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		<title>What Obama&#8217;s election means to me</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/438/what-obamas-election-means-to-me/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/438/what-obamas-election-means-to-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[call to service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obama]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m still having trouble not choking up when I think about what Obama achieved. His election reminds me with the force of a thunderclap that America remains the land of opportunity, the place where anyone can achieve what you put your mind to if you work hard enough. It brings to mind my youthful idealism [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did Democrats learn their lesson?</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/430/did-democrats-learn-their-lesson/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/430/did-democrats-learn-their-lesson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil Liberties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obama]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Obama won by a landslide. It wasn&#8217;t even close, and his perfect campaign will forever be the model of future candidates aspiring to the White House. He leveraged technology to the hilt for raising funds from millions of small donors and keeping them in constant touch with the campaign. His ground game and &#8220;get out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yes, young voters care</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/423/yes-young-voters-care/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/423/yes-young-voters-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008-election]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Young voters are among the most affected by the economy, with their job prospects bleak and often heavily indebted with student loans. They&#8217;re mad too, and they aren&#8217;t going to take it anymore. Below: almost 1000 students stand in line to vote in State College, PA.]]></description>
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		<title>Judgment Day; Fear not, my conservative friends</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/419/judgment-day-fear-not-my-conservative-friends/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/419/judgment-day-fear-not-my-conservative-friends/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008-election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obama]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/?p=419</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Judgment Day has arrived. The day to finally repudiate the disaster of the last eight years is here. The moment of a new movement for progressive change is at hand&#8211;an opportunity for us to finally get serious about the crushing problems facing our nation. From the economy to healthcare, from environmental protection to education, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Last Thoughts Before The Election</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/408/last-thoughts-before-the-election/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/408/last-thoughts-before-the-election/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil Liberties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008-election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obama]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/?p=408</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On the cusp of this historic election I find myself walking down memory lane. Sixteen years ago on election day 1992 I stood above a crowd gathered in front of Cornell&#8217;s student union building, Willard Straight Hall. As a student leader in those days I had been invited to speak by the Get Out The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Like Rats Abandoning Ship (or, the Death of Anti-Intellectualism)</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/398/like-rats-abandoning-ship-or-the-death-of-anti-intellectualism/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/398/like-rats-abandoning-ship-or-the-death-of-anti-intellectualism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008-election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mccain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[republicans]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/?p=398</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As the Obama juggernaut looms like a tsunami on the horizon, we are witnessing nothing less than the final, well-deserved, and overdue destruction of the Republican Party in its current form. Not only is Obama ahead by double digits in the polls, he is strongly ahead in ridiculously red states like Indiana, North Carolina, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ka-boom</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/386/ka-boom/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/386/ka-boom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008-election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mccain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[palin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/?p=386</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I think it&#8217;s fair to say that McCain&#8217;s campaign is imploding. 1) Nero fiddling while Rome burns (or is it Daniel vs. the lions?): Hoping to look like a hero and in control of the dire financial crisis, he swooped into Washington to inject presidential politics into a very delicate compromise happening between Bush, Democrats, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Say No To This Bailout</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/383/say-no-to-this-bailout/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/383/say-no-to-this-bailout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bailout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic crisis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/?p=383</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The more I read and think about the proposed government bailout for Wall Street, the more outraged I get. As are many others across the entire political spectrum, I&#8217;m coming to view this bailout as nothing less than the mass raping of the American taxpayer&#8211;with no accountability, no help for people in foreclosure who really [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the Day</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/381/quote-of-the-day-2/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/381/quote-of-the-day-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008-election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[palin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/?p=381</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In an interview with the Omaha World-Herald, Nebraska Republican Senator Chuck Hagel on Sarah Palin: &#8220;&#8216;She doesn&#8217;t have any foreign policy credentials. You get a passport for the first time in your life last year? I mean, I don&#8217;t know what you can say. You can&#8217;t say anything.&#8221; &#8230; &#8220;&#8216;I think they ought to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McCain ripped for lying by Fox News</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/379/mccain-ripped-for-lying-by-fox-news/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/379/mccain-ripped-for-lying-by-fox-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008-election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mccain]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/?p=379</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When a network known for being sympathetic to your campaign calls you out for lying, it&#8217;s time to change your tactics.]]></description>
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		<title>Called Out</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/373/called-out/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/373/called-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008-election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mccain]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/?p=373</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Harsh video showing reporters and news outlets calling out McCain&#8217;s lies again and again and again.]]></description>
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		<title>A Narrative Emerges about McCain&#8217;s Lies</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/372/a-narrative-emerges-about-mccains-lies/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/372/a-narrative-emerges-about-mccains-lies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008-election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mccain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[palin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/?p=372</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The media is finally starting to do its homework, and a narrative about McCain&#8217;s campaign is beginning to emerge: that they&#8217;re liars, willing to lose their integrity to win the election. Obama better pound this point home&#8211;because if McCain is going to spread lies, he deserves to have them thrown back at him. A blizzard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The hypocrisy of &#8220;activist judges&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/371/the-hypocrisy-of-activist-judges/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/371/the-hypocrisy-of-activist-judges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil Liberties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008-election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mccain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[whoopi goldberg]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/?p=371</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In just a couple of sentences, Whoopi Goldberg reduces McCain to a blubbering mess over his claim he will appoint judges that aren&#8217;t activists and won&#8217;t legislate from the bench. Watch (about 1:30 into the video): She is so right. The Rabid Right is good at pushing this pathetic nonsense about activist judges, yet are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How embarrassing</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/370/how-embarrassing/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/370/how-embarrassing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008-election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mccain]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/?p=370</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The McCain campaign trying to talk up Sarah Palin&#8217;s &#8220;foreign policy experience:&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>Convention wrap-up: how did he do?</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/369/convention-wrap-up-how-did-he-do/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/369/convention-wrap-up-how-did-he-do/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008-election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obama]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/?p=369</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I thought the convention was fantastic. The Clintons came home and really redeemed themselves in my eyes. There&#8217;s nothing like seeing Bill standing in front of his adoring fans, wagging his finger at McCain and telling the country in no uncertain terms why Obama is ready to lead. Hillary laid out an excellent case for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama/Biden</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/368/obamabiden/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/368/obamabiden/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:17:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obama biden]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/?p=368</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I had a feeling it would be Biden&#8230;.and I think Obama just won the election. Or at least, he has his best chance possible. Biden: &#8211;is not the progressive grass roots&#8217; first choice, but exactly what Obama needed as he is one of the most experienced voices in foreign policy in the Democratic Party and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s elitist now?</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/367/whos-elitist-now/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/367/whos-elitist-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elitism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mccain]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/?p=367</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Man, hypocrisy hurts: That&#8217;s one cozy outdoor fireplace next to that built-in hottub&#8230;how many Americans can identify with that kind of wasteful opulence? Get the whole Architectural Digest story and additional elitist pics here.]]></description>
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		<title>Finally</title>
		<link>http://centerblue.org/366/finally/</link>
		<comments>http://centerblue.org/366/finally/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obama]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://centerblue.org/?p=366</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Perfect.]]></description>
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