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The political magazine with a full cup of Coffee and a few polling numbers in between the refills.

La revista política con una taza llena de café y algunos números de las encuestas entre las recargas.

John Lauber, a soft-spoken new student one year behind Romney, was perpetually teased for his nonconformity and presumed homosexuality. Now he was walking around the all-boys school with bleached-blond hair that draped over one eye,and Romney wasn’t having it.

Today, I was asked a direct question and gave a direct answer:

I believe that same-sex couples should be allowed to marry.

I hope you'll take a moment to watch the conversation, consider it, and weigh in yourself on behalf of marriage equality:

I've always believed that gay and lesbian Americans should be treated fairly and equally. I was reluctant to use the term marriage because of the very powerful traditions it evokes. And I thought civil union laws that conferred legal rights upon gay and lesbian couples were a solution.

But over the course of several years I've talked to friends and family about this. I've thought about members of my staff in long-term, committed, same-sex relationships who are raising kids together. Through our efforts to end the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, I've gotten to know some of the gay and lesbian troops who are serving our country with honor and distinction.

What I've come to realize is that for loving, same-sex couples, the denial of marriage equality means that, in their eyes and the eyes of their children, they are still considered less than full citizens.

Even at my own dinner table, when I look at Sasha and Malia, who have friends whose parents are same-sex couples, I know it wouldn't dawn on them that their friends' parents should be treated differently.

So I decided it was time to affirm my personal belief that same-sex couples should be allowed to marry.

I respect the beliefs of others, and the right of religious institutions to act in accordance with their own doctrines. But I believe that in the eyes of the law, all Americans should be treated equally. And where states enact same-sex marriage, no federal act should invalidate them.

Our producer is J D Holiday

The turnout be 30% to 35% of the voting age population, or 1.3 million to 1.5 million people. That's well over the approximately 25% who turned out for the April presidential primary and in the range of the April 2008 presidential primary according to the Government Accountability Board.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has asked Minnesota

Attorney General Lori Swanson to back off of Accretive

Health Inc.“This is a law enforcement matter,” Swanson wrote. “Unfortunately, Accretive appears to address it as a political one. It has retained or contacted numerous heavyweights in the national Democratic Party.”

Veterans for a Strong America describes itself "a grassroots action organization committed to ensuring that

America remains a strong nation by advancing liberty,

safeguarding freedom and opposing tyranny."

uses statements from President Barack Obama to

suggest that the commander-in-chief boasted about his role in killing Osama bin Laden, dishonouring America's military in the process.

Politics Sunday is a hard look at news from the past week and the upcoming week in the political world with commentary and insights into polling tends. Política El domingo es duro noticias mirar la semana pasada y la próxima semana en el mundo político con comentario y visión de mesas de votación tiende

El socialista François Hollande será el nuevo presidente de Francia.

En su primera comparecencia tras conocerse los resultados, François Hollande declaró que "los franceses han elegido el cambio" al darle la victoria sobre el conservador Nicolas Sarkozy.

Episode #935

The past week's political events that help shape the American  politics.

Acontecimientos políticos de la semana pasada que ayudan a conformar el cuerpo político estadounidense.

The political magazine with a full cup of Coffee and a few polling numbers in between the refills.

La revista política con una taza llena de café y algunos números de las encuestas entre las recargas.

Dr Newt Gingrich officially suspended his campaign Wednesday during a speech in which he detailed his exit plans, but did not  endorse  Romney.

In New York, protesters will meet at 8am in Bryant Park, which will serve as a base for much of the day.

LA's Occupiers have grand plans, as well. In the morning, protesters will split into four groups, and travel into the centre of the city from north, south, east and west, stopping at prominent points to protest on the way and aiming to shut down the centre of LA.

 30 protesters have been arrested on Tuesday around Manhattan in a day of May Day demonstrations organized by Occupy Wall Street,