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12:45 PM ET, May 11, 2009

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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 …
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.
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 …
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*
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
A New Beginning For Health Care Reform?
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.
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
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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MSNBC:
GI held after killing 5 U.S. troops in Iraq  —  Contrary to earlier reports, military says soldier did not kill self after attack  —  BAGHDAD - An American soldier opened fire in a “stress clinic” at Baghdad's Camp Liberty and killed five American service members, NBC News reported Monday.
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 …
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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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Paul Eckert / Reuters:
Obama more popular than U.S. among Arabs: survey
Discussion: TigerHawk
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: All Spin Zone and Weekly Standard
Bmaz / Emptywheel:
al-Libi Dies in a Libyan Prison  —  We have been talking heavily about torture, renditions and the legal and motivational justifications therefore nonstop for the last couple of weeks.  But one of the earliest entries in this sordid tale (witness the December 18, 2001 entry on Marcy's Torture Timeline) …
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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.
Bill Cotterell / PNJ:
Fla. GOP: Crist will be next U.S. senator  —  Move likely would open up entire state cabinet  —  TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Charlie Crist plans to make his long-awaited political announcement on Tuesday, probably setting off a Republican chain reaction by jumping into the race for retiring U.S Sen. Mel Martinez's job.
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Aaron Blake / The Hill:
Crist Senate bid could threaten GOP control in Fla.
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 …
Jimmy Orr / 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 …
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 …
Discussion: The Foundry, QandO and AmSpecBlog
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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