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5:00 PM ET, May 20, 2009

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John Podhoretz / Commentary:
A Small Man  —  This blog has had many differences with Joe Klein of Time magazine, whom I once considered a very friendly acquaintance before he accused me and those who argued for an aggressive policy in Iraq and with Iran of being war criminals and began spouting anti-Semitic conspiracy nonsense that …
Discussion: Hot Air and ATTACKERMAN
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Obama's biggest critic: Krauthammer  —  The dinner guest that night at George Will's house in Chevy Chase was intellectually nimble, personally formidable and completely baffling, recalled columnist Charles Krauthammer - who was getting his first up-close look at President-elect Barack Obama.
Joe Klein / Swampland:
Krauthammer  —  The usual neoconservative malingerers have been hammering me about a quote I gave to Politico, regarding Charles Krauthammer's limitations as a columnist.  —  Obviously, I didn't mean to imply second-class status for disabled people.  On the contrary, the distance and perspective …
The Politico:
Obama, Cheney plan dueling speeches  —  President Barack Obama will attempt to regain control of a boiling debate over anti-terrorism policy with a major speech on Thursday—an address that comes on the same day that former Vice President Cheney will be weighing in with his own speech on the same theme.
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:   Stand Up, Joe Klein, So We Can Kick Your A**
Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:
California voters exercise their power — and that's the problem  —  Residents relish their role in the lawmaking process, but they share the blame for the state's severe dysfunction.  —  Californians are well known for periodic voter revolts, but on Tuesday they did more than just lash …
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Eric Bailey / Los Angeles Times:
California voters kill budget measures  —  Only salary curbs survive in a rout of Schwarzenegger's slate of reforms  —  Reporting from Sacramento — The “big five” elected leaders — Schwarzenegger and the legislative chieftains from both houses — are slated to begin closed-door meetings today upon …
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Calif. Voters Reject Measures to Keep State Solvent  —  LOS ANGELES — A smattering of California voters on Tuesday soundly rejected five ballot measures designed to keep the state solvent through the rest of the year.  —  The results dealt a severe setback to the state's fragile fiscal structure …
Los Angeles Times:
Schwarzenegger says he got voters' message ‘loud and clear’
Discussion: Top of the Ticket and Calitics
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Ali Frick / Think Progress:
Feinstein: California prisons are ‘eminently capable of holding’ Guantanamo detainees.  —  Since President Obama announced his goal to shut down the Guantanamo prison, conservatives have fearmongered that it would mean terrorists would be coming to Americans' “backyards.”
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
A Setback Of His Own  —  There are no friends in politics, just interests.
Mark Joseph / Fox News:
Obama Tries to Restore Order on Gitmo, After Senate Blocks Closure Funds
Discussion: New York Post
David Beard / Boston Globe:
Powell to Rush, Cheney: Room For Me Among ‘Emerging’ Republican Party  —  Colin Powell issued a sharp rebuke Tuesday night to Rush Limbaugh and Dick Cheney for trying to exclude him from the backbiting Republican Party.  —  Before some 1,500 business leaders in Boston …
Theresa Cook / Legalities:
Judge Wood Goes to Washington  —  Just two days after Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm's sudden appearance in Washington set off a flurry of speculation about Supreme Court interviews, here's something that actually could be significant:  —  Federal Appeals Court Judge Diane Wood …
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Wall Street Journal:
Obama Begins Interviewing Potential Supreme Court Picks
Discussion: Washington Post and Reason
Jeffrey Rosen / The New Republic:
The Conciliator  —  Meet the second coming of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Discussion: SCOTUSblog and DISSENTING JUSTICE
Newt Gingrich / Human Events:
Why Pelosi Should Step Down  —  The case against Nancy Pelosi remaining Speaker of the House is as simple as it is devastating:  —  The person who is No. 2 in line to be commander in chief can't have contempt for the men and women who protect our nation.  America can't afford it.
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Sandra Sobieraj Westfall / People.com:
Bristol Palin Exposes Her Sometimes Isolated Life  —  Bristol Palin's pretty, lightly freckled face was nowhere to be seen on the overhead screen as images from her high-school senior slideshow - photos from the prom and a Class of 2009 portrait set against the Alaska snow - played during May 14's Wasilla High commencement ceremony.
Discussion: The Swamp, Salon and Ben Smith's Blog
Danielle Pletka / The Enterprise Blog:
Obama v. Cheney Heats Up  —  So, the White House announced today that President Obama will deliver a “major” speech on antiterrorism policy tomorrow.  The timing isn't entirely clear, but MSNBC reports that it will be “about an hour” after former Vice President Dick Cheney delivers an address …
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Right Wing News:
Bloggers To The NRSC: Stay Out Of Primaries  —  It was disappointing to many Republicans to see the National Republican Senatorial Committee get involved in the Charlie Crist vs. Marco Rubio primary in Florida.  —  We've had the leadership of the Republican Party saying we need …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Advocates of Gun Rights Are Poised for a Victory  —  WASHINGTON — Advocates of gun rights are poised to win a Congressional victory that eluded them under a Republican president.  —  To the frustration and discouragement of many Democrats, House and Senate lawmakers and aides …
Peter Hamby / CNN:
RNC showdown over ‘socialist’ resolution may be avoided  —  OXON HILL, Maryland (CNN) — Members of the Republican National Committee appear to have reached a compromise that would let GOP leaders avoid a possible dispute over a controversial resolution that calls on Democrats to re-name their party the “Democrat Socialist party.”
Tom Golisano / New York Post:
ADIOS, NEW YORK  —  TAXED OUT OF THE STATE  —  I LOVE New York.  But how much should it cost to call New York home?  Decades of out-of-control budgets, spending hikes and relentless borrowing have made New York simply too expensive.  —  Politicians like to talk about incentives …
Discussion: Michelle Malkin
Forbes:
Dear GOP: Please Choose Liberty  —  Even non-Republicans need a strong opposition.  —  If Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter's defection to the Democratic side of the aisle affected only the fortunes of the Republican Party, it would be no cause for concern for non-Republicans like me.
Discussion: Reason
Megan McArdle:
The Moral Hazard of a State Bailout  —  If the government does bail out the muni bond market, how should it go about things?  The initial assumption is that they'll only guarantee existing debt.  Otherwise, it would be like handing the keys to the treasury to every mayor, county board …
Eric Zimmermann / The Hill:
Clinton-era hard drive missing from archives  —  A massive amount of sensitive, national security-related information from the Clinton administration has gone missing from the national archives.  —  The Inspector General of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) …
Discussion: New York Times and Michelle Malkin
Wall Street Journal:
Car Crazy  —  Bankrupt companies making 39 mpg autos.  Are we nuts?  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  At the end of his Rose Garden explanation yesterday of the new U.S. fuel-efficiency standards, President Obama remarked on the good that can be accomplished when we are “working together.”
C. J. Chivers / New York Times:
Arms Sent by U.S. May Be Falling Into Taliban Hands  —  KABUL — Insurgents in Afghanistan, fighting from some of the poorest and most remote regions on earth, have managed for years to maintain an intensive guerrilla war against materially superior American and Afghan forces.
Rick Amato / Washington Times:
Shameful story of ingratitude  —  Shortchanging those who incurred disabilities in service.  —  A tremendously important story has gone virtually untold by the media, ignored by our political leaders and unknown to the American public.  Despite the extraordinarily high price they have paid …
Discussion: American Footprints
ABCNEWS:
America's Richest Givers Hold Secret Meeting  —  Oprah, Gates, Buffett Gather in NY to Compare Notes About Charity, Economy  —  Under a cloak of secrecy, some of the world's wealthiest people gathered in an unprecedented meeting early this month in New York City possibly to coordinate strategies …
Discussion: New York Magazine and City Room
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Cheney Grabs a Third Term  —  Dick and Rummy are at Cafe Milano in Georgetown, holding court.  The maître d' fawns.  Waiters hover.  Tourists snap pics on their digital cameras.  Cable chatterers stop by to ingratiate themselves.  —  It isn't so much that Dick and Rummy are back.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Figure Me This  —  The Democrats stripped funding out of the defense appropriations bill for the winding down and dismantlement of the Gitmo detention facility.  And the background issue is the refusal to bring accused terrorists or possibly at some point convicted terrorists into the US for incarceration.
 
 
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