memeorandum: Obama says Clinton would be an ‘excellent president’ (Jesse Byrnes/The Hill)

Annie Karni / Politico:

Clinton campaign memo: No drama this time — Hillary Clinton's campaign-in-waiting held its final pre-game briefing Saturday at its Brooklyn Heights headquarters, just ahead of her expected official entry into the race on Sunday. — During an hour-long meeting where bagels were served …

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Associated Press, The Hill, The Moderate Voice, Bloomberg Business, New York Times, Washington Post and The Reaction

Why does Hillary Rodham Clinton want to be president? — When Hillary Rodham Clinton arrives in Iowa next week as a candidate for president in 2016, every statement, gesture, laugh, outfit, facial expression and interaction with voters will be put under a microscope the likes of which few, if any, previous candidates have experienced.

Discussion: New York Times

Garry Trudeau / The Atlantic Online:

The Abuse of Satire — The following is the text of remarks Garry Trudeau delivered on April 10 at the Long Island University's George Polk Awards ceremony, where he received the George Polk Career Award. — My career—I guess I can officially call it that now—was not my idea.

Discussion: Hit & Run and Washington Post

New York Times:

Obama Meets Raúl Castro, Making History — PANAMA — President Obama and President Raúl Castro of Cuba met here Saturday in the first face-to-face discussion between the leaders of the two countries in a half-century. — Seated beside Mr. Castro in a small room …

Discussion: Guardian, Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic Online and The Hinterland Gazette

Raymond Colitt / Bloomberg Business:
Castro Calls Obama Honest Man as Latin American Leaders Criticize Venezuela Sanctions

Discussion: Business Insider

CNN:
Story highlights — Panama City, Panama (CNN)Ending …

Discussion: FOX News Radio

Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:

Obama says Clinton would be an ‘excellent president’ — President Obama said Saturday he thinks Hillary Clinton would make “an excellent president.” — Clinton is expected to unveil her much-anticipated 2016 presidential campaign Sunday. It will be her second campaign for president …

Discussion: Political Wire

Michael C Bender / Bloomberg Business:

Bloomberg Politics National Poll: Rand Paul, Jeb Bush Face Primary Obstacles — Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul may have a problem with women, and Jeb Bush already has been written off by a large share of potential primary voters, according to a new Bloomberg Politics national poll …

Mark Hensch / The Hill:

Biden: Make community college ‘free’ like high school — Vice President Biden on Saturday said free community college was vital for a healthy American economy. — “It's simple, folks — two years of community college should become as free and universal as high school is today if we're …

Discussion: FOX News Radio

New York Times:

A New Phase in Anti-Obama Attacks — It is a peculiar, but unmistakable, phenomenon: As Barack Obama's presidency heads into its twilight, the rage of the Republican establishment toward him is growing louder, angrier and more destructive. — Republican lawmakers in Washington and around …

Discussion: Washington Monthly and RedState

Michael Goodwin / New York Post:

Oh Hill no! Clinton's stale presidential plan wrong for nation — America's moved on, but Hillary hasn't. — More than five years ago, a Clinton confidant matter-of-factly described for me Hillary's Plan. She would resign as secretary of state after President Obama's first term …

John Hinderaker / Power Line:

The Crusades Haven't Been In the News Lately — It has been a couple of months since Barack Obama suggested that the Crusades were somehow on a par with, or even a justification for, 21st-century Islamic terrorism. I objected to Obama's casual slur at the link, saying, among other things:

Jim Walsh / USA Today:

Video captures deadly brawl in Walmart parking lot … The Cottonwood, Arizona police department released a video that appears to show an officer shooting a man. Police say a chaotic brawl broke out between police and members of the Gaver family that soon turned deadly. VPC

Discussion: FOX News Radio and Liberaland

Reuters:

Reuters Iraq bureau chief threatened, denounced over story — (Reuters) - The Baghdad bureau chief for Reuters has left Iraq after he was threatened on Facebook and denounced by a Shi'ite paramilitary group's satellite news channel in reaction to a Reuters report last week that detailed lynching and looting in the city of Tikrit.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit