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3:35 PM ET, May 16, 2009

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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Don't Wince.  Fight!  —  Dick Cheney, Most Valuable Republican.  —  When accused of being too aggressive on behalf of the United States at the United Nations, Daniel Patrick Moynihan was fond of repeating a French proverb: “Cet animal est fort méchant, / Quand on l'attaque il se défend.”
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Orange County Register:
Steyn: Pelosi's tortured press performance  —  Let's just cut to the chase and handcuff Cheney and Pelosi to a radiator in a CIA safe house somewhere.  —  Recommend  —  Uh-oh.  Nancy Pelosi's performance at her press conference re: waterboarding has raised, according to The Washington Post …
Faiz Shakir / Think Progress:
Conservatives Express Hope That Their Attacks On Pelosi Will Quiet Calls For Truth Commission  —  For weeks, conservatives have been launching hypocritical and disingenuous attacks on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) regarding her level of knowledge of the Bush administration's torture program.
Mike Madden / Salon:
Cheney's torture trap for Democrats  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 14, 2009.  —  You might have thought getting torture back in the news would be a bad move for any Republican; after all, it was the Bush administration that authorized the torturing.
Victor Davis Hanson / The Corner:
Yes, Nancy, There Really Is a God Nemesis
Washington Post:
Republican Governor of Utah Selected to Be Envoy to China  —  Utah Gov. Jon M. Huntsman Jr. (R) will be introduced today as President Obama's choice as ambassador to China, a source familiar with the decision said last night.  —  Huntsman, 48, was mentioned this spring as a potential Republican contender …
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Huntsman to China, 2012 Aspirations Fade
Robert Gehrke / Salt Lake Tribune:   Huntsman to accept ambassadorship to China
CNN:
Utah governor named China envoy
Discussion: Pajamas Media
Associated Press:
AP Source: Obama to Name Utah Gov Envoy to China
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and MyDD
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Conservatives Map Strategies on Court Fight  —  WASHINGTON — If President Obama nominates Judge Diane P. Wood to the Supreme Court, conservatives plan to attack her as an “outspoken” supporter of “abortion, including partial-birth abortion.”  —  If he nominates Judge Sonia Sotomayor …
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Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:
Sessions Favors Judge for High Court
Victoria Toensing / Wall Street Journal:
Critics Still Haven't Read the ‘Torture’ Memos  —  The CIA proposed the methods.  The Justice Department gave its advice.  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  Sen. Patrick Leahy wants an independent commission to investigate them.  Rep. John Conyers wants the Obama Justice Department to prosecute them.
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Michael Stokes Paulsen / Weekly Standard:
Obama's Injustice Department
Discussion: Power Line
Jonah Lehrer / New Yorker:
DON'T!  —  The secret of self-control.  —  In the late nineteen-sixties, Carolyn Weisz, a four-year-old with long brown hair, was invited into a “game room” at the Bing Nursery School, on the campus of Stanford University.  The room was little more than a large closet, containing a desk and a chair.
Discussion: The Daily Dish and Joanne Jacobs
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Obama abroad: Ghana, Italy, Moscow  —  The president, with an avowed goal of reengaging the United States in international diplomacy on a wide array of fronts, will add Africa to his travels abroad this summer.  —  The White House, in announcing today the date of a trip to Moscow …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:   A trip to Africa  —  Along with expected stops in Russia and Italy …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
A NEW FOUNDATION.... When presidents pursue an ambitious agenda, which breaks with the recent past, the larger vision tends to get a name.  We've seen a “New Deal,” a “Square Deal,” a “Fair Deal,” a “New Frontier,” and the drive for a “Great Society.”  —  President Obama is subtly hoping to build a “New Foundation.”
Discussion: Greg's Opinion
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Familiar Obama Phrase Being Groomed as a Slogan
Discussion: The Caucus and The Swamp
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Biden Reveals Classified Information?  —  Joe Biden is proving impossible to parody.  —  In one of the few funny jokes at the White House correspondents dinner, Wanda Sykes won loud laughter when she joked that terrorists interested in learning America's most important secrets would only have to ask Biden how he's doing.
Discussion: Newsweek Blogs
Wall Street Journal:
Obama Aims to Trim Party's Money Gap With GOP  —  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is taking up a new role for the Democratic Party: Fund-Raiser-in-Chief.  —  This Sunday, following his commencement speech at Notre Dame, he headlines a $15,000-a-couple event in Indianapolis.
Discussion: The Page
Ryan Powers / Think Progress:
O'Reilly: Americans should be able to go out in public without being harassed by people with cameras.  —  After the Wednesday edition of the O'Reilly Factor, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly complained on his daily “O'Reilly Factor Post Game Show” that, in his view, today's technology means “we don't have any privacy at all.”
Discussion: D-Day and Daily Kos
 
 
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The China Puzzle
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Adam Lisberg / NY Daily News:
Mayor Bloomberg's campaign has spent whopping $18.7 million to date …
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Greed's Saving Graces
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Eric Zimmermann / The Hill:
Pelosi, detainee photos on talk-show agendas
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