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6:20 PM ET, May 10, 2009

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Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
Cheney: As a Republican, I choose Rush Limbaugh over Colin Powell.  —  Last week, former Secretary of State Colin Powell said that the Republican Party is in “deep trouble” because it is “getting smaller” and being led by far right polarizing figures.  Specifically, he said that Rush Limbaugh …
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Malcom_X / The Politico:
‘John Boehner ... is a person of color’  —  President Barack Obama's top quips from his after-dinner speech at Saturday's White House Correspondents' Association dinner:  —  “Good evening.  You know, I had an entire speech prepared for this occasion.  But now that I'm here, I think I want to try something a little different.
Discussion: The Fix and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
Nikki Finke / Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily:
SHE SAID WHAT?!  Wanda Sykes Gives Extremely Partisan Performance At White House Correspondents Dinner Tonight  —  2nd UPDATE: Here is video of Wanda Sykes' performance in its entirety.  —  Part One...  Part Two...  UPDATE: I've been to the White House Correspondents Dinner.
Discussion: Politics Daily and Scared Monkeys
Michael J. Sniffen / Associated Press:
Cheney Backs Limbaugh Over Powell on GOP Future  —  Cheney prefers Limbaugh's politics to Powell's, not sure ex-secretary of state still in GOP  —  Dick Cheney made clear Sunday he'd rather follow firebrand broadcaster Rush Limbaugh than former Joint Chiefs chairman Colin Powell …
Discussion: TalkLeft
Jonathan Martin / Politico Live's Blog:
Cheney on Colin Powell: “I didn't know he was still a Republican”
Richard Leiby / Washington Post:
Obama Delivers the Zingers at Journalists' Dinner
Jennifer Parker / George's Bottom Line:
Edwards Staff Had Affair ‘Doomsday’ Strategy  —  During our Roundtable discussion on “This Week” we discussed Elizabeth Edwards' candid interview with Oprah about her husband's affair.  —  ABC columnist George Will suggested former Sen. John Edwards was irresponsible to campaign for the Democratic Party nomination.
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Be the Party of No  —  It's the route to Republican landslides.  —  Republican leaders in Congress have created something called the National Council for a New America (NCNA).  It describes itself as “not a Republican-only forum” but one that seeks to “engage people in a discussion …
The Huffington Post:
Newt Gingrich: “McCarthyist” Obama Wants To “Put Terrorists On Welfare” (VIDEO)  —  HuffPost coverage of the Sunday show appearances of Sen. John McCain and former Vice President Dick Cheney coming soon...  In an interview that was fiery even by his standards, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich accused …
Leonard Doyle / Telegraph:
Barack Obama's rich supporters fear his tax plans show he's a class warrior  —  Some of Barack Obama's richest supporters fear they have elected a “class warrior” to the White House, who will turn America's freewheeling capitalism into a more regulated European system.
Frank Rich / New York Times:
The American Press on Suicide Watch  —  IF you wanted to pick the moment when the American news business went on suicide watch, it was almost exactly three years ago.  That's when Stephen Colbert, appearing at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, delivered a monologue accusing …
Joe Biesk / Associated Press:
Senate seat is talk of dinner  —  FRANKFORT — Kentucky Republican stalwarts put on a united front Saturday night and predicted future political success, despite a recent public spat between the state's two GOP U.S. senators.  —  Questions surrounding the future of U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning lingered among …
Discussion: Scorecard's Blog and MyDD
Patrick O'Connor / The Politico:
Pelosi makes surprise visit to Iraq  —  In a brief, unannounced trip to Iraq, Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for better intelligence gathering there before the U.S. withdraws most of its combat troops from the country, according to news reports.  —  Pelosi, a longtime critic of the war …
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Qassim Abdul-Zahra / Associated Press:   Pelosi wants US to strengthen intelligence in Iraq
Las Vegas Review-Journal:   Pelosi's amnesia  —  Either that or she slept through CIA briefings
Fox News:
Petraeus: Al Qaeda No Longer Operating in Afghanistan  —  Gen. David Petraeus says affiliated organizations still have “enclaves and sanctuaries” in the country.  —  FOXNews.com  —  The head of U.S. Central Command said Sunday that Al Qaeda is no longer operating in Afghanistan …
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Gaps Appear in G.O.P. Solidarity  —  WASHINGTON — After being stingy with their support in the early days of the Obama administration, significant numbers of House Republicans have begun breaking from their party leaders and voting for legislation moving through the Democratic-led Congress.
 
 
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Christine Simmons / Associated Press:
Obama pokes fun at himself, Dems and GOP
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Scouring Obama's Past for Clues on Judiciary
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Agence France Presse:
Russia warns foes in Soviet-style show of might
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Put Aside Logic
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Greg Miller / Los Angeles Times:
Memos shed light on CIA use of sleep deprivation
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Marci Klein, SNL Producer, On Sarah Palin's Handshake, Writing …
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