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11:30 AM ET, May 9, 2011

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Colin Firth / CBS News:
President Obama on the mission to kill bin Laden  —  The president talks to “60 Minutes” in his first interview since the killing of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden  —  Whether we like it or not, Osama bin Laden changed America.  With that September morning in 2001, he introduced fear …
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
President Obama dashes ‘Jimmy Carter’ label  —  So much for campaigning against Jimmy Carter.  —  In the aftermath of Osama bin Laden's death, Republicans are adjusting to a new political reality: with the bin Laden trump card now in President Barack Obama's possession …
Munir Ahmed / Associated Press:
Pakistan premier defends country in bin Laden case  —  ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's prime minister says the army will investigate how al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden hid for years on his country's soil without being detected.  —  Yousuf Raza Gilani made the comments during an address to Parliament on Monday …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
U.S. Raises Pressure on Pakistan in Raid's Wake  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama's national security adviser demanded Sunday that Pakistan let American investigators interview Osama bin Laden's three widows, adding new pressure in a relationship now fraught over how Bin Laden …
David Frum / CNN:
Is U.S. role in Afghan war obsolete?
Discussion: LewRockwell.com Blog
Wall Street Journal:
Pakistan-U.S. Rift Widens
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and FrumForum
Lawrence Wright / New Yorker:
THE DOUBLE GAME … - POLITICS - PROFILES - THE TALK OF THE TOWN …
Wall Street Journal:
Home Market Takes a Tumble  —  Turnaround More Distant After 3% Drop, Steepest Quarterly Decline Since 2008  —  Home values posted the largest decline in the first quarter since late 2008, prompting many economists to push back their estimates of when the housing market will hit a bottom.
Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect:
Falsehood?  Or Mostly Accurate Prediction?  —  Washington Post fact checker Glenn Kessler isn't so enamored with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius after she made this claim last week: … Kessler gives Sebelius three “Pincocchios” (out of a possible four) and offers this explanation:
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Washington Post:
On Medicare, reverting to a well-worn strategy
Discussion: Yglesias and Wonk Room
Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
“Mediscare” And The Conventional Wisdom
Discussion: Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Unwisdom of Elites  —  The past three years have been a disaster for most Western economies.  The United States has mass long-term unemployment for the first time since the 1930s.  Meanwhile, Europe's single currency is coming apart at the seams.  How did it all go so wrong?
Juan Williams / The Hill:
OPINION: Ron Paul driving Republicans' White House campaign  —  Here's a news bulletin — it is becoming increasingly clear that we are living in a time when Republican politics are being shaped by a 75-year-old, 12-term Texas congressman with a son in the Senate.
Wall Street Journal:
Gingrich's Secret Weapon: Newt Inc.  —  In the 13 years since he suffered a string of political setbacks and quit the third most powerful job in Washington, Newt Gingrich has been busily laying the foundation for a comeback to an even grander perch.  —  On any given day, the former Speaker …
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The Note:
Waiting For Superman? GOP Searching For 2012's ‘Plan B’ Candidate (The Note)
Helen Kennedy / NY Daily News:
Osama Bin Laden wasn't on kidney dialysis, took herbal Viagra while living in compound  —  Osama Bin Laden wasn't on kidney dialysis - but he did need an herbal impotence drug.  —  “He believed in his own medication,” said his youngest widow, Amal al-Sadeh, who was shot in the leg …
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Democrats See Strategy to End Big Oil Tax Breaks  —  WASHINGTON — Linking two of the politically volatile issues of the moment, Senate Democrats say they will move forward this week with a plan that would eliminate tax breaks for big oil companies and divert the savings to offset the deficit.
The Politico:
Gay donors fuel Obama's 2012 campaign  —  President Barack Obama's reelection campaign is banking on gay donors to make up the cash it's losing from other groups of wealthy supporters who have been alienated and disappointed by elements of Obama's first term.
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Romney's GOP Supporters Tilt Upscale; Palin's, Downscale  —  Huckabee's support leans to the right politically, to the South geographically  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Republican college degree holders are more likely than those without a degree to support Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, 21% vs. 13%.
Discussion: GOP 12, CNN and National Review
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Donnelly announces Senate bid in Indiana  —  Washington (CNN) - Democratic Rep. Joe Donnelly announced Monday morning that he's running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Republican Dick Lugar.  —  “I want to take the fight for American jobs and opportunities to the United States Senate.
Discussion: The Page
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Sean Sullivan / Hotline On Call:   Donnelly To Announce Senate Bid On Monday
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Cheney praises, criticizes Obama  —  President Barack Obama earned “high marks” Sunday from former Vice President Dick Cheney for the operation that killed Osama bin Laden - a thaw that underscores the difficulty Republicans face in challenging Obama's defense credentials in 2012.
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Los Angeles Times:
Obama order could make corporate political spending public  —  An executive order being considered by President Obama would require companies bidding for federal contracts to disclose political spending they may now keep secret.  —  Fortune 500 companies like Coca-Cola are among …
Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Trump: ‘I Am The Least Racist Person There Is’ Because A Black Guy Won The Apprentice Six Years Ago  —  Potential presidential candidate Donald Trump has often found himself in hot water for making racially-tinged comments — saying in the span of a single press conference, for example …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog
 
 
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Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
Obama to Travel to Texas to Push for Immigration Legislation
John / Power Line:
Announcing the Power Line Prize
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Paul Davenport / Associated Press:
Ariz. seeks online donations to build border fence
James Rowley / Bloomberg:
Boehner Must Reassure Wall Street Leaders That Debt Ceiling Will Be Raised
David Brody / The Brody File:
Exclusive: Mitt Romney to Speak at Big Faith and Freedom Coalition Event
Associated Press:
AP NewsBreak: Iowa GOP donors court NJ's Christie
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Peter J. Thompson / National Post:
Jonathan Kay: Geert Wilders' problem with Islam
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Donald Douglas / American Power:
Noam Chomsky Attacks Israel's ‘Expansion Over Security’ at UCLA Lecture on ‘Palestine in Crisis’
Discussion: Blazing Cat Fur
Kevin Sack / New York Times:
Battle Over Health Care Law Shifts to Federal Appellate Courts
Discussion: ABCNEWS, The New Republic and Law Blog
 

 
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Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
As the NYT Tech Guild goes on strike, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas offers the AI company's services to the NYT to help ensure election coverage is available

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Ellen Clegg / What Works:
After The Minnesota Star Tribune decided last summer not to endorse anyone for president, 15 former opinion staffers posted their own endorsement online

 
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