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5:10 PM ET, May 30, 2012

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‘Obama ... Stressed He Probably Knows About Judaism More than Any Other President’ — President Obama met yesterday with “about 20 Conservative Jewish community leaders, thanking them for the work they do to improve communities around the country and discussed their shared commitment to rebuilding the U.S. economy,” Haaretz reports.

Discussion: JOSHUAPUNDIT, The Mental Recession, Babalú Blog and Conservatives4Palin

Natasha Mozgovaya / Haaretz:

Obama awards rock icon Bob Dylan highest Presidential honor — Several members of Jewish community among those awarded the Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Barack Obama. — U.S. President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to musician Bob Dylan during a ceremony on May 29, 2012 in White House in Washington.

Discussion: Power Line, And So it Goes in Shreveport, neo-neocon, Israel Matzav, Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit, Weasel Zippers and Pat Dollard

David Frum / david-frum:

It Wasn't a “Gaffe” — President Obama just slapped in the face one of America's closest allies in Europe. I'm looking for comment in the American media, and I find ... wire stories reporting a spokesman's apology for the president's “misstatement”? — The president intended to honor Jan Karski …

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premier.gov.pl:

Prime Minister Donald Tusk's statement on the words of United States President Barack Obama — The words uttered yesterday by the President of the United States Barack Obama concerning “Polish death camps” touched all Poles. We always react in the same way when ignorance, lack of knowledge …

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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:

Barack Obama—Friend of Jews, Scholar of Judaism — From Haaretz: … Amazing. — Three comments: — 1. The reason no one asks John Boehner or Mitch McConnell about their support for Israel is ... because they really do support Israel. The reason people ask Barack Obama about his support …

Nile Gardiner / blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
Barack Obama has insulted 38 million Poles with his crass and ignorant ‘Polish death camp’ remark

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Agence France Presse:
Obama Nazi death camp gaffe ‘hurt all Poles’: PM

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BuzzFeed:
President Obama, Polish Tabloid Cover Boy

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Yitzhak Benhorin / Ynetnews:
Obama to rabbis: I'm vilified because of Muslim name

Discussion: National Review and Weasel Zippers

Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
President Obama Causes Outrage with Reference to ‘Polish Death Camp’

Associated Press:
Poles outraged over Obama's words on death camps

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Mike Allenand Jim Vandehei / Reuters:

GOP groups plan record $1 billion blitz — Republican super PACs and other outside groups shaped by a loose network of prominent conservatives - including Karl Rove, the Koch brothers and Tom Donohue of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce - plan to spend roughly $1 billion on November's elections …

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Byron York / Campaign 2012:

Team Romney: Not gonna play repudiation game — Mitt Romney's refusal to repudiate Donald Trump sends a signal, both to Democrats and the voting public: With the nation's future at stake in this November's election, Romney will not accommodate calls that he disown supporters who make ill-considered …

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Ed Andrieski / ABCNEWS:

Obama Campaign Mounts New Assault on Romney's Record as Massachusetts Governor — The Obama campaign is opening a new front in its war against GOP rival Mitt Romney, ABC News has learned, with planned attacks to begin this week on Romney's record as governor of Massachusetts and the campaign promises Democrats say he left unfulfilled.

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Mark Hosenball / Reuters:

Romney's birth certificate evokes his father's controversy — (Reuters) - Finally, there is definitive proof: The presidential candidate was born in the United States, and his father was not. — Yes, Republican Mitt Romney appears eligible to be president, according to a copy …

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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
A new conspiracy theory: Is Romney a unicorn?

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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:

Dem poll: Walker recall battle is a dead heat — Many Washington pundits have declared the battle to recall Scott Walker all but over, and at least one public poll has shown Walker with a five point lead. This has created a problem for labor and Dems, who worry that impressions that the race …

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Charles Franklin / Marquette Law School Poll:
Marquette Law School Poll finds Walker leads Barrett in Wisconsin recall

Discussion: Politico, Campaign 2012 and Althouse

John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Barrett Can't Name Any Schools Hurt by Walker's Collective Bargaining Reforms

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon

John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Wisconsin Recall Poll: Walker 52%, Barrett 45%

Discussion: Hot Air, Isthmus, Fire Andrea Mitchell! and Outside the Beltway

William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:

Hundreds of Cherokees form new group to challenge Elizabeth Warren — A new group of over 150 Cherokees and growing has formed with the purpose of forcing Elizabeth Warren to give up her false claim to Cherokee heritage. — The group has a new blog, Cherokees Demand Truth from Elizabeth Warren, and corresponding Facebook page:

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Michael Patrick Leahy / BREITBART.COM:
EXCLUSIVE: CHEROKEES DEMAND TRUTH FROM ELIZABETH WARREN

Discussion: JOSHUAPUNDIT, The Volokh Conspiracy and Pat Dollard

Chris Cassidy / Boston Herald:
Liz Warren just won't commit

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Patterico's Pontifications:

Aaron Walker Arrested for Blogging? Clearing Some of the Fog Surrounding Today's Litigation — Well, partially dispelling. — Aaron Walker (aka Worthing) was arrested today in a Maryland courtroom. Several days ago, convicted bomber and perjurer Brett Kimberlin had obtained a …

Jeff G. / protein wisdom:
“Injunction Imposed Over Blog Posts That Criticized Convicted Terrorist-Turned-Left-Wing Activist”

Discussion: Patterico's Pontifications, LEE STRANAHAN dot COM, hogewash and Truth Before Dishonor

Justin Berrier / Media Matters for America:

Fox & Friends Drops The Veil, Produces Four-Minute Anti-Obama Attack Ad — While Fox & Friends has long been a home for some of the most vicious, misleading, petty, and dishonest attacks on President Obama, they crossed a new ethical line today by producing and airing what is essentially a four-minute anti-Obama attack ad.

Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Planned Parenthood Ads to Target Romney

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Artur Davis / Official Artur Davis:

A Response to Political Rumors — While I've gone to great lengths to keep this website a forum for ideas, and not a personal forum, I should say something about the various stories regarding my political future in Virginia, the state that has been my primary home since late December 2010.

Mike Flynn / BREITBART.COM:
ARTUR DAVIS, FORMER BLACK CAUCUS MEMBER, SWITCHES TO GOP

Discussion: Election Law Center

Julia Duin / Washington Post:

Serpent-handling pastor profiled earlier in Washington Post dies from rattlesnake bite — Mack Wolford, a flamboyant Pentecostal pastor from West Virginia whose serpent-handling talents were profiled last November in The Washington Post Magazine , hoped the outdoor service he had planned …

Discussion: ABCNEWS, The Raw Story and TheBlaze.com

Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:

Romney Rebounds Among Women, While Obama's Favorability Slips — A sharp advance among women has boosted Mitt Romney to his highest favorability rating of the presidential campaign - albeit still an unusually weak one - while Barack Obama's personal popularity has slipped in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll.

Discussion: Washington Post, TheBlaze.com, Hot Air and The Page

Investor's Business Daily:

A No Confidence Vote For Obamanomics — Economy: Consumer confidence took a “surprise” tumble in May, as home prices hit 10-year lows. Tell us again why economists keep calling bad economic news about Obama's so-called recovery “unexpected”? — Analysts had predicted …

Discussion: The Conference Board, NewsBusters.org, Randy's Roundtable and Wake up America

Erika Johnsen / Hot Air:

Spain scuttles clean-energy subsidies; promptly watches the industry go down like a sinking ship — Serious question, greenies: is a nation justified in completely running its economy into the ground, with all of the hardship and heartache that ensues, if it's all for the sake of instilling …

Discussion: Say Anything and Hyscience

Bloomberg:
Spain Ejects Clean-Power Industry With Europe Precedent: Energy

Discussion: Cold Fury

Doug Gross / CNN:

Romney iPhone app misspells ‘America’ to Web's delight — (CNN) — It's probably not the kind of thing voters will use to choose the leader of the free world. — But the Web was taking no shortage of presidential potshots Wednesday over Republican candidate Mitt Romney's new mobile app, which embarrassingly misspelled “America.”

Discussion: msnbc.com

BuzzFeed:
New Tumblr Lampoons Romney Campaign's iPhone App For Misspelling “America”

Discussion: Naked DC

Chris Edwards / Cato Institute:

We Can Cut Government: Canada Did — Chris Edwards is the director of tax policy studies at the Cato Institute and editor of www.DownsizingGovernment.org. — Two decades ago Canada suffered a deep recession and teetered on the brink of a debt crisis caused by rising government spending.

Adam Harrington / CBS Chicago:

Downstate Lawmaker Screams, Throws Papers Over Pension Reform Bill — SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CBS) — A downstate lawmaker screamed, yelled and threw papers Tuesday, as he expressed frustration about the Democrat-led plan to overhaul the state pension system. — A state House pension reform bill endorsed …

Discussion: Wonkette, Gawker, New York Magazine and The Raw Story

James Pethokoukis / The Enterprise Blog:

CBO: Obama stimulus may have cost as much as $4.1 million a job — The Congressional Budget Office in a new report: … OK, so without the stimulus, there would be anywhere from 200,000 to 1.5 million fewer people employed right now? That means the current cost-per-job created is somewhere between $4.1 million and $540,000.

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