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6:45 AM ET, May 23, 2011

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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Obama double downs at AIPAC  —  The president just finished speaking to a packed convention room at the AIPAC policy conference.  He was not booed when he entered; most stood and offered brief applause.  Still, the crowd during the speech had long periods of stony silence …
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Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
AIPAC 2011: Obama's Speech to Jews  —  Obama on the jumbotrons: you gotta love that the camerman at AIPAC included his teleprompters.  Love that.  —  First, allow me to thank President Obama.  Who could have imagined that O would have been the one to bring me back to AIPAC?
Discussion: Jesus' General
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.
Faiz Shakir / ThinkProgress:
GOP Contender Herman Cain Demonstrates Clueslessness On Middle East Policy, Confused By ‘Right Of Return’
The Atlantic Online:
Netanyahu Continues to Needlessly Alienate
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
A Proud Day for Obama  —  Sticks to commitment to policies …
Discussion: Washington Post
Haaretz:
Erekat: Netanyahu must accept Obama peace guidelines for talks to resume
Meryl Yourish / Yourish.com:
Live-blogging Obama at AIPAC
Discussion: Power Line, Maggie's Farm and Ynetnews
New York Times:
Daniels Is Out, in Another Jolt to G.O.P. Field  —  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 the current field contains …
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The Politico:
Behind the Daniels family veto  —  On Friday, the pieces were coming together nicely for a Mitch Daniels-for-president campaign.  Some top potential staffers were told they would have a job, and to keep their powder dry just a little bit longer.  Several Washington Republicans expected a declaration in the next few days.
Neil Rosekrans / StateBrief Blog:
Pictures of Sarah Palin's Rumored Scottsdale House  —  Photos of Rumored Palin Arizona House  —  The rumors are still just rumors and we don't know for sure yet whether or not Sarah Palin and family have purchased a North Scottsdale house.  The paper trail says that the property in question …
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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 …
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 …
Discussion: Runnin' Scared and Gothamist
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Matthew Yglesias / Yglesias:
Harassment Incentives
Leslie Kaufman / New York Times:
A City Prepares for a Warm Long-Term Forecast  —  CHICAGO — The Windy City is preparing for a heat wave — a permanent one.  —  Climate scientists have told city planners that based on current trends, Chicago will feel more like Baton Rouge than a Northern metropolis before the end of this century.
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Bloomberg:
Militants Storm Naval Air Base in Pakistan  —  A gun battle is raging at a Pakistani naval air base in Karachi five hours after terrorists stormed the premises with rockets and grenades targeting surveillance aircraft provided by the United States.  —  “They have captured one building …
Discussion: BBC
Guardian:
Libya: Britain's £1bn war  —  Libya conflict could cost UK taxpayers £1bn over six months as Gaddafi clings on and cost of involvement soars  —  Britain's involvement in the Libya conflict will cost the taxpayer as much as £1bn if it continues into the autumn as expected …
Discussion: EU Referendum and AMERICAblog News
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Obama and the Israel Lobby  —  (updated below)  —  This week's hysterical, reality-deprived reaction to President Obama's pronouncements on the Israel/Palestine conflict genuinely provoked laughter on several occasions.  That happened when I thought of the intense controversy triggered …
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Imtiyaz Delawala / ABCNEWS:
King Abdullah and George Mitchell: Tough Road Ahead for Mideast Peace
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.”
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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