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9:25 AM ET, May 24, 2010

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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Principles of Rand Paul  —  No ideology survives the collision with real-world politics perfectly intact.  General principles have to bend to accommodate the complexities of history, and justice is sometimes better served by compromise than by zealous intellectual consistency.
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Washington Wire:
Palin: A Slip on Oil Industry Ties?  —  Former Alaska Republican Gov. Sarah Palin stirred up more controversy over the oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico Sunday when she suggested that the administration's response was linked to “the oil companies who have so supported President Obama in his campaign.”
Andrew Gully / Agence France Presse:
Palin accuses Obama of being in bed with big oil  —  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Right-wing darling Sarah Palin accused US President Barack Obama on Sunday of leading a lax response to the Gulf of Mexico spill because he is too close to the big oil companies.  —  The former vice presidential candidate …
The Huffington Post:
Palin: Maddow Was ‘Prejudiced’ In Her Rand Paul Interview
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Op-Ed Columnist: Obama Versus the Corporations  —  So here's how it is: They're as mad as hell, and they're not going to take this anymore.  Am I talking about the Tea Partiers?  No, I'm talking about the corporations.  —  Much reporting on opposition to the Obama administration portrays it as a sort of populist uprising.
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John Heilemann / New York Magazine:
Obama Is From Mars, Wall Street Is From Venus  —  Psychoanalyzing one of America's most dysfunctional relationships.  —  Thirty-eight hours after Scott Brown's smack-upside-the-head victory in the race for Ted Kennedy's former Senate seat, Barack Obama took the podium in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House.
Discussion: Dealbreaker
New York Times:
Wall Street Expresses Some Relief at Reform Bills
Discussion: The Page
John Bresnahan / Politico Live's Blog:
Sestak confirms WH job offer to get out of Senate race  —  Rep. Joe Sestak, winner of the Pennsylvania Democratic Senate primary, is refusing to provide more information on what job he was offered by a White House official to drop of that race, although he confirmed again that the incident occurred.
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Katharine Q. Seelye / The Caucus:
Gibbs on Sestak's Claim of a Job Offer
Discussion: The Daily Caller and FrumForum
The Politico:
The Gates-Clinton axis  —  The White House likes to release images …
Discussion: Jumping in Pools
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Waiting For A Hero To Arrive —  the Gulf spill.  Why are we so paralyzed?
Discussion: New York Times and Eschaton
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BBC:
US warns it may ‘push BP aside’
Discussion: Raw Story and FrumForum
Guy Adams / The Independent:
After keeping us waiting for a century, Mark Twain will finally reveal all  —  The great American writer left instructions not to publish his autobiography until 100 years after his death, which is now  —  Exactly a century after rumours of his death turned out to be entirely accurate …
Daniela Altimari / Capitol Watch:
Blumenthal: “I have made mistakes and I am sorry.”  —  After nearly a week of criticism following revelations that he misrepresented his military record and five days after a press conference in which he expressed regret for his misstatements, Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Richard Blumenthal apologized.
The Politico:
Reid angles for tea party foe in Nev.  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has knocked down his leading Republican challenger, paving the way for a potential fall fight with a tea party favorite who may be easier to beat.  —  Reid's unceasing attacks on his biggest-name challenger …
Washington Post:
One false move in Europe could set off global chain reaction  —  If the trouble starts — and it remains an “if” — the trigger may well be obscure to the concerns of most Americans: a missed budget projection by the Spanish government, the failure of Greece to hit a deficit-reduction target, a drop in Ireland's economic output.
Discussion: Fausta's Blog
Matthew Continetti / Weekly Standard:
Out with the Old  —  Don't trust a congressman over the age of 50.  —  As far as I can tell, Sean Duffy is the only world-champion lumberjack and reality television star running for Congress this year.  Duffy is the Republican candidate in Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District.
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Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
Obama seeks to force votes on spending cuts
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Jonathan Allen / The Politico:
More mischief in Illinois race
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Susan Swift / Big Journalism:
Still Waiting For Keith Olbermann To Condemn Obama's Assassination Program...
Discussion: USS Neverdock
Christopher Hitchens / Guardian:
‘I was right and they were wrong’
Chris Carter / Human Events:
Fighting a War without Bullets?
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Peter S. Goodman / New York Times:
The New Poor: Lack of Aid for Child Care Pushes Some to Welfare
Chris McGreal / Guardian:
Evidence of Israel's nuclear arsenal
Fox News:
Iran Demands U.S. Propose Prisoner Swap for Three U.S. Hikers Labeled ‘Spies’
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