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9:25 AM ET, May 10, 2012

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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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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.
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.
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: ThinkProgress
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 …
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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.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Obama Lets Go Of Fear
Steve Clemons / The Atlantic Online:
Bring It On: Obama Rallies the Base With Gay Marriage Endorsement
Discussion: ABCNEWS and Politico
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
Obama Evolves
E.J. Graff / American Prospect:
I Am Gobsmacked
Matthew Dowd / The Huffington Post:
The Facts: Gay Marriage Didn't Tilt 2004 Election
Discussion: ABCNEWS and Weekly Standard
Rush Limbaugh:
Obama Declares War on Traditional America
Discussion: Good As You and Poynter
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
The Influence Industry: Same-sex marriage issue shows importance of gay fundraisers
Chris Geidner / Poliglot:
News Analysis: Obama's Marriage Equality Support Is Not the Half-Loaf Some Are Claiming
Discussion: Mother Jones
CNN:
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
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New York Times:
Obama's New Courting of Hollywood Pays Off
Discussion: The Caucus
CNN:
TRENDING: Dinner with Clooney, Obama nets $15 million
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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
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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 …
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.
Discussion: GOP 12
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.
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 …
Scott Gottlieb / RealClearMarkets:
The Obama Health Plan Will Squeeze the Middle Class  —  President Obama promised that the brunt of any financial reckoning will fall mostly only on those making more than $250,000 annually.  Under his healthcare plan, the economic agony starts at income levels that fall much lower than that.
 
 
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Charles Babington / Associated Press:
AP-GfK Poll: Women, blacks, help Obama in new poll
Discussion: The Page
Mark Flatten / Campaign 2012:
No PC here, Mueller tells House panel
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch
Linda Feldmann / Christian Science Monitor:
Ouch! Obama loses 41 percent of W.Va. primary vote to federal inmate.
Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:
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