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Huma Khan / Political Punch:
President Obama Reverses Course on Releasing More Detainee Abuse Photographs — President Obama defended his decision to fight the release of photos showing detainee abuse Wednesday afternoon, saying it would only put American troops in harms way and create a backlash against Americans.
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
The Left Rises Up Against Obama — President Barack Obama's reversal on the release of detainee photos has angered the liberal left, a perceived poke in the eye that has left some questioning Obama's commitment to progressive policies. — In brief remarks before heading to Arizona to deliver …
David Ignatius / PostPartisan:
Obama's Sister Soulja Moment? — President Obama's decision this week to reconsider release of inflammatory Pentagon interrogation photos may mark a shift in his administration's handling of politically charged national security issues — upsetting his allies on the left but making some new friends among conservatives in the military.
Washington Post:
Obama Reverses Position on Release of Photos of Detainee Abuse — President Obama will oppose the release of several dozen photos depicting abuse of detainees held in U.S. military custody abroad, reversing his previous position on the grounds that the pictures could inflame anti-American sentiment and endanger U.S. troops.
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Evan Perez / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Weighs Indefinite Detention — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is weighing plans to detain some terror suspects on U.S. soil — indefinitely and without trial — as part of a plan to retool military commission trials that were conducted for prisoners held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Ed Hornick / CNN:Obama orders stop to detainee photo releases
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:Very Lame — The White House has decided to reverse course …
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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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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Socialist Schmocialist — They're finally getting serious: … Awesome. But they've missed a huge opportunity here. They could try to “rebrand” the Democrats as the National Socialist American Worker's Party, which would have been rilly, rilly kewl cuz then they could have merged Obama's picture with Hitler 'n stuff.
Pat Toomey / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:Welcome to our tent — The GOP has plenty of room for honest debate
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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The Huffington Post:
Sotomayor's Medical History Sparks Wider Debate — With President Obama's Supreme Court choice expected within weeks, the vetting process for prospective candidates has grown more intense. Judicial rulings, legal papers, public statements and financial records all are being pored over with eagle eyes.
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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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 …
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Shanna Moakler Resigns as Miss California Pageant Director — The day after Carrie Prejean was told she could keep her Miss California crown, Shanna Moakler has resigned, she confirms to Usmagazine.com exclusively. — “Since the press conference yesterday, I had a chance …
John Noble Wilford / New York Times:
Ancient Figurine of Voluptuous Woman Is Found — No one would mistake the Stone Age ivory carving for a Venus de Milo. The voluptuous woman depicted is, to say the least, earthier, with huge, projecting breasts and sexually explicit genitalia. — Nicholas J. Conard …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Olbermann sneers at “St. Carrie of La Jolla” for seven minutes — Not his ugliest performance ever — not even his ugliest with respect to Miss Cali — but possibly his most gutless. I'll let one of his sharpest lefty critics, Bob Somerby of the Daily Howler, explain:
Aluf Benn / Haaretz:
Obama warns Netanyahu: Don't surprise me with Iran strike — U.S. President Barack Obama has sent a message to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanding that Israel not surprise the U.S. with an Israeli military operation against Iran. The message was conveyed by a senior American official …
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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.
Jon Basil Utley / Reason:
Obama and the Alternative Energy Fiasco — It's only a matter of time before President Barack Obama's vast popularity runs aground on his energy policies. In the name of saving the planet from global warming, he has delayed new oil drilling, an action that will have major political repercussions once the world economy recovers.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
GOP PAC warns Senate Republicans — The National Republican Trust PAC, currently the best-funded and most aggressive independent Republican group, has dispatched a round of letters to Republican senators threatening to go after senators who back President Obama's judicial nominees.
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Audio: Schumer in 2004 on enhanced interrogation techniques; Update: Hypocrisy confirmed — In fairness, I don't know that I've heard Senator Chuck Schumer among the voices looking to round up a lynch mob for those in the Bush administration who approved, conducted, or advised …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Obama, Neocon In Chief — From extending and deepening the war in Afghanistan, to suppressing evidence of rampant and widespread abuse and torture of prisoners under Bush, to thuggishly threatening the British with intelligence cut-off if they reveal the brutal torture inflicted on Binyam Mohamed …
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.
Stephen Labaton / New York Times:
Obama Pushes Broad Rules for Oversight of Derivatives — WASHINGTON — Marking its first major effort to overhaul financial regulation, the Obama administration will seek new authority to supervise the virtually unregulated complex financial instruments, known as derivatives …
The Huffington Post:
Ben Nelson All Alone In Quest To Block Health Care Reform — Sen. Ben Nelson announced at the beginning of this month that he opposed the creation of a public health care plan that people would have the option to buy into. He'd be gathering together a coalition of like-minded senators to oppose the plan …
Caitlin Taylor / The Note:
‘Top Line’: Colorado Senate Candidate — New Face for GOP? — ABC News' Rick Klein reports: — Ryan Frazier is not a well-known entity in Washington political circles. — But that may change soon — and if it does, the Republican Party may have a new face to showcase in 2010 and beyond.
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Carl Hulse / The Caucus:
Senate Rejects Limit on Credit-Card Interest Rates — Despite complaints that banks and credit card companies are gouging customers by charging outrageous interest rates, the Senate on Wednesday easily turned back an effort to cap interest rates at 15 percent.
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New York Post:
HILL THRILLED BY CAMPAIGN ‘CHEAT’ — CLINTON'S ‘FAWN’ CALLS AIRED AT $$-RAISER TRIAL — Hillary Rodham Clinton gushed to disgraced Democratic fund-raiser Norman Hsu that he would “single-handedly” help her win the presidency because nobody “has been more loyal and been more effective” in landing donations.
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