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			<title><![CDATA[Pelosi dishonors Dingell's legacy]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[John Dingell is serving what is likely his final term in the U.S. House, finishing a career that spans a half century and in February will make him the longest serving congressman in history.
His name is attached to some of the most important pieces of legislation passed during that period. Big]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 10:18 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Senate is pot to automakers' kettle]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The federal budget deficit now tops $500 billion and is on its way to $1 trillion. The national debt is so huge there's no hope of ever paying it off.
And yet Congress has the gall to lecture the Big Three auto executives on fiscal responsibility.
Lawmakers who keep doling out billions of dollars]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 9:48 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Obama's economic plan doesn't add up]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Seventy percent of Americans are confident that President-elect Barack Obama will improve the economy, according to a new Associated Press poll.
But I still haven't heard a satisfying explanation of how Obama's policies will work to that goal.
The United States has one of the highest corporate tax]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 5:36 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Obama borrows from Granholm's excuse book]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[President-elect Barack Obama has invited Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm to be part of his economic advisory team as he prepares for the White House.
And it seems he is already adopting her playbook.
A top Obama advisor warned today that the change Americans thought they were voting for Tuesday]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 5:44 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[McCain gracious in defeat]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sen. John McCain delivered one of the most gracious concession speeches I've ever heard.
There was not a trace of bitterness or regret, and certainly no tears. He acknowledged the historic nature of Sen. Barack Obama's victory, pledged his support to the president-elect and accepted responsibility]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 11:30 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Remembering a GOP stalwart]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[If there's been any bright spot so far tonight, it was that my native state of Kentucky was the first to be called by the networks, and it went to Republican John McCain.
That brought back memories of my late Aunt Imagene, a rock-ribbed Republican who worked the hills and hollers of her corner of]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 10:27 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Media jumps electoral gun]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Why wait for the formality of Tuesday's vote to start celebrating Barack Obama?
Newsweek certainly isn't. The Oct. 27th issue of the newsmagizine arrived on my desk Monday with yet another portrait of the Democratic presidential nominee on the cover. This issue seeks to answer the question: "How a]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 5:33 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Limit campaign season]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The late southern comedian Jerry Clower told a joke about two country boys who headed into the woods with their dogs after dark to 'possum hunt. It didn't take long before the hounds raced to the base of a tree and started barking, and the hunters assumed they'd treed a 'possum.
One hunter says to]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 2:27 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Candidates stick to script in debate]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The two candidates played their assigned roles in tonight's debate.
As the front-runner, Democrat Sen. Barack Obama could afford to relax and protect the lead. Losing ground by the day, Republican Sen. John McCain had to play offense, and truthfully, that's not his strength.
McCain seemed]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 10:23 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Health care gap is a myth]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Tuesday night's presidential debate perpetuated the myth that not having health insurance equates to not having health care, or at least not having quality health care.
But a new study from the moderate Brookings Institute offers proof to the contrary.
Brookings looked at per-capita health care]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 6:09 PM</pubDate>
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