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Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
Cheney: As a Republican, I choose Rush Limbaugh over Colin Powell. — Last week, former Secretary of State Colin Powell said that the Republican Party is in “deep trouble” because it is “getting smaller” and being led by far right polarizing figures. Specifically, he said that Rush Limbaugh …
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Nikki Finke / Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily:
SHE SAID WHAT?! Wanda Sykes Gives Extremely Partisan Performance At White House Correspondents Dinner Tonight — 2nd UPDATE: Here is video of Wanda Sykes' performance in its entirety. — Part One... Part Two... UPDATE: I've been to the White House Correspondents Dinner.
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Michael J. Sniffen / Associated Press:
Cheney Backs Limbaugh Over Powell on GOP Future — Cheney prefers Limbaugh's politics to Powell's, not sure ex-secretary of state still in GOP — Dick Cheney made clear Sunday he'd rather follow firebrand broadcaster Rush Limbaugh than former Joint Chiefs chairman Colin Powell …
Jonathan Martin / Politico Live's Blog:
Cheney on Colin Powell: “I didn't know he was still a Republican”
Cheney on Colin Powell: “I didn't know he was still a Republican”
Ashley Parker / The Caucus:
For Washington Journalists, One Night to Laugh
For Washington Journalists, One Night to Laugh
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Jennifer Parker / George's Bottom Line:
Edwards Staff Had Affair ‘Doomsday’ Strategy — During our Roundtable discussion on “This Week” we discussed Elizabeth Edwards' candid interview with Oprah about her husband's affair. — ABC columnist George Will suggested former Sen. John Edwards was irresponsible to campaign for the Democratic Party nomination.
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The Huffington Post:
Newt Gingrich: “McCarthyist” Obama Wants To “Put Terrorists On Welfare” (VIDEO) — HuffPost coverage of the Sunday show appearances of Sen. John McCain and former Vice President Dick Cheney coming soon... In an interview that was fiery even by his standards, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich accused …
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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Be the Party of No — It's the route to Republican landslides. — Republican leaders in Congress have created something called the National Council for a New America (NCNA). It describes itself as “not a Republican-only forum” but one that seeks to “engage people in a discussion …
Frank Rich / New York Times:
The American Press on Suicide Watch — IF you wanted to pick the moment when the American news business went on suicide watch, it was almost exactly three years ago. That's when Stephen Colbert, appearing at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, delivered a monologue accusing …
Leonard Doyle / Telegraph:
Barack Obama's rich supporters fear his tax plans show he's a class warrior — Some of Barack Obama's richest supporters fear they have elected a “class warrior” to the White House, who will turn America's freewheeling capitalism into a more regulated European system.
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Fox News:
Petraeus: Al Qaeda No Longer Operating in Afghanistan — Gen. David Petraeus says affiliated organizations still have “enclaves and sanctuaries” in the country. — FOXNews.com — The head of U.S. Central Command said Sunday that Al Qaeda is no longer operating in Afghanistan …
Patrick O'Connor / The Politico:
Pelosi makes surprise visit to Iraq — In a brief, unannounced trip to Iraq, Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for better intelligence gathering there before the U.S. withdraws most of its combat troops from the country, according to news reports. — Pelosi, a longtime critic of the war …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Gaps Appear in G.O.P. Solidarity — WASHINGTON — After being stingy with their support in the early days of the Obama administration, significant numbers of House Republicans have begun breaking from their party leaders and voting for legislation moving through the Democratic-led Congress.
Joe Biesk / Associated Press:
Senate seat is talk of dinner — FRANKFORT — Kentucky Republican stalwarts put on a united front Saturday night and predicted future political success, despite a recent public spat between the state's two GOP U.S. senators. — Questions surrounding the future of U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning lingered among …
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
The Air Force 1 flight over NYC can't possibly have been made for the purpose of taking that photograph. — Perhaps others are already saying this, and I'm just pointing out the obvious. But here goes. — The official story is: Botched photo op, now fully compensated for by the resignation …