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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
House strikes back on gay marriage — Just hours after President Barack Obama publicly backed gay marriage, the House struck back and passed a measure aimed at reinforcing the Defense of Marriage Act. — With a 245-171 vote, the House voted to stop the Justice Department from using taxpayer funds …
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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 …
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
News Analysis: Obama's Watershed Move on Gay Marriage — President Obama's endorsement of gay marriage on Wednesday was by any measure a watershed. A sitting United States president took sides in what many people consider the last civil rights movement, providing the most powerful evidence …
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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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama on Biden: ‘Got Out a Little Bit Over His Skis’ — Vice President Joe Biden is at least part of the reason President Barack Obama came out in favor of same sex marriage yesterday, the president admitted in the interview on the issue with ABC's Robin Roberts:
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Why ABC's Robin Roberts got the exclusive — For President Barack Obama's ground-breaking interview on gay marriage, the White House turned to a friendly face - ABC's Robin Roberts. — She's a respected journalist who knows both Barack and Michelle Obama well, isn't regarded as a difficult …
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CNN:
TRENDING: Obama hits Romney with ‘Etch A Sketch’ — (CNN) - President Barack Obama labeled presumptive challenger Mitt Romney's comments that took credit for the auto industry's recovery as an “Etch A Sketch moment.” — “I think this is one of his Etch A Sketch moments.
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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.
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First Read / msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Obama's careful line on same-sex marriage — Obama announces support for same-sex marriage, but walks a careful line to respect states' rights and religious views - always with an eye on the middle. ... Obama was going to do this, but Biden expedited this... And, of course, the politics - in short, this ain't 2004.
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CNN:
Team Obama trumpets same-sex marriage stance — (CNN) - The Obama re-election campaign released a video Thursday to contrast the president's view on same-sex marriage with that of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. — The web video plays President Barack Obama's comments …
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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Gay Marriage Reversal Means Cash For Obama
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CNN:
Responses to Obama's same-sex marriage announcement
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Joseph Williams / Politico:
Black voters remain divided on gay marriage
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Obama Lets Go Of Fear
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Steve Clemons / The Atlantic Online:
Bring It On: Obama Rallies the Base With Gay Marriage Endorsement
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Top social conservative worried the right may lose on gay marriage
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Matthew Dowd / The Huffington Post:
The Facts: Gay Marriage Didn't Tilt 2004 Election
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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
Obama Evolves
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Log Cabin Republicans:
Obama Announcement Is Cold Comfort to LGBT Americans
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GOProud, Inc.:
GOProud Statement on President Obama's Remarks Regarding Marriage Equality
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Ronald Brownstein / 2012 Decoded:
Obama's Gay Marriage Leap of Faith
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Jason Horowitz / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney's prep school classmates recall pranks, but also troubling incidents — BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. — Mitt Romney returned from a three-week spring break in 1965 to resume his studies as a high school senior at the prestigious Cranbrook School. Back on the handsome campus …
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Katherine Ellison / The Atlantic Online:
An Inconvenient Lawsuit: Teenagers Take Global Warming to the Courts — Industry giants say their case is misguided. But that isn't stopping a group of high school students from using the legal system to make environmental demands. — Alec Loorz turns 18 at the end of this month.
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BuzzFeed:
How Barack Obama Lost Hollywood — Last time they fell in love, volunteered, gave millions, but now “they hate him.” Can gay pride and a Clooney bash make his star twinkle again? — Source: flickr.com — LOS ANGELES, Calif. — On Tuesday night, comedian Jon Lovitz stood in the green room …
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Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:
Jobless claims fall, trade gap widens — (Reuters) - The number of Americans submitting new applications for jobless benefits edged down last week, easing concerns the labor market was deteriorating after April's weak employment growth. — While the claims data indicated the economy remained …
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Robert J. Barro / Wall Street Journal:
Robert Barro: Stimulus Spending Keeps Failing — If austerity is so terrible, how come Germany and Sweden have done so well? — The weak economic recovery in the U.S. and the even weaker performance in much of Europe have renewed calls for ending budget austerity and returning to larger fiscal deficits.
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Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
324,000 Women Dropped Out of Labor Force in Last Two Months—As Number of Women Not in Labor Force Hits Historic High — (CNSNews.com) - 324,000 women dropped out of the nation's civilian labor force in March and April as the number of women not in the labor force hit an all-time historical high …
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