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2:45 AM ET, May 24, 2011

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Associated Press:
FACT CHECK: Not the whole truth in Pawlenty claims  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — “Truth” was Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty's buzzword Monday when he announced his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.  He said he will tell the truth about hard choices facing the nation while others …
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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Pawlenty Campaign Already Dead?
Discussion: The Blotter
Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Pawlenty In Iowa: Phase Out Ethanol Subsidies
Governor Arne Carlson:   THE PRESIDENCY: A BIT SHORT IS PAWLENTY
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Tim Pawlenty bets on boldness
Jana Winter / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Strauss-Kahn Told Maid 'Don't You Know Who I Am?'  During Alleged Sex Attack  —  Dominique Strauss-Kahn told a New York City hotel maid, “Don't you know who I am!  Don't you know who I am?” while pinning her down during the alleged sexual assault, law enforcement sources close to the investigation told FoxNews.com.
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn / Telegraph:
DNA samples confirm sperm traces on maid's dress  —  DNA samples taken in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case have confirmed traces of sperm on the maid's dress, according to reports.  —  Mr Strauss-Kahn has been indicted on seven charges.  If he is convicted, he would face up to 25 years in prison
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Who Will Play Strauss-Kahn?  —  To most Americans, the tale of Dominique Strauss-Kahn probably seems like fodder for a “Law and Order” episode, or maybe a cable-TV message movie.  He's just another high-profile man behaving badly, part Arnold Schwarzenegger and part Ben Roethlisberger and more obscure than both.
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker says Sen. Scott Brown ‘should be ashamed of himself’  —  Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) scolded the senator for opposing the House GOP budget from Rep. Paul Ryan.  —  An Illinois Republican on Monday said Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) should be “ashamed of himself” for opposing Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) budget plan.
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
Cantor nudges Rep. Ryan to jump into 2012 White House race  —  Count House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) as one top Republican who'd like to see Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) jump into the presidential race.  —  Cantor responded immediately when asked Monday whether Ryan …
Josiah Ryan / Healthwatch:
Reid: House Republican budget would ‘shatter a cornerstone of our society’
Discussion: The Politico
Aharding / CNN:
Top Republican says Paul Ryan should run for president
Discussion: The Politico and PERRspectives
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.’
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:   State Secrets Block Resolution of Contractors' Suit, Justices Say
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
White House Adds New Position to Deal with Unfavorable Online Media  —  The White House has named Jesse Lee to a new position within its communications department titled Director of Progressive Media & Online Response.  According to The Huffington Post, Lee will essentially be responsible …
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
White House Beefs Up Online Rapid Response … White House , Jesse Lee Staff , New Media White Hosue , Obama Administration Response , Online Response Jesse Lee , Online White House , White House Jesse Lee , White House Online Response , White House Staff , Politics News
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Poll: Romney way ahead of GOP field in New Hampshire  —  Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) enjoys more than triple the support of his next closest competitor in New Hampshire's Republican primary, according to a poll released Monday.  —  Thirty-two percent of New Hampshire's Republican voters …
Discussion: HotAirPundit and FrumForum
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
The Next President Isn't Currently Running (Updated)
Discussion: Hot Air, Instapundit and Taylor Marsh
Aharding / CNN:
Daniels adviser: VP bid unlikely, but not ‘off the table’
Cornell Law School:
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES  —  EDMUND G. BROWN, J r ., GOVERNOR OF CAL-  —  IFORNIA, et al ., APPELLANTS v. MARCIANO  —  PLATA et al.  —  on appeal from the united states district courts for the eastern district and the northern district of california
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 …
Jeremy W. Peters / Media Decoder:
Frank Bruni Named Times Op-Ed Columnist  —  Frank Bruni, whose writing career at The New York Times has spanned two presidential campaigns, a pope and more than five years as chief restaurant critic, has been named an op-ed columnist.  —  Andrew Rosenthal, editor of the Opinion Pages …
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans Still Split Along “Pro-Choice,” “Pro-Life” Lines  —  Majorities believe abortion is morally wrong, legal access to it should be restricted  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Americans are closely divided between those calling themselves “pro-choice” and those who are “pro-life,” now 49% and 45% …
Daily Mail:
Codename ‘smart alec’: British police label Obama with ‘mildly offensive’ Punjabi word for visit to UK  —  More than one person has wanted to call Barack Obama a ‘smart alec’, and now British police will get the chance to do so without getting reprimanded.  —  That's because Scotland Yard …
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: msnbc.com, Hot Air and The Other McCain
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Steven Levingston / Washington Post:
‘Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin,’ by former staffer Frank Bailey  —  By Frank Bailey with Ken Morris & Jeanne Devon  —  Howard.  383 pp.  $26  —  Frank Bailey joined Sarah Palin's campaign for governor of Alaska in its earliest days, showing up at her shabby headquarters in Anchorage with a paintbrush …
Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
Wisconsin Orders Recall Election For Three GOP State Senators  —  Despite massive protests, procedural obstacles, and restraining orders, the Wisconsin GOP hustled Gov. Scott Walker's (R) anti-union bill into law in March.  Now, they're paying a steep political price.
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htrnews.com:
Wisconsin OKs recall elections for GOP Sens. Randy Hopper, Luther Olsen, Dan Kapanke
Discussion: Firedoglake
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Reid breaks with Obama on Israeli borders condition for peace settlement  —  Breaking with President Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Monday urged a renewal of the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks without preconditions regarding borders.  —  Obama, in recent days …
Discussion: The Politico
Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
Boehner, The Debt Ceiling, And The Young Guns Of August  —  The notion that House Republicans might risk financial chaos by flirting with a failure to raise the debt ceiling strikes many people, including people who buy Treasury bonds, as too irrational to happen.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Kucinich, Losing District, Looks Very Far Afield  —  SEATTLE — Representative Dennis Kucinich, the liberal Democrat from Cleveland, was a long way from home — 2,000 miles give or take.  But he found plenty of political admirers in this stronghold of progressive political thought.
 
 
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Katherine Dorsett / CNN:
Does having children make you happy?
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Sam Baker / Healthwatch:
Tort reform bill takes fire from right
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
Ron Radosh / Pajamas Media:
Eric Cantor Gives AIPAC Delegates a Lesson on which Political Party Really Supports Israel …
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Special Election Warrants Caution for Forecasters — and for Republicans
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Jim Rutenberg / The Caucus:
Fox News Executives Dispute Quote About Palin
Michael McAuliff / The Huffington Post:
Medicare Cuts Unpopular In Swing States, Polls Suggest
Discussion: TPMDC and Daily Kos
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Truth outweighs consistency
 

 
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