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9:45 AM ET, May 5, 2009

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Megan Slack / The Huffington Post:
Joe The Plumber Slurs Gay People: I Would Never Let “Queers” Near My Children  —  Joe the Plumber, aka Samuel Wurzelbacher, sat down for an lengthy interview with Christianity Today to discuss his views on the future of the Republican party.  Wurzelbacher took the opportunity to speak out against gay marriage, which he says is wrong.
Discussion: Pam's House Blend and digg.com
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Christianity Today:
Q & A: ‘Joe the Plumber’  —  Samuel Wurzelbacher was launched into the public arena after Senator John McCain used him as an example of an average American during a presidential debate last fall.  “Joe the Plumber” quickly became a celebrity because he questioned then-candidate Barack Obama …
CNN:
CNN Poll: Generational gap on gay marriage
Discussion: The Other McCain and Hot Air
Ali Frick / Think Progress:
Joe the Plumber: I would never let gay people ‘anywhere near my children.’
Discussion: The Bilerico Project
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Mark Knoller / CBS News:
When Reporters Rise For The President  —  Some people noticed that many reporters rose from their seats last Friday when President Obama unexpectedly entered the White House briefing room, but the same courtesy was not always extended in the past when President Bush would make an appearance.
Discussion: Slate, Riehl World View and Hot Air
Daniel Casse / Commentary:
Jack Kemp, In Dissent
Discussion: Pajamas Media
Wall Street Journal:
We Can't Subsidize the Banks Forever  —  Government has to show it can handle major insolvencies.  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  The results of the government's stress tests on banks, to be released in a few days, will not mark the beginning of the end of the financial crisis.
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New York Times:
Porous Border With Pakistan Could Hinder U.S. Troops  —  PESHAWAR, Pakistan — President Obama is pouring more than 20,000 new troops into Afghanistan this year for a fighting season that the United States military has called a make-or-break test of the allied campaign in Afghanistan.
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Pamela Constable / Washington Post:
The Taliban Tightens Hold In Pakistan's Swat Region  —  Taliban forces tightened their grip on Pakistan's Swat region Monday and continued resisting the military's efforts to dislodge them from neighboring Buner, bringing a fragile peace accord closer to collapse and the volatile northwest region nearer to full-fledged conflict.
Michael M. Phillips / Wall Street Journal:
In Surge Preview, U.S. Troops Calm an Afghan Valley
Discussion: Global Guerrillas
Washington Post:
Murtha's Nephew Got Defense Contracts  —  Millions in Work Came Without Competition  —  The headquarters of Murtech, in a low-slung, bland building in a Glen Burnie business park, has its blinds drawn tight and few signs of life.  On several days of visits, a handful of cars sit in the parking lot …
Chris Cillizza W / Washington Post:
Ridge May Run for Specter's Senate Seat  —  Former Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge (R) is seriously considering a 2010 bid for the Senate seat held by Republican-turned-Democrat Arlen Specter and will make his decision in the next two weeks, according to several sources familiar with his thinking.
Discussion: Politics Daily
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GrassrootsPA:   New PA Poll: Specter 42% Toomey 36%, Ridge 39% Specter 38%...
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
New Dem, new hope for health reform?
Discussion: WSJ.com
Greg Hitt / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Rebuffed on Funds to Close Guantanamo  —  WASHINGTON — Top House Democrats raised tensions with the White House on a key foreign policy goal, rebuffing a request for funding to begin closing the U.S. prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.  —  President Barack Obama has sought $80 million …
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The Hill:
Obey warns Afghanistan funding may slow unless significant progress made
Discussion: The Politico
Mary Katharine Ham / Weekly Standard:
Our Genius President: ‘Happy Cuatro de Cinco!’  —  I like to note these little incidents when they happen, not because I think it makes Obama an idiot because he occasionally stumbles over his words, but because his somewhat overblown reputation as the most cerebral, eloquent …
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Associated Press:
Obama celebrates Cinco de Mayo a day early
The Politico:
For GOP, it's Coleman or bust  —  Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter's shocking decision last week to become a Democrat has upped the ante in the never-ending Minnesota Senate race, providing a strong incentive for Republicans to hold out until every last appeal is exhausted.
Discussion: HotMES, The Page and Senate Guru
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The Politico:
Hatch: W.H. may reveal name this week
Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:
Establishment Clause Violation for Public High School Teacher To Call Creationism “Superstitious Nonsense”: So holds C.F. v. Capistrano Unified School Dist., decided Friday.  I understand the logic of the case — the Court has repeatedly said that the government's disapproving of religion …
Discussion: Clayton Cramer's BLOG
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Beverley Rouse / Press Association:
Named and shamed: the 16 barred from UK  —  Sixteen people banned from entering the UK were “named and shamed” by the Home Office today.  —  Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said she decided to make public the names of 16 people banned since October so others could better understand what sort …
Will Wilkinson:
Libertarian Democraphobia  —  If you're a new-school classical liberal (neoclassical liberal?) like me, you like democracy just fine.  This puts you somewhere between (a) modern liberals in the post-Rawlsian vein who tend toward not-actually-very-liberal Rousseuvian romanticism about democracy and …
Discussion: Grasping Reality … and EconLog
Elizabeth Edwards / Time:
How I Survived John's Affair  —  On May 3, former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards acknowledged that a federal investigation had been opened into whether his campaign improperly gave money to a woman with whom Edwards had an extramarital affair.  Edwards has denied any wrongdoing by his campaign.
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog
The Huffington Post:
Congress Poised To Launch 9/11-Styled Commission On Financial Crisis  —  The House of Representatives came to agreement on Monday afternoon on the establishment of a 9/11-styled commission that would be independent of Congress and granted the power of subpoena to investigate the origins of the financial crisis.
 
 
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Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
G.O.P. Résumé, Cabinet Post, Knack for Odd Jobs
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Henry Samuel / Telegraph:
Van Gogh's ear ‘was cut off by friend Gauguin with a sword’
Discussion: CBS News and Althouse
Catherine Mayer / Yahoo! News:
Yes One Can: Prince Charles Hires Obama's Web Wizards
Discussion: Newsweek Blogs
Dana Zimmerman / Ynetnews:
Young Israelis more skeptical of Obama
Matt Stiles / Houston Chronicle:
Records show appointees gave Perry $5 million
Wall Street Journal:
The Next Housing Bust
Discussion: Founding Bloggers
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Jim Spellman / CNN:
Ammo hard to find as gun owners stock up
Discussion: TBogg and Hullabaloo
Brian Krebs / Security Fix:
Hackers Break Into Virginia Health Professions Database, Demand Ransom
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Wikileaks
Mickey Kaus / Kausfiles:
I Like Gloats!  —  The MSM is sick.  John Edwards runs …
Allison Corneau / Us Weekly:
Chace Crawford to Attend White House Correspondents Dinner
Discussion: The Swamp
James Surowiecki / New Yorker:
MONSTERS, INC.  —  Amid the blizzard of economic data …
 

 
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