memeorandum: Americans Oppose Raising Debt Ceiling, 47% to 19% (Gallup)

1:35 PM ET, May 13, 2011

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Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:

George W. Bush Gives First Public Reaction to Osama Bin Laden Death — Former President George W. Bush made his first candid public comments on the killing of Osama bin Laden during an appearance Wednesday at a conference of hedge fund managers in Las Vegas.

Discussion: CNN, The Politico, The Moderate Voice, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, Trail Blazers Blog, Gawker, The Daily Dish, Taegan Goddard's …, Runnin' Scared, Mediaite, Oliver Willis and Outside the Beltway

David Martin / CBS News:

SEAL helmet cams recorded entire bin Laden raid — More accurate version of what happened includes details that bin Laden first emerged on third floor, retreated to bedroom after shot fired — WASHINGTON - A new picture emerged Thursday of what really happened the night the Navy SEALs swooped …

Discussion: BLACKFIVE, Patterico's Pontifications, Questions and Observations, The Jawa Report, Hot Air, CNN, Mudville Gazette, Pajamas Media, Scared Monkeys, FrumForum, Corrente, Associated Press and Washington Post

The Note:

George W. Bush Eating Souffle When Obama Called About Osama bin Laden — ABC News' Devin Dwyer Reports: Former president George W. Bush said he was eating souffle at a restaurant with his wife and friends when President Obama called with the Osama bin Laden news.

Discussion: Booman Tribune

Fran Townsend / CNN:

U.S. interviews ‘hostile’ bin Laden widows, with Pakistan officials — (CNN) — Three of Osama bin Laden's widows have been interviewed by U.S. intelligence officers under the supervision of Pakistani's intelligence service, according to sources in both governments.

Discussion: New York Magazine, Guardian, Reuters, Top of the Ticket, Salon, Taylor Marsh, TalkLeft, The Daily Beast, The Gateway Pundit, Gawker and Washington Post

Jane Perlez / New York Times:
Pakistan Army Chief Balks at U.S. Demands to Cooperate

Discussion: Online NewsHour, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, USA Today and National Review

New York Times:
At Deadline, U.S. Seeks to Continue War in Libya

Discussion: JustOneMinute, Lawfare and News Desk

Gallup:

Americans Oppose Raising Debt Ceiling, 47% to 19% — Thirty-four percent don't know enough about the issue to say — PRINCETON, NJ — By a 47% to 19% margin, Americans say they would want their member of Congress to vote against raising the U.S. debt ceiling, while 34% don't know enough to say.

Discussion: Ballot Box, Hot Air, TPMDC, The Mahablog, Weasel Zippers, Scared Monkeys, The Hill and National Review

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

Seniors, Guns and Money — This has to be one of the funniest political stories of recent weeks: On Tuesday, 42 freshmen Republican members of Congress sent a letter urging President Obama to stop Democrats from engaging in “Mediscare” tactics — that is, to stop saying that the Republican …

Discussion: Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality … and Daily Kos

Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Mitch McConnell's not-so-secret strategy

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Slate, Daily Kos, Washington Post and Suburban Guerrilla

Wall Street Journal:
Stakes Rise on Debt Vote

Discussion: New York Times, National Review, MarketBeat, The Foundry, Real Time Economics and The Politico

Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
McConnell Ties Debt Limit to Spending Reductions

Discussion: CNN, The Hill, The Talking Dog, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/* and FrumForum

Wall Street Journal:

Romney's Daredevil Act — On health care, Mitt tries to bridge the unbridgeable. — F. Scott Fitzgerald famously wrote that “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.”

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Erick's blog, Hit & Run and Conservatives4Palin

Avik Roy / National Review:
Mitt Romney's Illogical, Terrible Health-Care Address

Discussion: ThinkProgress, The New Republic, New York Times, Wonkette, Democracy in America, Outside the Beltway, New York Magazine, The Apothecary, Hot Air, The Hill, Weigel, Yglesias, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Questions and Observations, Ben Smith's Blog, Oliver Willis, Conservatives4Palin and The Huffington Post

James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Faces of Justice — Eric Holder does a 180 on bin Laden.

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, No More Mister Nice Blog and BBC

Matthew Yglesias / Yglesias:
National Review Turns On Mitt Romney

Discussion: Wonk Room, National Review, Marginal Revolution, The Apothecary and Daily Kos

Christian Heinze / The Hill:
Pawlenty: Let Romney explain his healthcare plan

Discussion: National Review

Wall Street Journal:
Romney Responds to Health-Care Criticism

Discussion: Ross Douthat, Race 4 2012, Mother Jones, The New Republic, Washington Post, The Huffington Post, Firedoglake and Boston Globe

The Note:

Mike Huckabee Teases ‘Very Important Announcement’ Coming On Saturday — ABC News' Michael Falcone (@michaelpfalcone) reports: — UPDATED: Former Arkansas governor and potential presidential aspirant Mike Huckabee is telling a radio audience on Friday that he plans to make “a very important announcement” over the weekend.

Discussion: The Politico, Weasel Zippers and TPMDC

Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:

Huckabee to Announce Decision on Presidential Run Saturday — Updated Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas, will announce on Saturday whether he will run for president, the producer of his show on the Fox News Channel said Friday. — “Governor Huckabee will announce tomorrow night …

Huck PAC:
Mike Huckabee Media Alert

Discussion: msnbc.com

Michael Barbaro / New York Times:

Buying a Trump Property, or So They Thought — For many middle-class Americans, it is the most coveted brand in real estate, synonymous with sky-piercing luxury and can't-miss quality: Donald J. Trump. — Far from the New York City towers that bear his name, in cities like Tampa, Fla. …

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog, The Moderate Voice, Capital Tonight and New York Magazine

Jan Crawford / CBS News:

Daniels closer to deciding on presidential bid — INDIANAPOLIS — With 1,100 people chanting “Run Mitch, Run,” Gov. Mitch Daniels took the stage here Thursday night and did something he's never done before: He introduced his wife Cheri, and then he turned the microphone over to her to address the sold-out crowd.

Discussion: The Politico, JSOnline, Weasel Zippers, Ben Smith's Blog, msnbc.com, USA Today, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Ballot Box and Race 4 2012

Erin McPike / Real Clear Politics:
Getting to Yes for Mitch and Cheri Daniels

Discussion: The Note, Power Line, New York Magazine and National Review

Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Mitch Daniels, the reluctant candidate

Discussion: CNN and Right Wing News

Michael O'Brien / Ballot Box:

Kohl decides against '12 bid in blow to Dem efforts to keep Senate — Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) will announce Friday that he won't seek reelection in 2012, a Democratic source confirmed. — Kohl, the quiet Wisconsin senator and owner of the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks, will depart from the Senate …

Discussion: CNN and The Note

JSOnline:
Kohl announces he will not seek re-election

Discussion: Washington Post and Online NewsHour

Matt Caron / WWLP-TV:

Controversy over child's flag drawing — Teacher allegedly refused to hang up picture — ORANGE, Mass. (WWLP) - A civil rights controversy is brewing at an elementary school in the Town of Orange, and it all surrounds an11 year-old's drawing of the American Flag.

Discussion: The Jawa Report, Weasel Zippers and Fox Nation

Michael Hirsh / The Atlantic Online:

Slow Dance: Obama's Romance With the CIA — How the president learned to stop worrying and love hard power — as long as it's covert — Was there ever an unlikelier pair to be leading a team of elite warriors? The man up on the screen was a pudgy, avuncular Californian, Leon Panetta …

Associated Press:

Ron Paul announces third presidential run — Popular libertarian Texas congressman launches 2012 bid on “Good Morning America”; Event planned later Friday — AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Rep. Ron Paul announced Friday that he will run for the GOP nomination for president in 2012 …

Discussion: Swampland, Indecision Forever and Politics

Fox News:
Ron Paul: I Would Not Have Ordered Bin Laden Raid

Discussion: AmSpecBlog and The Market Ticker

Mary Elizabeth Williams / Salon:

Why the right hates Common — Limbaugh and Palin's rage over the hip-hop artist's performance proves just how little they understand poetry — On Wednesday, the White House honored arts education with a Celebration of American Poetry. There was a poetry workshop for children during the day …

Discussion: The Huffington Post

WTAQ News Talk 97.5FM and 1360AM:

Washington state suspends 2012 presidential primary — SEATTLE (Reuters) - Washington became the first U.S. state to suspend its 2012 presidential primary election on Thursday, a move signed into law by Governor Christine Gregoire to save some $10 million from the state budget.

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …