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2:25 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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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
Ed Kilgore / Democratic Strategist:
The GOP's New “Evil Empire”
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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: Taylor Marsh, Political Punch and Salon
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.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Obama reverses on releasing photos
Discussion: JammieWearingFool
Ed Hornick / CNN:
Obama orders stop to detainee photo releases
Discussion: The Powers That Be
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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Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press:
Pelosi: House taking up health care before recess  —  WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that her chamber would have a sweeping health care bill on the floor by the end of July, an announcement that President Barack Obama hailed.  —  “That's the kind of urgency …
Discussion: MyDD, Associated Press and The Page
Manu Raju / The Politico:
Democrats: CIA is out to get us
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
Paul Volpe / Capitol Briefing:
Senate Republicans Block Obama Nominee for Interior Post
Discussion: Michelle Malkin
Steven R. Hurst / Associated Press:
Analysis: Cheney attacks may not help GOP  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — To the chagrin, perhaps, of Republicans looking to rebuild the tattered party, Dick Cheney has grabbed the spotlight.  —  The recurring theme of the once-reclusive and largely unpopular former vice president …
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Michael Duffy / Time:
Dick Cheney: Why So Chatty All of a Sudden?
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Cheney in Manhattan: ‘A giant conspiracy’ on Iran
Discussion: Think Progress and Salon
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
Discussion: Politics Daily and GOP 12
Chris Good / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
The Cost Of Backing Crist
Discussion: The Plum Line, MyDD and MSNBC
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” conspiracy theories on talk radio could be an ominous sign of things to come.  Plus: Madonna vs. Daniela, gay men's favorite divas, a charming TV show for kids and more.  —  In John Frankenheimer's taut 1964 film, “Seven Days in May,” …
Discussion: Fraters Libertas and Redhot
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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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 …
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.
Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Palin has book deal, memoir to come next year  —  NEW YORK - You knew it was coming: Sarah Palin is ready to tell her side, agreeing to publish a memoir with HarperCollins.  The book comes out in Spring 2010 — the year she is up for re-election.  —  “There's been so much written …
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The Campaign Spot:
Look, Just Scream ‘I Hate Sarah Palin!’ and Get It Over With
Discussion: Redhot
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.
Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
Ire Over a Columnist, an Author of Torture Memos  —  When The Philadelphia Inquirer hired as its new opinion columnist, John C. Yoo, an author of the Bush administration's widely criticized legal memos on harsh interrogation techniques, it was probably inevitable that the decision would draw complaints.
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
Michael Sneed / Chicago Sun Times:
Madigan mulling bid for U.S. Senate  —  Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, who has been eyeing a run for the governor's seat, is now also mulling a bid for the U.S. Senate, a move that could put her on a collision course with the beleaguered Sen. Roland Burris.  —  •
 
 
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Waxman-Markey, Now Somewhat Watered Down, Is Still Hugely Important
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Whoops: Utah official accidentally tweets Senate bid
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