memeorandum: Black Voter Turnout Passed White Turnout For The First Time In 2012 (Hope Yen/Associated Press)

The 20-lb. swag bag from People/Time's White House Correspondent's party — Pictured below: a disgorged swag bag from the Time/People pre-WHCD cocktail party. It weighed in at 20.6 lbs on an Post bathroom scale (very technical stuff, here). — Whoa, isn't the media industry struggling with hard times?

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, Taylor Marsh, The Impolitic and Firedoglake

Noah Rothman / Mediaite:

Obama Mocks MSNBC, CNN, Fox, BuzzFeed, His Liberal Critics And Himself In Correspondents Dinner Speech — President Barack Obama took the stage on Saturday at the White House Correspondents Dinner night where he fired off a number of quips at his expense and a number of his allies and critics.

Discussion: Joe. My. God.

Gabrielle Bluestone / Gawker:

All the Dumb Questions Politico Writers Are Asking Celebrities Tonight — How dumb is the WHCD? This dumb. You're looking at The Politico's White House Correspondents Dinner memo, left behind at a party last night and obtained by Gawker. — Above, the lengthy section of the memo focused …

Discussion: Gothamist, Hullabaloo and Outside the Beltway, more at Mediagazer »

Michael Livingston / The Reliable Source:

WATCH: President Barack Obama's White House Correspondents' Dinner one-liners — Here are the best one-liners from President Barack Obama's White House Correspondents' Dinner speech: — On the passage of time: “I look in the mirror. I'm not the strapping young Muslim socialist I used to be. . . I still make rookie mistakes though.

Discussion: JustOneMinute

Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Obama tells correpondents: ‘I still make rookie mistakes’

Discussion: Politico and CNN

Hope Yen / Associated Press:

Black Voter Turnout Passed White Turnout For The First Time In 2012 — WASHINGTON (AP) — America's blacks voted at a higher rate than other minority groups in 2012 and by most measures surpassed the white turnout for the first time, reflecting a deeply polarized presidential election …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, ThinkProgress, Booman Tribune and Outside the Beltway

Paul Krugman:

The Great Degrader — I've been focused on economic policy lately, so I sort of missed the big push to rehabilitate Bush's image; also, as a premature anti-Bushist who pointed out how terrible a president he was back when everyone else was praising him as a Great Leader, I'm kind of worn out on the subject.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Washington Monthly

Kevin Liptak / CNN:

McCain: ‘Angry and bitter’ Syrians need America's help — (CNN) - The people of Syria, beleaguered by war and potentially being attacked by chemical weapons, are “angry and bitter” that the United States has not played a more leading role in ending the country's conflict, Sen. John McCain said Sunday.

Discussion: Reuters and Politico

Discussion: The Caucus, The PJ Tatler, Right Turn, The Other McCain, LewRockwell.com Blog and The Reaction

Mary Wisniewski / Reuters:

Kentucky woman ordained as priest in defiance of Roman Catholic Church — (Reuters) - In an emotional ceremony filled with tears and applause, a 70-year-old Kentucky woman was ordained a priest on Saturday as part of a dissident group operating outside of official Roman Catholic Church authority.

Politico:

Democrats ask: What debt crisis? — Call them the debt crisis dissenters. — The two parties are miles apart on how to cut the deficit and national debt: Republicans want to slash spending even more. Democrats want to raise revenue. — And then there are the other Democrats …

Discussion: The PJ Tatler

Patrick Hennessy / Telegraph:

Hand back your benefits, Iain Duncan Smith urges wealthier pensioners — Better-off pensioners should voluntarily pay back their taxpayer-funded benefits, the Work and Pensions Secretary declares. — Iain Duncan Smith says he “would encourage” elderly people who can well afford to pay …

Discussion: Spectator, BBC, Guardian and Althouse

Jeremy Herb / The Hill:

Rep. Schiff defends reading Boston attack suspect Miranda rights — Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Sunday defended the decision to read the Boston bombings suspect his Miranda rights, saying that there was no basis for law enforcement to continue questioning him under the public safety exemption.

Discussion: CNN

Bobby Cervantes / Politico:

Gun control reform still possible, Manchin says — Sen. Joe Manchin was optimistic on Sunday that the Senate could take another shot at passing a narrow gun control bill that focuses specifically on mental health and criminal background checks. — “The only thing we've asked for is for people …

Discussion: CNN and Outside the Beltway

Bradley Klapper / Associated Press:

Obama Is Not The ‘Strapping Young Muslim Socialist’ He Used To Be — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama joked Saturday that the years are catching up to him and he's not “the strapping young Muslim socialist” he used to be. — Obama poked fun at himself as well as some of his …