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9:50 PM ET, May 9, 2012

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Rick Klein / Yahoo! Good Morning America:
President Obama Affirms His Support for Same Sex Marriage  —  President Obama today announced that he now supports same-sex marriage, reversing his longstanding opposition amid growing pressure from the Democratic base and even his own vice president.  In an interview with ABC News' Robin Roberts …
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Log Cabin Republicans:
Obama Announcement Is Cold Comfort to LGBT Americans  —  (Washington, DC) - Log Cabin Republicans respond to President Barack Obama's latest evolution on the freedom to marry.  —  “That the president has chosen today, when LGBT Americans are mourning the passage of Amendment One …
E.J. Graff / American Prospect:
I Am Gobsmacked  —  Well, I guess I'm cynical.  I had a list of reasons as long as my arm for President Obama NOT to state that he favors equal marriage.  My heart is turning such cartwheels that I am not sure I can write anything cogent.  —  Here's what I was all ready to say before the announcement:
Discussion: pandagon.net
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Obama Backs Same-Sex Marriage  —  Updated President Obama declared for the first time on Wednesday that he supports same-sex marriage, putting the moral power of his presidency behind a social issue that continues to divide the country.  “At a certain point,” Mr. Obama said in an interview …
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Top social conservative worried the right may lose on gay marriage  —  Conservative religious leaders predicted President Obama's support of gay marriage will hurt him this election — but one fretted that the tide has turned against them long-term on the issue, and that Obama's statement could further erode their position long-term.
Discussion: Reuters and CNN
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Obama Embraces Marriage Equality  —  President Obama has come out in support of marriage equality for gay and lesbian people in an interview with ABC News' Robin Roberts this afternoon: … Watch it:  —  His endorsement comes less than a week after Vice President Joe Biden embraced …
Elliott Abrams / Weekly Standard:
‘On My Behalf’  —  The debate over same sex “marriage” has engaged the heartfelt feelings and convictions of millions of Americans.  Then there is Barack Obama.  —  In his ABC interview, the president pretended that his much touted “evolution” had now led him, ineluctably, to speak out now, today; he simply could longer stay silent.
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
The Influence Industry: Same-sex marriage issue shows importance of gay fundraisers  —  video platform video management video solutions video player  —  President Obama says his position on same-sex marriage has evolved.  (ABC News)  —  President Obama's announcement Wednesday …
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
President Obama's calculated gamble on gay marriage  —  President Obama's decision to express support for gay marriage in an interview with ABC's Robin Roberts is a decision that comes with real political risk.  —  President Obama declares his support for gay marriage in an interview with Robin Roberts of ABC News.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: Noted gay-marriage supporter finally drops cynical charade  —  Via Mediaite, 16 years after going on the record in support of gay marriage, The One finally decides it's safe to reclaim his old position.  (AmSpec's James Antle tweets, “Obama may be the only person in America …
M.S. / Democracy in America:
Good for Obama, bad for gay marriage
BuzzFeed:
Leaked: White House Talking Points On Gay Marriage Flip
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Andrew Rosenthal / Taking Note:
The President Speaks Out (Finally) on Marriage
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Gay Marriage Reversal Means Cash For Obama
NOM Blog:
NOM Commends North Carolina Voters for Overwhelming Vote in Favor Of Marriage Protection Amendment
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
EXCLUSIVE: Former Sen. Danforth (R) Says GOP Becoming ‘Increasingly Inconsequential,’ ‘Intolerant’  —  Former Ambassador to the UN and U.S. Sen. John Danforth (R-MO)  —  In 2010, former Sen. John Danforth (R-MO) told the New York Times that “If Dick Lugar, having served five terms …
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Sore Lugar  —  For a “statesman,” he's sure acting childish.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Lugar's Demise and the Constitutional Crisis
Erick Erickson / RedState:
A Terrible, No Good, Awful Night for Barack Obama
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Shep Smith: ‘Wrong side of history’  —  Fox News anchor Shep Smith made his own news today when he said President Obama was “now in the 21st century” after announcing his support for same-sex marriage.  Minutes later, in a conversation with colleague Bret Baier, he added:
Discussion: The Raw Story
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Media Matters / Media Matters for America:
Fox Nation: “OBAMA FLIP FLOPS, DECLARES WAR ON MARRIAGE”  —  In response to President Obama's declaration of support for marriage equality this afternoon, Fox Nation ran the following headline:  —  Fox Nation's post linked to a Yahoo News article on Obama's announcement, which ran the headline …
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Romney in Colorado: “I do not favor civil unions”  —  DENVER — Mitt Romney, who's now a sure bet to be the Republican Party's presidential nominee this fall, commented about gay marriage and civil unions during an interview with FOX31 Denver's Jeremy Hubbard Wednesday.
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Ashley Parker / The Caucus:
Asked About Gay Marriage, Romney Doesn't Answer
Sarah Huisenga / CBS News:
Romney affirms opposition to same-sex marriage
Holly Bailey / ABCNEWS:
Mitt Romney reaffirms opposition to gay marriage
Discussion: Yahoo! News and Poliglot
Peter Taylor / BBC:
‘Vomiting and screaming’ in destroyed waterboarding tapes  —  Jose Rodriguez told Newsnight he was right to destroy the tapes  —  Secret CIA video tapes of the waterboarding of Osama Bin Laden's suspected jihadist travel arranger Abu Zubaydah show him vomiting and screaming, the BBC has learned.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Dan Froomkin / Reuters:
Colin Powell's New Book: War With Iraq Never Debated … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Colin Powell, Dick Cheney, George W Bush, War Wire, Video, Iraq WMD, Scooter Libby, Works For Me, Politics News  —  WASHINGTON — In his new book, former Secretary of State Colin Powell provides …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
 
 
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Dinner with Clooney, Obama nets $15 million
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BuzzFeed:
5 Questions For Mitt Romney On Gay Rights
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Ethics investigation of Buchanan extended
Discussion: Politico
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