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4:25 PM ET, May 13, 2009

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Roger Simon / The Politico:
GOP to rebrand Dems as ‘socialists’  —  A member of the Republican National Committee told me Tuesday that when the RNC meets in an extraordinary special session next week, it will approve a resolution rebranding Democrats as the “Democrat Socialist Party.”  —  When I asked if such a resolution …
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Ed Kilgore / Democratic Strategist:
The GOP's New “Evil Empire”  —  Like a lot of non-Rush-Limbaugh listeners, when I first heard that a large faction of Republican National Committee members was pushing for a formal resolution calling on GOPers to start referring to the Democratic Party as the “Democrat Socialist Party,” …
Pat Toomey / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Welcome to our tent  —  The GOP has plenty of room for honest debate  —  Arlen Specter's defection to the Democratic Party provoked a firestorm of debate about the future of the Republican Party and its ability to become a majority party once again in America.
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and TPMDC
Huma Khan / Political Punch:
President Obama Reverses Course on Releasing More Detainee Abuse Photographs  —  President Obama met with White House counsel Greg Craig and other members of the White House counsel team last week and told them that he had second thoughts about the decision to hand over photographs of detainee abuse …
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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
White House Indicates ‘Great Concern’ About Releasing Photos of Detainee Abuse  —  The Obama administration signaled yesterday that it may be rethinking its promise to release several dozen photos depicting abuse or alleged abuse of detainees held in U.S. custody abroad.
Discussion: Fausta's Blog, Taylor Marsh and Salon
Associated Press:
In reverse, Obama seeks to block abuse photos  —  Images reportedly depict the abuse of prisoners by U.S. military in Iraq  —  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will try to block the court-ordered release of hundreds of photos showing U.S. troops allegedly abusing prisoners …
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Obama reverses on releasing photos  —  In a dramatic and high-profile reversal for his young administration, President Barack Obama is seeking to block the release of 44 photographs depicting abuse of detainees in U.S. military custody in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Discussion: HotMES
Ed Hornick / CNN:
Obama orders stop to detainee photo releases
Discussion: Daily Kos and Political Punch
Eric Zimmermann / The Hill's Blog Briefing Room:
Obama reversed photo position out of concern for troops, Gibbs says
Discussion: AMERICAblog News
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Obama reverses on releasing photos
Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:
Not one dime to the NRSC  —  If you have Facebook, I encourage you to join the group.  —  You know, I can slightly understand the NRSC getting into the Chaffee race, though it was a stupid waste and mismanagement of funds.  —  I can kind of understand them getting behind Specter.
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Reihan Salam / Blogs and Stories:
Charlie Crist's Secret  —  Blogs and Stories  —  No, it's not that he's gay, though those rumors remain.  Rather, says The Daily Beast's Reihan Salam, the Republicans' best hope in 2010 might be derailed by his shabby governing legacy.  —  Is he or isn't he?
Discussion: Politics Daily, Daily Kos and GOP 12
Chris Good / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
The Cost Of Backing Crist
Discussion: MSNBC and MyDD
Jessica Brady / Roll Call:
Reid: Johnsen Doesn't Have Votes for DOJ Post  —  As Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) moves to ease a backlog of executive branch nominations, he suggested on Tuesday that he does not have the votes to bring up President Barack Obama's pick to run the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel.
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CNN:
Obama Official Expected to be rejected by Senate Wednesday
Discussion: TPMDC and Think Progress
Kathleen Parker / Washington Post:
Barack Obama, Wanda Sykes and the Politics of Humorlessness  —  There's nothing un-funnier than Saturday night's jokes reviewed by the caffeinated light of Monday morning.  —  Which is why we probably shouldn't quarterback a comedian over coffee when she was performing for a crowd primed on cocktails.
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Camille Paglia / Salon:
Radio rage  —  The assassination jokes and “liberal” …
Discussion: Fraters Libertas and Redhot
Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner:
On Approval
Les Christie / CNNMoney.com:
Foreclosures: ‘April was a shocker’  —  A record number of foreclosure filings took place during April, but the number of repossessions fell 11%.  —  NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Foreclosures in April exceeded even March's blistering pace with a record 342,000 homes receiving notices of default …
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Todd J. Zywicki / Wall Street Journal:
Chrysler and the Rule of Law  —  The Founders put the contracts clause in the Constitution for a reason.  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  The rule of law, not of men — an ideal tracing back to the ancient Greeks and well-known to our Founding Fathers — is the animating principle of the American experiment.
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Deirdre Walsh / CNN:
Source: Aide told Pelosi about waterboarding  —  CNN Congressional Producer  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — A source close to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi now confirms that Pelosi was told in February 2003 by her intelligence aide, Michael Sheehy, that waterboarding was actually used on CIA detainee Abu Zubaydah.
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Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
Working the refs. It works!
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Daily Kos
Rick Hasen / Election Law:
PREDICTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL NOMINATE JUDGE DIANE WOOD OF SEVENTH CIRCUIT  —  With all the talk about whom the President should nominate, there's been less focus on whom the president will nominate.  You can look at the Intrade predictions market here, which reflects Judge Sotomayor in the lead …
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Eyes Bank Pay Overhaul  —  Administration in Early Talks on Ways to Curb Compensation Across Finance  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has begun serious talks about how it can change compensation practices across the financial-services industry, including at companies …
Frank Newport / Gallup:
No Clamor for High Court Appointee to Be Woman, Minority  —  As in 2005, majority of Americans say gender, race, and ethnicity of appointee don't matter  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Despite the widely reported expectation that President Barack Obama will be looking for a qualified woman …
David Harsanyi / Denver Post:
Rise of the soda jerks  —  “And he shall smite the earth: with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the Pepsi drinker!”  —  There has to be a statement about soft drinks tucked somewhere in Leviticus.  I have assurances, after all, that such beverages are wicked.
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
David Axelrod: 'Wait, wait, don't tell me'  —  David Axelrod, the political adviser who helped President Barack Obama get where he is today, will be speaking out of field tomorrow night.  And people will be laughing.  —  It's OK.  Obama has done it, too.
Discussion: Chicago Breaking News
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Fierce Urgency Of Whenever  —  I lived through eight years of the Clintons and then eight years of Bush.  Through it all, gay people were treated at the federal level like embarrassments or impediments.  With Clinton, we were the means to raise money.  With Bush, we were the means to leverage votes by exploiting bigotry.
 
 
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Chris Good / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
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Whoops: Utah official accidentally tweets Senate bid
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