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		<title>Will Durst: The Primary Is Finally Over: Now What?</title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/87656/the_primary_is_finally_over%3A_now_what/</link>
		<description>The Democrats are fond of calling themselves the party of the big tent. Let&#039;s hope the tent doesn&#039;t end up housing a circus. </description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Durst</dc:creator>
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		<title>Will Durst: McCain Hustles for Bush&#039;s Wealthy Friends </title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/87041/mccain_hustles_for_bush%27s_wealthy_friends_/</link>
		<description>McCain does his best to avoid being labeled &quot;McBush&quot; while dipping into the pockets of W.&#039;s supporters. </description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Durst</dc:creator>
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		<title>Will Durst: Obama Gets NARAL&#039;s Stamp of Approval</title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/85645/obama_gets_naral%27s_stamp_of_approval/</link>
		<description>The day after Obama got trounced in West Virginia, he pulled off a major-league liberal endorsement. </description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 16:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Durst</dc:creator>
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		<title>Will Durst: It&#039;s Over for Clinton</title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/84980/it%27s_over_for_clinton/</link>
		<description>In politics, anything can happen. Except for what needs to happen for Clinton to secure the nomination. </description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 10:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Durst</dc:creator>
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		<title>Will Durst: Welcome to the Nomination Race That Will Not Die</title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/83547/welcome_to_the_nomination_race_that_will_not_die/</link>
		<description>Thanks to Pennsylvania, the Democratic primary circus continues. Meanwhile, McCain is free to roam the country frightening children. </description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Durst</dc:creator>
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		<title>Will Durst: President Whatshisname</title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/82490/president_whatshisname/</link>
		<description>Whatever happened to the Decider?&lt;br /&gt;
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Durst</dc:creator>
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		<title>Will Durst: Stop Treating the Candidates Like Newborn Puppies</title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/81376/stop_treating_the_candidates_like_newborn_puppies/</link>
		<description>In the Democratic Party everyone ends up feeling like a winner. Until the general election that is. </description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Durst</dc:creator>
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		<title>Will Durst: The Do&#039;s and Don&#039;ts of Candidate Press Coverage</title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/80272/the_do%27s_and_don%27ts_of_candidate_press_coverage/</link>
		<description>Here&#039;s a handy guide for the media as they navigate the treacherous minefield of our historic 2008 election. </description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Durst</dc:creator>
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		<title>Will Durst: 50 Suggestions for John McCain&#039;s VP </title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/79950/50_suggestions_for_john_mccain%27s_vp_/</link>
		<description>A John McCain/Snoop Dog ticket? That I can get behind. </description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Durst</dc:creator>
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		<title>Will Durst: 32 Short Thoughts About Ralph Nader</title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/78500/32_short_thoughts_about_ralph_nader/</link>
		<description>Ralph Nader thinks that if America is to become better, it must first become worse. It&#039;s already worse! </description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:00:01 PST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Durst</dc:creator>
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		<title>Will Durst: Will the Democratic Candidates Please Shut Up?</title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/78278/will_the_democratic_candidates_please_shut_up/</link>
		<description>Clinton and Obama agree on almost every policy issue. That&#039;s not a debate -- it&#039;s a swimsuit competition with pants. </description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:00:01 PST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Durst</dc:creator>
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		<title>Will Durst: Is Huckabee Waiting for God to Smite John McCain?</title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/77739/is_huckabee_waiting_for_god_to_smite_john_mccain/</link>
		<description>The GOP is down to a man who believes humans and dinosaurs walked the earth together and another who can refute that -- since he was there. </description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:00:01 PST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Durst</dc:creator>
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		<title>Will Durst: Can Bill Clinton Keep His Mouth Shut?</title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/77055/can_bill_clinton_keep_his_mouth_shut/</link>
		<description>The most difficult fix for the Clinton campaign? Figuring out how to get the candidate&#039;s husband to shut the hell up. </description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:00:01 PST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Durst</dc:creator>
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		<title>Will Durst: Disappointment, Thy Name Is Super Tuesday</title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/76485/disappointment%2C_thy_name_is_super_tuesday/</link>
		<description>Maybe the celebrated day was intimidated trying to live up to its own hype, like the New England Patriots. </description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:00:01 PST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Durst</dc:creator>
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		<title>Will Durst: Super Duper Fat Tuesday</title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/75935/super_duper_fat_tuesday/</link>
		<description>Tomorrow is the biggest Super Tuesday yet. It&#039;s Super Duper Tuesday or Tsunami Tuesday or Giga Tuesday or The Tuesday of Destiny. </description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:00:01 PST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Durst</dc:creator>
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		<title>Will Durst: George W. Bush State of the Union Drinking Game</title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/75209/george_w._bush_state_of_the_union_drinking_game/</link>
		<description>A list of the rules and what you need to play. Bottoms up!</description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:00:01 PST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Durst</dc:creator>
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		<title>Will Durst: The Democratic Slap Fight</title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/74879/the_democratic_slap_fight/</link>
		<description>The most recent televised debate that preceded this weekend&#039;s South Carolina primary was more like a candidate slap fight. </description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:00:01 PST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Durst</dc:creator>
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		<title>Will Durst: The GOP Candidates&#039; Love Affair with Reagan</title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/74275/the_gop_candidates%27_love_affair_with_reagan/</link>
		<description>The GOP could roll into their National Convention with an entire starting basketball team of prospective candidates posing as Ronald Reagan.</description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:00:01 PST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Durst</dc:creator>
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		<title>Will Durst: In New Hampshire, Shadows Trumped Hope</title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/73284/in_new_hampshire%2C_shadows_trumped_hope/</link>
		<description>Clinton&#039;s victory revealed the teeniest kind of invisible fear, a form of prejudice known as &quot;the Bradley Effect.&quot;</description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:00:01 PST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Durst</dc:creator>
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		<title>Will Durst: The Funniest Stories of 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/71676/the_funniest_stories_of_2007/</link>
		<description>What&#039;s the difference between Paris Hilton and Scooter Libby? Twenty-three days.</description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:00:01 PST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Durst</dc:creator>
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		<title>Will Durst: The Downfall of the Almighty Dollar</title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/69573/the_downfall_of_the_almighty_dollar/</link>
		<description>The U.S. has turned into a discount playground for the world&#039;s trust fund babies.</description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:00:01 PST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Durst</dc:creator>
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		<title>Will Durst: No Nukes For You!</title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/68476/no_nukes_for_you%21/</link>
		<description>Whether or not Bush gives a country nukes boils down to this: its not enough for them to be like us, they also have to actually like us.</description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:00:01 PST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Durst</dc:creator>
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		<title>Will Durst: Bush&#039;s &quot;No Child Left Standing&quot;</title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/65483/bush%27s_%22no_child_left_standing%22/</link>
		<description>Bush&#039;s veto of the State Children&#039;s Health Insurance Program wasn&#039;t &quot;No child left behind&quot; as much as it was &quot;No child left standing.&quot;</description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Durst</dc:creator>
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		<title>Will Durst: Why Christian Conservatives Are Threatening to Abandon the GOP</title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/64565/why_christian_conservatives_are_threatening_to_abandon_the_gop/</link>
		<description>If Giuliani gets the nod from the GOP a whole group of the party&#039;s base it threatening to jump ship.</description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Durst</dc:creator>
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		<title>Will Durst: Absolute, 100 Percent, Unadulterated Free Speech</title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/64070/absolute%2C_100_percent%2C_unadulterated_free_speech/</link>
		<description>It doesn&#039;t matter which holes free speech is coming out from. Everybody gets to say their piece.</description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Durst</dc:creator>
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