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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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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Romney on prank: ‘Back in high school I did some dumb things’ — Mitt Romney said Thursday that “back in high school I did some dumb things” but insisted that the prep school pranks chronicled in a news story were never intended to target gay students specifically.
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Cutting-edge reporting from WaPo: Let's take an in-depth look at ... Romney's cruel high-school pranks — And so the general election media coverage begins. I guess the Washington Post ran out of stories based on Seamus the Roof-Ridin' Dog. Despite demonstrating zero curiosity …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney apologizes for high school pranks that ‘might have gone too far’ — Mitt Romney apologized Thursday morning for pranks he helped orchestrate in high school that he said “might have gone too far,” including an incident in which he pinned down a fellow student and cut his hair.
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Benjy Sarlin / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — Romney Apologizes For ‘Hijinks’ But Won't Acknowledge Specific Attack
TPM2012 — Romney Apologizes For ‘Hijinks’ But Won't Acknowledge Specific Attack
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Emily Schultheis / Politico:
Romney on pranks: ‘Some may have gone too far, and for that I apologize’
Romney on pranks: ‘Some may have gone too far, and for that I apologize’
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BuzzFeed:
AUDIO: Romney Apologizes For High School Bullying
AUDIO: Romney Apologizes For High School Bullying
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Content of Romney's Character
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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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 …
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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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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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 …
Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
Obama and Romney Alike Face Political Risks on Gay Marriage — The president has taken a stand that could hurt him electorally, but his opponent's views on the issue are also out of step with voters. — A couple of days ago, when President Obama's official position was that he was personally opposed …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A bipartisan call for Congressional action on gay rights
A bipartisan call for Congressional action on gay rights
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Charles Mahtesian / Politico:
Barack Obama's seven states of grief over gay marriage
Barack Obama's seven states of grief over gay marriage
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CNN:
Source: Obama had planned marriage announcement on ‘The View’
Source: Obama had planned marriage announcement on ‘The View’
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Responses to Obama's same-sex marriage announcement
Responses to Obama's same-sex marriage announcement
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John Dickerson / Slate:
The Audacity of Evolution — Obama could blame Biden for forcing …
The Audacity of Evolution — Obama could blame Biden for forcing …
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Rasmussen Reports:
Wisconsin Recall Election: Walker 50%, Barrett 45% — Embattled Republican Governor Scott Walker holds a five-point lead over his newly nominated Democratic challenger Tom Barrett in Wisconsin's special recall election. — A new Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey shows that 50% …
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First Read / msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Obama's careful line on same-sex marriage
First Thoughts: Obama's careful line on same-sex marriage
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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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Tina Daunt / Hollywood Reporter:
Clooney's Obama Fundraiser Haul Could Hit Nearly $15 Million
Clooney's Obama Fundraiser Haul Could Hit Nearly $15 Million
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Chairman Reince Priebus / reincepriebus's Diary:
While the Middle Class is Hurting, Obama Hobnobs with Hollywood
While the Middle Class is Hurting, Obama Hobnobs with Hollywood
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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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New York Times:
Ultra-Orthodox Shun Their Own for Reporting Child Sexual Abuse — The first shock came when Mordechai Jungreis learned that his mentally disabled teenage son was being molested in a Jewish ritual bathhouse in Brooklyn. The second came after Mr. Jungreis complained, and the man accused of the abuse was arrested.
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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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Evan McMorris-Santoro / Livewire:
Romney Gets Testy After Questions On Gay Marriage, DREAM and Pot — Mitt Romney would like to talk about the economy. He would apparently prefer not to talk about marriage equality, education for the children of illegal immigrants or medical marijuana. In an interivew with a CBS affiliate …
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Democrats have real chance to hold on to Senate majority — Republicans need to pick up four more seats to take control of the Senate, and a year ago they had many plans for how to do so — none of which envisioned a battle to hold on to Indiana. — But Tuesday's landslide victory …
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