memeorandum: Mitchell: Obama's stance on 1967 border does not threaten Israel (Andrew Restuccia/The Hill)

12:35 PM ET, May 22, 2011

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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:

Mitch Daniels won't run in 2012 — Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels told supporters in a midnight email early Sunday that he is opting against a 2012 presidential run, a decision that he said ultimately came down to family concerns. — The decision by the former political operative and favorite …

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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:

Mitch Daniels won't run for president in 2012 — Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels won't run for president in 2012. (AP Photo/South Bend Tribune, Greg Swiercz)Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels won't seek the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, a decision that could well throw the field open to other late entrants.

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Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:

Daniels Decides Against Republican Presidential Bid — Gov. Mitch Daniels of Indiana has decided not to seek the Republican presidential nomination, telling supporters in an e-mail message early Sunday that he decided against entering the race because of family considerations.

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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:

Daniels bows out, will skip 2012 race — All the pieces appeared to be in place for Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R). Party leaders had urged him to run for president and had pledged their support; the media wasn't bashful in showing their affection for him; he had access …

Jonathan Martin / The Politico:

Mitch-slapped GOP looks for new option — Mitch Daniels's overnight decision against a presidential bid will immediately raise the volume on the low-hum grumbling among Republican insiders that they're gearing up to face President Obama with the weakest primary field in recent memory.

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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Horton's ghost haunts GOP field

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Associated Press:
Indiana's Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels rules out run for the White House

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The Note:
Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels Chooses NOT to Run

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Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:

Mitchell: Obama's stance on 1967 border does not threaten Israel — George Mitchell, who stepped down as the Obama administration's special envoy to the Middle East last week, insisted Sunday that President Obama's call to base Israeli-Palestinian peace talks on pre-1967 borders is not a threat to Israel.

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:

Obama elaborates on '67 lines — President Obama is telling AIPAC at the moment that he expected the controversy over his comments Thursday on the 1967 lines, and elaborates: … The tension here is that while Obama advanced the new framework out of “urgency” — and while perhaps …

Daniel Leblanc / Globe and Mail:

Ottawa won't back Obama's Mideast peace proposal — The Harper government is refusing to join the United States in calling for a return to 1967 borders as a starting point for Mideast peace, a position that has drawn sharp criticism from Canada's staunch ally Israel.

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Faiz Shakir / ThinkProgress:

GOP Contender Herman Cain Demonstrates Clueslessness On Middle East Policy, Confused By ‘Right Of Return’ — Former pizza executive Herman Cain announced on Saturday in Atlanta that he is “running for the president of the United States, and I'm not running for second.”

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The Note: Sarah Palin Slams Obama on Israel, Wants ‘Redneck Woman’ to Be Her Ringtone

Eric Johnson / Reuters:
Top Jewish Americans ponder support for Obama

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Guardian:
Obama wants Cameron to back Palestinian state with pre-1967 borders

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Rummelj / CNN:
State of the Union Early Bird for May 22, 2011

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Dore Gold / Wall Street Journal:
Israel's 1967 Borders Aren't Defensible

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Matthew Yglesias / Yglesias:

Harassment Incentives — Penelope Trunk: … On the other hand, Steven Greenhouse reports that various kinds of harassment and assault of hotel maids are extremely common. Is it true, after all, that a maid has “nothing to lose”? Perhaps that would be true if the economy operated at a permanent full-employment state.

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Penelope Trunk: Sexual harassment is going high-end

Jacob Weisberg / Slate Magazine:

Fantasy Island — Are Republicans losing their grip on reality? — At a press conference last week, someone asked Chris Christie for his views on evolution vs. creationism. “That's none of your business,” the New Jersey governor barked in response. — This minor incident …

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Frank R. Lindh / New York Times:

Bin Laden's Gone. Can My Son Come Home? — ON the evening of May 1, we learned that Osama bin Laden had been killed. The following dawn, I left my house in the Bay Area to catch a bus to Oakland International Airport. I flew to Indianapolis for a scheduled visit with my son …

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