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12:35 PM ET, May 3, 2009

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Associated Press:
Jack Kemp, quarterback turned politician, dies  —  WASHINGTON - Jack Kemp, the former pro quarterback who turned fame on the gridiron into a career in national politics and a crusade for lower taxes, has died of cancer at age 73.  —  Family spokeswoman Marci Robinson said Kemp died shortly …
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Rory Cooper / The Foundry:
Heritage Foundation Mourns Loss of Former HUD Secretary Jack Kemp  —  WASHINGTON, May 2, 2009—Heritage Foundation President Edwin Feulner tonight issued the following statement on the death of former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Jack Kemp:  —  “Jack Kemp was a leader …
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Jack Kemp, all-star quarterback, politician, father, dead of cancer, 73
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy and The Page
Associated Press:
Former VP candidate, Bills QB Jack Kemp dies
Discussion: Power Line
Patricia Sullivan / Washington Post:
Ex-Official Championed Housing, Tax Reforms
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and AmSpecBlog
Fox News:   Jack Kemp, Former GOP VP Candidate and Quarterback, Dies at 73
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Assailin' Palin: Complaints deluge gov.  —  Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's life has changed in a myriad of ways since she became the Republican vice presidential nominee last August, but one aspect of her newfound fame has been more bracing than the others: Since entering the national spotlight …
JSOnline:
GOP chairman Steele calls moderates to party at La Crosse convention  —  By Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel  —  La Crosse - Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele appealed to the political middle Friday to join his party but added that the party itself wouldn't moderate.
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CNN:
Cantor: 'We've got a lot to learn' from Obama  —  (CNN) — House Minority Whip Eric Cantor tells CNN's John King that the GOP still has a lot to learn from President Obama.  —  “President Obama is a great communicator.  We understand that,” he said in an interview that aired on CNN's State of the Union Sunday.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Washington Times:
Pelosi confronts justice  —  Laws apply to lawmakers, too  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is working to buffer lawmakers from federal investigators.  This is a bad idea.  Special legal protections for politicians encourage unethical conduct.  —  Irvin B. Nathan, general counsel of the House …
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Patrick Leahy / Boston Globe:
Lifting the Bush-era veil of secrecy  —  On US torture, we need to find out what happened - and why  —  THE OBAMA administration's decision to release more Bush-era memoranda, which sought to rationalize torture, shows that President Obama is following through on his promise to ban torture …
Discussion: Think Progress and The Swamp
Mandy Locke / The Charlotte Observer:
Feds are looking at Edwards' campaign  —  RALEIGH Federal investigators are sifting through the records of money that helped John Edwards' presidential campaign to determine if any was used to keep quiet his affair with Rielle Hunter.  —  Edwards, a Democrat and former U.S. senator …
Robert J. Shiller / New York Times:
Depression Scares Are Hardly New  —  WHAT is the chance that the current downturn will morph into another Great Depression?  That question has been preoccupying people for months.  —  The popular mood has a huge impact on the economy, so it's worth noting what many people seem to forget: Depression scares come and go.
Jodi Kantor / New York Times:
As a Professor, Obama Held Pragmatic Views on Court  —  Many American presidents have been lawyers, but almost none have come to office with Barack Obama's knowledge of the Supreme Court.  Before he was 30, he was editing articles by eminent legal scholars on the court's decisions.
Hazel Blears / Guardian:
YouTube is no substitute for knocking on doors  —  Ministers need to engage more, and hear the public's anger first-hand  —  When Gordon Brown leads Labour into the next general election, our campaign must rest on three pillars: we need to fight on a platform of practical policy …
Discussion: Samizdata.net and Spectator
The White House:
Ethics Update  —  As he has done before in the spirit of transparency, Norm Eisen, special counsel to the president for ethics and government reform, asked us to pass along this update on the President's Executive Order on Ethics:  —  Just a quick post to advise that we granted …
 
 
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Frank Rich / New York Times:
Enough With the 100 Days Already
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Los Angeles Times:
California Legislature: Where cost-cutting plans go to die
Discussion: Calitics
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
David Shuster destroys NOM's Brian S. Brown over their misleading ad …
Discussion: Politics Daily
Mark Tapscott / www.washingtonexaminer.com:
President Obama, Speaker Pelosi, and Others Owe 1.2 Million Tea …