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6:50 AM ET, May 28, 2009

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Peter Hamby / CNN:
Gingrich: Sotomayor ‘racist,’ should withdraw nomination  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - Rush Limbaugh isn't the only one calling Sonia Sotomayor a racist.  Newt Gingrich is, too — and he's demanding that Obama's pick to the Supreme Court withdraw her nomination.  —  On Twitter, Gingrich pointed …
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Sotomayor ‘fight’ could fizzle  —  Top Senate Republican strategists tell POLITICO that, barring unknown facts about Judge Sonia Sotomayor, the GOP plans no scorched-earth opposition to her confirmation as a Supreme Court justice.  —  More than 24 hours after the White House unveiling …
beliefnet:
I was wrong about Sotomayor speech  —  The NYT has a link to the entire speech in which she made the comment about the “wise Latina” reaching a “better” verdict than “a white male who hasn't lived that life.”  I'm still a bit troubled by the remark, but not in any important way.
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
On Sotomayor, Some Abortion Rights Backers Show Unease  —  WASHINGTON - In nearly 11 years as a federal appeals court judge, President Obama's choice for the Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor, never directly ruled on whether the Constitution protects a woman's right to an abortion.
The Huffington Post:
White House Smacks Gingrich For Calling Sotomayor A Racist  —  The White House hit back at Newt Gingrich on Wednesday for a twitter post made by the former House Speaker accusing Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor of being a racist.  —  Early on Wednesday, Gingrich put up a post …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
White House tries to prove Sotomayor's smarts
Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Limbaugh slams Sotomayor: ‘Reverse racist’
Kevin Drum / MoJo Blog Posts:
Supreme Court Kabuki Watch
Wendy Kaminer:
Sotomayor and Sisterhood
Discussion: Townhall.com
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Racism vs Reverse Racism
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Newt: Sotomayor a ‘racist’
Discussion: PrairiePundit
Huma Khan / Political Punch:
Did Sotomayor ‘Save Baseball’? George Will Takes Issue
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE.... One of the low points in the right's criticism of Obama during the presidential campaign came in October, when some conservatives started complaining about the Democrat's pronunciation of “Pakistan,” with a soft “a.”  —  The National Review's Mark Stein complained …
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Paul Krugman:
A note on identity politics
Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:   Krikorian: People should stop pronouncing Sotomayor's name correctly.
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Scraping The Bottom of Barrel
Telegraph:
Abu Ghraib abuse photos ‘show rape’  —  Photographs of alleged prisoner abuse which Barack Obama is attempting to censor include images of apparent rape and sexual abuse, it has emerged.  —  At least one picture shows an American soldier apparently raping a female prisoner while another …
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
EXCLUSIVE: Sestak Intends To Run For Senate  —  Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) is privately telling supporters that he intends to run for Senate, TPMDC has confirmed.  —  “He intends to get in the race,” says Meg Infantino, the Congressman's sister, who works at Sestak for Congress.
Johanna Neuman / Top of the Ticket:
Biden talks Irish poetry, gets in a dig at Obama's teleprompters at Air Force Academy  —  On Tuesday, he did the economic recovery thing, touting the environmentally friendly jobs that President Obama's $787-billion stimulus package is creating.  —  Then, as the Ticket reported Tuesday …
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The College Politico:
Biden Makes Fun of Obama for Teleprompter Use; UPDATE: Video Added
Discussion: Politics Daily
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:   Biden's jab  —  The Veep gives some juice to what is not the …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: O'Reilly smears Hot Air  —  Ah, there's nothing like yanking a comment out of context and using it to smear the entire site, even though neither Ed nor I have ever referred to Obama as “Hussein.”  Bonus points to O'R for referring to the comment in question as a “blog posting” even though it's anything but.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
It's Not About Bill  —  Bill Clinton loves to shop.  On a March day in an elegant crafts store in Lima, the Peruvian capital, he hunted for presents for his wife and the women on his staff back home.  He had given a speech at a university earlier and just came from a ceremony kicking off a program to help impoverished Peruvians.
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Bush v. Gore Foes Join to Fight Gay Marriage Ban  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The David and Ted show is back in business.  —  Eight and a half years after their epic partisan battle over the fate of the 2000 presidential election, the lawyers David Boies and Theodore B. Olson appeared on the same team …
Discussion: Scoop44
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Mike Boehm / Los Angeles Times:
Photos show President Barack Obama as Barry the freshman  —  Lisa Jack took pictures of the future president when he was an Occidental College student.  —  A public that wants to know everything about Barack Obama can thank Lisa Jack for a glimpse of what the future president …
Discussion: LA Observed
Patti Domm / Market Insider Blog:
New Investor Worry: Treasury Selloff Spiking Interest Rates  —  The stock market is watching the bond market, wary a spike in interest rates will derail a fragile economic recovery and snuff the market's rally.  —  Stocks tumbled Wednesday, but the real drama was in Treasurys and mortgages.
Discussion: Don Surber
Washington Post:
U.S. Weighs Single Agency to Regulate Banking Industry  —  Senior administration officials are considering the creation of a single agency to regulate the banking industry, replacing a patchwork of agencies that failed to prevent banks from falling into the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, sources said.
James Kirchick / Washington Times:
Rogue in the republic of letters  —  An effort to throw a disabled commentator overboard?  —  Alongside not talking with your mouth full and wiping, one of the elemental lessons in manners that civilized societies teach their young is not to mock the physically disabled.
Keith Bradsher / New York Times:
China Is Said to Plan Strict Gas Mileage Rules  —  HONG KONG — Worried about heavy reliance on imported oil, Chinese officials have drafted automotive fuel economy standards that are even more stringent than those outlined by President Obama last week, Chinese experts with a detailed knowledge of the plans said on Wednesday.
 
 
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Ben Hall / Financial Times:
Sarkozy in climate row over reshuffle
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Inside America's (Mock) Attack on North Korea
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Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:
President Obama Tries To Play “Rope-the-Dopes” With Judge Sotomayor
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