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12:00 PM ET, May 10, 2012

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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 …

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, ThinkProgress, The Mahablog, americanthinker.com, Gawker, CNN and FiveThirtyEight

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 …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, TVNewser, The Right Scoop, Washington Free Beacon, The PJ Tatler and ABCNEWS

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 …

Discussion: Weekly Standard, Salon, The New Republic, The Other McCain, Washington Post, Taylor Marsh, The Moderate Voice, US Politics, Mediaite, CNN and ABCNEWS

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 …

Discussion: Washington Wire, Politico, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, msnbc.com, ABCNEWS, theGrio, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, GOP 12, Washington Post, Marginal Revolution, Towleroad News #gay and The BLT

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:

Discussion: Althouse and Instapundit

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 …

Discussion: Firedoglake, ABCNEWS, The Huffington Post, The Heritage Foundation, Washington Post, Outsports, Slate, Corrente, Campaign Stops, Yahoo! News, CNN, Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, Roger L. Simon, Mother Jones, Log Cabin Republicans, Politicker, National Review, alicublog, americanthinker.com, RedState, CANNONFIRE, GayPatriot, slacktivist, Weasel Zippers, New Yorker, The Greenroom, Towleroad News #gay, New York Times, DownWithTyranny!, Power Line, Public Discourse, Truthdig, blogs.telegraph.co.uk, Politico, PoliticusUSA, SEIU.org, The Reaction, Outside the Beltway, NO QUARTER, The Democratic Daily, msnbc.com, Freedom to Marry Blog, Viewpoint with Eliot Spitzer, Newsy, The Mental Recession, ADF Alliance Alert, Weekly Standard, Business Insider, The Daily Caller, TVNewser, ACS Blog, TIME Ideas, The Maddow Blog, American Prospect, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Instapundit, Ezra Klein, White House.gov Blog, The Gateway Pundit, his vorpal sword, Washington Wire, The Other McCain, Mediaite, Washington Free Beacon, Poynter, Hot Air, Gawker, The BRAD BLOG, Boing Boing, Crooks and Liars, Eclectablog, Prop 8 Trial Tracker, Stinque, Hit & Run, Campaign 2012, DISSENTING JUSTICE, Guardian, US Politics, Gay Politics, ThinkProgress, Mother Jones, JOSHUAPUNDIT and Harry's Place, more at Mediagazer »

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.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

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.

Discussion: JSOnline

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.

Discussion: American Spectator, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, Right Wing News and American Power

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 …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and CBS News

Media Matters / Media Matters for America:
Fox Nation: “OBAMA FLIP FLOPS, DECLARES WAR ON MARRIAGE”

Discussion: American Prospect, Booman Tribune, Business Insider, PoliticusUSA, Advocate, Mediaite, Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, US Politics and Towleroad News #gay

Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Gay Marriage Reversal Means Cash For Obama

Joseph Williams / Politico:
Black voters remain divided on gay marriage

Discussion: Addicting Info, Weasel Zippers and Hot Air

John Cook / Gawker:
Barack Obama's Bulls**t Gay Marriage Announcement

Discussion: GayPatriot, The Other McCain, The Agitator, Hit & Run, Yahoo! News, The Onion, Poliglot, Slate, Human Events, Shot in the Dark, ABCNEWS, American Prospect, Politico, OpenSecrets.org, The Huffington Post and Washington Post

John Dickerson / Slate: The Audacity of Evolution — Obama could blame Biden for forcing …

Rush Limbaugh:
Obama Declares War on Traditional America

Discussion: Good As You and Poynter

Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Obama Lets Go Of Fear

Discussion: GOProud, Inc., Townhall.com, The New Republic, American Power, No More Mister Nice Blog, Power Line, Firedoglake and Politico

Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Top social conservative worried the right may lose on gay marriage

Discussion: CNN, Washington Monthly, The New Republic, TVNewser, 2012 Decoded, Politico, Reuters, The Caucus, Hot Air and BuzzFeed

Steve Clemons / The Atlantic Online:
Bring It On: Obama Rallies the Base With Gay Marriage Endorsement

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Politico and The Caucus

Matthew Dowd / The Huffington Post:
The Facts: Gay Marriage Didn't Tilt 2004 Election

Discussion: Weekly Standard, ABCNEWS and The New Republic

CNN:
Dinner with Clooney, Obama nets $15 million

Discussion: Business Insider, Wall Street Journal and Weasel Zippers

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 …

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 …

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon

New York Times:
Obama's New Courting of Hollywood Pays Off

Discussion: The Caucus

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.

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, ThinkProgress, The Gateway Pundit, New York Times and Guardian

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.

Discussion: EconLog, National Review and NewsBusters.org

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 …

Discussion: The Enterprise Blog, americanthinker.com and The Page

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 …

Discussion: americanthinker.com, Weasel Zippers, Right Wing News, Althouse and UrbanGrounds

ABCNEWS:

Former presidential candidate Rick Santorum put out a statement blasting President Obama's decision to support same-sex marriage Wednesday. — Although his thoughts on the topic were not unusual, the group it came from was not the old Rick Santorum for President organization.