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9:40 AM ET, May 25, 2011

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Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
Democrat Wins G.O.P. Seat; Rebuke Seen to Medicare Plan  —  Democrats scored an upset in one of New York's most conservative Congressional districts on Tuesday, dealing a blow to the national Republican Party in a race that largely turned on the party's plan to overhaul Medicare.
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Chris Lee Resignation / Buffalo News:
Hochul takes House seat in stunner  —  Kathleen Courtney Hochul, the Erie County clerk and longtime Democratic figure who defied political experts giving her little chance of success, ground out a stunning and surprisingly comfortable victory Tuesday in the special election for the predominantly Republican 26th Congressional District.
Allen Wilson / Buffalo News:
Corwin granted court order barring certification of winner  —  Jane L. Corwin this afternoon obtained a court order from State Supreme Court Justice Russell P. Buscaglia barring a certification of a winner in the special 26th Congressional District race pending a show-cause hearing before him later this week.
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
After Dem win in NY special election, group eyes NH race  —  A liberal group that wants to “keep the momentum going” after Democrats' upset victory in Tuesday's special election in New York is eyeing a race in New Hampshire where it thinks bashing the GOP's Medicare reform plan could be a political winner.
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog
Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
With his budget plan the top issue, Rep. Ryan waded into NY-26 (updated)
Discussion: The Politico and CNN
Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
Dem campaign chief: Medicare ‘changed the climate’ in NY-26
Discussion: AMERICAblog News
Scott Conroy / Real Clear Politics:
Palin's Secret Weapon: New Film to Premiere in June  —  Shortly after Republicans swept last November to a historic victory in which Sarah Palin was credited with playing a central role, the former Alaska governor pulled aside her close aide, Rebecca Mansour, to discuss a hush-hush assignment …
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The Note:
‘Epic’ Sarah Palin Documentary Due Out in June
James Hill / ABCNEWS:
John Edwards: U.S. Green-Lights Prosecution for Alleged Campaign Law Violations Tied to Affair Cover-Up  —  Former Sen. John Edwards speaks at a campaign rally Jan. 26, 2008, in Columbia, S.C. (Eric Thayer/Getty Images)  —  The United States Department of Justice has green-lighted the prosecution …
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WRAL-TV:
Sources: Edwards investigation close to wrapping up
Discussion: TalkLeft
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Dems might join rebuff of Obama on Israeli border issue  —  Senate Democrats are expected to support a resolution intended as a rebuff to President Obama's call for basing Middle East peace talks on the 1967 Israeli-Palestinian borders.  —  It would be a rare rebuke of the president …
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The Note:
Israeli Prime Minister Gets 29 Standing Ovations in Congress, Sends Message to White House*
Political Punch:
Awkward Moment During Obama Toast to Queen  —  The president and the orchestra at Buckingham Palace this evening were a bit out of synch.  —  When the president toasted the Queen the orchestra misunderstood a pause and what seemed to be a cue from the president for “God Save the Queen” to begin playing.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Good news: Obama botches toast to the queen  —  Ah, now his “2008″ gaffe from earlier today is starting to make more sense.  Turns out ... he really is brain-damaged.  —  No, I kid.  I think he, like Frank Drebin, simply doesn't believe in silly ideas like having queens:
Frances Cronin / BBC:
Egyptian pyramids found by infra-red satellite images  —  Two new finds are at Saqqara, an older but lesser known pyramid site than Giza  —  Seventeen lost pyramids are among the buildings identified in a new satellite survey of Egypt.  —  More than 1,000 tombs and 3,000 ancient settlements …
Discussion: msnbc.com and Outside the Beltway
Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
Obama skirts rule of law to reward pals, punish foes  —  Senior Political Analyst Follow Him @MichaelBarone  —  Question: What do the following have in common?  Eckert Cold Storage Co., Kerly Homes of Yuma, Classic Party Rentals, West Coast Turf Inc., Ellenbecker Investment Group Inc. …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and AmSpecBlog
Dan Amira / New York Magazine:
President Obama Has No Idea What Year It Is  —  This is how President Obama signed the guestbook at Westminster Abbey earlier today, where he got a tour from the Very Reverend Dr. John Hall and laid a wreath on the Grave of the Unknown Warrior. … It was really nice until he got the date wrong by three years.
Shelby Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Unspoken Re-Election Edge  —  This presidency flatters America to a degree that no white Republican can hope to match.  —  Many of the Republican presidential hopefuls should be able to beat President Obama in 2012.  This president has a track record now and, thus, many vulnerabilities.
Maya Jackson Randall / Wall Street Journal:
Spat Over New Consumer Bureau  —  WASHINGTON—White House adviser Elizabeth Warren, in a heated House hearing Tuesday, touted the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as a vital new financial-markets cop while Republican lawmakers slammed the agency as a powerful financial regulator with too few checks and balances.
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Ari Berman / The Nation:
House GOP Escalates Attack on Elizabeth Warren, Consumer Bureau
Jon Ward / The Huffington Post:
FreedomWorks' Goal: Stop Mitt Romney In 2012 … WASHINGTON - A top goal of the nation's most influential national Tea Party group is to stop Mitt Romney from winning the Republican nomination for president.  —  Interviews with top officials at FreedomWorks, a Washington-based organizing hub …
Discussion: GOP 12 and Weasel Zippers
James R. Healey / USA Today:
Americans say ‘no’ to electrics despite high gas prices  —  Nearly six of 10 Americans — 57% — say they won't buy an all-electric car no matter the price of gas, according to a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll.  —  That's a stiff headwind just as automakers are developing electrics …
Discussion: Right Wing News
David Steinberg / Pajamas Media:
(UPDATED: Uh oh — Lee's wife, Nita Chaudary, behind the “Betray Us” Ad?)  Googling Jesse Lee  —  UPDATE: Lee is married to Nita Chaudary.  Here is a CSPAN transcript from Sep. 10, 2007, wherein Chaudary represents — and ardently defends — MoveOn.org for publishing the Petraeus smear ad prior …
Brian Leiter / Leiter Reports:
Sanctimonious Jackass Brad DeLong vs. Political Philosopher Chris Bertram  —  Here and here.  Professor Bertram's response seems to me quite apt.  Professor DeLong has a real complex about those to his left.  Very odd.  —  UPDATE: Brad Delong is not only a sanctimonious jackass, he's an underhanded and dishonest slimeball.
Chicago Tribune:
Blagojevich plans to take witness stand at his corruption retrial, sources say  —  “I want to be vindicated,” he says; Rahm Emanuel, Jesse Jackson Jr. also expected to be called by defense  —  “I fully expect that we're going to be very aggressive in putting on a defense because …
Richard Simon / Los Angeles Times:
House members handed out bonuses to staffs during budget crisis  —  Defeated and retiring lawmakers paid an average bonus of about $4,000.  Returning lawmakers paid an average $2,300.  —  A spokeswoman for Rep. Loretta Sanchez, right, said that even with the bonuses, many of her staff members earned less …
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Richard Hillgrove / Guardian:
Twitter cannot be allowed to operate outside the law |  Richard Hillgrove  —  The Ryan Giggs case shows social media sites need to grow up and ensure content adheres to the same rules as everyone else  —  • Dan Gillmor: Ryan Giggs and the enemies of web freedom
Discussion: normblog, Harry's Place, BBC and RedState
David Eldridge / Washington Times:
Study: Liberal leanings hurt Republicans' place in history  —  Call it history's conservative curse.  —  According to a University of Miami study, those historical rankings of American presidents that pop up every year or so are significantly weighted in favor of Democrats, thanks to the liberal leanings of academia.
Stephanie Simon / Wall Street Journal:
Public Schools Charge Kids for Basics, Frills  —  MEDINA, Ohio—Karen Dombi was thrilled when her three oldest children were picked for student government this year—not because she envisioned careers in politics, but because it was one of the few programs at their public high school that didn't charge kids to participate.
Neil Munro / The Daily Caller:
GOP activists are confident that they'll gain additional votes and donations from the Jewish community following President Barack Obama's call for Israel to retreat to territory along its pre-1967 border, with “mutually agreed swaps,” in any final peace settlement with Palestinian Arabs.
 
 
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