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6:05 PM ET, May 9, 2011

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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
2012 and the Republican rescue fantasy  —  Chief Political Correspondent Follow Him @ByronYork  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. - Talk to enough people around this key primary state and you'll learn two lessons, over and over again.  One is that there is absolutely, positively no unity among Republicans …
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Juan Williams / The Hill:
OPINION: Ron Paul driving Republicans' White House campaign  —  Here's a news bulletin — it is becoming increasingly clear that we are living in a time when Republican politics are being shaped by a 75-year-old, 12-term Texas congressman with a son in the Senate.
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Romney's GOP Supporters Tilt Upscale; Palin's, Downscale  —  Huckabee's support leans to the right politically, to the South geographically  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Republican college degree holders are more likely than those without a degree to support Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, 21% vs. 13%.
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Whose Foreign Policy Is It?  —  For those with eyes to see, the daylight between the foreign policies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama has been shrinking ever since the current president took the oath of office.  But last week made it official: When the story of America's post-9/11 wars is written …
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
President Obama dashes ‘Jimmy Carter’ label  —  So much for campaigning against Jimmy Carter.  —  In the aftermath of Osama bin Laden's death, Republicans are adjusting to a new political reality: with the bin Laden trump card now in President Barack Obama's possession …
The Atlantic Online:
What If Bush Had Been President These Past Eight Days?
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:   Eric Holder: U.S. will still close Guantanamo Bay
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Hill Poll: Voters see president's ratings bounce vanishing soon
Colin Firth / CBS News:
President Obama on the mission to kill bin Laden
Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:
Why I Will Not Support Jon Huntsman.  Ever.  —  “I cannot tolerate a man serving as our ambassador to our chief strategic adversary in the world plotting, while in that capacity, to run against the President of the United States.”  —  Ambassador Jon Huntsman is gearing up now to run for President of the United States.
Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Trump: ‘I Am The Least Racist Person There Is’ Because A Black Guy Won The Apprentice Six Years Ago  —  Potential presidential candidate Donald Trump has often found himself in hot water for making racially-tinged comments — saying in the span of a single press conference, for example …
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Benjy Sarlin / TPMDC:
Former Apprentice Contestant: Trump 'Doesn't Like Educated African-Americans Very Much'  —  A former contestant on The Apprentice, whose harsh treatment by Donald Trump drew accusations of racism in 2004, suggested to TPM on Monday that the billionaire Republican businessman's attacks …
Philiana Ng / Hollywood Reporter:
NBC's Three-Hour ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ Down 23%
Declan Walsh / Guardian:
US's Bin Laden deal with Pakistan  —  US forces were given permission to conduct unilateral raid inside Pakistan if they knew where Bin Laden was hiding, officials say  —  The US and Pakistan struck a secret deal almost a decade ago permitting a US operation against Osama bin Laden …
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Jane Perlez / New York Times:
Leak of C.I.A. Officer's Name Is Sign of Rift With Pakistan  —  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — For the second time in five months, the Pakistani authorities have embarrassed the Central Intelligence Agency by leaking the name of the C.I.A. station chief in Islamabad to Pakistani news media …
Wall Street Journal:
Home Market Takes a Tumble  —  Turnaround More Distant After 3% Drop, Steepest Quarterly Decline Since 2008  —  The U.S. housing market's 1Q 2011 decline was the steepest in three years.  Additionally, a Zillow.com survey indicates nearly 30% of borrowers owe more than their homes are worth.
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John Gittelsohn / Bloomberg:
‘Underwater’ Homeowners Rise to 28 Percent, Zillow Says
Discussion: Wonk Room and Pajamas Media
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Unwisdom of Elites  —  The past three years have been a disaster for most Western economies.  The United States has mass long-term unemployment for the first time since the 1930s.  Meanwhile, Europe's single currency is coming apart at the seams.  How did it all go so wrong?
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Gallup poll sees growing support for third party in GOP, Tea Party  —  A majority of Republicans said for the first time that a third party was needed in American politics, according to a Gallup poll released Monday.  —  Fifty-two percent of Republicans, and an even stronger number of Tea Party supporters …
Discussion: Daily Kos, Weasel Zippers and TPMDC
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
In praising Tea Party, Bachmann swipes at Boehner's leadership
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Support for Third U.S. Party Dips, but Is Still Majority View
Discussion: Hot Air
Jake Sherman / The Politico:
John Boehner: Cut ‘trillions’ as debt limit nears  —  NEW YORK — Speaker John Boehner will call on Congress to offset a debt ceiling hike with spending cuts of a greater amount, an ambitious proposal that puts House Republicans on a collision course with Democrats who want much more modest spending restrictions attached to the vote.
Discussion: CRFB.org
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
Boehner: Debt-ceiling hike without deep cuts would be ‘arrogant’
Discussion: The Note
Meredith Shiner / The Politico:
Heller takes Senate oath  —  Republican Dean Heller of Nevada was sworn into the Senate Monday by Vice President Joe Biden, replacing embattled Sen. John Ensign who resigned last week over a sex scandal involving a former aid.  —  Heller was joined at the dais by Majority Leader Harry Reid …
Discussion: CNN and ABCNEWS
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The Politico:
Is Olympia Snowe feeling the heat?
Christopher Hitchens / Vanity Fair:
Unspoken Truths  —  Until cancer attacked his vocal cords, the author didn't fully appreciate what was meant by “a writer's voice,” or the essential link between speech and prose.  As a man who loved to talk, he turns to the masters of such conversation, both in history and in his own circle.
The Huffington Post:
Bristol Palin Reality Show: Palin, Massey Brothers In New BIO Channel Show … Bristol Palin , Bristol Palin Bio Channel , Bristol Palin Kyle Massey , Bristol Palin Reality Show , Entertainment News  —  Bristol Palin is making it a reality show hat trick.  —  The daughter of former Alaska …
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com:
BIO Greenlights Bristol Palin Reality Series
Helen Kennedy / NY Daily News:
Osama Bin Laden wasn't on kidney dialysis, took herbal Viagra while living in compound  —  Osama Bin Laden wasn't on kidney dialysis - but he did need an herbal impotence drug.  —  “He believed in his own medication,” said his youngest widow, Amal al-Sadeh, who was shot in the leg …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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Matt Schneider / Mediaite:
Rosie O'Donnell: Without Due Process For Bin Laden, We May Be ‘Monsters’
Brian Ross / ABCNEWS:
Osama Bin Laden Tapes Show ‘Pathetic’ Side of Al Qaeda Leader: Experts  —  Osama bin Laden speaks in this undated image taken from video provided by the U.S. Department of Defense and released on Saturday, May 7, 2011.  The videos show bin Laden watching himself on television and rehearsing for terrorist videos.
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Democrats See Strategy to End Big Oil Tax Breaks  —  WASHINGTON — Linking two of the politically volatile issues of the moment, Senate Democrats say they will move forward this week with a plan that would eliminate tax breaks for big oil companies and divert the savings to offset the deficit.
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Over 100 Michigan Law Students Walk Out Of Own Graduation To Protest Anti-Gay Speaker Rob Portman  —  Over 100 newly-minted lawyers walked out of their own graduation at the University of Michigan Law School on Saturday to protest the ceremony's commencement speaker, anti-gay Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH).
Paula Brooks / Lez Get Real:
US Navy Gives OK for On Base Same-Sex Marriages  —  It would appear the Navy has decided to let same-sex couples in the Navy, get married in Navy chapels that are located on bases in state where same-sex marriage is legal, and will allow willing Navy chaplains to perform those ceremonies.
 
 
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Arizona's Jan Brewer to appeal immigration ruling
Discussion: CNN
Alexandria Sage / Reuters:
Attorney General vows to close Guantanamo
Discussion: Pajamas Media and Weasel Zippers
New York Post:
Getting rid of the pc shackles
Discussion: National Review
Associated Press:
Midair security scares on 3 U.S. flights
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Daily Mail:
OPINIONS ‘SAME AS RELIGIOUS BELIEFS’
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