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3:25 PM ET, May 23, 2011

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Sen. Scott Brown / The Politico:
Why I don't back Ryan Medicare plan  —  As part of the 2012 budget discussions, Congress is dealing with Medicare reform.  This debate is long overdue, since its increasing cost must be addressed if we are serious about the nation's growing $14 trillion debt and $1.6 trillion annual deficit.
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The Politico:
Republicans ignored warnings on Paul Ryan plan  —  It might be a political time bomb — that's what GOP pollsters warned as House Republicans prepared for the April 15 vote on Rep. Paul Ryan's proposed budget, with its plan to dramatically remake Medicare.  —  No matter how favorably pollsters …
Digby / Hullabaloo:
“The Tea Party itch has not been scratched”: How the Ryan plan went down  —  “The Tea Party Itch Has Not Been Scratched”  —  Any political observer with even a modicum of sense could see that the Ryan Plan was going to be a complete disaster.  And most of us have been wondering ever since what the hell made them go for it.
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Cantor nudges Rep. Ryan to jump into 2012 White House race
Discussion: The Politico, GOP 12 and The Page
John Cole / Balloon Juice:
Things Done Changed
Wall Street Journal:
Republicans and Mediscare  —  Paul Ryan's GOP critics are ObamaCare's best friends.
Discussion: The New Republic and Betsy's Page
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:   What GOP leaders were thinking on Medicare
Daily Mail:
The best-protected car in the world... defeated by an Irish ramp: Obama's limo ‘The Beast’ gets stuck at U.S. Embassy  — Red faces all round as President and First Lady forced to swap vehicles for trip to ancestral home  —  It's supposed to protect him from terror attacks but President Barack Obama …
Discussion: The Other McCain
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Daily Mail:
We didn't realise you were such a big Jedward fan, Michelle.  First Lady looks the part as she arrives in a windswept Ireland  —  Ireland put on a traditional welcome for the Obamas today - a windy one.  —  The President of the United States breezed in today on the first stop of his four-country, Six-day European tour.
Daily Mail:
Codename ‘smart alec’: British police label Obama with ‘mildly offensive’ Punjabi word for visit to UK
A.G. Sulzberger / New York Times:
Death Toll Rises to Nearly 100 From Missouri Tornado  —  JOPLIN, Mo. — Much of this southwestern Missouri city lay in ruins on Monday morning after a massive tornado, the latest storm to ravage the Midwest and South this spring, tore through the area, killing at least 90 people.
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AccuWeather.com:
More Severe Weather Expected Today
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Hot Air and Wizbang
Stephanie Condon / CBS News:
Obama monitors response to Joplin, Missouri tornado from abroad
Discussion: CBS News, Politics and HotAirPundit
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Biden tells donors: Keep me in mind for 2016  —  Vice President Joe Biden surprised a gathering of donors in Cincinnati last week when he floated the prospect of his succeeding President Barack Obama in the White House.  —  Biden, who started in the Senate young and would be just 70 in 2012 …
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Gingrich: 'I'm not a Washington figure'  —  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R) said he doesn't view himself as a “Washington figure,” positioning himself as an anti-D.C. candidate in his campaign for president.  —  Gingrich railed against the Washington, D.C. establishment …
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Newt Gingrich, citing record, says ignore record
Discussion: Daily Kos
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
The Next President Isn't Currently Running (Updated)  —  There's no GOP operative for whom I have higher regard than former RNC chair and senior Bush advisor Ed Gillespie.  He deserves to be taken seriously when he says (according to Politico): “For all intents and purposes, the field is set.
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Spectator:
Obama's achievement: the mouse that roared  —  I don't know what strategic purpose Obama had in mind for addressing the Middle East impasse when last Thursday he made the first of a series of speeches on the subject.  Whatever this may have been, that speech produced one satisfactory result.
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Josh Margolin / New York Post:
Obama digging up dirt on potential opponent Chris Christie  —  President Obama's re-election campaign is trying to dig up dirt in the Garden State.  —  Despite New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's repeated pronouncements that he will not seek the GOP presidential nomination …
Governor Arne Carlson:
THE PRESIDENCY: A BIT SHORT IS PAWLENTY  —  One thing is certain about Monday's Presidential announcement by former Governor Tim Pawlenty: he will not bring up the fact that he presided over one of the larger tax increases in Minnesota's history.  Yes, that is quite correct.
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Tim Pawlenty bets on boldness
Discussion: RedState
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Pawlenty Campaign Already Dead?  —  Tim Pawlenty's hometown newspaper, the St. Paul Pioneer Press, ran the story of his presidential campaign announcement on the Obituary page this morning, City Pages reports.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Truth outweighs consistency  —  Jon Huntsman was asked on Friday about his support for the Recovery Act, and the fact that in 2009, he wanted the stimulus to be bigger, not smaller.  —  Huntsman said his problem with the Recovery Act had to do with taxes.  “[M]y take was, let's stimulate business,” he told George Stephanopoulos.
Discussion: Slate and Eschaton
The Note:
Is Donald Trump Back in the 2012 Race?  —  ABC News' Sheila Marikar and Rick Klein report: Perhaps Donald Trump didn't really bow out after all.  —  The billionaire business mogul phoned into Fox News' “Fox & Friends” this morning to lament the state of the Republican field.
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court orders California to release tens of thousands of prison inmates  —  The 5-4 decision represents one of the largest prison release orders in U.S. history.  The court majority says overcrowding has caused ‘suffering and death.’ In a sharp dissent, Justice Antonin Scalia warns ‘terrible things are sure to happen.’
Will Kane / San Francisco Chronicle:
Harold Camping ‘flabbergasted’; rapture a no-show  —  (05-22) 19:18 PDT ALAMEDA — The man who said the world was going to end appeared at his front door in Alameda a day later, very much alive but not so well.  —  “It has been a really tough weekend,” said Harold Camping …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
When Austerity Fails  —  I often complain, with reason, about the state of economic discussion in the United States.  And the irresponsibility of certain politicians — like those Republicans claiming that defaulting on U.S. debt would be no big deal — is scary.
Jason Zengerle / New York Magazine:
If I Take Down Fox, Is All Forgiven?  —  David Brock has spent the last decade apologizing to liberals for his role in creating the vast right-wing conspiracy.  Now he's trying something more ambitious and hoping it gains him the respect he craves from the White House.
Joe Kovacs / WorldNetDaily:
Now popular Republicans ‘not natural-born citizens’  —  Rising stars of GOP in doubt because parents from overseas  —  MIAMI, Fla. - Are U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal natural-born citizens of the United States, and thus eligible for the presidency?
 
 
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Steven Levingston / Washington Post:
‘Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin,’ by former staffer Frank Bailey
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Obama's ‘Beast’ gets stuck
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Iowa governor counsels Romney to ‘actively compete’ in caucuses
Discussion: The Politico
Mike Dorning / Bloomberg:
GE, Intel Advise Obama While Investing Profits Overseas
Discussion: Hot Air and Weasel Zippers
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans Still Split Along “Pro-Choice,” “Pro-Life” Lines
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Taxes vs. tax rates
Discussion: Yglesias and CNN
Sam Inglot / Michigan Messenger:
Tea Party, Amash deny entry to townhall meeting
 Earlier Items: 
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Steele to MSNBC  —  This has been in the works, in retrospect, since about January 2009:
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Lauren A. E. Schuker / Wall Street Journal:
Glenn Beck to Offer Discount Deals
Channel NewsAsia:
Afghanistan says Mullah Omar has “disappeared”
Wall Street Journal:
Spy, Military Ties Aided bin Laden Raid
Discussion: The Politico and BBC
 

 
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Analyzing Comcast's spinoff of cable networks, purposefully structured with low debt: the move might be a signal to the industry that it's time to consolidate

Leah Nylen / Bloomberg:
Filing: the US DOJ's proposal requires Google to allow websites more ability to opt-out of its AI products and provide more ad placement controls to advertisers

Manuela Vega / Toronto Star:
Rogers Sports & Media lays off more than two dozen employees in its radio and podcasting divisions, citing declining revenue and challenges in advertising

 
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