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11:15 PM ET, May 21, 2009

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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Text of Cheney's AEI Speech  —  THE WEEKLY STANDARD has obtained an advance copy of VP Cheney's remarks as prepared for delivery later this morning at the American Enterprise Institute.  I've read it quickly.  I think fair-minded people will find it very well-argued and powerful.
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The Corner:
Cheney vs. Obama  —  Two speeches, two very different men.  Former Vice President Cheney seeks no political future.  He speaks from the vantage of one who witnessed the killing of our fellow citizens, who deliberated and defined the strategy that would successfully prevent further murders of our fellow Americans.
New York Times:
Text: Obama's Speech on National Security  —  Following is a text of President Obama's prepared speech on Thursday on national security issues.  —  These are extraordinary times for our country.  We are confronting an historic economic crisis.  We are fighting two wars.
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Cheney vs. Obama: A Mismatch  —  I've read both speeches.  —  Obama's is the speech of a young senator who was once a part-time law professor—platitudinous and preachy, vague and pseudo-thoughtful in an abstract kind of way.  This sentence was revealing: “On the other hand …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Unbalanced  —  A simple note having now read the former vice-president's despicable and disgraceful speech.  It confirms the very worst of him, and reveals just how callow, just how arrogant, and just how reckless and unrepentant this man is and has long been.
CNN:
CNN Poll: Favorable opinion of Dick Cheney on the rise  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — As Dick Cheney prepares to give a major speech on the battle against terrorism, a new national poll suggests that favorable opinions of the former vice president are on the rise.  —  But the CNN/Opinion Research …
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Obama's civil liberties speech  —  Obama's speech this morning, like most Obama speeches, made pretty points in rhetorically effective ways about the Constitution, our values, transparency, oversight, the state secrets privilege, and the rule of law.  But his actions, in many critical cases, have repeatedly run afoul of those words.
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Obama: U.S. went ‘off course’ on terror
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Pelosi Gets Poor Marks for Handling Interrogation Matter  —  More disapprove than approve of speaker's response  —  PRINCETON, NJ — More Americans disapprove than approve of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's handling of the matter concerning the government's use of harsh interrogation techniques on terrorism suspects.
Discussion: Emptywheel, Don Surber, The Swamp and TPMDC
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Caleb / Caleb's blog:
History Is (Re)Written By The Winners  —  ... or at least, by the ad agencies.  —  The History Channel is a generally well-respected brand in the United States.  The shows routinely make “water-cooler” conversation at sites like Redstate.  Indeed, the sister networks like The Military Channel …
Discussion: Pajamas Media and protein wisdom
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Speed Reading Clerk Reads Stalling Amendment To House Climate Change Legislation  —  Earlier today, we reported that Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee have taken an extraordinary measure to combat nefarious Republican stall tactics.  Faced with the possibility …
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Mary Katharine Ham / Weekly Standard:
Democrats Cleverly Thwart ‘Nefarious’ …
Discussion: Hot Air
The Huffington Post:
Glenn Beck Demands “A Damn Apology” From The View (AUDIO)  —  Here's the latest dumbassed escalation in the Glenn Beck versus The View story!  Beck is now demanding apologies from the View for accusing him of lying.  GLENN BECK HAS CHECKED AND RECHECKED HIS MINUTIAE BY CRACKEE, and needs reparations!
Discussion: TVNewser
Bill Sammon / Fox News:
Obama ‘Distracted’ by Biden's ‘Indiscipline,’ Book Asserts  —  The president is so “distracted by his vice president's indiscipline” that he has been forced to rebuke privately Vice President Biden, according to a new book by Richard Wolffe.  —  FOXNews.com
Reason:
Replacing Justice Souter  —  With Supreme Court Justice David Souter set to retire next month at the end of the Court's current term, President Barack Obama faces one of the most important decisions of his tenure.  Reason.com asked a panel of leading legal scholars and commentators for their views …
Megan McArdle:
The Road to Bankruptcy  —  At the end of his book's harrowing account of mortgage mistakes and credit card crises, Edmund Andrews writes: “While our misadventure had certainly been more extreme than those of many other Americans, our situation was not all that unusual.”
Discussion: The Enterprise Blog
Media Matters Action Network:
RNC Hits Obama For Criticizing Slavery … RNC: as he prepares to deliver remarks in hall that holds the constitution, flashback obama: “constitution flawed” http://bit.ly/tFL7O #RNC [Twitter, 5/21/09]  —  FACT: Obama Explains The Constitution's “Fundamental Flaw” Was Slavery.
Discussion: Raw Story and AMERICAblog News
Pew Research Center:
Independents Take Center Stage in Obama Era  —  Trends in Political Values and Core Attitudes: 1987-2009  —  Centrism has emerged as a dominant factor in public opinion as the Obama era begins.  The political values and core attitudes that the Pew Research Center has monitored since 1987 show little overall ideological movement.
Charlie Crist / tbo.com:
Secure our future responsibly  —  Last year I supported Sen. John McCain for president.  Despite these efforts, the American public chose Barack Obama as the person they wanted in the White House to confront the worst financial market turmoil since the Great Depression and the worst recession in a generation.
Ali Frick / Think Progress:
Santorum: ‘Conservatives believe in the stewardship of patrimony.’  —  Last night on Fox News, former senator Rick Santorum told Greta Van Susteren that the Republican party “has to stand up for conservative principles.”  They have to support the “patrimony” against “a guy named Barack Obama” who wants to upend “our social structure”:
Erika Lovley / The Politico:
Congressman: We're going to Disney  —  Rep. Alan Grayson was standing in the middle of Disney World when it hit him: What Americans really need is a week of paid vacation.  —  So on Thursday, the Florida Democrat will introduce the Paid Vacation Act — legislation that would be the first …
Peter Kirsanow / The Corner:
Cheney: Adult  —  A serious, important speech.  Politicians and the media seem unduly impressed by favorability polls, often drawing unwarranted conclusions from them.  Since Cheney has relatively high unfavorables, it's assumed that the public dismisses his statements.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Zachary Roth / TPMMuckraker:
Cheney On Torture: Misinformation And Straw Men  —  Here are some of the key excerpts from the part of Cheney's speech where he addresses torture.  There are some obvious problems with all of them. … But that's exactly the point of a Truth Commission.  Done right, we'd find out …
Discussion: Politicker NY and Salon
Lloyd Garver / The Huffington Post:
California For Sale  —  The fact that California is in bad shape financially does not make it unique.  What makes it unique is Governor Schwarzenegger's suggestion to help get California back on its sandaled feet.  He recently proposed that the state sell off some of its most famous properties …
Mike Soraghan / The Hill:
Intel Dem: Fix Gitmo — don't close it  —  A key House Democrat on intelligence matters believes that Guantanamo Bay doesn't need to be closed, but rather, needs to be fixed.  —  Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.), a senior member of the House Intelligence Committee, said he is planning legislation …
Discussion: Flopping Aces and Raw Story
Associated Press:
Porn star: panel to explore possible Senate run  —  NEW ORLEANS - Porn star Stormy Daniels says she's formed a committee to explore a possible run for the U.S. Senate seat held by Louisiana Republican David Vitter and will begin raising money for a potential campaign.
Jeffrey Goldberg:
McCain: Cheney Endorses Spanish Inquisition Technique  —  I stopped by to see John McCain this afternoon in his Senate office.  I haven't seen him for several months, and was glad to see that he seemed rested and ready, if not tan.  He was in high spirits, and we talked …
Discussion: Politics Daily and Hot Air
Maggie Gallagher / The Corner:
The Trouble with Social Conservatives  —  Back a while ago, when I was complaining about Republicans who think the GOP has just too darn many religious voters ("funny, so do the Democrats"), I promised I would explain how social conservatives have contributed to this misimpression …
Discussion: Politics Daily and AmSpecBlog
Ezra Klein:
Dissecting the Republican Health Care Plan (Part 2)  —  An admission: I shouldn't be calling this “the Republican health care plan.”  There's no involvement from GOP leadership.  There's no endorsement from the House Republican Caucus.  The Patient's Choice Act is the work of four men.
Discussion: Liberal Values
Mayfly / community.feministing.com:
I had an abortion.  (And I don't regret it!)  —  This is the story of my abortion.  If you're against abortion or you are easily grossed out by talk of graphic surgical procedures, don't read. :)  —  I had an abortion last month.  It was probably the hardest choice I've ever had to make.
Discussion: protein wisdom and The Daley Gator
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Obama's Pronunciations  —  I don't have a problem with the fact that Barack Obama says “Pah-kee-stahn” when referring to the country to the west of India.  Nor do I have a problem with the fact that Obama says “Afghanistan” in the customary American manner.
Discussion: Think Progress
 
 
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Bloomberg:
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The Sleuth:
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David Waldman / Congress Matters:
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Discussion: TPMDC and D-Day
Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:
Culture wars return to D.C.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
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