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12:05 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.
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.
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.
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.
NY Daily News:
Meghan McCain a real pain at D.C. dinner
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
Nazila Fathi / New York Times:
U.S. Journalist to Be Freed Soon in Iran, Her Lawyer Says  —  TEHRAN— An Iranian-American journalist who was sentenced to eight years of jail on spying charges for Washington will be released Monday after an appeal court reduced the sentence, her lawyer said.
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Damien McElroy / Telegraph:
Journalist Roxana Saberi freed by Iranian appeal court verdict
Discussion: BBC, Reuters, Pajamas Media and Moe Lane
Washington Post:
Lawyer: Iran to Free Iranian-American Journalist
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 …
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.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Greta Handling Todd
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, Gawker, Hot Air and Law Blog
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John Yoo / Philly.com:
Closing Arguments: Obama needs a neutral justice
Discussion: Weekly Standard and All Spin Zone
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
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.
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 …
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.
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.
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Iraq Militant Group's Pipeline Through Syria Revives After Long Gap  —  Pipeline to Iraq Back In Business After Lull  —  Last October, as the Bush administration was touting a dramatic drop in the number of suicide bombings in Iraq, four young Tunisian men left their homes for Libya and then headed to Syria.
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 …
 
 
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