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   <title><![CDATA[GOP Debate: Candidates Say America Should Stay Out of European Debt Crisis]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Republican presidential rivals agreed Wednesday night that Europe's countries should rise or fall on their own without any American bailout]]></description>
   <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:35:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Gov. Rick Perry Compared Homosexuality to Alcoholism in 2008 Book 'On My Honor']]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[The origin of homosexuality has become something of a political litmus test for presidential candidates, almost akin to their stance on abortion]]></description>
   <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:35:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Rick Perry's Complicated Relationship with Latinos]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[To understand Perry's relationship with Latinos, it helps to consider the state he's governed for the last decade]]></description>
   <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:35:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[How Rick Perry Aggressively Pursued Federal Aid He Now Decries]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[In several cases, the Texas lobbying campaign won funds for programs that Perry now says he opposes as fiscally irresponsible intrusions on state responsibilities]]></description>
   <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:35:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[President Obama at Martha's Vineyard: Bad for the Vacation Spot?]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[As the First Family heads to this island retreat, one Vineyard lover fears imminent Obamization]]></description>
   <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:35:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[In the Midwest, Obama Grapples for an Economic Fix and a Political Narrative]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Barack Obama hit the road Monday for his three-day Midwestern bus tour toting an array of political baggage]]></description>
   <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:35:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Amid Straw Poll Nonsense, the Republican Presidential Race Roars to Life]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[It's not clear why the straw poll should be very interesting in the first place. Maybe it's just fun to have some empirically-measured competition between the candidates]]></description>
   <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:35:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Social Security Critic Perry Cites Constitution in Attack]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court may have settled the Social Security issue 74 years ago, but there are some on the right who see a legal case as the best hope for getting rid of the program]]></description>
   <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:35:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[What You Missed While Not Watching the Iowa GOP Debate]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[As everyone awaits the third Republican presidential debate of the season, Bill O'Reilly is wrapping up his show on Fox News. When he threatens to call Professor Cornel West a "pinhead," America knows. It's go time]]></description>
   <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:35:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Q&A: Texas Governor Rick Perry Is Ready to Run]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[He may not have announced anything yet, but Rick Perry's travel itinerary in the coming days makes it easy to believe that he'll be a Republican candidate for President in a week’s time]]></description>
   <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:35:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[What Obama Can Learn from Reagan: Staging the Right Image]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama seems to need another Mike Deaver, who served as White House chief of staff under Ronald Reagan -- someone who understands that sometimes a good picture is really worth a thousand words]]></description>
   <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:35:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Facing Economic Headwinds, Obama Struggles Again to Find an August Story Line]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[A week in, here's the hand Obama has drawn: the return of double-dip recession fears, an emboldened Tea Party, a sinking Dow, stagnating employment, and the nation's credit rating downgraded for the first time in 70 years]]></description>
   <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:35:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Why Congress and Standard &amp; Poor's Deserve Each Other]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Having Standard &amp; Poor's downgrade the creditworthiness of the United States is a little like having the Catholic Church lecture scout leaders on the proper behavior toward boys]]></description>
   <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:35:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Articles of Faith: Did Ayn Rand and Austerity Politics Kill Compassionate Conservatism?]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Few Republicans who value their careers would run as a touchy-feely politician. But is compassionate conservatism dead, or just mostly dead?]]></description>
   <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:35:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Is the Debt-Ceiling Hostage Scenario Really Bound to Repeat Itself?]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[It's unclear if purely political incentives for another hostage situation are really there]]></description>
   <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:35:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Did the Nasty U.S. Debt Debate Sour World Opinion for Good?]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[The longer the debt fiasco rages on in Washington, the more foreign debt holders will be wracking their brains for other ways to escape]]></description>
   <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:35:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Are You a Winner or a Loser in the Washington Debt Deal?]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[A look at the unelected winners and losers of the debt-limit debate]]></description>
   <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:35:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[As Debt Plan Faces House Vote, Compromise Brews Behind the Scenes]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Until the tension is resolved, bipartisan work on a compromise will remain hush-hush. But that doesn't mean there's no progress being made]]></description>
   <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:35:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Threatening the Life of a Politician Is Protected Speech]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court made the right call in reversing the conviction of a California man who posted violent but vague messages about Barack Obama]]></description>
   <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:35:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Michele Bachmann: Why Iowa's Republicans Love Her]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Though she now represents Minnesota in Congress, she has Iowa roots and her pronouncements have stirred a conservative swell in her favor]]></description>
   <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:35:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[California: Why Redistricting Is Worrying Republicans]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[The most populous state in the U.S. is redistricting, and the effects may reach all the way to Washington, D.C.]]></description>
   <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:35:00 EST</pubDate>
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