memeorandum: TPM2012 — Romney Battled LGBT Anti-Bully Commission As Governor (Benjy Sarlin/2012.talkingpointsmemo.com)

10:20 PM ET, May 10, 2012

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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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Emily Friedman / ABCNEWS:

Romney Camp on Defense Over ‘Pranks’ — ABC News' Emily Friedman, Emily Stanitz and Steven Portnoy report: — One of Mitt Romney's closest friends and a high school classmate has been asked by the Romney campaign to come out and offer “supporting remarks” in defense of the candidate following …

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ABCNEWS:

Former Romney Classmate Describes ‘Bullying Supreme’ - A ‘Pack of Dogs’ Who Targeted ‘Different’ Boy — A high school classmate of presidential candidate Mitt Romney told ABC News today that he considers a particular prank the two pulled at Michigan's Cranbrook School to be “assault and battery” …

Discussion: Mediaite, Los Angeles Times and The Daily Dish

Tlc / The Talk of the Times:

Young Obama Bullied....A Girl — The above text comes directly from President Obama's first memoir, “Dreams From My Father” and recounts an incident which occurred while he was in middle school. When our president became the subject of taunts from his fellow classmates, he decided to shove a little girl named Coretta.

Discussion: Instapundit

Washington Post:
Mitt Romney's prep school classmates recall pranks, but also troubling incidents

Discussion: Mediaite, The Raw Story, The Reality-Based Community and The Gateway Pundit

Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:
Mitt Romney Outed As Anti-Gay High School Bully

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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Content of Romney's Character

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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney apologizes for high school pranks that ‘might have gone too far’

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Bristol Palin:

Hail to the Chiefs - Malia and Sasha Obama — Is anyone really surprised by the fact that President Obama came out of the closet for gay marriage? What was most surprising is when he explained how his position (supposedly) “evolved,” by talking to his wife and daughters: … Let's pause for just one second.

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New York Times:

Biden Said to Apologize to Obama Over Gay Marriage Issue — WASHINGTON — A few hours before President Obama offered his historic endorsement of same-sex marriage on Wednesday, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. apologized to the president in the Oval Office for forcing Mr. Obama's hand …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, The Caucus, The Atlantic Online, Guardian, Outside the Beltway and Mediaite

Aliyah Shahid / NY Daily News:

Bristol Palin rips President Obama for listening to daughters Malia, Sasha on supporting gay marriage — Palin — a single mom herself — argued children are raised in homes where there is both a mother and a father — Bristol Palin ripped President Obama on Thursday for allowing his daughters …

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Olivier Knox / ABCNEWS:
Biden apologizes to Obama over shotgun comments on gay marriage

Discussion: Politico and Yahoo! News

Mike Dorning / Bloomberg:
Biden Said to Apologize to Obama for Gay Marriage Remarks

Discussion: Weekly Standard and The Gateway Pundit

Major Garrett / NationalJournal.com:
Biden With the Assist: Veep Again Dumb Like a Fox

Discussion: Hotline On Call, 2012 Decoded, Weasel Zippers and American Power

Chris Good / ABCNEWS:
Rep. Allen West: Obama May Lose African American Votes Over Gay Marriage

Discussion: LGBTQ Nation, RedState and The Huffington Post

Dan Eggen / Washington Post:

Obama's gay marriage announcement followed by flood of campaign donations — View Photo Gallery — President Obama endorsed same-sex marriage Wednesday, making him the latest — and most prominent — U.S. politician to call for gay nuptials. Here are a few other prominent political figures who have supported gay marriage.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Outside the Beltway, NewsBusters.org, Corrente and GayPatriot

Ariel Edwards-Levy / The Huffington Post: Franklin Graham: Barack Obama Has ‘Shaken His Fist’ At God With Support For Same-Sex Marriage

Seung Min Kim / Politico:
House strikes back on gay marriage

Noah Bierman / Boston Globe:

Records shed more light on Elizabeth Warren's minority status — A second law school, the University of Pennsylvania, has touted Elizabeth Warren as a minority faculty member in an official school publication, according to an online document obtained by the Globe.

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Tara Palmeri / New York Post:

Policy adviser testifies Edwards wanted Supreme Court seat — GREENSBORO, NC — A delusional, two-timing Sen. John Edwards dreamed of a Supreme Court appointment, even as his political career crumbled under the weight of a seedy sex scandal, according to testimony today.

Discussion: Instapundit

Josh Gerstein / Politico:
John Edwards prosecution plays tape of lies, rests

Discussion: ABCNEWS

Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:

Obama Ad Claims to Have Helped Man Get a Job, but Man Claims Employment Since 2006 — Matt Negrin of ABC reports that “A new ad by Obama tells the story of Brian Slagle, an autoworker in Ohio who says he was laid off and ‘scared to death’ until the president swooped in to save the industry.”

Discussion: msnbc.com, Wake up America and The Right Sphere

Matt Negrin / ABCNEWS:
Spotlight on Autoworker in Obama's Latest Ad

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NARAL Pro-Choice America:

NARAL PRO-CHOICE AMERICA PRESIDENT NANCY KEENAN TO DEPART IN JANUARY 2013 — Keenan to stay through 2012 election cycle as board conducts search for successor — Washington, D.C. - The chairs of the boards of directors of NARAL Pro-Choice America and the NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation announced today …

Discussion: Politico and The Caucus

Sarah Kliff / Ezra Klein:
Exclusive: NARAL President Nancy Keenan to step down

Discussion: LifeNews.com

David Benoit / Deal Journal:

J.P. Morgan Reveals 'London Whale'-Size Losses — J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., the nation's largest bank, surprised the market today, saying it has taken large losses stemming from derivatives bets gone wrong in the bank's Chief Investment Office. — At 4:30, the bank sent out an unusual notice saying …

Discussion: Felix Salmon, Hullabaloo and naked capitalism

DealBook:
JPMorgan Discloses $2 Billion in Trading Losses

Discussion: Calculated Risk and New York Magazine

George E. Condon Jr / 2012 Decoded:

Democrats and Charlotte: Far From a Perfect Match — Democrats who already were queasy about the site of their national convention could be excused after Tuesday's election in North Carolina if they asked, “Tell me again just why we're going to Charlotte this year?”

Discussion: Mediaite

Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Convention organizer: North Carolina amendment like Jim Crow

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Mediaite

Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:

Ten Most Disturbing Anti-Latino Practices Described By DOJ's Lawsuit Against Sheriff Joe Arpaio — Earlier today, the Department of Justice filed a formal legal complaint against Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) alleging widespread constitutional violations and lawless mistreatment of Latinos.

Discussion: Hullabaloo

Ryan J. Reilly / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMMuckraker — Justice Department Sues Sheriff Joe Arpaio Over Alleged Latino Abuse

Discussion: Firedoglake, The Raw Story, Talking Points Memo and Instapundit

Ian Swanson / The Hill:

House votes to replace Pentagon cuts mandated by debt deal — The House voted Thursday to override steep cuts to the Pentagon's budget mandated by last summer's debt deal and replace them with spending reductions to food stamps and other mandatory social programs.

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BBC:

Prince Charles turns BBC Scotland weatherman — Prince Charles presents a special weather forecast during his BBC Scotland visit — Prince Charles had a go at reading the weather during a tour of BBC Scotland's Pacific Quay headquarters. — He and his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall …

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James Hansen / New York Times:

Game Over for the Climate — GLOBAL warming isn't a prediction. It is happening. That is why I was so troubled to read a recent interview with President Obama in Rolling Stone in which he said that Canada would exploit the oil in its vast tar sands reserves “regardless of what we do.”

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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:

The Tide Turns — The Obamaites let go of fear and make this a choice election - between the future or the past: — One small note. Above, Romney says that we should not discard 3,000 years of history of one-man-one-woman marriage. Ahem. His own family were ardent polygamists only a century ago …

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon

Benjy Sarlin / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:

TPM2012 — Romney Battled LGBT Anti-Bully Commission As Governor — Mitt Romney clashed with a state commission tasked with helping LGBT youth at risk for bullying and suicide throughout his term as Massachusetts governor over funding and its participation in a pride parade.

Discussion: Daily Kos and Towleroad News #gay