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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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Matthew Shelley / NationalJournal.com:
Romney Backs Away From Gay Adoptions — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Friday backed away from his support of adoptions by gay couples, saying that he simply “acknowledges” the legality of such adoptions in many states.
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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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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Vulnerable Dem senators balk at Obama's gay marriage stance
Vulnerable Dem senators balk at Obama's gay marriage stance
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Top GOP Pollster to GOP: Reverse On Gay Issues
Top GOP Pollster to GOP: Reverse On Gay Issues
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Walt Cronkite / NationalJournal.com:
Romney Says He's ‘Fine’ With Gay Couples Adopting Children
Romney Says He's ‘Fine’ With Gay Couples Adopting Children
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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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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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Virginia / CNN:
Romney builds inter-faith bridge in Liberty U commencement address — Lynchburg, Virginia (CNN) - Mitt Romney used the commencement address he delivered Saturday at Liberty University to draw lines between the faith of the evangelical university - especially its founder, the late Rev. Jerry Falwell - and his own.
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Businessman Says He Lost Hundreds of Customers After Attacks by Obama Campaign — Businessman Frank Vandersloot, the CEO of Melaleuca, has been targeted by the Obama campaign after donating money to Mitt Romney's presidential campaign. “Three weeks ago, an Obama campaign website …
Associated Press:
Around world, Obama's presidency a disappointment — In Europe, where more than 200,000 people thronged a Berlin rally in 2008 to hear Barack Obama speak, there's disappointment that he hasn't kept his promise to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, and perceptions that he's shunting blame …
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Associated Press:
N.C. governor: ‘We look like Mississippi’ after vote — GREENVILLE, N.C. — Passage of a constitutional amendment defining marriage as solely between a man and a woman makes North Carolina “look like Mississippi,” Gov. Beverly Perdue said Friday. — The chairman of the Mississippi GOP …
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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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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Is Romney Pulling Away? — It is, of course, way too early to get cocky. But Republicans have to be happy with the way current polling is going. In this morning's tracking poll at Rasmussen Reports, Mitt Romney leads Barack Obama by a stunning 50%-42%. Rasmussen's matchup is a rolling three …
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