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5:30 PM ET, May 27, 2009

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Peter Hamby / CNN:
Gingrich: Sotomayor ‘racist,’ should withdraw nomination  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - Rush Limbaugh isn't the only one calling Sonia Sotomayor a racist.  Newt Gingrich is, too — and he's demanding that Obama's pick to the Supreme Court withdraw her nomination.  —  On Twitter, Gingrich pointed …
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Ali Frick / Think Progress:
Tancredo: Sotomayor ‘Appears To Be A Racist’  —  Last night on MSNBC, former Republican House member Tom Tancredo declared that Judge Sonia Sotomayor “appears to be a racist” and indicated she would only be confirmed because she's a Hispanic woman: … Tancredo also called Sotomayor …
Ta-Nehisi Coates:
About That “Wise Latina” Statement  —  It's worth looking at the whole speech, and at least considering the statement in context: … I think we can immediately dispense with the crazies who think this statement should disqualify Sotomayor for the Supreme Court.
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Identity Justice  —  Responding to early 19th-century rumors that they drank excessively, the Supreme Court justices decided to drink nothing on conference days — unless it was raining.  At the next conference, Chief Justice John Marshall asked Joseph Story to scan the sky for signs of rain.
Matt Corley / Think Progress:
Rove: Attending top schools doesn't mean that Sotomayor is smart, but it proves that Bush is.  —  During a debate at Radio City Music Hall last night, former Bush adviser Karl Rove claimed that Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor was “not necessarily” “very smart.”
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Sotomayor reversed 60% by high court  —  With Judge Sonia Sotomayor already facing questions over her 60 percent reversal rate, the Supreme Court could dump another problem into her lap next month if, as many legal analysts predict, the court overturns one of her rulings upholding a race-based employment decision.
Wall Street Journal:
The ‘Empathy’ Nominee  —  Is Sonia Sotomayor judically superior to ‘a white male’?
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Justice Sam Alito on empathy and judging
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Critics focus on Sotomayor speech in La Raza journal
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Wonkette
Ryan Powers / Think Progress:
Gingrich Calls On Sotomayor To Withdraw Because She's A ‘Latina Woman Racist’
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and pandagon.net
Mark Krikorian / The Corner:
It Sticks in My Craw  —  Most e-mailers were with me on the post on the pronunciation of Judge Sotomayor's name (and a couple griped about the whole Latina/Latino thing — English dropped gender in nouns, what, 1,000 years ago?).  But a couple said we should just pronounce it the way the bearer …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE.... One of the low points in the right's criticism of Obama during the presidential campaign came in October, when some conservatives started complaining about the Democrat's pronunciation of “Pakistan,” with a soft “a.”  —  The National Review's Mark Stein complained …
Discussion: MoJo Blog Posts and Donkeylicious
John Taylor / Financial Times:
Exploding debt threatens America  —  Standard and Poor's decision to downgrade its outlook for British sovereign debt from “stable” to “negative” should be a wake-up call for the US Congress and administration.  Let us hope they wake up.  —  Under President Barack Obama's budget plan, the federal debt is exploding.
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John Waggoner / USA Today:
IRS tax revenue falls along with taxpayers' income
Discussion: Megan McArdle and Hot Air
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
EXCLUSIVE: Sestak Intends To Run For Senate  —  Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) is privately telling supporters that he intends to run for Senate, TPMDC has confirmed.  —  “He intends to get in the race,” says Meg Infantino, the Congressman's sister, who works at Sestak for Congress.
Johanna Neuman / Top of the Ticket:
Biden talks Irish poetry, gets in a dig at Obama's teleprompters at Air Force Academy  —  On Tuesday, he did the economic recovery thing, touting the environmentally friendly jobs that President Obama's $787-billion stimulus package is creating.  —  Then, as the Ticket reported Tuesday …
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The College Politico:
Biden Makes Fun of Obama for Teleprompter Use; UPDATE: Video Added
Discussion: Politics Daily
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Majority of Americans Continue to Oppose Gay Marriage  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Americans' views on same-sex marriage have essentially stayed the same in the past year, with a majority of 57% opposed to granting such marriages legal status and 40% in favor of doing so.
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Flashback: George H.W. Bush On Clarence Thomas' ‘Great Empathy’  —  Conservatives have curiously decided that one of the best ways to battle Obama's first Supreme Court nominee is by declaring a war on empathy.  When he described his criteria for selecting a replacement for Justice David Souter …
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KTVT-TV:
Supervisor Asks Woman To Take Down American Flag  —  UPDATE: Hospital Says Woman May Re-Hang Flag (Read More Below)  —  MANSFIELD (CBS 11 News) ― Is it okay to show your patriotism at the office?  —  For one Arlington woman, the answer was “no” after she hung an American flag in her office just before the Memorial Day weekend.
Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
AT&T May Have Swayed ‘Idol’ Results  —  LOS ANGELES — AT&T, one of the biggest corporate sponsors of “American Idol,” might have influenced the outcome of this year's competition by providing phones for free text-messaging services and lessons in casting blocks of votes at parties organized …
Discussion: Mashable! and DownWithTyranny!
Mercury News:
Billions in new cuts loom for California — including eliminating welfare and closing most state parks  —  Faced with a ballooning deficit and a clear signal that voters won't pay more to fix it, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger released a budget plan Tuesday that would eliminate welfare …
Discussion: Donklephant and Don Surber
Peter Hamby / CNN:
Huckabee to endorse Rubio for Florida Senate seat  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has rolled out a succession of endorsements from national Republicans since announcing his entrance into the 2010 Senate race.  —  Now his Republican primary rival, former Florida House speaker Marco Rubio …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
It's Not About Bill  —  Bill Clinton loves to shop.  On a March day in an elegant crafts store in Lima, the Peruvian capital, he hunted for presents for his wife and the women on his staff back home.  He had given a speech at a university earlier and just came from a ceremony kicking off a program to help impoverished Peruvians.
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
A “'Heritage of the Left' of the Right”  —  The political system enters a period of infinite regress: … This seems pretty misguided to me.  In particular, DHE needs to think harder about the fact that there are already well-resourced conservative think tanks with plenty of capabilities.
Dan / Riehl World View:
Levin Takes Down Frum  —  A second guest post from Mark Levin.  Update: A disclaimer of my own for the hand wringing crowd.  If you read Frum's post on ML, linked below - he got very personal and very nasty.  In my opinion, Mark is responding in kind, though perhaps not as nastily, or bizarrely and based on facts, not suppositions.
 
 
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