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        <title><![CDATA[ Mac at 'Height of Hypocrisy' on Hamas, Obama]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[John McCain&rsquo;s effort to link Barack Obama and Hamas&mdash;waxing astonished the Democrat could sit down with the violent Palestinian group&mdash;is &ldquo;Nixon-style dirty campaign tactics,&rdquo; and the &ldquo;height of hypocrisy,&rdquo; James Rubin writes in the Washington Post. In a 2006 interview, McCain said the US would &ldquo;have to deal with&rdquo; Hamas&mdash;and that Palestinians had chosen the extremists for &ldquo;a decent life and decent future.&rdquo;]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Fri, 16 May 2008 13:55:23 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[ McCain Ousts Consultant Over Conflict of Interest]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The McCain campaign gave the boot to veteran conservative consultant yesterday after it came to light that he also was a paid consultant for a tax-exempt political group designed to attack Democratic candidates, Politico reports. The campaign says it never coordinated its activities with the so-called 527 group&mdash;which would be against FEC rules&mdash;and set a new policy barring any further cross-pollination.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Fri, 16 May 2008 10:35:04 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[  Gay Unions Return   as Campaign Issue ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[In the wake of the California decision, gay advocates hope to bring the issue of same-sex marriages to the forefront of the general election. But all three candidates have similar views&mdash;they support civil unions but think marriages should be between men and women, the New York Times reports. They differ in nuances, however, and if the issue gains traction in the next few months, look for those differences to come into play.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Fri, 16 May 2008 09:35:04 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[  Hitler Donnybrook   Rocks Hardball  ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[There's been an outcry from the Dems over President Bush's &quot;appeasement&quot; comments but the shouting was loudest on last night's Hardball, the Huffington Post reports. Radio host Kevin James sang the praises of Bush's remarks comparing Barack Obama's planned outreach to Iran to Nazi appeasement. But after being asked repeatedly by host Chris Matthews, James couldn't come up with exactly what that moment in Hitler history involved.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Fri, 16 May 2008 06:54:15 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[ Dems Furious Over Bush 'Appeasement' Zinger]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Democrats stood shoulder-to-shoulder in fury yesterday to lash President Bush for indicating that Barack Obama is like a Nazi appeaser because he supports outreach to countries like Iran. Even Hillary Clinton leaped to her rival's defense, Reuters reports. &quot;President Bush's comparison of any Democrat to Nazi appeasers is both offensive and outrageous,&quot; Clinton said.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Fri, 16 May 2008 06:20:24 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[  Tenn. GOP Rips   'Anti-American'   Mrs. O on Web ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Tennessee GOP has produced a controversial internet video attack on Michelle Obama, blasting her recent remarks that she was proud of America &quot;for the first time in my adult life.&quot; The four-minute video, released yesterday to coincide with her campaign visit to the state, features Tennessee residents boasting of their pride in America intercut with Mrs. Obama's comments.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Fri, 16 May 2008 05:34:35 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[   Gay Marriage Foes Mobilize California Fight]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Organizations staunchly opposed to same-sex unions are already mobilizing to reinstate a ban on gay marriages that was struck down yesterday by California's Supreme Court, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. The coalition intends to hammer home the fact that&nbsp; four judges have &quot;overturned the will&quot; of millions of voters who approved the ban in a 2000 vote, said a spokeswoman for a conservative group in Sacramento.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Fri, 16 May 2008 04:03:42 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[  Bush vs. Obama:   It's Just the Start  ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[When the president set off a political firestorm today by essentially likening Barack Obama to those who appeased the Nazis, he likely presaged a common theme in the general election, writes Massimo Calabresi in Time. Bush is trying to stay relevant&mdash;no better way than to inject himself in the campaign. And the speed with which Obama responded signaled that he's quite happy to take on the president.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Thu, 15 May 2008 19:45:04 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[ Congress Turns on Speculators in Oil Bubble]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s not OPEC pulling oil prices to ever greater-heights&mdash;it&rsquo;s speculators. That&rsquo;s the theory behind the Consumer-First Energy Act, a bill sponsored by Senate Democrats aimed at clamping down on runaway oil futures trading. As stocks fall, investors are fleeing to commodities, especially oil. But even the US government might not have the power to rein in the market, BusinessWeek reports.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Thu, 15 May 2008 19:22:04 CDT  </pubDate>
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