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1:25 PM ET, May 19, 2009

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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
GOP Losses Span Nearly All Demographic Groups  —  Only frequent churchgoers show no decline in support since 2001  —  PRINCETON, NJ — The decline in Republican Party affiliation among Americans in recent years is well documented, but a Gallup analysis now shows that this movement away …
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Michael Steele / The Politico:
The Republican Party turns a corner  —  The Republican Party finds itself the minority party in America for the first time in more than 15 years.  I'll be the first to admit it has taken some adjustment.  Republicans have engaged in some healthy soul-searching since Election Day …
Molly Ball / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Poll: Reid's re-election numbers don't add up  —  CARSON CITY — Nearly half of Nevadans have had enough of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid as the powerful Democrat heads into his re-election campaign, a new Las Vegas Review-Journal poll finds.  —  About a third of the state's voters …
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
New Poll Reveals Reid's Vulnerability  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is in a precarious position as he seeks a fifth term in 2010 — viewed unfavorably by half of the Nevada electorate with a similar number saying they will vote to replace him next fall, according to a new independent poll released today.
Discussion: MyDD and AmSpecBlog
Jack Goldsmith / The New Republic:
The Cheney Fallacy  —  Why Barack Obama is waging a more effective war on terror than George W. Bush.  —  Former Vice President Cheney says that President Obama's reversal of Bush-era terrorism policies endangers American security.  The Obama administration, he charges, has …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and Donklephant
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Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
AP source: Democrats won't fund Guantanamo closing  —  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's allies in the Senate will not provide funds to close the Guantanamo Bay prison next January, a top Democratic official said Tuesday.  —  With debate looming on Obama's spending request to cover military …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Pakistan Daily Times:
I did not say Cheney killed Benazir: Hersh  —  LAHORE: US journalist Seymour Hersh on Monday contradicted news reports being published in South Asia that quote him as saying a “special death squad” made by former US vice president Dick Cheney had killed Benazir Bhutto.
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The Nation:
‘US special squad killed Benazir’  —  NEW YORK (Online) - Former prime minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on the orders of the special death squad formed by former US vice-president Dick Cheney, which had already killed the Lebanese Prime Minister Rafique Al Hariri and the army chief of that country.
Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
CIA Officials Fear That New Rules May Hinder Interrogations  —  Intelligence Officials Privately Warn That New Rules May Hinder Their Interrogations  —  Battered by recriminations over waterboarding and other harsh techniques sanctioned by the Bush administration, the CIA is girding itself …
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John Boehner / US News:
Pelosi Should Retract Her CIA Accusations and Apologize
Discussion: The Note and MSNBC
gqrr.com:
DCorps: New Survey Reveals Obama Closing the Democrats Historical National Security Gap  —  Democracy Corps  —  Research Categories … Executive Summary  —  A new Democracy Corps poll released by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner today shows that after 100 days in office, President Barack Obama has …
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Amz / Democracy Corps:
Obama Closes the Democrats' Historical National Security Gap  —  A new Democracy Corps and Greenberg Quinlan Rosner survey shows that after 100 days in office, President Barack Obama has, at least for now effectively erased doubts that Americans have historically harbored about the Democratic Party's vision …
Discussion: Swampland and democracyarsenal.org
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Wall Street Journal:
Obama Avoids Test on Gays in Military  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has decided to accept an appeals-court ruling that could undermine the military's ban on service members found to be gay.  —  A federal appeals court in San Francisco last year ruled that the government must justify …
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Ginger Thompson / New York Times:
Napolitano Appears to Straddle Political Divide
Discussion: The Politico and The Caucus
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Palin camp eyed Clinton alliance  —  In an unusual attempt to forge an alliance between two of the most prominent families in American politics, John Coale, a Washington-area Democratic donor and onetime adviser to Sarah Palin, urged the conservative Alaska governor to use her political action committee …
Marc Lynch:
Arabs get the message on the Obama-Netanyahu meeting  —  I don't have time today to write anything substantive about yesterday's meeting between Obama and Netanyahu — more later.  But I did want to mention that the headlines across virtually all the Arab papers have the same basic message …
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Alex Spillius / Telegraph:
Netanyahu stands firm against demands from Obama
Discussion: Don Surber
ABCNEWS:
Obama to Announce Stricter Emission Standards for Autos  —  Environmentalists Say New Fleet Mileage, Greenhouse Gas Rules Will Limit Global Warming  —  President Obama will issue the toughest emission and mileage standards in history for new cars sold in the United States on Tuesday …
Discussion: The Foundry and The Stimulist
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Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
Vehicle Emission Rules to Tighten
Wall Street Journal:
Obama Scored Big at Notre Dame  —  At least the president is forthright about his principles.  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  Seldom does dawn rise on an America where the morning's New York Times displays a more intuitive grasp of a story than the New York Post.
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
U.S. to Check Immigration Status of People in Local Jails  —  Obama Administration's Enforcement Push Could Lead to Sharp Increase in Deportation Cases  —  The Obama administration is expanding a program initiated by President George W. Bush aimed at checking the immigration status of virtually every person booked into local jails.
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Dan Brown's America  —  The movie treatment of his novel, “Angels and Demons,” is cleaning up at the box office this week.  The sequel to “The DaVinci Code,” due out in November, might bouy the publishing industry through the recession.  And if you want to understand the state of American religion …
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and Sadly, No!
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Talk of insurance mandate growing  —  Health care could soon go the way of the automobile, with users having no choice but to buy insurance coverage.  —  Within four years, every American could be required to own health insurance or pay their way through tax penalties.
CNN:
CNN Poll: Pelosi facing Gingrich-like approval ratings  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — As Nancy Pelosi continues to face a firestorm over what she may have known about aggressive government interrogation techniques, and when, a new survey has more unpleasant news for the House Speaker.
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Conviction of Former Media Mogul Black to Be Reviewed  —  The Supreme Court agreed yesterday to review the conviction of media magnate Conrad Black, who is serving a 6 1/2 -year sentence for mail fraud and obstruction of justice.  —  Black was convicted in 2007 of stealing more than $6 million …
Wall Street Journal:
Local Banks Face Big Losses  —  Journal Study of 940 Lenders Shows Potential for Deep Hit on Commercial Property  —  Commercial real-estate loans could generate losses of $100 billion by the end of next year at more than 900 small and midsize U.S. banks if the economy's woes deepen, according to an analysis by The Wall Street Journal.
Jeanne Cummings / The Politico:
Anatomy of a bank loss  —  By lunchtime, the nation's big banks and credit card companies are expected to suffer an extremely rare moment: an unmitigated, transforming defeat on Capitol Hill.  —  The Senate on Tuesday is expected to pass the Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights …
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
Washington Post:
Nation Digest: Bill Clinton Named U.N. Special Envoy for Haiti  —  Bill Clinton has been appointed U.N. special envoy for Haiti, a part-time position in which the former U.S. president will aim to attract private and government investment and aid for the poor Caribbean island nation …
Discussion: New York Magazine
 
 
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Vladimir Isachenkov / Associated Press:
Russian, US diplomats launch arms control talks
Discussion: The Page
Eric Dash / New York Times:
Efforts to Repay Bailouts May Undercut Benefit for Taxpayers
Discussion: Wonk Room and TPMCafe
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
White House wins court fight on e-mail disclosure
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