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9:45 PM ET, May 5, 2009

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Randyj / The Page:
Specter: I Want a Coleman Win  —  ATTENTION, LIBERAL BLOGGERS (AND AL FRANKEN)!!!  —  The new Democrat says the Minnesota Republican should return to the Senate.  —  “There's still time for the Minnesota courts to do justice and declare Norm Coleman the winner.”
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Deborah Solomon / New York Times:
Specter Backs Coleman for Senate  —  I hear you're giving me 10 minutes for this interview, which is some kind of record for shortness.  Was that your decision?  —  No, but it sounds all right to me.  —  In that case, I must ask that you keep your answers short and try not to filibuster.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Caucus
James R. Carroll / Courier-Journal:
Bunning blames McConnell for GOP losses  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Jim Bunning today renewed his attacks on his fellow Kentucky Republican, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, accusing him of selfishness and being responsible for lost GOP seats in the Senate.
Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Specter Wants Coleman To Win In Minnesota  —  Memo to Sen. Arlen Specter (RD-PA): You're supposed to be a Democrat now.  —  In an interview with the New York Times, Specter stated in no uncertain terms that he wants Norm Coleman to win the disputed Minnesota Senate race …
Byron York / www.washingtonexaminer.com:
Specter to Minnesota courts: Elect Norm Coleman
Discussion: Scorecard's Blog and Salon
PoliticalBase.com Blog:
KY-SEN: Bunning Goes After McConnell, Says He's Still In The Race (UPDATED)
Discussion: Firedoglake, 89.3 WFPL and MyDD
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Just Too Cocky  —  Last week Arlen Specter's election as a Democrat …
Discussion: Obsidian Wings and TalkLeft
Carrie Johnson / Washington Post:
Former Bush Officials Work to Soften Ethics Report on Interrogations  —  Former Bush administration officials are launching a behind-the-scenes lobbying campaign to urge Justice Department leaders to soften an ethics report criticizing lawyers who blessed harsh detainee interrogation tactics …
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New York Times:
Charges Seen as Unlikely for Lawyers Over Interrogations  —  WASHINGTON — An internal Justice Department inquiry into the conduct of Bush administration lawyers who wrote secret memorandums authorizing brutal interrogations has concluded that the authors committed serious lapses of judgment …
Discussion: The Daily Dish and Balkinization
Glenn Beck / Fox News:   Justice Nears End of Probe Into Interrogation Memo Lawyers
John Carney / Clusterstock:
New Allegations Of White House Threats Over Chrysler  —  Creditors to Chrysler describe negotiations with the company and the Obama administration as “a farce,” saying the administration was bent on forcing their hands using hardball tactics and threats.  —  Conversations with administration …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Lauria allegations of threats corroborated  —  Business Insider reports that more than one Chrysler senior creditor has corroborated Thomas Lauria's allegation that the Obama administration threatened them with public attacks if they didn't surrender their contractual rights.
Jeff G. / protein wisdom:   “New Allegations Of White House Threats Over Chrysler” [updated]
Chris Vanocur / KTVX-TV:
Obama's campaign manager fears Jon Huntsman the most in 2012 … SALT LAKE CITY - (ABC 4 News) - There is one republican presidential candidate that President Barack Obama's campaign manager fears the most in 2012...and his name is Jon Huntsman Jr.  —  This week for Governor Huntsman, good things are coming in threes.
Discussion: Hot Air
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Huntsman Rising, Weaver Advising  —  Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman is looking more and more like a 2012 presidential candidate.  Photo by Lucian Perkins of the Washington Post  —  Less than 24 hours after Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman's national profile received a nice — and unexpected …
Discussion: Deseret News
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
But Can The Guy Win The Iowa Caucuses?
Discussion: GOP 12
Mike Celizic / MSNBC:
Miss California: I'll fight on despite racy photos  —  Carrie Prejean claims foes of her same-sex marriage views released them  —  With partially nude photos of her popping up on Web sites questioning her Christian credentials, Miss California USA Carrie Prejean has fired back …
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Groups push for first gay justice  —  President Barack Obama is looking to advance diversity with his pick to replace retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter — and early speculation has focused on whether he'll pick a woman, or perhaps the first Hispanic justice.
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
A Hole in the Center  —  You can't have a successful political party without centrists.  Happily for Republicans still smarting from last week's defection, you can have a successful political party without centrists like Arlen Specter.  —  Political debates are often framed in binaries …
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Clifford S. Asness / Clusterstock:
Hedge Funds Outraged At Obama Bullying But Also Cowering In Fear  —  Cliff Asness, managing partner at AQR Capital Management, distributed the following letter after listening to Obama blast the Chrysler hedge-fund holdouts.  We picked the letter up at ZeroHedge.  —  Unafraid In Greenwich Connecticut
Discussion: Power Line, Maggie's Farm and Hot Air
Eamon Javers / The Politico:
AIG bonuses four times higher  —  The 2008 AIG bonus pool just keeps getting larger and larger.  —  In a response to detailed questions from Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the company has offered a third assessment of exactly how much it paid out in bonuses last year.
Amity Shlaes / Bloomberg:
Obama Democrats Accent Bullying Over Governing: Amity Shlaes  —  So Michele Bachmann's version of history is “from another planet.”  Bobby Jindal, the Republican governor of Louisiana, is “chronically stupid.”  And Eric Cantor of Virginia, the second-ranking Republican in the House, is “busy lying constantly.”
Jeremy Olshan / New York Post:
PHANTOM AIR FARCE PICTURES  —  The $328,835 snapshots of an Air Force One backup plane buzzing lower Manhattan last week will not be shown to the public, the White House said yesterday.  —  “We have no plans to release them,” an aide to President Obama told The Post, refusing to comment further.
Steve Bousquet / The Buzz:
The buzz: Crist may announce next week  —  The buzz in the Capitol is getting louder that Gov. Charlie Crist will announce his future political plans as early as next week.  One source said Monday will be the date, and another said it will be next week, but no specific day.
Discussion: Swing State Project
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
‘Cash for clunkers:’ Obama, Dems agree  —  President Obama and a group of key House Democrats claimed a small victory today in their campaign to agree on a massive energy and global-warming bill, but they left a meeting at the White House with critical issues still unresolved.
Discussion: The Politico
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Michael Saul / NY Daily News:
Elizabeth Edwards doubts husband's denials on baby's paternity  —  Despite John Edwards' denials that he fathered a baby with his onetime mistress, his betrayed wife Elizabeth said she has “no idea” whether the former presidential candidate is a new dad.  —  In an exclusive interview set …
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Tim Craig / Washington Post:
D.C. Gay Marriage Measure Set for Mayor's Signature  —  An overwhelming majority on the D.C. Council voted today to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states, sending the District deeper into the national debate and galvanizing supporters on both sides of the issue.
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Teddy Davis / ABCNEWS:
California Gay Marriage Backers Poised to Try Again in 2010
Discussion: American Power
Jack Kelly / Real Clear Politics:
The CIA's Fight With Obama  —  Has Barack Obama made an enemy who can sabotage his presidency?  —  The presidency of George W. Bush began to unravel when some in high positions at the Central Intelligence Agency began waging a covert campaign against him.  —  It began in the summer of 2003 …
Discussion: NO QUARTER and The Strata-Sphere
Associated Press:
Obama, Biden raise some Hell Burgers  —  President, vice president motorcade to local grill for lunch  —  ARLINGTON, Va. - It's like this: When you want a burger, you have to have a burger.  —  In this state of mind, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden took a short …
Discussion: Sister Toldjah
 
 
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John Aravosis / AMERICAblog News:
Did the Mormons baptize Obama's mother, after her death …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and Wonkette
Tim Fernholz / American Prospect:
NO EVIDENCE OF UNION INTIMIDATION.
Manu Raju / The Politico:
Specter regrets ‘no’ vote on Sessions
Discussion: The Note and Daily Kos
Agence France Presse:
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Discussion: Think Progress
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Health care activists disrupt hearing
Discussion: Raw Story
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