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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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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.
Politico:
Biden blamed; politics drove timing  —  Joe Biden just might go down in history as the guy who forced Barack Obama to publicly announce his private support for gay marriage.  —  But the vice president is no hero in the West Wing, and administration officials are struggling to cast Obama's truly historic …
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.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Obama Lets Go Of Fear  —  [Re-posted from earlier today.]  —  I do not know how orchestrated this was; and I do not know how calculated it is.  What I know is that, absorbing the news, I was uncharacteristically at a loss for words for a while, didn't know what to write, and, like many Dish readers, there are tears in my eyes.
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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.
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
Obama Evolves  —  If you're going to go down (and I don't think he is) go down with your sword: … I know what the polls show, and I know he was pushed into it, but I still credit the president with doing the right thing.  So much of this process reminds me of Lincoln weighing emancipation …
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 …
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:
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 …
Steve Clemons / The Atlantic Online:
Bring It On: Obama Rallies the Base With Gay Marriage Endorsement
Discussion: Politico
Matthew Dowd / The Huffington Post:
The Facts: Gay Marriage Didn't Tilt 2004 Election
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Chris Geidner / Poliglot:
News Analysis: Obama's Marriage Equality Support Is Not the Half-Loaf Some Are Claiming
Discussion: Mother Jones
Jeffrey Bell / Weekly Standard:
Gay Marriage: North Carolina and the Nation
Discussion: alicublog
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
Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:
A Terrible, No Good, Awful Night for Barack Obama  —  One initial point to ponder: if the No-H8 campaign tries to fire up in North Carolina as the No-A1 campaign, people will wonder why they are campaigning against steak sauce.  Probably won't happen.  North Carolina did not pass a ban on gay marriage as the media reports.
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Fox News:
Longtime GOP Sen. Richard Lugar loses Indiana primary to challenger Richard Mourdock
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 Other McCain and The Raw Story
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 …
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