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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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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.
Fox News:
Obama Opposes Releasing Photos of U.S. Detainee Abuse — President Obama has decided not to release photos which the Pentagon had planned to released by May 28 in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union. — FOXNews.com
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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Manu Raju / The Politico:
Democrats: CIA is out to get us — Democrats charged Tuesday that the CIA has released documents about congressional briefings on harsh interrogation techniques in order to deflect attention and blame away from itself. — “I think there is so much embarrassment in some quarters [of the CIA] …
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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Steven R. Hurst / Associated Press:
Analysis: Cheney attacks may not help GOP — WASHINGTON (AP) — To the chagrin, perhaps, of Republicans looking to rebuild the tattered party, Dick Cheney has grabbed the spotlight. — The recurring theme of the once-reclusive and largely unpopular former vice president …
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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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Camille Paglia / Salon:
Radio rage — The assassination jokes and “liberal” conspiracy theories on talk radio could be an ominous sign of things to come. Plus: Madonna vs. Daniela, gay men's favorite divas, a charming TV show for kids and more. — In John Frankenheimer's taut 1964 film, “Seven Days in May,” …
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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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 …
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 …
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.
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.
Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Palin has book deal, memoir to come next year — NEW YORK - You knew it was coming: Sarah Palin is ready to tell her side, agreeing to publish a memoir with HarperCollins. The book comes out in Spring 2010 — the year she is up for re-election. — “There's been so much written …
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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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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.
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Ensign Extends Iowa Trip — Nevada Sen. John Ensign has added two stops to a scheduled trip to Iowa early next month, a move that will further stoke speculation that he has an eye on running for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. — Ensign was already scheduled to be in Iowa …
Chris Good / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
Billboard: Certify Franken — A coalition of labor unions and progressive groups has put up a billboard along I-94 between Minneapolis and St. Paul calling on Gov. Tim Pawlenty to certify Al Franken as a U.S. senator. Photo below: — The group responsible for this looming reminder …
Carrie Johnson / Washington Post:
Former Official: Treatment of Terror Suspects a ‘Collective Failure’ — Former State Department counselor Philip Zelikow told the first congressional panel convened to address allegations of torture that the Bush administration officials engaged in a “collective failure” on detention and interrogation of suspected terrorists.
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Michael Sneed / Chicago Sun Times:
Madigan mulling bid for U.S. Senate — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, who has been eyeing a run for the governor's seat, is now also mulling a bid for the U.S. Senate, a move that could put her on a collision course with the beleaguered Sen. Roland Burris. — •
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