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Roger Simon / The Politico:
GOP to rebrand Dems as ‘socialists’ — A member of the Republican National Committee told me Tuesday that when the RNC meets in an extraordinary special session next week, it will approve a resolution rebranding Democrats as the “Democrat Socialist Party.” — When I asked if such a resolution …
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Ed Kilgore / Democratic Strategist:
The GOP's New “Evil Empire” — Like a lot of non-Rush-Limbaugh listeners, when I first heard that a large faction of Republican National Committee members was pushing for a formal resolution calling on GOPers to start referring to the Democratic Party as the “Democrat Socialist Party,” …
Pat Toomey / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Welcome to our tent — The GOP has plenty of room for honest debate — Arlen Specter's defection to the Democratic Party provoked a firestorm of debate about the future of the Republican Party and its ability to become a majority party once again in America.
Huma Khan / Political Punch:
President Obama Reverses Course on Releasing More Detainee Abuse Photographs — President Obama met with White House counsel Greg Craig and other members of the White House counsel team last week and told them that he had second thoughts about the decision to hand over photographs of detainee abuse …
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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
White House Indicates ‘Great Concern’ About Releasing Photos of Detainee Abuse — The Obama administration signaled yesterday that it may be rethinking its promise to release several dozen photos depicting abuse or alleged abuse of detainees held in U.S. custody abroad.
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Obama reverses on releasing photos — In a dramatic and high-profile reversal for his young administration, President Barack Obama is seeking to block the release of 44 photographs depicting abuse of detainees in U.S. military custody in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Associated Press:
Obama will seek to delay photos release — Images reportedly depict the abuse of prisoners by U.S. military in Iraq — WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is seeking to block the release of hundreds of photos reportedly showing prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan being abused …
Eric Zimmermann / The Hill's Blog Briefing Room:
Obama reversed photo position out of concern for troops, Gibbs says
Obama reversed photo position out of concern for troops, Gibbs says
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Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:
Not one dime to the NRSC — If you have Facebook, I encourage you to join the group. — You know, I can slightly understand the NRSC getting into the Chaffee race, though it was a stupid waste and mismanagement of funds. — I can kind of understand them getting behind Specter.
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Reihan Salam / Blogs and Stories:
Charlie Crist's Secret — Blogs and Stories — No, it's not that he's gay, though those rumors remain. Rather, says The Daily Beast's Reihan Salam, the Republicans' best hope in 2010 might be derailed by his shabby governing legacy. — Is he or isn't he?
Jessica Brady / Roll Call:
Reid: Johnsen Doesn't Have Votes for DOJ Post — As Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) moves to ease a backlog of executive branch nominations, he suggested on Tuesday that he does not have the votes to bring up President Barack Obama's pick to run the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel.
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Kathleen Parker / Washington Post:
Barack Obama, Wanda Sykes and the Politics of Humorlessness — There's nothing un-funnier than Saturday night's jokes reviewed by the caffeinated light of Monday morning. — Which is why we probably shouldn't quarterback a comedian over coffee when she was performing for a crowd primed on cocktails.
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Les Christie / CNNMoney.com:
Foreclosures: ‘April was a shocker’ — A record number of foreclosure filings took place during April, but the number of repossessions fell 11%. — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Foreclosures in April exceeded even March's blistering pace with a record 342,000 homes receiving notices of default …
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Todd J. Zywicki / Wall Street Journal:
Chrysler and the Rule of Law — The Founders put the contracts clause in the Constitution for a reason. — Printer — Friendly — The rule of law, not of men — an ideal tracing back to the ancient Greeks and well-known to our Founding Fathers — is the animating principle of the American experiment.
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Deirdre Walsh / CNN:
Source: Aide told Pelosi about waterboarding — CNN Congressional Producer — WASHINGTON (CNN) — A source close to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi now confirms that Pelosi was told in February 2003 by her intelligence aide, Michael Sheehy, that waterboarding was actually used on CIA detainee Abu Zubaydah.
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Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
Ire Over a Columnist, an Author of Torture Memos — When The Philadelphia Inquirer hired as its new opinion columnist, John C. Yoo, an author of the Bush administration's widely criticized legal memos on harsh interrogation techniques, it was probably inevitable that the decision would draw complaints.
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Washington Post:
Officials Knew of AIG Bonuses Months Before Firestorm — As American International Group chief executive Edward M. Liddy returns to Washington to face Congress today, new details are emerging about how long federal officials were aware of the company's recent bonus payments to its executives …
Rick Hasen / Election Law:
PREDICTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL NOMINATE JUDGE DIANE WOOD OF SEVENTH CIRCUIT — With all the talk about whom the President should nominate, there's been less focus on whom the president will nominate. You can look at the Intrade predictions market here, which reflects Judge Sotomayor in the lead …
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Eyes Bank Pay Overhaul — Administration in Early Talks on Ways to Curb Compensation Across Finance — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has begun serious talks about how it can change compensation practices across the financial-services industry, including at companies …
Frank Newport / Gallup:
No Clamor for High Court Appointee to Be Woman, Minority — As in 2005, majority of Americans say gender, race, and ethnicity of appointee don't matter — PRINCETON, NJ — Despite the widely reported expectation that President Barack Obama will be looking for a qualified woman …
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David Harsanyi / Denver Post:
Rise of the soda jerks — “And he shall smite the earth: with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the Pepsi drinker!” — There has to be a statement about soft drinks tucked somewhere in Leviticus. I have assurances, after all, that such beverages are wicked.
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
David Axelrod: 'Wait, wait, don't tell me' — David Axelrod, the political adviser who helped President Barack Obama get where he is today, will be speaking out of field tomorrow night. And people will be laughing. — It's OK. Obama has done it, too.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Fierce Urgency Of Whenever — I lived through eight years of the Clintons and then eight years of Bush. Through it all, gay people were treated at the federal level like embarrassments or impediments. With Clinton, we were the means to raise money. With Bush, we were the means to leverage votes by exploiting bigotry.