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11:50 AM ET, May 12, 2012

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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.”
Discussion: NationalJournal.com
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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.
Discussion: The Daily Dish and Mediaite
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.
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.
Bruce Carroll / The Daily Caller:
Barack Buchanan and the gay left
Discussion: The Other McCain
Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Then And Now: Conservative Reactions To Marriage Equality Have Lost Their Verve
Discussion: National Review and The Reaction
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
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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 …
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.
Discussion: Swampland and Daily Kos
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 …
Discussion: Rush Limbaugh and Hot Air
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.
Discussion: Newshoggers.com
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 …
Discussion: Politico
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 …
Discussion: UrbanGrounds
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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Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
Extended jobless benefits cut in eight states
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Jarrett Stepman / Human Events:
President Obama's former doctor claims that the president lacks passion, feeling and humanity
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