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7:55 PM ET, May 24, 2009

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Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Ridge takes aim at Limbaugh  —  (CNN) — Pennsylvania Republican Tom Ridge is taking direct aim at Rush Limbaugh, telling CNN's John King the conservative talk radio host can be “shrill” and uses language in a way “that offend very many.”  —  “Rush Limbaugh has an audience of 20 million people.
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Rogene Fisher / New York Times:
Answering Critics, Powell Says G.O.P. Needs Change  —  Former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell affirmed on Sunday that he remains a Republican while asserting that his party should become more inclusive.  He also rebuffed his party's relentless criticism of President Obama's decision …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and TigerHawk
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Steele critics: RNC chair finding mojo
Discussion: Crooks and Liars, MyDD and PoliGazette
Associated Press:
Split threatens to rupture Republican ranks
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Michael Goodwin / Fox News:   Powell Defends GOP Credentials, Calls for More Inclusive Party
Daniel Carty / CBS News:
Powell: Cheney's “Misinformed”
Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
Durbin Calls On Gingrich To Apologize For Attacking The CIA In 2007  —  Last week, former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich called on Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to resign her current position as Speaker.  He said that she “disqualified herself” over her comments that the CIA was “misleading” Congress.
Discussion: Doug Ross
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Durbin: ‘supermax’ Gitmo inmates  —  Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), the assistant majority leader, said Sunday on NBC's “Meet the Press” that he would accept Guantanamo detainees in his home state as long as they were held in super-maximum prisons, where inmates are held 23 hours a day in small cells with slits for windows.
Fareed Zakaria / Newsweek:
They May Not Want The Bomb  —  And other unexpected truths. … From the magazine issue dated Jun 1, 2009  —  Everything you know about Iran is wrong, or at least more complicated than you think.  Take the bomb.  The regime wants to be a nuclear power but could well be happy …
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Jennifer Parker / George's Bottom Line:
Military Chief: Gitmo ‘Needs to Be Closed’  —  President Barack Obama's top military adviser said the Pentagon is working to meet the president's deadline of closing Guantanamo Bay by January 2010.  —  “I've advocated for a long time now that it needs to be closed,” Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman …
Matthew Alexander / The Huffington Post:
Former Senior Interrogator in Iraq Dissects Cheney's Lies and Distortions  —  As a senior interrogator in Iraq (and a former criminal investigator), there was a lesson I learned that served me well: there's more to be learned from what someone doesn't say than from what they do say.
Louise Armitstead / Telegraph:
British banks revolt against Obama tax plan  —  British banks and stockbrokers may refuse to take on American clients if new international tax proposals outlined by President Obama are passed.  —  The decision, which would make it hard for Americans in London to open bank accounts and trade shares …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
How Much Do Safe Havens Matter?  —  I'm still trying to decide what I think about this question.  But given how much strategic focus we're giving to Afghanistan, I'm confident we haven't given the question enough collective thought.  Matt Yglesias had a post a couple months ago asking a basic question …
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Annie Karni / New York Post:
DE'TAT'CHED ATTITUDE  —  JOB SEEKERS ERASING BODY ART TO COMPETE  —  When the Dow is low, the “tramp stamp” has to go.  —  Dermatologists across the city are reporting a boom in tattoo laser removals, as body-art fanatics fretting over their professional image rush to erase their inky mistakes.
Discussion: Clusterstock and Don Surber
Scott / Power Line:
Pawlenty's finest hour  —  After routing Republicans in the elections of 2006 and 2008, Democrats hold a substantial majority in both houses of the Minnesota legislature.  As the recession has contracted state revenues forecast for the coming biennium, the Democrats succumbed to a tax raising mania.
Discussion: Hot Air and Moe Lane
 
 
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Washington Post:
Pelosi, Like Clinton, Plays Down Human Rights Before China Trip
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Nuance Is Fine Until It's a Flip-Flop
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Decline of the Blue-Collar Man
Discussion: Lance Mannion
Scott Horton / Harper's:
Federal Judge Spotlights Misconduct by Federal Prosecutors in Siegelman Case
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