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4:00 PM ET, May 9, 2009

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Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Huckabee warns GOP could become ‘irrelevant’  —  (CNN) — Days after national Republicans launched a new campaign to broaden the party's outreach, former upstart presidential candidate Mike Huckabee says the GOP is at risk of becoming “irrelevant as the Whigs.”
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Associated Press:
Ohio Christian school tells student to skip prom  —  FINDLAY, Ohio - A student at a fundamentalist Baptist school that forbids dancing, rock music, hand-holding and kissing will be suspended if he takes his girlfriend to her public high school prom, his principal said.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
THIS WEEK IN GOD.... First up from the God Machine this week is an ongoing source of concern for those interested in religious liberty: the intersection of evangelism and the U.S. military. … The Al Jazeera report is part of the larger phenomenon of blurring the proselytizing line in the military …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
New York Post:
SEN. PARKER ARRESTED IN FOTOG ATTACK  —  Brooklyn state Sen. Kevin Parker was busted last night after allegedly attacking a New York Post photographer who was trying to take his picture, police said.  —  Parker, a Democrat from the 21st District, became enraged when Post staff photographer …
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Name That Party - Special CYA With The CIA Edition  —  The NY Times reports on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's credibility problem with the CIA enhanced interrogation program and gives us a couple of chances to lay “Name That Party!”.  The Times open with some background and a warm-up opportunity to play “Name That Party”:
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
The Florida Underdog  —  Marco Rubio's uphill race against Charlie Crist.  —  Last Tuesday, Republican Marco Rubio, former speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, announced a bid for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Mel Martinez.  At 37, Rubio, a fresh-faced charismatic Cuban American …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog
Peter Finn / Washington Post:
Obama Set to Revive Military Commissions  —  The Obama administration is preparing to revive the system of military commissions established at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, under new rules that would offer terrorism suspects greater legal protections, government officials said.
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Obama Favors Limits on Credit Card Fees  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama called on Congress to pass a credit card reform bill, aimed at trying to stop credit card companies from imposing certain late fees.  —  Saying that he is focusing on “clearing away the wreckage of this recession,” …
Danica Coto / Associated Press:
Frogs flown from Montserrat to flee deadly fungus  —  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Scientists are airlifting dozens of one of the world's largest frogs off of Montserrat island to save them from a deadly fungus devastating their dwindling habitat.  The dense forest of this tiny British Caribbean territory …
Discussion: Bark Bark Woof Woof and digg.com
Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
THE AUDACITY OF TOKENISM.  —  I think Jonah Goldberg deserves some credit for saying just what's on his mind here.  He thinks “an Hispanic Ward Connerly could do wonders for the GOP.” … This is the general attitude of the GOP, that no changes are needed in their platform or approach …
Agence France Presse:
Pope's address disappoints Muslim leaders  —  AMMAN (AFP) — Jordanian clerics expressed disappointment that Pope Benedict XVI in an address to Muslim leaders on Saturday failed to offer a new apology for remarks seen as targeting Islam.  —  “We wanted him to clearly apologise,” …
Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:
Clarke blasts GOP terror video  —  House Republicans have rolled out another searing video — with terrorist mug shots and World Trade Center footage — to warn people about the shut down of Guantanamo Bay.  But one former Bush administration official is telling them to back off.
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Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Obama's ‘symbolism over security:’ GOP
Discussion: The Hill
Manu Raju / The Politico:
Specter clarifies ‘cancer’ site  —  Sen. Arlen Specter's campaign team has changed the layout of its specterforthecure.com Web site to make it clear that the site is aimed at promoting Specter's reelection to the Senate.  —  The move follows criticism that the site - and Specter's description of it on …
Discussion: Hot Air
Wall Street Journal:
Banks Won Concessions on Tests  —  Fed Cut Billions Off Some Initial Capital-Shortfall Estimates; Tempers Flare at Wells  —  The Federal Reserve at the last minute significantly scaled back the size of the capital hole facing some of the nation's biggest banks, following days of intense bargaining …
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Wall Street Journal:
SEC to Propose ‘Pay to Play’ Rule
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Los Angeles Times:
In Santa Barbara, a raging line of flames and smoke
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New York Times:
New York Charges Rent for Working Homeless
Anne Flaherty / Associated Press:
AP sources: Obama wants Fed to be finance supercop
Discussion: Corrente
Matt Taibbi / Taibblog:
Religion, agnostics, and the cure for baldness
Weekly Standard:
Stop ObamaCare  —  The Democrats' plan would displace tens …
Discussion: Townhall.com
 Earlier Items: 
Devlin Barrett / Associated Press:
Obama to cut slain officers program almost in half
Discussion: RedState
Larry Kudlow / The Corner:
Enough Corrosion and Corruption
H. Josef Hebert / Associated Press:
Gov't sticks with Bush-era polar bear rule
Discussion: The Foundry and Don Surber
The Corner:
Krauthammer's Take  —  From last night's “All-Stars.”
Discussion: Commentary
David S. Broder / Seattle Times:
Nation ripe for entitlement reform
Discussion: Viking Pundit
Moe Tkacik / TPMMuckraker:
Are AIG FP Employees Using Bailout Cash To Get Jobs Elsewhere?
Discussion: Seeing the Forest