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1:15 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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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.
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 …
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.
Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:
President Obama Tries To Play “Rope-the-Dopes” With Judge Sotomayor
Discussion: PoliBlog
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
DISGRACED FORMER LAWMAKER REFUSES TO GO AWAY.... The lead story …
Discussion: TPMDC and No More Mister Nice Blog
Kevin Drum / MoJo Blog Posts:
Supreme Court Kabuki Watch
Wendy Kaminer:
Sotomayor and Sisterhood
Discussion: Townhall.com
Huma Khan / Political Punch:
Did Sotomayor ‘Save Baseball’? George Will Takes Issue
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Newt: Sotomayor a ‘racist’
Discussion: PrairiePundit and CNN
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.
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Aaron Blake / The Hill:
Specter to join Obama at DNC fundraiser
Discussion: The Swamp and TPMDC
Mark Krikorian / The Corner:
It Sticks in My Craw  —  Most e-mailers were with me on the post on the pronunciation of Judge Sotomayor's name (and a couple griped about the whole Latina/Latino thing — English dropped gender in nouns, what, 1,000 years ago?).  But a couple said we should just pronounce it the way the bearer …
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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 …
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 …
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.
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
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: O'Reilly smears Hot Air  —  Ah, there's nothing like yanking out 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.
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 …
Discussion: At-Largely and Raw Story
KTVT-TV:
Supervisor Asks Woman To Take Down American Flag  —  UPDATE: Hospital Says Woman May Re-Hang Flag (Read More Below)  —  MANSFIELD (CBS 11 News) ― Is it okay to show your patriotism at the office?  —  For one Arlington woman, the answer was “no” after she hung an American flag in her office just before the Memorial Day weekend.
Noah Shachtman / Danger Room:
Inside America's (Mock) Attack on North Korea  —  Even the hawks say there's not much America can do, in response to North Korea's nuclear test.  But that doesn't mean the U.S. military isn't prepping for a war with the Kim Jong-Il regime, just in case.  —  In March, American …
Discussion: BLACKFIVE and Guardian
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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
 
 
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