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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Jeffrey Rosen, TNR and the anonymous smears against Sonia Sotomayor — (updated below- Update II) — Jeffrey Rosen's New Republic smear of Sonia Sotomayor's intellect and character — based almost exclusively on anonymous, gossiping “sources” — is such a model of shoddy, irresponsible …
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Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Groups push for first gay justice — President Barack Obama is looking to advance diversity with his pick to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter — and early speculation has focused on whether he'll pick a woman, or perhaps the first Hispanic justice.
James R. Carroll / Courier-Journal:
Bunning blames McConnell for GOP losses — WASHINGTON — Sen. Jim Bunning today renewed his attacks on his fellow Kentucky Republican, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, accusing him of selfishness and being responsible for lost GOP seats in the Senate.
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Chris Cillizza W / Washington Post:
Ridge May Run for Specter's Senate Seat — Former Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge (R) is seriously considering a 2010 bid for the Senate seat held by Republican-turned-Democrat Arlen Specter and will make his decision in the next two weeks, according to several sources familiar with his thinking.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Just Too Cocky — Last week Arlen Specter's election as a Democrat in 2010 seemed more or less a given. The big man in Pennsylvania politics (Ed Rendell) and the big man in US politics (Barack Obama) both put down their finger and said they were behind him. — But the certainty of that outcome now seems genuinely in doubt.
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:Sestak: We Don't Need The GOP's Benedict Arnolds
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Jeremy Olshan / New York Post:
PHANTOM AIR FARCE PICTURES — The $328,835 snapshots of an Air Force One backup plane buzzing lower Manhattan last week will not be shown to the public, the White House said yesterday. — “We have no plans to release them,” an aide to President Obama told The Post, refusing to comment further.
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Daniel Carty / CBS News:White House Keeping NYC Flyover Pics Under Wraps
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Christopher Dean Hopkins / D.C. Wire:
D.C. Council Votes 12-1 to Recognize Other States' Gay Marriages — UPDATE 2: After further debate, a second vote was taken, with D.C. Council member Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) deciding to vote against the proposal. The final count is 12-1 in favor of recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other states.
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Teddy Davis / ABCNEWS:California Gay Marriage Backers Poised to Try Again in 2010
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Mike Celizic / MSNBC:Miss California: I'll fight on despite racy photos
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Long Voyage Home — Republicans generally like Westerns. They generally admire John Wayne-style heroes who are rugged, individualistic and brave. They like leaders — from Goldwater to Reagan to Bush to Palin — who play up their Western heritage. Republicans like the way Westerns seem …
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
A Hole in the Center — You can't have a successful political party without centrists. Happily for Republicans still smarting from last week's defection, you can have a successful political party without centrists like Arlen Specter. — Political debates are often framed in binaries …
Beverley Rouse / Press Association:
Named and shamed: the 16 barred from UK — Sixteen people banned from entering the UK were “named and shamed” by the Home Office today. — Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said she decided to make public the names of 16 people banned since October so others could better understand what sort …
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Stephen Donald Black / Guardian:The Home Office list of people banned from the UK
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Haaretz:
Obama gets tougher with Israel on Palestinians, Iran — As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Washington May 17 approaches, the United States is sending strong messages on the establishment of a Palestinian state and Israeli settlement activity. — Gen. James Jones …
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Elizabeth Edwards / Time:
How I Survived John's Affair — On May 3, former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards acknowledged that a federal investigation had been opened into whether his campaign improperly gave money to a woman with whom Edwards had an extramarital affair. Edwards has denied any wrongdoing by his campaign.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Palin to WHCD — Taking a break from her present Alaska First posture, Sarah Palin will appear at the White House Correspondents Dinner Saturday night, according to — where else — US Magazine. — As US reports it: … post comment | … Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
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Washington Post:
Murtha's Nephew Got Defense Contracts — Millions in Work Came Without Competition — The headquarters of Murtech, in a low-slung, bland building in a Glen Burnie business park, has its blinds drawn tight and few signs of life. On several days of visits, a handful of cars sit in the parking lot …
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Chris Vanocur / KTVX-TV:
Obama's campaign manager fears Jon Huntsman the most in 2012 … SALT LAKE CITY - (ABC 4 News) - There is one republican presidential candidate that President Barack Obama's campaign manager fears the most in 2012...and his name is Jon Huntsman Jr. — This week for Governor Huntsman, good things are coming in threes.
The Delaware Business Ledger:
Poll shows Castle thumping Biden in hypothetical Senate race — A poll shows Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Castle topping Democrat Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden in a mythical Senate race. — The poll was conducted by Susquehanna Polling and Research, a Harrisburg, Pennsylvania-based …
MickD / Media Matters for America:
Limbaugh's living large while radio boss Clear Channel implodes — Even for a pancaked industry like radio broadcasting, which has become somewhat numb to years' worth of mass layoffs triggered by hyper, corporate consolidation, and more recently by an over-the-cliff advertising recession …
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Schumer Offers Middle Ground on Health Care — WASHINGTON — In an effort to defuse the most explosive issue in the debate over comprehensive health care legislation, a top Senate Democrat has proposed that any new government-run insurance program comply with all the rules and standards that apply to private insurance.
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Associated Press:
Obama, Biden raise some Hell Burgers — President, vice president motorcade to local grill for lunch — ARLINGTON, Va. - It's like this: When you want a burger, you have to have a burger. — In this state of mind, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden took a short …
Edward Klein / Vanity Fair:
The Lion and the Legacy — Senator Edward Kennedy's diagnosis of brain cancer, in May 2008, touched off an extraordinary medical battle—and a veiled rivalry over who might succeed him as symbolic head of America's fabled dynasty. Would it be R.F.K.'s oldest son, Joe? J.F.K.'s daughter, Caroline?
Martina Stewart / CNN:
'I'm very serious about running,' Ron Paul's son says — (CNN) - The son of former Republican presidential hopeful Rep. Ron Paul said Monday that he is primed to mount a bid for the Kentucky Senate seat currently occupied by GOP Sen. Jim Bunning. — “I am very serious about running …
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