Plan,” emphasizing conservation incentives and billed as an alternative to cap-and-trade. A White House official said the Lugar language could help get the Senate toward a bipartisan bill in late summer: “There are some good things in there. It’s not the overall answer, but it’s certainly a step in the right direction. That certainly could be a vehicle for progress.” The House might take up the conferenced bill in the post-election lame-duck session, so members don’t have to swallow another tough vote before November. Lugar deets

--At 3:45 p.m. today, “the President will meet with business leaders and energy experts to discuss energy reform in the Roosevelt Room. This meeting is closed press.”

JON RALSTON, the Charlie Cook of Nevada, has a new call on the Senate race after Tuesday: “Lean Reid.”

ROGER SIMON returns to POLITICO tomorrow. … Also tomorrow, “Morning Joe” is live on the beach in Pensacola starting at 6 a.m., talking to locals about the gusher.

MICHAEL SLABY TO EDELMAN: “Edelman, the world’s largest independent public relations firm, announced the appointment of Michael Slaby as Executive Vice President and Global Practice Chair of the firm’s Digital practice. Slaby … served as a technology and new media advisor to the Obama administration … Slaby was Technology Director for the Obama Presidential Transition Team … [and] served as Chief Technology Officer for Obama for America, where he led the technical strategy and execution for multiple web platforms, data integration, systems and architecture scaling for the general election. He also served as Deputy New Media Director for the campaign.”