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<title>DemWire / Published News</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:34:29 CDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Democrats Post Big Gains In Voter Registration]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=democrats-post-big-gains-in-voter-registration</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=democrats-post-big-gains-in-voter-registration</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:34:29 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>snooglepoop</dc:creator>
<category>Campaigns</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=democrats-post-big-gains-in-voter-registration</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Five days a week, Linda Graham trolls tattered neighborhoods of this once thriving steel city outside Pittsburgh for unregistered voters she can sign up as Democrats _ one of thousands of unknown volunteers whose work outside the limelight has already altered the basic arithmetic of the November el<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[AP: Obama's Pitch: Fire GOP, Hire Me]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=ap-obamas-pitch-fire-gop-hire-me</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=ap-obamas-pitch-fire-gop-hire-me</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:34:28 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>snooglepoop</dc:creator>
<category>Campaigns</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=ap-obamas-pitch-fire-gop-hire-me</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The challenge for Barack Obama is to make himself acceptable enough to disgruntled voters eager to toss Republicans from the White House if they see a comfortable, competent alternative.A presidential election with two months left could turn on it.President Bush, though not on the ballot, h<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[After RNC Speech, Republicans Court Lieberman to Make the Switch Official]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=after-rnc-speech-republicans-court-lieberman-to-make-the-switch-official</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=after-rnc-speech-republicans-court-lieberman-to-make-the-switch-official</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:34:21 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>roosevelt</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=after-rnc-speech-republicans-court-lieberman-to-make-the-switch-official</guid>
<description><![CDATA[When Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman returns to work this week, he can expect some arm-twisting from his Republican friends and the cold shoulder from some Democrats.Lieberman, the Democrats' vice presidential nominee in 2000, promoted a Republican for president last week in a prime time speech at the<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama, McCain: Polls 'plus' for Obama]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=obama-mccain-polls-plus-for-obama</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=obama-mccain-polls-plus-for-obama</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:32:33 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>snooglepoop</dc:creator>
<category>Campaigns</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=obama-mccain-polls-plus-for-obama</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The conventions, so far, have been a &quot;net plus'' for Democrat Barack Obama, according to an analysis by the Gallup Poll.The latest results of the Gallup daily track today - a compilation of surveys taken over three days, including the last day of the Republican National Convention - show Oba<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Alaska state jet didna4t fly on eBay]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=alaska-state-jet-didnrsquot-fly-on-ebay</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=alaska-state-jet-didnrsquot-fly-on-ebay</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:32:26 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>donkeyface</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=alaska-state-jet-didnrsquot-fly-on-ebay</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin bolstered her fiscal-conservative credentials early in her term by putting her predecessor's state jet up for auction online.&quot;That luxury jet was over the top,&quot; she told Republican National Convention delegates when she accepted the party's vice presidential nominati<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The party in power, running as if it weren't]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=the-party-in-power-running-as-if-it-werent-2</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=the-party-in-power-running-as-if-it-werent-2</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:21:43 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dempartygirl</dc:creator>
<category>Campaigns</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=the-party-in-power-running-as-if-it-werent-2</guid>
<description><![CDATA[An international perspective on McCain's reform message. This past week, Republican leaders speaking at the RNC have laid the blame for America's current economic problems on the Democrats in Washington. But  Democrats have only held the majority for two years - while a Republican president has b<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama's Palin strategy: Sit and wait]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=obamas-palin-strategy-sit-and-wait</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=obamas-palin-strategy-sit-and-wait</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:21:41 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>adamblang</dc:creator>
<category>Campaigns</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=obamas-palin-strategy-sit-and-wait</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As Sarah Palin transforms herself from obscure Alaska governor to the Republican Party's newest rising star and most effective attack dog, Barack Obama's campaign will largely sit back, watch her rise and hope she falls.The Obama campaign has no silver bullet to use against the Palin. Instead<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Investigation into Palin Now on Fast Track]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=investigation-into-palin-now-on-fast-track</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=investigation-into-palin-now-on-fast-track</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:21:39 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>snooglepoop</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=investigation-into-palin-now-on-fast-track</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ABC News has exclusively learned that Alaska Senator Hollis French will announce today that he is moving up the release date of his investigation into whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her office to get the Alaska public safety commissioner, Walt Monegan, fired. The results of the investigation were <br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dems pounce on new unemployment numbers]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=dems-pounce-on-new-unemployment-numbers</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=dems-pounce-on-new-unemployment-numbers</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:21:38 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>adamblang</dc:creator>
<category>Issues</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=dems-pounce-on-new-unemployment-numbers</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Congressional Democrats pounced on bleak unemployment figures released Friday, hoping to undercut the Republicans' economic message a day after their convention in Minnesota. &quot;If all you knew about the economy was what you saw on TV at the Republican convention, you might be under the impressio<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Senate Dems to force equal pay vote on McCain]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=senate-dems-to-force-equal-pay-vote-on-mccain</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=senate-dems-to-force-equal-pay-vote-on-mccain</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:21:35 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>snooglepoop</dc:creator>
<category>Issues</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=senate-dems-to-force-equal-pay-vote-on-mccain</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Democrats have hammered Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) this summer over his vote against legislation pushing equal pay for women and men. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act will get a second act in September, as Democrats seek to remind voters that McCain opposed it, according to an e-mail from the Democ<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Crusade To Nowhere]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=the-crusade-to-nowhere</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=the-crusade-to-nowhere</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:21:32 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>snooglepoop</dc:creator>
<category>Campaigns</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=the-crusade-to-nowhere</guid>
<description><![CDATA[John McCain hit the &quot;reform&quot; theme hard in his speech last night, and I couldn't help but wonder: What does McCain actually plan to change about government? I get that Sarah Palin is a nice person and doesn't like sleaze-except when she's hitting up corporate donors on behalf of Ted Stevens or<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Biden on Palin: a4Whoaa4]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=biden-on-palin-lsquowhoarsquo</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=biden-on-palin-lsquowhoarsquo</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:49:28 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>donkeyface</dc:creator>
<category>Campaigns</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=biden-on-palin-lsquowhoarsquo</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. was out early with a response to his Republican Vice Presidential opponent, Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska, appearing on the major morning shows to answer her blistering speech to the Republican convention Wednesday night.He praised her delivery but said the speech l<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Peggy Noonan, Mike Murphy Caught On Tape Disparaging Palin Choice:]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=peggy-noonan-mike-murphy-caught-on-tape-disparaging-palin-choice</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=peggy-noonan-mike-murphy-caught-on-tape-disparaging-palin-choice</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:29:19 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>amd</dc:creator>
<category>Campaigns</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=peggy-noonan-mike-murphy-caught-on-tape-disparaging-palin-choice</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Peggy Noonan, Mike Murphy Caught On Tape Disparaging Palin Choice: &quot;Political Bullshit,&quot; &quot;Gimmicky&quot;<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Gay Republicans: GOP on 'wrong side of history']]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=gay-republicans-gop-on-wrong-side-of-history</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=gay-republicans-gop-on-wrong-side-of-history</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:29:12 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lpillsbury</dc:creator>
<category>Issues</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=gay-republicans-gop-on-wrong-side-of-history</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN) -- A group of gay and lesbian Republicans has traveled to the site of the GOP convention this week to help convince its party that it is time to stop being on the &quot;wrong side&quot; of the same-sex marriage issue.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[EMILY's List: National polling on women voters and the McCain-Palin ticket]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=emilys-list-national-polling-on-women-voters-and-the-mccain-palin-ticket</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=emilys-list-national-polling-on-women-voters-and-the-mccain-palin-ticket</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:29:09 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lpillsbury</dc:creator>
<category>Campaigns</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=emilys-list-national-polling-on-women-voters-and-the-mccain-palin-ticket</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Independently of any late-breaking news regarding Sarah Palin's family situation, the results of this poll for EMILY's List among women voters clearly demonstrate that John McCain's selection of Governor Palin as his running mate will create more of a drag than a lift on the Republican ticket.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Democrats Rebuke Lieberman for Obama Comments]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=democrats-rebuke-lieberman-for-obama-comments</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=democrats-rebuke-lieberman-for-obama-comments</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:29:03 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>adamblang</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=democrats-rebuke-lieberman-for-obama-comments</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Democrats officially warned Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) on Wednesday that he could face repercussions for delivering a speech at the Republican National Convention in which he called Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama an &quot;eloquent young man&quot; who lacked the experience to be in the<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Joe Biden says Barack Obama might pursue criminal charges against Bush administration if elected]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=joe-biden-says-barack-obama-might-pursue-criminal-charges-against-bush-administration-if-elected</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=joe-biden-says-barack-obama-might-pursue-criminal-charges-against-bush-administration-if-elected</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:28:59 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>snooglepoop</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=joe-biden-says-barack-obama-might-pursue-criminal-charges-against-bush-administration-if-elected</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Democratic vice-presidential nominee Joe Biden said yesterday that he and running mate Barack Obama could pursue criminal charges against the Bush administration if they are elected in November.Biden's comments, first reported by ABC news, attracted little notice on a day dominated by the dram<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Palin's Earmarks Called &quot;Objectionable Pork&quot; by McCain?]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=palins-earmarks-called-objectionable-pork-by-mccain</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=palins-earmarks-called-objectionable-pork-by-mccain</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:28:55 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>donkeyface</dc:creator>
<category>Issues</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=palins-earmarks-called-objectionable-pork-by-mccain</guid>
<description><![CDATA[To quote Will Ferrell in Zoolander, &quot;Doesn't anybody notice this? I FEEL LIKE I'M TAKING CRAZY PILLS!&quot;As part of her executive experience that the McCain campaign so highly promotes, Sarah Palin requested millions in earmarks from Congress. Three of them, totaling nearly $2 million, were cl<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Analysis: GOP struggles with identity on Palin's big night]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=analysis-gop-struggles-with-identity-on-palins-big-night</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=analysis-gop-struggles-with-identity-on-palins-big-night</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:28:51 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>roosevelt</dc:creator>
<category>Campaigns</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=analysis-gop-struggles-with-identity-on-palins-big-night</guid>
<description><![CDATA[For the second consecutive night, a lot of the rhetoric at the Republican convention Wednesday evening seemed left over from the last cycle when the fight against terrorism dominated the race.The biggest voter concern and the theme of the evening was the economy. But did it top the agenda Wedne<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Detroit mayor agrees to plead guilty, resign]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=detroit-mayor-agrees-to-plead-guilty-resign</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=detroit-mayor-agrees-to-plead-guilty-resign</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:28:49 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>roosevelt</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=detroit-mayor-agrees-to-plead-guilty-resign</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to a pair of felony charges on Thursday in a sex-and-misconduct scandal and will step down after months of defiantly holding onto his job leading the nation's 11th-largest city.The plea deal brings to an end a seven-months-long ordeal that led to felony ch<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Palin Effect, Preliminary Results]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=the-palin-effect-preliminary-results</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=the-palin-effect-preliminary-results</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:28:42 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>roosevelt</dc:creator>
<category>Campaigns</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=the-palin-effect-preliminary-results</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It's a little too early to tell the full effect of Senator McCain's selection of Governor Palin as his running mate.  In particular, Palin's biography has created numerous side dialogues--chiefly among women--about working mothers, teen pregnancy, abstinence-only education and raising children w<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Palin: wrong woman, wrong message]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=palin-wrong-woman-wrong-message</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=palin-wrong-woman-wrong-message</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:28:40 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jfk</dc:creator>
<category>Campaigns</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=palin-wrong-woman-wrong-message</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Here's the good news: Women have become so politically powerful that even the anti-feminist right wing -- the folks with a headlock on the Republican Party -- are trying to appease the gender gap with a first-ever female vice president. We owe this to women -- and to many men too -- who have picke<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Daily Kos: O'Reilly logic]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=daily-kos-oreilly-logic</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=daily-kos-oreilly-logic</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:28:39 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>daniellekasprzak</dc:creator>
<category>Campaigns</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=daily-kos-oreilly-logic</guid>
<description><![CDATA[O'Reilly's attack on pregnant teens, specifically Jaime Lynn Spears, and how the parents are accountable.  Surprisingly,  he backsteps when asked whether Palin is accountable.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Clintonism lives]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=clintonism-lives</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=clintonism-lives</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:35:38 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>snooglepoop</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=clintonism-lives</guid>
<description><![CDATA[or eight years, President Bill Clinton prepared America for the 21st century, restoring optimism and activism to the presidency, redefining America's role in the world, funneling more money to the poor and underserved while balancing the budget and creating the foundation for the one of the greates<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Romney Gets Ready To Run If McCain Fails]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=romney-gets-ready-to-run-if-mccain-fails</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=romney-gets-ready-to-run-if-mccain-fails</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:33:31 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>snooglepoop</dc:creator>
<category>Campaigns</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=romney-gets-ready-to-run-if-mccain-fails</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Like his father, Mitt Romney ran for governor and won. Like his father, Mitt Romney ran for president and lost.But even if his former GOP rival John McCain wins the presidency in November, Romney says he won't emulate his father by taking a Cabinet position _ apparently because he still has hi<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Howard Wolfson - A Clintonite in Denver]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=howard-wolfson---a-clintonite-in-denver</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=howard-wolfson---a-clintonite-in-denver</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:09:01 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>adamblang</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=howard-wolfson---a-clintonite-in-denver</guid>
<description><![CDATA[For many of us who were part of the Clinton campaign, Sen. Barack Obama's appeal was something we understood only in the abstract -- data in polls, faces at a televised rally.Most of us never heard him speak in person. At work 14 hours a day in the war room, we focused on his perceived faults <br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[McCaina4s Effort to Woo Conservatives Is Paying Off]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=mccainrsquos-effort-to-woo-conservatives-is-paying-off-1</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=mccainrsquos-effort-to-woo-conservatives-is-paying-off-1</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:22:13 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>amd</dc:creator>
<category>Campaigns</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=mccainrsquos-effort-to-woo-conservatives-is-paying-off-1</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The creeptastic efforts of Christian extremists to elect John McCain president.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama ad slams McCain on abortion rights]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=obama-ad-slams-mccain-on-abortion-rights</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=obama-ad-slams-mccain-on-abortion-rights</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:22:11 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>adamblang</dc:creator>
<category>Issues</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=obama-ad-slams-mccain-on-abortion-rights</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama has launched a broadside against John McCain's opposition to abortion rights and moved one of the most divisive issues in modern American politics to the airwaves on a large scale for the first time in this presidential campaign. Obama's new radio ad, airing widely in at least seve<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[DNC sets high bar for RNC to reach]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=dnc-sets-high-bar-for-rnc-to-reach</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=dnc-sets-high-bar-for-rnc-to-reach</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:22:09 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>adamblang</dc:creator>
<category>Campaigns</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=dnc-sets-high-bar-for-rnc-to-reach</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As the Republicans get their turn this week at the GOP convention in St. Paul, Minn., they start out with a difficult - though not impossible - mountain to climb. Democratic nominee Barack Obama is getting his convention bump for his party confab in Denver last week. If the Republican convention th<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Palin's &quot;Commander In Chief&quot; Position Stripped By Bush]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=palins-commander-in-chief-position-stripped-by-bush</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=palins-commander-in-chief-position-stripped-by-bush</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:22:05 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>snooglepoop</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=palins-commander-in-chief-position-stripped-by-bush</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Republicans have touting Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's service as &quot;commander in chief&quot; of the state's National Guard as proof of her foreign policy chops. Democrats and other observers countered that while a governor can command the Guard in local emergencies, he or she has no say at all when it co<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Police Chief: Palin Fired Me For Campaign Contributors]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=police-chief-palin-fired-me-for-campaign-contributors</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=police-chief-palin-fired-me-for-campaign-contributors</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:22:04 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>snooglepoop</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=police-chief-palin-fired-me-for-campaign-contributors</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Early in her tenure as mayor, the city council threatened to recall her over accusations that she fired the city's police chief, Irl Stambaugh, and the library director, Mary Ellen Emmons, without warning. She accused them in a letter saying: &quot;I do not feel I have your full support in my efforts <br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Founder Of Group Palin Courted Professed &quot;Hatred For The American Government&quot;; Cursed &quot;Damn Flag&quot;]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=founder-of-group-palin-courted-professed-hatred-for-the-american-government-cursed-damn-flag</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=founder-of-group-palin-courted-professed-hatred-for-the-american-government-cursed-damn-flag</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:22:03 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>snooglepoop</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=founder-of-group-palin-courted-professed-hatred-for-the-american-government-cursed-damn-flag</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The founder of the Alaska Independence Party -- a group that has been courted over the years by Sarah Palin, and one her husband was a member of for roughly seven years -- once professed his &quot;hatred for the American government&quot; and cursed the American flag as a &quot;damn flag.&quot;The AIP<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What Bristola4s baby tells us about the Christian right]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=what-bristolrsquos-baby-tells-us-about-the-christian-right</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=what-bristolrsquos-baby-tells-us-about-the-christian-right</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:22:00 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>donkeyface</dc:creator>
<category>Campaigns</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=what-bristolrsquos-baby-tells-us-about-the-christian-right</guid>
<description><![CDATA[When John McCain selected Sarah Palin as his running mate, he was thinking only of short-term advantage. In reality, his pick not only increases the chances that he will lose the 2008 presidential election, it also threatens to split American conservatism in half for the foreseeable future.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[No manufacturing. No new ideas. What's our economy based on?]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=no-manufacturing--no-new-ideas--whats-our-economy-based-on</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=no-manufacturing--no-new-ideas--whats-our-economy-based-on</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:21:59 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>donkeyface</dc:creator>
<category>Issues</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=no-manufacturing--no-new-ideas--whats-our-economy-based-on</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Nore than 75 years ago, confidence in the market economy got a rude shock as the world sank into the Great Depression. Adam Smith had said that the market led the economy, as if by an invisible hand, to economic efficiency and societal wellbeing. It was hard to believe that Smith was right when one<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[John McCain = John Kerry]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=john-mccain---john-kerry</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=john-mccain---john-kerry</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:21:58 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>donkeyface</dc:creator>
<category>Campaigns</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=john-mccain---john-kerry</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It's early yet and too soon to make sweeping judgments about this convention: But the vibe is a lot like the 2004 Democratic Convention back in Boston. You've got a party making a case for its candidate based largely on a compelling personal narrative and testimonies to a virtuous character. We're <br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sex dominates GOP's opening day]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=sex-dominates-gops-opening-day</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=sex-dominates-gops-opening-day</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:00:50 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>adamblang</dc:creator>
<category>Campaigns</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=sex-dominates-gops-opening-day</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The big story on the first day of the Republican National Convention had nothing to do with politics. It had everything to do with sex, which some consider almost as exciting.Everybody on and off the convention floor was chattering about how the 17-year-old daughter of John McCain's running mat<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Palin Investigation Stalled By McCain Campaign, State Legislator Says]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=palin-investigation-stalled-by-mccain-campaign-state-legislator-says</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=palin-investigation-stalled-by-mccain-campaign-state-legislator-says</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:00:48 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>adamblang</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=palin-investigation-stalled-by-mccain-campaign-state-legislator-says</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Is the McCain campaign afraid of an 'October surprise' involving vice-presidential pick Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska?The Alaska state senator running an investigation of Gov. Palin says the McCain campaign is using stall tactics to prevent him from releasing his final report by Oct. 31, four da<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[More And More Polls Show Obama's Lead Expanding]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=more-and-more-polls-show-obamas-lead-expanding</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=more-and-more-polls-show-obamas-lead-expanding</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:00:44 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>donkeyface</dc:creator>
<category>Campaigns</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=more-and-more-polls-show-obamas-lead-expanding</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It's starting to look like John McCain's historic selection of Sarah Palin hasn't done him any favors in the polls.Here's this morning's Rasmussen tracking poll: Obama 51%, McCain 45%, outside of the ±2% margin of error. Obama was up 49%-46% yesterday, suggesting that Palin's scandals may<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Palin Disclosures Raise Questions on Vetting]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=palin-disclosures-raise-questions-on-vetting</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=palin-disclosures-raise-questions-on-vetting</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:00:43 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>donkeyface</dc:creator>
<category>Campaigns</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=palin-disclosures-raise-questions-on-vetting</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A series of disclosures about Gov. Sarah Palin, Senator John McCain's choice as running mate, called into question on Monday how thoroughly Mr. McCain had examined her background before putting her on the Republican presidential ticket.On Monday morning, Ms. Palin and her husband, Todd, issued <br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[&quot;Internal&quot; Measures of Change on the CBS Survey]]></title>
<link>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=internal-measures-of-change-on-the-cbs-survey</link>
<comments>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=internal-measures-of-change-on-the-cbs-survey</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:00:20 CDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>donkeyface</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.demwire.com/story.php?title=internal-measures-of-change-on-the-cbs-survey</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The just released CBS survey we posted a few minutes ago is one of the first of the post Democratic convention polls to include extensive &quot;internal&quot; measures on perceptions of the candidates. If you want to get beyond the ongoing obsession with convention bounces, the CBS results pdf is worth rea<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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