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1:15 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 …
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:
A New Beginning For Health Care Reform?
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
Don't Worry.....It's OK To Laugh*
Tahman Bradley / Political Punch:
Wanda Sykes' Jokes About Rush Limbaugh Prompt Debate
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 …
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
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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Joshua Brustein / New York Times:
White House Forecasts No Job Growth Until 2010
Discussion: USA Today, Hot Air and MyDD
Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard:
Syria-Iraq Al Qaeda Pipeline Open Again  —  The Washington Post reports: … This development comes as President Obama conducts his much-hyped diplomatic outreach to Syria.  Of course, something else also happened last October: four U.S. helicopters staged an attack inside Syria.
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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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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 …
John Yoo / Philly.com:
Closing Arguments: Obama needs a neutral justice  —  Justice David H. Souter's retirement from the Supreme Court will open a window into whether President Obama is truly a coolheaded, moderate technocrat, as claimed by Democrats, or a standard-bearer for some of the left's most extreme ideas, as claimed by Republicans.
Discussion: All Spin Zone and Weekly Standard
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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) …
Discussion: American Street
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The White House:
Last but Not Least - The Final Installment of the FY 2010 Budget  —  Today, we released the final volumes of the President's FY 2010 Budget.  These volumes include the Summary Tables, which show aggregate budget projections for the next 10 years; Historical Tables, which offer a wealth …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: MoJo Blog Posts and Think Progress
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.
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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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Madigan Reconsidering Illinois Senate Race
Discussion: Scorecard's Blog and Lynn Sweet
Michael Barone / Real Clear Politics:
On Guns and Climate, the Elites Are Out of Touch
Richard Florida / Atlantic Correspondents:
The Suburban Bulldozer  —  Amazing video of brand new suburban homes …
Discussion: The Opinionator
Lindsey Ellerson / The Note:
U.S. Commander in Afghanistan to Be Replaced
Nick Bunkley / DealBook:
Live-Blogging the G.M. Conference Call
Discussion: New York Times and The Foundry
T.I. / The Huffington Post:
Responsibility Is A Lifestyle: It's Time to Bury Da Beef
Discussion: Townhall.com
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Telegraph:
Woman survived paragliding accident ‘due to washboard stomach’
Thom Shanker / New York Times:
Plan to Shift Military Spending Faces Skepticism
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Aaron Blake / The Hill:
Crist Senate bid could threaten GOP control in Fla.