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4:10 PM ET, May 11, 2009

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NY Daily News:
Meghan McCain a real pain at D.C. dinner  —  Political blogger Meghan McCain isn't exactly the toast of D.C. right now.  —  Sen. John McCain's daughter — who writes online for The Daily Beast and will soon release a book about life as a Republican — lost it after getting stopped by security …
Discussion: The Dish Rag and Wonkette
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
White House Cheat Sheet: Wanda Sykes, Rush Limbaugh and the Politics of Humor  —  (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)  —  In politics, as in life, there is a fine line between stupid and clever — to paraphrase the great philosopher (and lead vocalist of Spinal Tap) David St. Hubbins.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Harry, Louise and Barack  —  Is this the end for Harry and Louise?  —  Harry and Louise were the fictional couple who appeared in advertisements run by the insurance industry in 1993, fretting about what would happen if “government bureaucrats” started making health care decisions.
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
IS THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY ON OBAMA'S SIDE?  IS OBAMA ON THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY'S SIDE?  —  Jon Cohn is enthused.  Paul Krugman is excited.  Maybe I'm just churlish.  Maybe I'm getting cranky as I age.  But I can't shake my skepticism about today's big health care announcement.
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
First Read: Obama's Supreme Court shortlist  —  From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro  —  *** The SCOTUS shortlist?  According to a couple of sources in the know, there appears to be a working short list of about six names for President Obama's Supreme Court pick.
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Steele: “I'm the Gift That Keeps on Giving”  —  Chatting with the GOP chair—and other tales from the White House Correspondents' Dinner.  —  Post Comment  —  This past weekend at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner and the pre- and post- parties and events …
Dana Milbank / Rough Sketch:
Etch-a-Sketch: Limbaugh Edition  —  Good morning.  —  Today, let us try a new game in which I, the Sketchwriter, get you, the Sketchreader, to do my work for me while I go to the gym, eat lunch and listen to Rush Limbaugh on the radio.  I call this Etch-a-Sketch.
Discussion: Don Surber
Mike Lupica / NY Daily News:
Lupica: Wanda doesn't deserve a pass for crass … Here is what David Feherty, a golf guy who poses no threat to the memory of Lenny Bruce, wrote in a Dallas magazine recently:  —  “If you gave any U.S. soldier a gun with two bullets in it, and he found himself in an elevator with Nancy Pelosi …
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Gibbs on Sykes: 9/11 is not ‘comedy’  —  In his daily briefing Monday, Robert Gibbs distanced the president from comedian Wanda Sykes' joke comparing Rush Limbaugh to a 9/11 hijacker at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner.  —  “I don't know how the guests get booked,” …
The Corner:   ‘Game-Changer’?  —  The Great and Powerful Oz may want us …
Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
White House distances itself from Wanda Sykes's joke about Rush Limbaugh.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Ben Shapiro / Big Hollywood:
Wanda Sykes' Gutless Performance
Discussion: FOX Forum
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
The Significance of Today's Health Care Announcement
Discussion: Hullabaloo and NOW! Blog
Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
U.S. Replaces Commander in Afghanistan in War Overhaul  —  WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is replacing the top American commander in Afghanistan, Gen. David McKiernan, less than a year after he took over, marking a major overhaul in military leadership of a war that has presented President Obama with a worsening national security challenge.
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Lindsey Ellerson / The Note:
U.S. Commander in Afghanistan to Be Replaced  —  ABC News' Martha Raddatz reports: Defense Secretary Robert Gates plans to make an announcement this afternoon that Gen. David McKiernan, commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, will be replaced by Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, a former special operations commander.
Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
Gates Recommends Replacement for Top Command in Afghanistan
Discussion: ThreatsWatch
James Joyner / The Atlanticist:
Afghanistan Commander Replaced
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
Associated Press:
US replaces general in Afghanistan as war worsens
Discussion: Fox News and Mudville Gazette
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
White House To Declassify “Holy Grail” Torture Report That Could Undercut Cheney  —  There's a big piece of news about Dick Cheney and torture buried toward the end of this big Washington Post piece about the torture wars.  —  Specifically: The White House has decided to declassify and release …
Evan Halper / Los Angeles Times:
SEIU may be linked to ultimatum on withholding stimulus funds  —  California officials say the union may have influenced a federal requirement that a pay cut be reversed for home healthcare workers.  —  Reporting from Sacramento — Officials in the governor's office say a politically powerful union …
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National Post:
David Frum: Quick fix today, crisis tomorrow in Obama's White House
Discussion: Swampland
Henry J. Pulizzi / Wall Street Journal:
White House Boosts Deficit Projections
Discussion: Moe Lane
Jorr / Christian Science Monitor:
Biden insults President Obama's dog at Syracuse  —  It was as though Vice President Biden time-warped back to last fall.  Because on Sunday he was in full campaign attack mode.  —  Oh, it was an idyllic setting.  Nobody saw it coming.  The vice president had just finished delivering …
Discussion: Top of the Ticket
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Resistance Is Futile  —  They told me that if I voted for McCain …
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
The Huffington Post:
Pete Sessions: Obama Hurting Economy To Consolidate Power  —  Rep. Pete Sessions, head of the House Republican committee tasked with electing more GOP members, has a unique theory as to why unemployment continues to rise: Obama wants to wipe out capitalism.  —  Deep into a New York Times item Monday …
Discussion: Think Progress
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Rasmussen Reports:
Congress Pushes Cap and Trade, But Just 24% Know What It Is  —  The gap between Capitol Hill and Main Street is huge when it comes to the so-called “cap-and-trade” legislation being considered in Congress.  So wide, in fact, that few voters even know what the proposed legislation is all about.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Public Deeply Ignorant About Cap and Trade
Discussion: The Bellows
Timothy Williams / New York Times:
U.S. Soldier Kills 5 Comrades in Iraq, Military Says  —  BAGHDAD — The United States military said Monday that five American soldiers had been shot to death by a fellow soldier who opened fire on them at one of the biggest American bases in Baghdad, and that the suspected shooter was in custody.
Wall Street Journal:
Republicans and the ‘Public Option’  —  A case in which compromise means government health care.  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  So Democrats have declared their willingness to use a parliamentary tactic to force a far-reaching restructuring of U.S. health care through Congress on a partisan vote.
Discussion: Townhall.com and Weekly Standard
Leslie Kaufman / New York Times:
A Cautionary Video About America's ‘Stuff’  —  The thick-lined drawings of the Earth, a factory and a house, meant to convey the cycle of human consumption, are straightforward and child-friendly.  So are the pictures of dark puffs of factory smoke and an outlined skull and crossbones …
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Obama Approval Picks Up in May  —  Still, only 25% say they would definitely vote to re-elect him in 2012  —  PRINCETON, NJ — President Barack Obama appears to be slightly more popular with Americans at the start of his second 100 days in office than he was, on average, during his first 100.
William Douglas / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Poll: Obama, headed to Middle East, is winning Arab hearts  —  WASHINGTON — As President Barack Obama prepares to journey to Egypt on June 4 to address the Muslim world, his overtures to the Middle East are paying off in positive feelings towards him from Arab peoples that far outpace …
 
 
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Jerusalem Post:
Sheikh attacks Israel, pope walks out
Jay Cost / HorseRaceBlog:
It's Time for Michael Steele To Resign
CBS News:
Drones: America's New Air Force
Discussion: The Plank and Danger Room
Caitlin Taylor / Political Punch:
Deficit Now Projected at $1.8 Trillion for 2009
Discussion: Hot Air
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
MOTIVATIONS.... Dick Cheney stuck up for Rush Limbaugh yesterday …
Discussion: The Page and Salon
Cahal Milmo / The Independent:
Stanford ‘was informant for US anti-drug agents’
Discussion: TalkLeft
Michael Yon:
Gurkha
Discussion: Dean's World
Mary Flood / Houston Chronicle:
Kent sentenced to 33 months behind bars
Discussion: TalkLeft and Law Blog
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Who Monitored The Torture?
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Mickey Kaus / Kausfiles:
Elizabeth Edwards' Reality Problem
Discussion: The Campaign Spot
Michael Barone / Real Clear Politics:
On Guns and Climate, the Elites Are Out of Touch
Richard Florida / Atlantic Correspondents:
The Suburban Bulldozer  —  Amazing video of brand new suburban homes …
Martina Stewart / CNN:
Casey weighs in on Dem leaders' support for Specter
Discussion: Scorecard's Blog
 

 
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Wall Street Journal:
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