Huckabee warns GOP could become ‘irrelevant’  —  (CNN) — Days after national Republicans launched a new campaign to broaden the party's outreach, former upstart presidential candidate Mike Huckabee says the GOP is at risk of becoming “irrelevant as the Whigs.”

Tariffs Are Bad, Mkay?  —  Matt Steinglass breaks with some of his fellow liberals:  —  There are few areas where I agree with the CATO Institute crowd, but this is definitely one of them: long-term tariffs on manufactured goods are really, really stupid.  Germany and Japan …

Obama to Propose More Taxes From Estates, Firms to Fund Health Care Reform  —  The measures total $60 million, but administration officials describe the plan as eliminating ‘tax loopholes’ rather than hiking taxes  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will propose $60 billion …

Uneven Unemployment  —  The U.S. lost 563,000 jobs in April, down 100,000 or so from the 663,000 jobs lost in March.  But the unemployment rate continued to rise, increasing from 8.5 percent in March to 8.9 percent last month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

Obama Bans the Commonfolk from Normandy  —  A lot of the difference, the change if you will, between Obama and Bush has much to do with the word humility.  —  George Bush is and was a humble man.  Obama thinks the world counts on him and him alone to lead us.  Bush went to church and prayed often.

New York Charges Rent for Working Homeless  —  The Bloomberg administration has quietly begun charging rent to homeless families who live in publicly run shelters but have income from jobs.  —  The new policy is based on a 1997 state law that was not enforced until last week …

Sounds Like His Heart Was In The Right Place  —  But it doesn't sound like he knows the troops as well as he thinks he does.  The Hill: … Feherty's rhetorical excess is one of many in a satire-heavy piece that also calls for capital punsihment for pro-lifers.

Crane will not run for Congress  —  NAMPA - Nampa resident and Idaho Treasurer Ron Crane has decided against running for Walt Minnick's 1st District U.S. Congressional seat in 2010.  —  Crane, a Republican, told the Idaho Press-Tribune Friday he had made the decision not to run.

SEN. PARKER ARRESTED IN FOTOG ATTACK  —  Brooklyn state Sen. Kevin Parker was busted last night after allegedly attacking a New York Post photographer who was trying to take his picture, police said.  —  Parker, a Democrat from the 21st District, became enraged when Post staff photographer …

The Hidden Details in a Teen's Death  —  The fatal shooting of a 17-year-old youth on the streets of the nation's capital gets a two-sentence mention buried in a lengthy April 25 news-in-brief column in Metro, while a panda's colonoscopy at the National Zoo warrants a 240-word story and photograph on Metro's May 2 front page.

By Hosting U.S. Terrorism Trials, Alexandria Can Serve the Nation  —  Obama administration officials say a final decision has not been made about where to relocate the 241 foreign nationals being held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility and/or where to put them on trial.

DOJ Should Make All Records Public in Probe of Interrogation Memos  —  Why the Justice Department should embrace disclosure in its investigation of Bush administration legal advice  —  LAWYERS IN the Justice Department gave the Bush administration legal cover to use harsh interrogation techniques, including waterboarding.

Clarke blasts GOP terror video  —  House Republicans have rolled out another searing video — with terrorist mug shots and World Trade Center footage — to warn people about the shut down of Guantanamo Bay.  But one former Bush administration official is telling them to back off.