memeorandum: In Rare Remarks, George W. Bush Argues Against the Lifting of Iran Sanctions (New York Times)

10:25 AM ET, April 27, 2015

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John Hinderaker / Power Line:

Our Mean-Spirited President Cuts Loose — There has been quite a bit of news coverage of this year's White House Correspondents' Dinner. Don't ask me why. The annual lovefest between Democratic politicians and Democratic journalists hasn't generated any actual news in a long time.

Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Balloon Juice

Byron York / Washington Examiner:

At correspondents dinner, Obama lets second-term anger out — Depending on your perspective, President Obama's performance at the White House Correspondents Dinner Saturday night was either funny or filled with rage. Or perhaps it was funny about being filled with rage.

Discussion: Horizons, RedState and CANNONFIRE

Domenico Montanaro / NPR: 8 Obama Jokes That Stood Out From The White House Correspondents Dinner

Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:

Historic ruling expected as SCOTUS takes up gay marriage — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments this week in a landmark gay marriage case that many legal experts believe will pave the way for same-sex couples to wed in all 50 states. — Same sex-marriage has been the subject …

Discussion: Political Wire

Maggie Haberman / New York Times:

Gay Businessman Who Hosted Ted Cruz Event Apologizes — Ian Reisner, one of the two gay hoteliers facing boycott calls for hosting an event for Senator Ted Cruz, who is adamantly opposed to same-sex marriage, said he had shown “poor judgment.”

Discussion: Politico, Mediaite, Political Wire, Hot Air, RedState, Talking Points Memo, Advocate and Patterico's Pontifications

Adam Nagourney / New York Times:

G.O.P. Struggling With Shifts on Gay Marriage — Rick Santorum said he would never attend a same-sex wedding. Marco Rubio said he might attend one. Scott Walker actually went to a same-sex wedding reception, not to be confused with an actual same-sex wedding ceremony.

Discussion: Daily Kos

Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Gay Businessman Who Hosted Cruz Event Apologizes

Discussion: Ian Reisner, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Week, Gothamist and Mondoweiss

John Fund / National Review:

Are Democratic Insiders Starting to Panic about Hillary? — Washington, D.C. — The annual White House Correspondent's Dinner is indeed — as President Obama put it last night — “where Washington celebrates itself.” Little real news is ever made, but Beltway media, politicians …

Betsy McCaughey / New York Post:
Hillary actually warned us about Clinton Foundation scandals

Discussion: Politico, The Huffington Post, Guardian and Betsy's Page

Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Clinton's troubles net winners and losers: Column

Discussion: Hit & Run, The Federalist, No More Mister Nice Blog and The Week

Isabel Vincent / New York Post:
Charity watchdog: Clinton Foundation a ‘slush fund’

Discussion: Power Line, The Daily Caller, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, BizPac Review and The Last Refuge

Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Stephanopoulos Challenges Clinton Cash Author: ‘Is There a Smoking Gun?’

Discussion: CANNONFIRE, FOX News Radio, Liberaland and The Last Refuge

Josh Rogin / Bloomberg View:

George W. Bush Bashes Obama on Middle East — In a closed-door meeting with Jewish Donors Saturday night, former President George W. Bush delivered his harshest public criticisms to date against his successor on foreign policy, saying that President Barack Obama is being naïve about Iran …

Discussion: New York Times, Fox News, Scared Monkeys, Taylor Marsh, Israel Matzav, FOX News Radio, BizPac Review, “The Lid” and Hit & Run

New York Times:
In Rare Remarks, George W. Bush Argues Against the Lifting of Iran Sanctions

Discussion: Algemeiner.com and Washington Free Beacon

Ric Anderson / LasVegasSun.com:

The big lie: Las Vegan watches as his Reid tale takes off — A Las Vegas man claims he started a false rumor that the injuries suffered by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid several months ago were the result of an attack by Reid's brother, not an exercise accident.

Discussion: Politico, ThinkProgress, The Week, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo and Little Green Footballs

Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Man Claims He Concocted Story of Harry Reid Getting Beaten Up to Test Media Gullibility

Discussion: FOX News Radio, Power Line and Liberaland

Mark Hensch / The Hill:

Cruz warns of ‘liberal fascism’ targeting Christians — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Saturday said Democrats had gone to extremes in their persecution of Christians. — “Today's Democratic Party has decided there is no room for Christians in today's Democratic Party,” he said at the Iowa Faith …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Moderate Voice, Joe. My. God., FOX News Radio, Politico and The Week

Nate Cohn / New York Times:

How to Read the Ups and Downs of Polling in the G.O.P. Race — The polling roller coaster, as FiveThirtyEight's Harry Enten put it, has begun. One week the headline is “Ted Cruz Surging in Polls.” Three weeks later, it's “Marco Rubio Surges to Front of G.O.P. Pack.”

Discussion: Bloomberg View, Wall Street Journal, CNN, Democratic Strategist and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times

Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:

The Virtual Candidate — Elizabeth Warren isn't running, but she's Hillary Clinton's biggest Democratic threat. … “Might I suggest a full-bodied white?” — BUY THE PRINT » … “This seems like a lot of work for one lost contact.” — BUY THE PRINT »

Discussion: Prairie Weather

Paul Caron / TaxProf Blog:

The Plight Of A Christian Professor At An Elite Law School — Rod Dreher, The Post-Indiana Future for Christians: — I spent a long time on the phone last night with a law professor at one of the country's elite law schools. This professor is a practicing Christian, deeply closeted in the workplace …

Discussion: ProfessorBainbridge.com

Burgess Everett / Politico:

Foes of Iran deal take aim in Senate — Sen. Marco Rubio and other foes of a nuclear deal with Iran are readying several poison-pill amendments — some of which could have broad appeal — aimed at unraveling the bipartisan compromise endorsed by President Barack Obama.

Discussion: Political Wire

Brendan Bordelon / National Review:

Santorum Falls Flat with Iowa Evangelicals, Despite 2012 Caucus Win — Rick Santorum was the returning champion at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition forum on Saturday. But inside Waukee, Iowa's Point of Grace Church, it certainly didn't feel like it. — After his upset victory …

Discussion: Hot Air and No More Mister Nice Blog