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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Six in 10 Say Obama Same-Sex Marriage View Won't Sway Vote — More say it makes them less likely rather than more likely to vote for Obama — PRINCETON, NJ — A majority of Americans, 60%, say President Barack Obama's newly announced support for same-sex marriage will make no difference to their vote.
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Bush '04 pollster: Change in attitudes on gay marriage across the board — Former President George W. Bush's pollster for his 2004 re-election, Jan van Lohuizen, has put out a memo to Republican operatives suggesting a shift in the way the GOP discusses same-sex marriage, a piece flagged by Jonathan Martin.
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The Daily Dish and Mediaite
Bruce Carroll / The Daily Caller:
Barack Buchanan and the gay left
Barack Buchanan and the gay left
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The Other McCain and Vodkapundit
USA Today:
Poll: 51% agree with Obama's endorsement of gay marriage
Poll: 51% agree with Obama's endorsement of gay marriage
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Pundit & Pundette, The Moderate Voice, Weekly Standard and ThinkProgress
Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Then And Now: Conservative Reactions To Marriage Equality Have Lost Their Verve
Then And Now: Conservative Reactions To Marriage Equality Have Lost Their Verve
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National Review and The Reaction
Jonathan Rauch / The New Republic:
Why Gay Rights May Be President Obama's Biggest Legacy
Why Gay Rights May Be President Obama's Biggest Legacy
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Guardian, Washington Monthly, The Daily Dish and New York Magazine
Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Mitt Romney's Support Of Same-Sex Adoption Lasts One Day — Among Mitt Romney's timid responses this week after President Obama's endorsement of marriage equality was an admission that he was “fine” with same-sex couples adopting children, saying, “that's something that people have a right to do.”
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Walt Cronkite / NationalJournal.com:
Romney Says He's ‘Fine’ With Gay Couples Adopting Children — The GOP hopeful reiterates his opposition to same-sex marriage. — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said on Thursday that while he opposes same-sex marriage, he is “fine” with gay couples adopting children.
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The Moderate Voice, Outside the Beltway, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Wonkette
Guardian:
MI6 and CIA rattled over bomb plot leak — Leak about UK involvement described as despicable by CIA as anger turns to Obama administration for compromising mission — Detailed leaks of operational information about the foiled underwear bomb plot are causing growing anger in the US intelligence community …
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Chip Reid / CBS News:
Romney address at Liberty Univ. sparks controversy — PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO — (CBS News) WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney is to deliver the commencement address Saturday at Virginia's Liberty University, the largest evangelical college in the country. — His visit has stirred debate …
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The PJ Tatler
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BuzzFeed:
Mormon Cultist For President!
Mormon Cultist For President!
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The Maddow Blog, rightwingwatch.org, Slate, Washington Post, Daily Kos and BuzzFeed
Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Mitt Romney uses Jimmy Carter as campaign weapon — FORT LUPTON, Colo. — For President Barack Obama, Mitt Romney is an obvious throwback to another era — a stiff Father Knows Best type who straps the dog to the station wagon and marries his high-school sweetheart.
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Outside the Beltway
Peter Allen / Daily Mail:
New French president Francois Hollande, who claims to ‘dislike the rich’, has THREE homes on French Riviera — France's new Socialist president owns three holiday homes in the glamorous Riviera resort of Cannes, it emerged today. — The 57-year-old who ‘dislikes the rich’ and wants …
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The Moderate Voice, The Gateway Pundit and Weasel Zippers
The Moderate Voice:
What Capitalists Don't Know: Without Democracy, Capitalism Dies (Guest Voice) — What Capitalists Don't Know: — Without Democracy, Capitalism Dies — by Craig Barnes — In the 1990s renowned political scientist and author Ben Barber wrote in Jihad vs McWorld that global capitalism was at war with democracy.
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Newshoggers.com
William A. Galston / Brookings Institute:
Six Months to Go: Where the Presidential Contest Stands as the General Election Begins — In this new paper, William Galston analyzes the political backdrop against which the 2012 general will be waged, offering fuller context into voter attitudes, economic trends, and policy and ideological issues shaping the electoral outcome.
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
GOP says it wants to focus on jobs — After a week when gay marriage dominated headlines, House Republicans on Saturday tried to put the focus back on jobs and the economy, which they view as their strong suit heading into this fall's elections. — President Obama gave his personal endorsement …
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Politico
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Genealogist for Elizabeth Warren 1/32 Cherokee claim goes silent, source document shown false — The claim that Elizabeth Warren was 1/32 Cherokee has been suspect from the start, yet the media repeats the claim as if it were documented. — Now the last documentary hope that Warren …
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Power Line, Boston Herald, Associated Press, BREITBART.COM, The Lonely Conservative, Hot Air, Politico and The Caucus
Associated Press:
American racing legend Carroll Shelby dead at 89 — DALLAS - Carroll Shelby, the legendary auto racer and car designer who built the fabled Shelby Cobra sports car and injected testosterone into Ford's Mustang and Chrysler's Viper, has died. He was 89. — Shelby's company …
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UrbanGrounds
Wall Street Journal:
Democrats' Fund Taps Corporate Donors for Convention — Democrats have trumpeted their ban on corporate donations to their national convention this summer, saying that it shows they are free from the influence of special interests. — But through a special fund, convention planners …
Bloomberg:
Facebook Co-Founder Saverin Gives Up U.S. Citizenship Before IPO — Global Investors Poll Finds Facebook Is Overvalued — Eduardo Saverin, the billionaire co- founder of Facebook Inc. (FB), renounced his U.S. citizenship before an initial public offering that values the social network …
Kathy Kiely / Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group:
Momma's boy: Santorum holds congressional record for ‘mother’ — When it comes to their mothers, are the nation's lawmakers getting forgetful? — With Mother's Day coming up, Sunlight decided to use our Capitol Words tool to see who in Congress talks about mom the most.
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Planet Washington and Washington Post