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8:45 PM ET, June 2, 2009

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Manu Raju / The Politico:
Right demands tougher fight  —  Conservatives are demanding that Senate Republicans take a harder line on Sonia Sotomayor, with new signs of tension between the Hill GOP and elements of the Republican base over the direction the opposition should move in the Supreme Court fight.
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Manu Raju / The Politico:
The Sotomayor PR offensive  —  Senate Democrats turned the usually staid meet and greet for President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee into a full blown PR offensive Tuesday, defending Judge Sonia Sotomayor's record while offering her first public defense of her controversial comments about race.
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Majority of Americans Favor Sotomayor Confirmation  —  Many more say her views are “mainstream” rather than “extreme”  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Americans are generally supportive of President Barack Obama's nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Mona Charen / Real Clear Politics:
It's Not Fair To Casually Call People Racist
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Sotomayor Makes Rounds at Capitol
KCCW-TV:
Sources: No 3rd Governor Term For Pawlenty  —  Watch The News Conference LIVE On WCCO.COM At 2 p.m.  —  ST. PAUL (WCCO) ― Two sources have confirmed that Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty will announce that he will not seek re-election in 2010.  —  The sources confirmed …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Bad News for Franken?  —  I hope I'm wrong.  But Gov. Tim Pawlenty's (R) apparent decision not to seek reelection does not bode well for Al Franken's ability to get seated in the senate any time soon.  That's because the most probable next step in the endless Franken-Coleman drama …
Discussion: Minnesota Independent
CNN:
CNN Poll: No frontrunner in GOP 2012 presidential race  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - A new national poll of Republicans suggests that there's no front runner at this extremely early moment in the next race for the White House.  —  Three possible candidates are all bunched at the top of a CNN/Opinion Research
Carl Hulse / The Caucus:
Obama to Name N.Y. Congressman the Army Secretary  —  Representative John M. McHugh, a Republican congressman from New York, will be nominated by President Obama to be secretary of the Army, according to officials, as the administration continues to reach into the ranks of the opposition for executive appointments.
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Kerry Eleveld / Advocate:
Gibbs: Army Secretary Nominee Favors DADT Change  —  White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Tuesday that President Barack Obama's nominee for secretary of the Army, Republican representative John McHugh, agrees with the president that “don't ask, don't tell” should be changed.
Michelle Malkin:
Obama condemns Muslim attack on Arkansas Army recruiters...not
Discussion: American Thinker and Cassy Fiano
CNN:
CNN Poll: Many Americans hold unfavorable view of Muslim world  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Hours before President Barack Obama departs for a trip to the Middle East, a new national poll suggests that only one in five Americans has a favorable view of Muslim countries.
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Amir Taheri / Times of London:
Barack Obama is blind to his blunders over Islam
Discussion: normblog and Wake up America
Agence France Presse:
Al-Qaeda number two slams Obama visit to Egypt
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Nancy Zuckerbrod / Associated Press:
Obama says Iran's energy concerns legitimate  —  LONDON — President Barack Obama suggested that Iran may have some right to nuclear energy _ provided it proves by the end of the year that its aspirations are peaceful.  —  In a BBC interview broadcast Tuesday, he also restated plans …
Gil Hoffman / Jerusalem Post:
Likud: US meddling in Israeli politics  —  Article's topics: Barrack Obama, Binyamin Netanyahu, Rahm Emanuel, Moshe Ya'alon  —  US President Barack Obama's administration's criticism of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's policies has crossed the line into interfering in Israeli politics, top Likud ministers and MKs said Tuesday.
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Telegraph:
Barack Obama should stop apologising for America
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Palin links Tiller, Long slayings  —  Sarah Palin today picked up a widely heard theme on the right, using the murder of abortion doctor George Tiller to call attention to the murder of an army recruiter in Arkansas, allegedly by a self-styled Islamic militant:
MSNBC:
‘The Rachel Maddow Show’ for Monday, June 1  —  Guest: Bob Graham, Frank Schaeffer, Jonathan Turley, Susan Wicklund, Kent  —  RACHEL MADDOW, HOST: And thank you at home for staying with us for the next hour.  —  We will have former Senator Bob Graham of Florida here with us this hour …
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Plog
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Right Wing News:
The 10 Hottest Liberal Women In Politics  —  After the debacle that was Playboy's Hit Piece On Conservative Women, I thought, “Someone should do this right.”  I mean, can't we simply admire the female form without being jerks about it...ehr, much?  —  So, I thought about doing a list …
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Cheney Edges Away From Claim That CIA Docs Will Prove Torture Worked  —  There's a very revealing moment buried in an interview that Dick Cheney gave to Fox News last night that really gives away his game plan on torture.  —  Specifically: Cheney seemed to edge away from the claim …
Jeffrey Goldberg:
A Conspiracy of Euphemism  —  The eight a.m. NPR news update today included word of the fatal shooting of one soldier and the wounding of another outside an army recruiting station in Arkansas.  The news reader, Nora Raum, outlined the incident and stated that the shooting appeared to have “religious motivations.”
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
New poll results are devastating for Obama's Gitmo plan  —  I've gotten a look inside the Gallup poll numbers showing that a majority of Americans oppose shutting down the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay.  The numbers are stunning.  They show a strong and virtually across …
Discussion: Power Line
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll: Most oppose closing Gitmo
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Quagmire Ahead  —  On Jan. 21, 1988, a General Motors executive named Elmer Johnson wrote a brave and prophetic memo.  Its main point was contained in this sentence: “We have vastly underestimated how deeply ingrained are the organizational and cultural rigidities that hamper our ability to execute.”
Kristina Wong / Political Punch:
The Emergence of President Obama's Muslim Roots  —  ABC News' Jake Tapper and Sunlen Miller report: The other day we heard a comment from a White House aide that never would have been uttered during the primaries or general election campaign.  During a conference call in preparation for...
Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:
Seventh Circuit Rules That, Under Supreme Court Precedent, the Second Amendment Is Not Incorporated Against the States: The case is NRA v. City of Chicago, the challenge to the Chicago handgun ban.  The core argument: … I don't think this reasoning (from Judge Frank Easterbrook …
Reason:
Turning Japanese  —  Japan's post-bubble policies produced a “lost decade.”  So why is President Obama emulating them?  —  The scenario was eerily familiar.  A long real estate bubble that had expanded extra rapidly for the previous five years suddenly burst, and asset prices came crashing back down to earth.
Discussion: QandO
Tim Fernholz / American Prospect:
ON SOCIALISM.  —  Jon Henke highlights a few people wondering “why everybody is afraid to use the S-word” to describe the government's investment in General Motors.  The easy joke is, doye, Saul Anuzis already decided that socialism was played and conservatives have to call Obama's policies “fascist.”
New York Times:
Chinese Company Said to Be Buyer of Hummer  —  GUANGZHOU, China — General Motors has reached a preliminary agreement for the sale of its Hummer brand of large sport utility vehicles and pickup trucks to a machinery company in western China with ambitions to become a carmaker …
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Pennsylvania Voters To Dem Establishment: Please Let Us Pick Our Senator  —  A striking number in a new poll that Susquehanna Research and Polling just sent over shows that an overwhelming majority of Pennsylvania Democrats want a Senate primary, despite the best efforts of the White House …
William Glaberson / New York Times:
Guantánamo Detainee Kills Himself  —  A Yemeni detainee at Guantánamo apparently committed suicide late Monday, military officials said in a terse announcement Tuesday.  —  The death was the first at the prison since President Obama took office, and detainees' lawyers …
Discussion: Salon and The Daily Dish
Matthew Lasar / Ars Technica:
AP: tech coming to stop “wholesale theft” on 'Net  —  It looks like the Associated Press is getting pretty close to deploying that ‘anti-misappropriation’ technology the news agency has been talking about.  Ars got an AP editor to give us some details.  —  Ever since the Associated Press warned …
Discussion: Newshoggers.com
 
 
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DownWithTyranny!:
A Whole Lot Of Yiffing Going On In The Office Of Pennsylvania GOP …
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Glenn Thrush / Glenn Thrush's Blog:
Reid's not reading  —  You have to give Harry Reid points for candor.
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Andy McCarthy / The Corner:
Petreaus Does Geneva
Discussion: The Daily Dish and Cato @ Liberty
Steve Wiegand / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Schwarzenegger: California's wallet is empty
Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
Santorum tells Obama how to be a role model for African-Americans …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Gays Have The Power  —  The Gallup poll tells you a lot:
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Randall Jeppesen / KSL-TV:
Some suggest Josh Romney as potential lieutenant governor pick
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Shannon McCaffrey / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Feds spike voter citizenship checks in Georgia
Discussion: Michelle Malkin
Matt Friedman / Politicker NJ:
On 101.5, Lonegan calls poll ‘retarded’ and one Jersey Guy endorses Merkt
Discussion: Washington Wire
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Virginia Race Is Now a Toss Up
Wall Street Journal:
Why Obama Voted Against Roberts
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