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• Republican presidential contest suddenly heats up (AP)
• Obama exhorts US, allies to bolster Arab spring (AP)
• At tense time for US-Pakistan ties, Hillary Clinton swings velvet hammer (The Christian Science Monitor)
• As recovery falters, Washington offers little help (The Lookout)
• President Obama’s approval rating jumps in Florida (The Ticket)
• Biden trumpets resurgent US auto industry (AP)
• US judge rules against corporate contribution ban (AP)
• Dempsey to lead Joint Chiefs (Politico)
• Silvio gives the president an earful (Politico)
• Tax reform defined Huntsman's governorship (AP)
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• President Obama's Autopen on the Hot Seat (ContributorNetwork)
• Sarah Palin's 'One Nation' Tour: Adventures of a Short Bus Rider (ContributorNetwork)
• Sarah Palin's Calling the Shots for the 2012 GOP Field (The Daily Beast)

Republican presidential contest suddenly heats up (AP) Posted: 28 May 2011 04:27 AM PDT AP - The still unsettled race for the Republican nomination to challenge President Barack Obama in 2012 is getting more interesting.

Obama exhorts US, allies to bolster Arab spring (AP) Posted: 28 May 2011 11:08 AM PDT AP - Holding out Poland's transformation to democracy as a model for the world, President Barack Obama on Saturday exhorted Western allies and the American public alike to extend their support, energy and vision to those now reaching for democracy in the Middle East and North Africa.

At tense time for US-Pakistan ties, Hillary Clinton swings velvet hammer (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 27 May 2011 12:25 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - In an attempt to pull US-Pakistan relations out of a downward spiral, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is telling Pakistani officials the steps they must take soon â€" including chasing down specific Islamist extremists long thought to enjoy the protection of the country’s intelligence services.

As recovery falters, Washington offers little help (The Lookout) Posted: 27 May 2011 11:03 AM PDT The Lookout - Signs that the economic recovery, never robust, is now in serious jeopardy have been multiplying lately. And it doesn't look like anyone in Washington has a plan that'll do anything about it. First-time claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose this week, suggesting the labor market remains weak. A new government estimate of first-quarter economic growth [...]

President Obama’s approval rating jumps in Florida (The Ticket) Posted: 27 May 2011 11:42 AM PDT The Ticket - President Obama's approval rating appears to be rebounding in Florida, a state certain to be key to his 2012 re-election bid. A new Quinnipiac University Poll finds 51 percent of likely voters in the state approve of the job Obama is doing--a 6 point increase since the last survey taken in early April. Half of [...]

Biden trumpets resurgent US auto industry (AP) Posted: 28 May 2011 04:26 AM PDT AP - Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday credited the Obama administration's intervention for the American auto industry's recovery from "the brink of extinction" and pointed to Chrysler's early repayment of the federal loan that saved it from disaster.

US judge rules against corporate contribution ban (AP) Posted: 27 May 2011 03:16 PM PDT AP - A U.S. judge has ruled that the campaign finance law banning corporations from making contributions to federal candidates is unconstitutional, saying that a recent Supreme Court decision gives companies the same right to donate as individual citizens enjoy.

Dempsey to lead Joint Chiefs (Politico) Posted: 28 May 2011 12:24 PM PDT Politico - He took over as the Army’s top general less than two months ago.

Silvio gives the president an earful (Politico) Posted: 28 May 2011 04:47 AM PDT Politico - Obama appears "baffled" after the impromptu vent.

Tax reform defined Huntsman's governorship (AP) Posted: 28 May 2011 08:02 AM PDT AP - Conservatives who dominate the Republican presidential nomination contests will applaud parts of Jon Huntsman's five-year record as Utah governor: a statewide flat tax, business incentives and private school vouchers.

(AP) Posted: 28 May 2011 08:19 AM PDT AP - Military tells Spiegel Online top German commander in Afghanistan wounded in suicide attack.

President Obama's Autopen on the Hot Seat (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 28 May 2011 11:50 AM PDT ContributorNetwork - Half a world away, with legislation requiring a signature, Thursday evening, President Barack Obama did what any leader of the world's only superpower would do. He signed the bill with an autopen. Since the 1800s, presidents have used autopens to sign Christmas cards and other White House correspondence, but Thursday's use of the autopen to sign a bill to extend some provisions of the Patriot Act that would have otherwise lapsed on Friday, under instruction of the president, is unusual at best, and according to Republican Congressman Tom Graves, a dangerous precedent. The Georgia congressman, of course, voted against the passage of the extension.

Sarah Palin's 'One Nation' Tour: Adventures of a Short Bus Rider (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 28 May 2011 12:42 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Drawing attention to herself like a snake-oil salesman with the remedy for all of America's ills, former governor or Alaska and undeclared Republican candidate for president Sarah Palin has announced she will be going on the road in a "One Nation" bus tour.

Sarah Palin's Calling the Shots for the 2012 GOP Field (The Daily Beast) Posted: 27 May 2011 07:36 PM PDT The Daily Beast - If the 2012 Republican field may be a circus, Sarah Palin is unquestionably its ringmaster, kicking off a bus tour next week that’s much more than a publicity stunt. But Mark McKinnon says she’s about to hit an immovable object.

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