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11:10 AM ET, May 24, 2012

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Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
NBC polls: Obama edges Romney in three key battleground states  —  President Barack Obama holds a narrow advantage over presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney in three of the most pivotal presidential battleground states — Florida, Ohio and Virginia — according to new NBC-Marist polls.
Alexander Burns / Politico:
'Those of us who've spent time in the real world ...'  —  The Obama campaign has tried in a number of ways to define Mitt Romney as a guy who's out of touch with the reality most Americans experience, and at a campaign event in Denver last night the president trotted out this Mitt-just-doesn't-get-it line:
Lanny Davis / The Hill:
Cory Booker got it right  —  The attacks on Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker (D) by the more vitriolic liberal commentators for what he said about Bain Capital on this past Sunday's “Meet the Press” are just as indefensible as the Republican Party's cynical and dishonest attempt to exploit …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Romney defends Bain record, says Obama ‘attacking capitalism’  —  Mitt Romney accused President Obama of “attacking capitalism” and defended the record of Bain Capital as “solid” in a rebuttal Thursday to the president's critique of his tenure at the private equity firm.
Discussion: CNN and CANNONFIRE
Jan Crawford / CBS News:
Attacks on Romney's business past not sticking
Discussion: Hot Air
New York Post:
Man implicated himself in Etan Patz disappearance: Commissioner Kelly  —  A man is in custody for the 1979 disappearance of Etan Patz, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly confirmed this morning.  —  Kelly issued a release stating that the man made statements to NYPD detectives implicating himself in the boy's disappearance.
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City Room:
Man Confesses to Strangling Etan Patz, Police Say  —  A man in custody in Manhattan has confessed to strangling Etan Patz, the 6-year-old boy who vanished in SoHo on his way to school in 1979, wrapping his body in a bag and putting it in a box, a law enforcement official said on Thursday.
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Two Dem recruits back away from Obama  —  National Democrats are upbeat about former North Dakota Attorney General Heidi Heitkamp's prospects as a Senate candidate.  And on the House level, Dems are optimistic that former Gabrielle Giffords aide Ron Barber will keep Giffords's open seat in Democratic hands.
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Lee Enterprises / Arizona Daily Star:
Jesse Kelly, Ron Barber spar over Social Security, ‘Obamacare’
Discussion: Politico
Keith Koffler / White House Dossier:
Obama Misses His Entrance  —  President Obama failed to appear on cue last night at the Fox Theater in Redwood, California, a weird lapse for a president who may have been exhausted at the end of a marathon day of speechifying and campaigning.  —  Pool reporter Peter Baker of the New York Times offers …
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Jesse Helfrich / The Hill:
Rocky path for Obama in Colorado
Discussion: ABCNEWS
Michael Levenson / Boston Globe:
Elizabeth Warren pulls even with Scott Brown in new poll  —  Elizabeth Warren, emerging from what many consider the roughest patch yet in her Senate campaign, has pulled into a virtual tie with US Senator Scott Brown, according to a new Suffolk University/7News poll.
Discussion: American Spectator
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ABCNEWS:
Air Force Academy Graduates First Openly Gay Cadets  —  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Eight months after a repeal of the military's “don't ask , don't tell” policy, the U.S. Air Force Academy today graduated its first group of openly gay cadets.  —  As President Obama addressed the graduates, no rainbow flags could be seen on display.
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Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:   Air Force Academy Graduates First-Ever Openly Gay Cadets
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
On Health Care, Romney Goes Retro  —  Editor's Note: After looking at the economic platform of Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, this installment of our series on his policy plans examines the details of his health care agenda.  —  The gist: Repeal the Affordable Care Act …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Politico
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thepage.time.com:
The Complete Romney Interview Transcript
David Rogers / Politico:
Democrats stiffen spine on sequester  —  Power in Washington these days is most defined by saying “no,” which helps explain why Speaker John Boehner felt compelled last week — in the middle of May — to bring up a wintry debt ceiling fight more than six months away.
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Ezra Klein and The Hill
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
With his eye on 2013 majority, McConnell lets Boehner lead
Discussion: Politico
Hannah Furness / Telegraph:
Bill Clinton's glamorous fundraiser called “worst party ever” by angry guests  —  An exclusive event hosted by Bill Clinton and attended by a host of celebrity friends has been criticised after guests who paid up to £1,000 for tickets were left queuing outside for hours.
Christopher Lehmann-Haupt / New York Times:
Paul Fussell, Literary Scholar and Critic, Is Dead at 88  —  Paul Fussell, the wide-ranging, stingingly opinionated literary scholar and cultural critic whose admiration for Samuel Johnson, Kingsley Amis and the Boy Scout Handbook was balanced against his withering scorn for the romanticization of war …
Discussion: National Review and Shakesville
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Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Paul Fussell, RIP
Discussion: Associated Press and Bookworm Room
Chrystia Freeland / Reuters:
Like an Anorexic, U.S. Sees Itself Fat With Taxes  —  NEW YORK — Are your taxes too high?  When Gallup asked that question in April , tax month in the United States, 46 percent said they were.  An additional 47 percent said their taxes were “about right.”  Just 3 percent said their taxes were too low.
Discussion: The Agonist
New York Times:
Welcome End of a Pseudotheory  —  Many opponents of giving equal rights and protections to gay Americans — at the workplace, in the military, in marrying and forming families — make the claim that homosexuality is a chosen way of life.  They have long seized on the work of a towering figure in psychiatry to justify their position.
Discussion: Good As You
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Indelible Image of Boy's Pat on Obama's Head  —  WASHINGTON — For decades at the White House, photographs of the president at work and at play have hung throughout the West Wing, and each print soon gives way to a more recent shot.  But one picture of President Obama remains after three years.
Robin Bravender / Politico:
Has recall election made Scott Walker a GOP hero?  —  Democrats leapt at the chance to use Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to send a message to all the budget-cutting, union-busting conservatives across the land: If you mess with Big Labor, there's a heavy price to pay.  —  But if you shoot at the king, you'd better not miss.
Alyssa Rosenberg / ThinkProgress:
New York Lawmakers Encounter Comments Sections, Freak Out  —  Ah, the joys of someone with power who just encountered their first bonkers comments section.  Via Wired: … It's easy to make fun of the late Sen. Ted Stevens' for his description of the internet as “a series of tubes,” …
Javier Manjarres / The Shark Tank:
Wasserman Schultz On Verge of Being Cancelled at Temple Israel  —  The blowback from Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz' political tactics that the Shark Tank first reported on last week has resulted in a unprecedented public outcry and political pressure being brought to bear on the Trustees …
Discussion: Israel Matzav and EBL
Wall Street Journal:
Europe Girds for Greek Exit  —  Leaders Plot Contingencies as They Find Little Compromise; Euro at 2-Year Low  —  BRUSSELS—European officials are stepping up contingency planning for a possible Greek exit from the euro zone, even as Europe's leaders struggled to overcome differences …
Emily Ekins / Hit & Run:
Reason-Rupe Poll on Wisconsin Recall: Walker Leads Barrett 50-42, Obama Leads Romney 46-36  —  Gov. Scott Walker leads Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett 50-42 among those likely to vote in Wisconsin's June 5 recall election, according to a new Reason-Rupe poll of 708 Wisconsin adults on cell phones and landlines.
Discussion: National Review and The PJ Tatler
Michael Leahy / Washington Post:
Rob Portman said to be on short list for Romney vice president  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio — He had received a phone call just that morning from a supporter furious about yet another newspaper story suggesting that he was boring.  It was not the best of days for Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio …
Discussion: ABCNEWS and Wall Street Journal
Donovan Slack / Politico:
Obama: We need five more years  —  ATHERTON, Calif. - President Barack Obama told an intimate crowd gathered at the family estate of the heir to the Levi Strauss & Co. fortune that he has started to steer the ship in the right direction.  —  “We've set a path and a target,” he said …
 
 
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TMZ.com:
Bill Clinton — SURROUNDED By Porn Stars in Monaco
Discussion: EBL, Moonbattery and ABCNEWS
MaryAnn Spoto / New Jersey Online:
Gov. Christie's N.J. Supreme Court nominee will not clear Senate Judiciary Committee, sources say
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Political Memo: Bain Strategy Against Romney May Have Pitfalls for Obama
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Bonnie Kavoussi / The Huffington Post:
Youth Unemployment: One In Eight Global Youths Will Be Unemployed This Year, Report Says
Discussion: ThinkProgress
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Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
Why Tuesday's Democratic Primaries Matter
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Ukip's new deal
 Earlier Items: 
Suzy Khimm / Ezra Klein:
Dodd-Frank is hard to understand, and that's why it has so many enemies
Discussion: Campaign 2012 and Washington Post
Rich Connell / L.A. NOW:
Ban on plastic bags at L.A. markets is approved
David Carr / Media Decoder:
New Orleans Paper Said to Face Deep Cuts and May Cut Back Publication
Louisa Peacock / Telegraph:
Welfare to work ‘fraud scandal’
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Romney Calls Education ‘Civil Rights Issue of Our Era’ and Urges Shift
Discussion: ABCNEWS, The Caucus and The Page
Tim Mak / Reuters:
Colin Powell endorses gay marriage
Discussion: Mother Jones, msnbc.com and CBS News
Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
MSNBC Primetime Makes Zero Mentions Of Trayvon Martin Case After Pro-Zimmerman Evidence Surfaces
Jodi Jacobson / RH Reality Check:
American Airlines Rejects Female Passenger Because Political Pro-Choice T-Shirt is “Inappropriate”