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Joe Klein / Swampland:
Krauthammer — The usual neoconservative malingerers have been hammering me about a quote I gave to Politico, regarding Charles Krauthammer's limitations as a columnist. — Obviously, I didn't mean to imply second-class status for disabled people. On the contrary, the distance and perspective …
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John Podhoretz / Commentary:
A Small Man — This blog has had many differences with Joe Klein of Time magazine, whom I once considered a very friendly acquaintance before he accused me and those who argued for an aggressive policy in Iraq and with Iran of being war criminals and began spouting anti-Semitic conspiracy nonsense that …
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
A Setback Of His Own — There are no friends in politics, just interests. Some in the White House relearned that dictum this week, as their party dissolved into factions, and largely knelt down in front ofRepublican political priorities. — As usual, administration officials won't concede …
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David Paul Kuhn / Real Clear Politics:
White House: Closing Gitmo a ‘Hasty Decision’ — White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said closing the detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, was a “hasty decision,” in his daily press briefing with reporters. — President Obama's decision to close the controversial detention center …
David S. Cloud / The Politico:Officials clash on Gitmo detainees
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
CNN And MSNBC To Carry Cheney's Big National Security Speech Live — Looks like Dick Cheney's big national security speech at the American Enterprise Institute tomorrow is going to get wall-to-wall cable coverage — giving a major assist to those who hope that his speech will be seen as …
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David Beard / Boston Globe:
Powell to Rush, Cheney: Room for me among ‘emerging’ Republican Party — Colin Powell issued a sharp rebuke Tuesday night to Rush Limbaugh and Dick Cheney for trying to exclude him from the backbiting Republican Party. — Before some 1,500 business leaders in Boston …
Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:
California voters exercise their power — and that's the problem — Residents relish their role in the lawmaking process, but they share the blame for the state's severe dysfunction. — Californians are well known for periodic voter revolts, but on Tuesday they did more than just lash …
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Obama moving US in right direction — WASHINGTON (CNN) - As the Republican Party gets ready to condemn what they call the Democrats ‘march to socialism’, a new national poll indicates that most Americans believe President Barack Obama's policies would move the country in the right direction.
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Peter Hamby / CNN:
RNC showdown over ‘socialist’ resolution may be avoided — OXON HILL, Maryland (CNN) — Members of the Republican National Committee appear to have reached a compromise that would let GOP leaders avoid a possible dispute over a controversial resolution that calls on Democrats to re-name their party the “Democrat Socialist party.”
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Specter defends Pelosi, questions CIA's honesty — Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) took the opportunity Wednesday to defend House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who has come under fire in recent weeks over a controversy surrounding when she was told of the use of enhanced interrogation techniques being used by the CIA.
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The Huffington Post:
Obama: Plame Lawsuit Should Not Be Reconsidered By Supreme Court — Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington: — CREW learned today that the Obama administration is opposing our request that the Supreme Court reconsider the dismissal of the lawsuit, Wilson v. Libby, et al.
Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
1 in 7 Freed Detainees Rejoins Fight, Report Finds — WASHINGTON — An unreleased Pentagon report provides new details concluding that about one in seven of the 534 prisoners already transferred abroad from the detention center in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, has returned to terrorism or militant activity …
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Jeff Jacoby / Boston Globe:
Peace isn't Arab goal — WHO FAVORS a two-state solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict? — President Obama does, of course, as he made clear in welcoming Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House on Monday. So does former president George W. Bush …
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Theresa Cook / Legalities:
Judge Wood Goes to Washington — Just two days after Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm's sudden appearance in Washington set off a flurry of speculation about Supreme Court interviews, here's something that actually could be significant: — Federal Appeals Court Judge Diane Wood …
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Sandra Sobieraj Westfall / People.com:
Bristol Palin Exposes Her Sometimes Isolated Life — Bristol Palin's pretty, lightly freckled face was nowhere to be seen on the overhead screen as images from her high-school senior slideshow - photos from the prom and a Class of 2009 portrait set against the Alaska snow - played during May 14's Wasilla High commencement ceremony.
Wall Street Journal:
Car Crazy — Bankrupt companies making 39 mpg autos. Are we nuts? — Printer — Friendly — At the end of his Rose Garden explanation yesterday of the new U.S. fuel-efficiency standards, President Obama remarked on the good that can be accomplished when we are “working together.”
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Andy / #gay:
Exclusive: SF Mayor Gavin Newsom Asked Court to Delay Prop 8 Ruling — Confidential sources close to San Francisco City Hall told Towleroad's Corey Johnson that the California Supreme Court was prepared to release its opinion on Proposition 8 tomorrow, but decided to delay the ruling after a call from Mayor Gavin Newsom.
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Ari Shapiro / NPR:
Did White House OK Earliest Detainee Abuse? — Listen Now — · It is clear that increasingly abusive interrogation techniques were used on Abu Zubaydah, the first high-value detainee, in the months between his capture and the first Justice Department memo authorizing harsh interrogations.
Andrew J. Manuse / Reuters:
New Hampshire lawmakers reject gay-marriage bill — MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - New Hampshire lawmakers unexpectedly rejected a bill on Wednesday that would have made the state the sixth in the United States to authorize gay marriage. — The state's Democrat-controlled House …
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Giuliani Duke Golf Lawsuit Shanks — Judge recommends dismissal of Rudy kid's action against university — In an opinion peppered with golf references and a quote from “Caddyshack” star Bill Murray, a federal magistrate has recommended the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by Rudolph Giuliani's son …
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New York Post
Megan McArdle:
The Moral Hazard of a State Bailout — If the government does bail out the muni bond market, how should it go about things? The initial assumption is that they'll only guarantee existing debt. Otherwise, it would be like handing the keys to the treasury to every mayor, county board …
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Nationalize Martin Luther King Jr. — We are in the process of nationalizing and/or federalizing vast stretches of our economy, including the auto industry, banks, and health care. Individual property rights have taken a back seat to political priorities.
Tom Golisano / New York Post:
ADIOS, NEW YORK — TAXED OUT OF THE STATE — I LOVE New York. But how much should it cost to call New York home? Decades of out-of-control budgets, spending hikes and relentless borrowing have made New York simply too expensive. — Politicians like to talk about incentives …
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Michelle Malkin
CNN:
House passes measure expanding gun rights — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Gun rights advocates found an unlikely ally in the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives on Wednesday as lawmakers passed a measure allowing concealed, loaded firearms to be carried in national parks.
Forbes:
Dear GOP: Please Choose Liberty — Even non-Republicans need a strong opposition. — If Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter's defection to the Democratic side of the aisle affected only the fortunes of the Republican Party, it would be no cause for concern for non-Republicans like me.
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