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12:25 PM ET, May 21, 2008

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Joseph Lieberman / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats and Our Enemies  —  How did the Democratic Party get here?  How did the party of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and John F. Kennedy drift so far from the foreign policy and national security principles and policies that were at the core of its identity and its purpose?
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Jesse A. Hamilton / On Background:
Courtney Endorses Obama  —  Though he had said he was going to wait until the last of the primaries was over, Rep. Joe Courtney decided to instead make his pick for a Democratic candidate clear this morning, chosing Sen. Barack Obama.  —  Courtney's was the only district in Connecticut that was won …
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Chuck Hagel Takes On McCain, Repeatedly Praises Obama  —  Chuck Hagel is quickly becoming Barack Obama's answer to Joe Lieberman.  —  The Republican Senator from Nebraska was a political thorn in McCain's side on Tuesday night, repeatedly lavishing praise on the presumptive Democratic candidate …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Quote For The Day  —  “We know from past campaigns …
Discussion: Political Machine
John McCain / Zogby:
Reuters/Zogby Poll: Obama Opens Double-digit Lead Over McCain in National Test  —  Third-party candidates Nader and Barr show signs of strength in key demographic groups  —  UTICA, New York - Democrat Barack Obama has sprinted out to a 10-point lead over Republican John McCain in a four …
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John Whitesides / Reuters:
Obama leads McCain in November match: Reuters poll
Discussion: The Reaction
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Obama Plans General Election Team
Discussion: Associated Press
Roger Simon / The Politico:
What is Clinton's argument now?  —  Hillary Clinton does not lack for victories.  She has had several recently.  —  What she lacks is a way to make her victories meaningful.  What she lacks is an argument.  —  What is the game-changing argument that will cause the superdelegates …
Discussion: American Spectator and TIME.com
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Clinton Sees Many Reasons to Stay In
Alessandra Stanley / New York Times:
Clinton Fades Even in a Victory
Justin Rood / ABCNEWS:
Report: U.S. Soldiers Did ‘Dirty Work’ for Chinese Interrogators  —  Alleges Guantanamo Personnel Softened Up Detainees at Request of Chinese Intelligence  —  U.S. military personnel at Guantanamo Bay allegedly softened up detainees at the request of Chinese intelligence officials who had come …
Discussion: TalkLeft, The Daily Dish and Sadly, No!
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Attaturk / Firedoglake:
More than just financing Bush Wars...  The Chinese are apparently taking a supervisory role in overseeing their investment. … Ms. Manning are you forgetting who the President and Vice-President are?  Sadly, it's par for the course.  —  This occurred during the period …
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Money shocker!  Hillary Clinton's campaign debt soars*  —  (*UPDATE: Due to a mathematical error, Hillary Clinton's loans to herself were added twice in the calculation of this item.  Her total debts are about $20 million, not $31 million.  A corrected item covering the first five paragraphs of this one has been published here.)
James Andrew Miller / Washington Post:
Next Stop, Supreme Court?  —  As the primary season nears a merciful end, the Clinton-Obama conflict is giving way to Obama-Clinton conjecture.  Many in the Democratic Party support a so-called dream ticket of both, with Barack Obama at the top.  They believe Hillary Clinton has earned …
Discussion: Bench Memos, Balkinization and Hot Air
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Byron York / National Review:
Hillary: The Al Gore of 2008
Media Matters for America:
Michael Savage plays Dead Kennedys song “in some respect for” Sen. Kennedy … Following the announcement that Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, nationally syndicated radio host Michael Savage opened his May 20 show by interspersing audio of Kennedy singing …
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Ben Pershing / Capitol Briefing:
Changes Afoot at the NRCC  —  Rep. Tom Cole (Okla.) is and will remain the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, but House Minority Leader John Boehner (Ohio) demonstrated this morning at a Conference meeting who's really in charge by announcing a series of changes designed …
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Rick Klein / ABCNEWS:
Obama's Evolving Take on Meeting With Iran  —  Democratic Contender Under Fire From McCain on Foreign Policy  —  Barack Obama's original answer seemed crystal clear: last July, asked whether he would meet with the “leaders” of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba, and North Korea “without precondition …
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Kenneth R. Timmerman / NewsMax.com:
Iranians Would Welcome Airstrikes, Sources Say
Michelle Malkin / National Review:
Barack Gaffes  —  All it takes is one gaffe to taint a Republican for life.  The political establishment never let Dan Quayle live down his fateful misspelling of “potatoe.”  The New York Times distorted and misreported the first President Bush's questions about new scanner technology …
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Michelle Malkin:   Barack Obama: Gaffe machine
Richard Landes / Augean Stables:
Karsenty Wins Court Decision!!  —  More details to follow.  But word from Paris is that the court dismissed charges against Philippe Karsenty today.  Now we get to see how the French (and Western) MSM handle this.  It's a stunning victory for Karsenty and loss for Enderlin and France2 who initiated this case when they didn't have to.
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Carl / Israel Matzav:
Al-Dura case overturned on appeal - UPDATED
Discussion: The Belmont Club
Matti Friedman / Associated Press:
Israel says it is holding peace talks with Syria  —  JERUSALEM - Israel and Syria on Wednesday said they were holding indirect peace talks through Turkish mediators — the first official confirmation of contacts between the longtime enemies.  —  In statements issued minutes apart …
Discussion: Israel Matzav and Hot Air
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Gizmodo:
Flying RC Penis Disrupts Garry Kasparov Speech  —  We had to double check that this wasn't a story about Second Life, but rather is an actual event in actual meatspace occurring this past weekend in Moscow.  As former chess champion Garry Kasparov was giving a speech to unite opposition political forces …
Michael Yon Online Magazine:
Verbal assaults directed at uniformed [military] personnel  —  Washington D.C.  —  Dept of Transportation Federal Transit Administration sends:  —  Recently, there have been local incidents in which military personnel have been verbally assaulted while commuting on the Metro.
 
 
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Hussein Dakroub / Associated Press:
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Don Surber:
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