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		<title>Washington Post Editorial Board Peddles &#039;U.S. Knows Best&#039; Position on Iraq</title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/benen/92558/washington_post_editorial_board_peddles_%27u.s._knows_best%27_position_on_iraq/</link>
		<description>The Washington Post &lt;i&gt;still&lt;/i&gt; doesn&#039;t believe Maliki, Iraqi officials.</description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:59:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Benen</dc:creator>
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		<title>McCain&#039;s Deeply Concerned About Yet Another Nonexistent Territory</title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/benen/92327/mccain%27s_deeply_concerned_about_yet_another_nonexistent_territory/</link>
		<description>What&#039;s next for the man with the supposed foreign policy experience? A comprehensive approach towards Narnia?</description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:37:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Benen</dc:creator>
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		<title>Is The Religious Right Losing Its Edge? </title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/benen/92244/is_the_religious_right_losing_its_edge_/</link>
		<description>James Dobson reconsiders the &acirc;€˜circumstances,&acirc;€™ goes back on his word and warms up to McCain.</description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:03:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Benen</dc:creator>
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		<title>This Week in God</title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/benen/92086/this_week_in_god/</link>
		<description>A round-up of religious news.</description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:40:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Benen</dc:creator>
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		<title>Friday&#039;s McCain/Obama Round-up</title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/benen/92000/friday%27s_mccain_obama_round-up/</link>
		<description>A quick rundown about whats happening on the campaign trail.</description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Benen</dc:creator>
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		<title>McCain&#039;s Shifting Stance on Immigration Continues With &#039;Dream Act&#039; Flip-Flop</title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/benen/91596/mccain%27s_shifting_stance_on_immigration_continues_with_%27dream_act%27_flip-flop/</link>
		<description>&quot;I do ask for your trust,&quot; McCain says to Latino audience ... right before lying to everyone in the room.</description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:41:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Benen</dc:creator>
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		<title>Possible GOP Veep Asked How McCain&#039;s Economic Plans Differ from Bush&#039;s: &quot;I&#039;m Stumped!&quot; </title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/benen/91447/possible_gop_veep_asked_how_mccain%27s_economic_plans_differ_from_bush%27s%3A_%22i%27m_stumped%21%22_/</link>
		<description>McSame: South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford can&#039;t name a single thing McCain would do differently. </description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:51:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Benen</dc:creator>
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		<title>Former White House Press Secretary Tony Snow Dies at Age 53</title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/benen/91276/former_white_house_press_secretary_tony_snow_dies_at_age_53/</link>
		<description>The former Fox News talker succumbed to cancer.</description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:12:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Benen</dc:creator>
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		<title>McCain Thinks the Recession is All in Our Heads</title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/benen/91067/mccain_thinks_the_recession_is_all_in_our_heads/</link>
		<description>Got that, whiners? </description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:29:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Benen</dc:creator>
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		<title>Obama Outlines Faith-Based Agenda</title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/benen/90125/obama_outlines_faith-based_agenda/</link>
		<description>Like Bush&#039;s plan, only more constitutional...</description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:15:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Benen</dc:creator>
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		<title>Dick Cheney is a Barnacle on the Rotting Hull of the Executive Branch</title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/benen/89607/dick_cheney_is_a_barnacle_on_the_rotting_hull_of_the_executive_branch/</link>
		<description>Or, so Cheney&#039;s chief of staff seems to think. </description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:44:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Benen</dc:creator>
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		<title>Karl Rove advising McCain campaign</title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/benen/88244/karl_rove_advising_mccain_campaign/</link>
		<description>Bush&#039;s Brain transplanted to McSame.</description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:33:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Benen</dc:creator>
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		<title>Army Public Affairs Office Oversteps Its Bounds in Partisan Politics</title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/benen/88037/army_public_affairs_office_oversteps_its_bounds_in_partisan_politics/</link>
		<description>The Army is violating its own code to stay neutral in US politics.</description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Benen</dc:creator>
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		<title>Comparing Obama and McCain on Taxes</title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/benen/88004/comparing_obama_and_mccain_on_taxes/</link>
		<description>Which candidate has the better plan for you and the country?</description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:55:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Benen</dc:creator>
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		<title>McCain: &quot;Bringing Troops Home Not Important&quot;</title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/benen/87793/mccain%3A_%22bringing_troops_home_not_important%22/</link>
		<description>The Senator lays bare his real thoughts on continuing the war.</description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Benen</dc:creator>
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