HT1277 How to set up a Gmail account in Mail with 2-step verification enabled?

MacBookPro
Lion 10.7.3
Mail 5.2
Gmail
I am writing to report a software incompatibilitiy between Mail and Gmail accounts with 2-step verification enabled.
http://support.google.com/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=180744
Gmail provides application specific passwords for these circumstances but those aren't working for me with Mail:
http://support.google.com/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=185833
Based on a review on online forums it seems many are having this problem. I urge Apple to figure out a solution and I hope someone in this community has figured out a workaround. If you have please share!
Also if you're having the same issue please share that too.

We are just users, if you want to report this to Apple use the feedback page:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/

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I have a POP Gmail account set up with with my Mail application and i runs fine except its not quite what i want
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