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3:25 PM ET, May 11, 2009

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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 …
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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.
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.
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.
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Steele: “I'm the Gift That Keeps on Giving”  —  Chatting with the GOP chair—and other tales from the White House Correspondents' Dinner.  —  Post Comment  —  This past weekend at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner and the pre- and post- parties and events …
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.
Dana Milbank / Rough Sketch:
Etch-a-Sketch: Limbaugh Edition  —  Good morning.  —  Today, let us try a new game in which I, the Sketchwriter, get you, the Sketchreader, to do my work for me while I go to the gym, eat lunch and listen to Rush Limbaugh on the radio.  I call this Etch-a-Sketch.
Discussion: Don Surber
Mike Lupica / NY Daily News:
Lupica: Wanda doesn't deserve a pass for crass
Discussion: Fox News
The Corner:   ‘Game-Changer’?  —  The Great and Powerful Oz may want us …
Ben Shapiro / Big Hollywood:
Wanda Sykes' Gutless Performance
Discussion: FOX Forum
Kimberly Hefling / Associated Press:
Specter open to public health plan
Discussion: Daily Kos
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
The Significance of Today's Health Care Announcement
Discussion: Economist's View
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
Don't Worry.....It's OK To Laugh*
Discussion: Bloggasm
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
A New Beginning For Health Care Reform?
Discussion: USA Today, AmSpecBlog and The Treatment
Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
U.S. to Replace Top Commander in Afghanistan  —  WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is replacing the top American commander in Afghanistan, Gen. David McKiernan, less than a year after he took over, marking a major overhaul in military leadership of a war that has presented President Obama with a worsening national security challenge.
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Lindsey Ellerson / The Note:
U.S. Commander in Afghanistan to Be Replaced
Discussion: The Swamp and Newshoggers.com
Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
Gates Recommends Replacement for Top Command in Afghanistan
Discussion: ThreatsWatch
James Joyner / The Atlanticist:
Afghanistan Commander Replaced
Timothy Williams / New York Times:
U.S. Soldier Kills 5 Comrades in Iraq, Military Says  —  BAGHDAD — The United States military said Monday that five American soldiers had been shot to death by a fellow soldier who opened fire on them at one of the biggest American bases in Baghdad, and that the suspected shooter was in custody.
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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.
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
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Greta Van Susteren / GretaWire:
So I Am Now a “Handler” …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and Raw Story
William Douglas / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Poll: Obama, headed to Middle East, is winning Arab hearts  —  WASHINGTON — As President Barack Obama prepares to journey to Egypt on June 4 to address the Muslim world, his overtures to the Middle East are paying off in positive feelings towards him from Arab peoples that far outpace …
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Marc Lynch:
Can the Cairo location be overcome?
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 …
Discussion: Scorecard's Blog
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Brian Faughnan / Weekly Standard:
Sestak: ‘Leaning Toward’ Specter Primary Challenge
Discussion: Hot Air
The Huffington Post:
Pete Sessions: Obama Hurting Economy To Consolidate Power  —  Rep. Pete Sessions, head of the House Republican committee tasked with electing more GOP members, has a unique theory as to why unemployment continues to rise: Obama wants to wipe out capitalism.  —  Deep into a New York Times item Monday …
Discussion: Think Progress and The Plum Line
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Evan Halper / Los Angeles Times:
SEIU may be linked to ultimatum on withholding stimulus funds  —  California officials say the union may have influenced a federal requirement that a pay cut be reversed for home healthcare workers.  —  Reporting from Sacramento — Officials in the governor's office say a politically powerful union …
Jorr / Christian Science Monitor:
Biden insults President Obama's dog at Syracuse  —  It was as though Vice President Biden time-warped back to last fall.  Because on Sunday he was in full campaign attack mode.  —  Oh, it was an idyllic setting.  Nobody saw it coming.  The vice president had just finished delivering …
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.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Who Monitored The Torture?  —  The interrogation and torture of Abu Zubaydah was documented very carefully as it was pursued.  The FBI claims it got a lot of valuable intelligence from him by legal methods in line with Western values and the rule of law.  And Cheney yesterday seemed to confirm this:
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
 
 
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