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11:55 AM ET, May 9, 2011

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Colin Firth / CBS News:
President Obama on the mission to kill bin Laden  —  The president talks to “60 Minutes” in his first interview since the killing of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden  —  Whether we like it or not, Osama bin Laden changed America.  With that September morning in 2001, he introduced fear …
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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 …
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 …
Munir Ahmed / Associated Press:
Pakistan premier defends country in bin Laden case
Wall Street Journal:
Pakistan-U.S. Rift Widens
Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Randi Rhodes: Bush Knew Bin Laden's Location, Protected Him There
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?
Wall Street Journal:
Home Market Takes a Tumble  —  Turnaround More Distant After 3% Drop, Steepest Quarterly Decline Since 2008  —  Home values posted the largest decline in the first quarter since late 2008, prompting many economists to push back their estimates of when the housing market will hit a bottom.
Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect:
Falsehood?  Or Mostly Accurate Prediction?  —  Washington Post fact checker Glenn Kessler isn't so enamored with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius after she made this claim last week: … Kessler gives Sebelius three “Pincocchios” (out of a possible four) and offers this explanation:
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Washington Post:
On Medicare, reverting to a well-worn strategy
Discussion: Yglesias and Wonk Room
Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
“Mediscare” And The Conventional Wisdom
Discussion: Paul Krugman
Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Spokesman says Newt Gingrich to announce 2012 presidential bid Wed. on Facebook, Twitter  —  ATLANTA — A spokesman for Newt Gingrich says the former House speaker is running for president.  —  Rick Tyler told The Associated Press that Gingrich will make it official Wednesday with announcements on Facebook and Twitter.
Discussion: FrumForum
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The Note:
Waiting For Superman?  GOP Searching For 2012's ‘Plan B’ Candidate (The Note)  —  If there's one thing we know about Republican activists, donors and rank and file voters it's this: they aren't compelled by the current field of not-yet-official GOP presidential candidates and they're looking for alternatives.
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.
The Politico:
Gay donors fuel Obama's 2012 campaign  —  President Barack Obama's reelection campaign is banking on gay donors to make up the cash it's losing from other groups of wealthy supporters who have been alienated and disappointed by elements of Obama's first term.
New York Post:
Hobbling gasbag  —  Gasbag Keith Olbermann can't seem to wrangle staff for his Current TV show, “Countdown.”  Still in need of an executive producer and other staff, famously difficult Olbermann has crawled back to his contacts at MSNBC, many of whom he offended while there, to beg for staff.
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.
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%.
Discussion: GOP 12, National Review and CNN
John / Power Line:
Announcing the Power Line Prize  —  Our nation faces an unprecedented financial crisis.  Every knowledgeable citizen understands that the fiscal path we are on is unsustainable.  Indefinite continuation of the status quo is not an option.  There are only two possibilities: reform and collapse.
Discussion: Pajamas Media
James Rowley / Bloomberg:
Boehner Must Reassure Wall Street Leaders That Debt Ceiling Will Be Raised  —  House Speaker John Boehner's appearance before Wall Street leaders tonight challenges him to provide reassurance that Congress will raise the U.S. debt limit without undercutting Republican demands for spending controls.
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Jake Sherman / The Politico:
John Boehner goes to New York to talk debt
Discussion: Washington Monthly and The Page
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Donnelly announces Senate bid in Indiana  —  Washington (CNN) - Democratic Rep. Joe Donnelly announced Monday morning that he's running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Republican Dick Lugar.  —  “I want to take the fight for American jobs and opportunities to the United States Senate.
Discussion: The Page
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Sean Sullivan / Hotline On Call:   Donnelly To Announce Senate Bid On Monday
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
‘A Mistake of Principle’  —  Jeffrey Wiesenfeld never had a chance against Tony Kushner.
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Trump: ‘I Am The Least Racist Person There Is’ Because A Black Guy Won The Apprentice Six Years Ago
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog
Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
Obama to Travel to Texas to Push for Immigration Legislation
Paul Davenport / Associated Press:
Ariz. seeks online donations to build border fence
Los Angeles Times:
Obama order could make corporate political spending public
David Frum / CNN:
Is U.S. role in Afghan war obsolete?
Discussion: LewRockwell.com Blog
 Earlier Items: 
Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press:
Iowa GOP Donors Court New Jersey's Christie
Peter J. Thompson / National Post:
Jonathan Kay: Geert Wilders' problem with Islam
Discussion: FrumForum and Jihad Watch
Donald Douglas / American Power:
Noam Chomsky Attacks Israel's ‘Expansion Over Security’ at UCLA Lecture on ‘Palestine in Crisis’
Discussion: Blazing Cat Fur
Kevin Sack / New York Times:
Battle Over Health Care Law Shifts to Federal Appellate Courts
Discussion: ABCNEWS, The New Republic and Law Blog