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12:25 PM ET, May 11, 2009

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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Harry, Louise and Barack  —  Is this the end for Harry and Louise?  —  Harry and Louise were the fictional couple who appeared in advertisements run by the insurance industry in 1993, fretting about what would happen if “government bureaucrats” started making health care decisions.
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
White House Cheat Sheet: Wanda Sykes, Rush Limbaugh and the Politics of Humor  —  (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)  —  In politics, as in life, there is a fine line between stupid and clever — to paraphrase the great philosopher (and lead vocalist of Spinal Tap) David St. Hubbins.
NY Daily News:
Meghan McCain a real pain at D.C. dinner  —  Political blogger Meghan McCain isn't exactly the toast of D.C. right now.  —  Sen. John McCain's daughter — who writes online for The Daily Beast and will soon release a book about life as a Republican — lost it after getting stopped by security …
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Former Hospital CEO Rick Scott Leads Opposition to Obama on Health Care  —  Ads Cite Long Waits In Canada and Britain  —  The television ads that began airing last week feature horror stories from Canada and the United Kingdom: Patients who allegedly suffered long waits for surgeries …
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
FIRST THOUGHTS: SCOTUS SHORTLIST?  —  From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro  —  *** The SCOTUS shortlist?  According to a couple of sources in the know, there appears to be a working short list of about six names for President Obama's Supreme Court pick.
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
IS THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY ON OBAMA'S SIDE?  IS OBAMA ON THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY'S SIDE?  —  Jon Cohn is enthused.  Paul Krugman is excited.  Maybe I'm just churlish.  Maybe I'm getting cranky as I age.  But I can't shake my skepticism about today's big health care announcement.
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
Don't Worry.....It's OK To Laugh*  —  No single event marks our political culture more self-involved as the endless, circular, circuitive yearly debate about the White House Correspondents Association Dinner, a.k.a. Nerd Prom, a.k.a, the one night a year when journalists toast the president …
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
A New Beginning For Health Care Reform?  —  There will be plenty of posts about the details of the cost-cutting proposals today, and plenty of posts about the immediate political intermingling.  But let's step back and look at the broader political implications of the staged event at the White House.
Tahman Bradley / Political Punch:
Wanda Sykes' Jokes About Rush Limbaugh Prompt Debate
Donatella Versace / The Huffington Post:
White House Correspondents' Dinner: Glamour Is Back!
Discussion: Althouse
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
White House To Declassify “Holy Grail” Torture Report That Could Undercut Cheney  —  There's a big piece of news about Dick Cheney and torture buried toward the end of this big Washington Post piece about the torture wars.  —  Specifically: The White House has decided to declassify and release …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Greta Handling Todd  —  The increasingly surreal nexus between Greta van Susteren, her Hillarybot super-lawyer husband, the Super Adventure Club, the Palins and, er, journalism, just got weirder:  —  POLITICO started to chat with Alaska's “first dude” when Van Susteren intervened.
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Greta Van Susteren / GretaWire:
So I Am Now a “Handler” for Showing Good Manners at a Social Event ? (and a journalist if I don't have good manners?) and by the way, how about CNN?  Are they funny or what ?!?!!  —  First, remember I did not start this little spat and have no interest in having a spat.
Damien McElroy / Telegraph:
Journalist Roxana Saberi freed by Iranian appeal court verdict  —  Roxana Saberi, an American journalist convicted in Iran on spying charges, is to be freed after an appeals court downgraded her sentence.  —  Roxana Saberi is due to be released  —  Lawyers for the 32-year old said the court …
Discussion: BBC, Reuters and Pajamas Media
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Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
Biden's Advisory Role Expands to Supreme Court Pick  —  The person in the White House most knowledgeable about Supreme Court nominations sits in the vice president's office.  —  With President Obama filling his first high court vacancy with the retirement of Justice David H. Souter …
Discussion: CBS News, Reason, Hot Air, Law Blog and Gawker
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John Yoo / Philly.com:
Closing Arguments: Obama needs a neutral justice
Discussion: Weekly Standard and All Spin Zone
Stephen Labaton / New York Times:
Administration Plans to Strengthen Antitrust Rules  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama's top antitrust official this week plans to restore an aggressive enforcement policy against corporations that use their market dominance to elbow out competitors or to keep them from gaining market share.
Aaron Blake / The Hill:
Crist Senate bid could threaten GOP control in Fla.  —  Florida Gov. Charlie Crist's (R) candidacy would provide a good bit of clarity in a jumbled Senate race, but it would throw his home state's government — and the recent GOP control — into serious flux.
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Fox News:
Golf Analyst Feherty Sorry for Pelosi Joke in Dallas Magazine  —  CBS Sports golf analyst David Feherty apologized Sunday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for a morbid joke that went bad in a Dallas magazine.  —  PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. …
Discussion: pw and Pam's House Blend
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CNN:   Gingrich: Pelosi not truthful about waterboarding issue
Martina Stewart / CNN:
Casey weighs in on Dem leaders' support for Specter  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - Pennsylvania's junior Sen. Bob Casey appeared to open the door Sunday for a possible challenger to Arlen Specter, the state's senior senator and a newly-minted Democrat.  —  Casey seemed to part ways with his party's leadership …
MSNBC:
U.S. service member kills 4 fellow troops in Iraq  —  NBC: ‘Stressed out’ soldier kills self after attack at Baghdad's Camp Liberty  —  BAGHDAD - A U.S. service member opened fire on fellow members of the military, killing four and wounding several others, at the main U.S. base in Baghdad, officials told NBC News on Monday.
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Obama Approval Picks Up in May  —  Still, only 25% say they would definitely vote to re-elect him in 2012  —  PRINCETON, NJ — President Barack Obama appears to be slightly more popular with Americans at the start of his second 100 days in office than he was, on average, during his first 100.
 
 
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New York Times:
Cadets Trade the Trenches for Firewalls
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Jimmy Orr / Christian Science Monitor:
Biden insults President Obama's dog at Syracuse
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Telegraph:
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Iraqi Leaders and Kurds Reach Oil Deal; Pelosi Makes Surprise Visit
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