memeorandum: Strauss-Kahn made advances on two hotel staffers, flight attendant (New York Post)

10:40 PM ET, May 22, 2011

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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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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:

A Proud Day for Obama — Sticks to commitment to policies that will secure Israel's future, even at the expense of opportunistic attacks and political controversy. — Obliquely and with respect to his audience, in his speech to AIPAC today, President Obama also responded …

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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 …

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The Atlantic Online:

Netanyahu Continues to Needlessly Alienate — Like many of you, I watched the Prime Minister of Israel publicly lecture the President of the United States on Jewish history with a mixture of shock, amusement and bewilderment. (From the expression on the President's face, I would assume he was mostly feeling annoyance.)

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Washington Wire:

Transcript of Obama's Remarks to AIPAC — Here is the White House transcript of President Barack Obama's remarks to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference: — THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Thank you very much. (Applause.) Good morning. Thank you. Thank you so much.

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The Note:

Herman Cain Blunders on Palestinian ‘Right of Return’ — ABC News' Sarah Burke reports: — President Obama's renewed Middle East policy was brought into focus for the second time this week in his speech at the AIPAC conference in Washington D.C. today. — Minutes before he appeared at the podium …

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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Obama double downs at AIPAC

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Haaretz:
Erekat: Netanyahu must accept Obama peace guidelines for talks to resume

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Imtiyaz Delawala / ABCNEWS:
King Abdullah and George Mitchell: Tough Road Ahead for Mideast Peace

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

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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Obama reiterates call for 1967 borders as ‘foundation’ for talks

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Meryl Yourish / Yourish.com:
Live-blogging Obama at AIPAC

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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:

The Elephant in the Green Room — The circus Roger Ailes created at Fox News made his network $900 million last year. But it may have lost him something more important: the next election. — On Monday afternoon, March 28, Fox News chairman Roger Ailes summoned Glenn Beck to a meeting …

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New York Times:

Daniels Move Stirs Concerns About Field of Republicans — WASHINGTON — The announcement Sunday by Gov. Mitch Daniels of Indiana that he would not run for the Republican presidential nomination ended one major chapter of uncertainty in the race but ignited new debate over whether …

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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
With Mitch Daniels out, GOP looking for new 2012 option

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Tom Hamburger / Los Angeles Times:
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels won't run for president

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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Mitch Daniels won't run for president in 2012

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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Daniels bows out, will skip 2012 race

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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Mitch Daniels won't run in 2012

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New York Post:

Strauss-Kahn made advances on two hotel staffers, flight attendant — This frog was one horny toad. — Disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn attempted to lure two attractive hotel employees to his $3,000-a-night hotel suite — and later put the moves on an Air France flight attendant following …

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Matthew Yglesias / Yglesias:
Harassment Incentives

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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:

OBAMA BOOED AT AIPAC (Video) — They just introduced Barack Obama at AIPAC 2011. He was met with boos. — Barack Obama was met with cheers and boos at AIPAC 2011 this morning. The far left president last week proposed that Israel turn over the Holy Land to the Hamas-Fatah terror alliance.

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Joel Rubin / Los Angeles Times:

Suspect in Dodger Stadium beating of Bryan Stow is in custody — Police this morning took into custody one of two men suspected in the opening-day beating of Giants fan Bryan Stow. — In the aftermath of the beating at Dodger Stadium, sketches of the suspects were placed on billboards in the L.A. area.

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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:

Carter: I'm the superior former President — Guess which former President is Jimmy Carter's favorite? Three guesses: … Apparently, even Carter realized a little later how bad that sounded. He contacted NBC to amend his remarks to say that his role with a non-profit organization gave him “superior opportunities to do good.”

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blogs.telegraph.co.uk:

The Rapture aside, America's evangelical Christians deserve a little respect — Last week I went to a small evangelical church in West Los Angeles to test the mood pre-Rapture. This particular congregation did not buy the prediction by Christian broadcaster Harold Camping that the End was now …

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