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3:10 AM ET, May 14, 2009

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David Ignatius / PostPartisan:
Obama's Sister Soulja Moment?  —  President Obama's decision this week to reconsider release of inflammatory Pentagon interrogation photos may mark a shift in his administration's handling of politically charged national security issues — upsetting his allies on the left but making some new friends among conservatives in the military.
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
The Left Rises Up Against Obama  —  President Barack Obama's reversal on the release of detainee photos has angered the liberal left, a perceived poke in the eye that has left some questioning Obama's commitment to progressive policies.  —  In brief remarks before heading to Arizona to deliver …
Huma Khan / Political Punch:
President Obama Reverses Course on Releasing More Detainee Abuse Photographs  —  President Obama defended his decision to fight the release of photos showing detainee abuse Wednesday afternoon, saying it would only put American troops in harms way and create a backlash against Americans.
Evan Perez / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Weighs Indefinite Detention  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is weighing plans to detain some terror suspects on U.S. soil — indefinitely and without trial — as part of a plan to retool military commission trials that were conducted for prisoners held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Doug Powers / The Powers That Be:
Rumsfeld's Code Pink Reception  —  This one slipped through the cracks in the past couple of days (because nobody in the media reported it), but here's Don Rumsfeld and his wife arriving at the White House Correspondents Dinner Saturday night getting a pleasant and respectful reception from some classy members of Code Pink.
Discussion: Michelle Malkin, Gateway Pundit and pw
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:   Very Lame  —  The White House has decided to reverse course …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Olbermann sneers at “St. Carrie of La Jolla” for seven minutes  —  Not his ugliest performance ever — not even his ugliest with respect to Miss Cali — but possibly his most gutless.  I'll let one of his sharpest lefty critics, Bob Somerby of the Daily Howler, explain:
Teddy Davis / The Note:
Palin Ties Miss California to Obama & Clinton
Discussion: The Politico
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 …
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The Huffington Post:
Sotomayor's Medical History Sparks Wider Debate  —  With President Obama's Supreme Court choice expected within weeks, the vetting process for prospective candidates has grown more intense.  Judicial rulings, legal papers, public statements and financial records all are being pored over with eagle eyes.
Discussion: Wonkette and Ben Smith's Blog
CNN:   Obama reportedly to name high court pick soon
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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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Socialist Schmocialist  —  They're finally getting serious: … Awesome.  But they've missed a huge opportunity here.  They could try to “rebrand” the Democrats as the National Socialist American Worker's Party, which would have been rilly, rilly kewl cuz then they could have merged Obama's picture with Hitler 'n stuff.
Discussion: Open Left and American Power
Carl Hulse / The Caucus:
Senate Rejects Limit on Credit-Card Interest Rates  —  Despite complaints that banks and credit card companies are gouging customers by charging outrageous interest rates, the Senate on Wednesday easily turned back an effort to cap interest rates at 15 percent.
Discussion: Open Left and New York Times
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Senate Rejects a 15% Ceiling on Credit Card Interest Rates  —  Despite complaints that banks and credit card companies are gouging customers by charging outrageous interest rates, the Senate on Wednesday turned back an effort to cap interest rates at 15 percent.
Discussion: Majikthise
Aluf Benn / Haaretz:
Obama warns Netanyahu: Don't surprise me with Iran strike  —  U.S. President Barack Obama has sent a message to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanding that Israel not surprise the U.S. with an Israeli military operation against Iran.  The message was conveyed by a senior American official …
Gazette:
Vets expose advocate as impostor  —  The leader of a statewide veterans group who fought for homeless veterans in Colorado Springs was in the Denver County jail on Wednesday, unmasked as a former psychiatric patient who posed as a wounded Marine officer and 9/11 survivor.
John Noble Wilford / New York Times:
Ancient Figurine of Voluptuous Woman Is Found  —  No one would mistake the Stone Age ivory carving for a Venus de Milo.  The voluptuous woman depicted is, to say the least, earthier, with huge, projecting breasts and sexually explicit genitalia.  —  Nicholas J. Conard …
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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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Democrats to Develop Plan to Sell Health Care  —  WASHINGTON — Alarmed at Republican attacks on President Obama's health care proposals, Senate Democrats huddled Wednesday with White House officials to formulate a response.  —  Democrats said they felt an urgent need to devise a “message” …
Discussion: The Politico
Kristina Wong / The Note:
Pelosi Leaves Unanswered Questions on Interrogation Briefings  —  ABC News' Rick Klein reports: The intelligence briefings received by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in 2002 have developed into a recurring distraction for congressional Democrats.  —  Instead of arguing over whether waterboarding …
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David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Unease Grows for Democrats Over Security  —  WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats are voicing growing unease over the Obama administration's national security policies, including the seemingly open-ended commitment in Afghanistan and the nettlesome question of what to do with prisoners held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
Discussion: Daily Pundit
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Audio: Schumer in 2004 on enhanced interrogation techniques; Update: Hypocrisy confirmed  —  In fairness, I don't know that I've heard Senator Chuck Schumer among the voices looking to round up a lynch mob for those in the Bush administration who approved, conducted, or advised …
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Flopping Aces
Katie Hasty / Hitfix:
Bruce Springsteen D.C. show overbooked by TicketsNow  —  Fans eager for premium seats at the Verizon Center show lose their spot  —  It seems Ticketmaster just can't do right by Bruce Springsteen fans.  —  According to the Associated Press, the ticketing giant's resale website TicketsNow oversold …
Jon Basil Utley / Reason:
Obama and the Alternative Energy Fiasco  —  It's only a matter of time before President Barack Obama's vast popularity runs aground on his energy policies.  In the name of saving the planet from global warming, he has delayed new oil drilling, an action that will have major political repercussions once the world economy recovers.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
GOP PAC warns Senate Republicans  —  The National Republican Trust PAC, currently the best-funded and most aggressive independent Republican group, has dispatched a round of letters to Republican senators threatening to go after senators who back President Obama's judicial nominees.
Discussion: DownWithTyranny! and Daily Kos
The Huffington Post:
Ben Nelson All Alone In Quest To Block Health Care Reform  —  Sen. Ben Nelson announced at the beginning of this month that he opposed the creation of a public health care plan that people would have the option to buy into.  He'd be gathering together a coalition of like-minded senators to oppose the plan …
Discussion: Open Left and Matthew Yglesias
Caitlin Taylor / The Note:
‘Top Line’: Colorado Senate Candidate — New Face for GOP?  —  ABC News' Rick Klein reports:  —  Ryan Frazier is not a well-known entity in Washington political circles.  —  But that may change soon — and if it does, the Republican Party may have a new face to showcase in 2010 and beyond.
 
 
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Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Andy McCarthy / The Corner:
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
The GOP's Driving Desire for Defeat
Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
Working the refs. It works!
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