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		<title>Will U.S. Really Take A Stand Against Global Warming?</title>
		<link>http://politicianscandal.com/250/will-u-s-really-take-a-stand-against-global-warming</link>
		<comments>http://politicianscandal.com/250/will-u-s-really-take-a-stand-against-global-warming#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:25:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CRJourdan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change bill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming bill]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama is scheduled to be in attendance for the start of the Climate Summit in Copenhagen. He has stated that he will personally commit the United States to a substantial reduction in greenhouse gases.
Obama reportedly will insist that the United States is ready to take on global warming, despite resistance in Congress over projected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Vermont Hold the Key to Healthcare Reform?</title>
		<link>http://politicianscandal.com/249/does-vermont-hold-the-key-to-healthcare-reform</link>
		<comments>http://politicianscandal.com/249/does-vermont-hold-the-key-to-healthcare-reform#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CRJourdan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare bill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As debate rages on between the merits of one healthcare bill vs. another, and as the Democrats and Republicans trade political barbs as to their true motivation for wanting to pass healthcare reform, perhaps the ideal compromise lies in the idyllic Green Mountains of Vermont.
Vermont seems to have achieved on a state level what appears [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Global Warming Bill Stand A Chance Without Support?</title>
		<link>http://politicianscandal.com/248/does-global-warming-bill-stand-a-chance-without-support</link>
		<comments>http://politicianscandal.com/248/does-global-warming-bill-stand-a-chance-without-support#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CRJourdan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change bill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The news yesterday was that the Senate’s global warming bill is stalled in committee, about one month in advance of the Climate Conference in Copenhagen in December 2009.
The Senate bill, sponsored by Senators John Kerry of Massachusetts and Barbara Boxer of California, proposes to curtail greenhouse gas emissions by way of a cap and trade [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama’s Healthcare Plan Will Require Courage To Pass</title>
		<link>http://politicianscandal.com/247/obama%e2%80%99s-healthcare-plan-will-require-courage-to-pass</link>
		<comments>http://politicianscandal.com/247/obama%e2%80%99s-healthcare-plan-will-require-courage-to-pass#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CRJourdan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all know that passing any form of meaningful healthcare reform will require compromise.  Major compromise is needed to reconcile the differences between the two Senate versions and then striking an accord with the House version of the healthcare bill.
By traditional ideals, Republicans and Democrats will find some common ground and hammer out their major [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Strategies For Obama’s Reelection</title>
		<link>http://politicianscandal.com/243/three-strategies-for-obama%e2%80%99s-reelection</link>
		<comments>http://politicianscandal.com/243/three-strategies-for-obama%e2%80%99s-reelection#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CRJourdan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012 presidential election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[successful strategies to win reelection]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the re-election of 1996, Bill Clinton realized that it was “the economy, stupid” that held the secret to his success. For Barack Obama in 2012, that will still be the reelection mantra. But there are several other key reasons that will also be important in Democratic reelection success. 
Obama won in 2008 because he offered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conservative Talk Radio A Social Malignancy</title>
		<link>http://politicianscandal.com/239/conservative-talk-radio-a-social-malignancy</link>
		<comments>http://politicianscandal.com/239/conservative-talk-radio-a-social-malignancy#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CRJourdan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservative talk radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rush Limbaugh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Talk Radio]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Consider the divisive political climate in the U.S. today.  Even more, consider how divided our society is in general.  We pit left against right.  Special interests vs. the public good.  We can’t agree to pass healthcare reform, reduce global warming or even improve gas mileage. 
I believe one of the primary contributors to America’s unprecedented factionalism [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Causes An Economic Recession?</title>
		<link>http://politicianscandal.com/235/what-causes-an-economic-recession</link>
		<comments>http://politicianscandal.com/235/what-causes-an-economic-recession#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CRJourdan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2009 recession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[causes of economic recession]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The typical recession is like a nasty hangover after a great party.  During the party, participants get drunk and have a good time. Or as former Fed chairman Allen Greenspan was fond of calling it, they become irrationally exuberant. But when the party is over, society pays for its thrills with a recessionary morning after.
While [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Harry Reid Who America Needs Right Now?</title>
		<link>http://politicianscandal.com/232/is-harry-reid-who-america-needs-right-now</link>
		<comments>http://politicianscandal.com/232/is-harry-reid-who-america-needs-right-now#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CRJourdan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Reid]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have a Democratic president who abounds with charisma, energy and ideals. But after Obama, there’s a precipitous drop-off in Democratic leadership. 
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is a prime example of that leadership void. A complete opposite of President Obama, Reid’s personality could lead some to refer to him as the Senate Majority Wimp. Yet, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Much Are We Spending on the War in Iraq?</title>
		<link>http://politicianscandal.com/230/how-much-are-we-spending-on-the-war-in-iraq</link>
		<comments>http://politicianscandal.com/230/how-much-are-we-spending-on-the-war-in-iraq#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CRJourdan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cost of Iraq war]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Only in America would citizens and politicians be ardently debating the value of extending healthcare to all of its citizens, but say not a word about the cost of the wars being waged in Iraq and Afghanistan.
With monetary costs that are rising daily, not to mention the human costs of over 4,000 Americans killed, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky Scandal</title>
		<link>http://politicianscandal.com/224/the-bill-clinton-monica-lewinsky-scandal</link>
		<comments>http://politicianscandal.com/224/the-bill-clinton-monica-lewinsky-scandal#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CRJourdan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Clinton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Clinton Scandal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monica Lewinsky]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“I did not have sex with that woman, Miss Lewinsky..” With that now infamous quote from President Bill Clinton, so began one of the highest profile sex scandals in U.S. presidential history.
The Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky affair started in 1995, after Lewinsky was hired to work as a White House intern during Clinton’s first term. When [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Massachusetts Healthcare Model: Pros &amp; Cons</title>
		<link>http://politicianscandal.com/214/the-massachusetts-healthcare-model-pros-cons</link>
		<comments>http://politicianscandal.com/214/the-massachusetts-healthcare-model-pros-cons#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CRJourdan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare reform bill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Massachusetts healthcare]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://politicianscandal.com/?p=214</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[To those in favor of major healthcare reform, Massachusetts’ Mandatory Health Insurance represents a model of healthcare equity and universal coverage. To those opposed, it serves as a prime example of governmental intrusion and unwelcome mandatory participation.
Whichever side of the healthcare reform bill issue you’re on, there are positives and negatives to take away from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Brief History of the Vietnam War</title>
		<link>http://politicianscandal.com/208/a-brief-history-of-the-vietnam-war</link>
		<comments>http://politicianscandal.com/208/a-brief-history-of-the-vietnam-war#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CRJourdan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vietnam War]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Vietnam War was one of the United States’ longest and most frustrating conflicts.  Occurring between 1959 and 1975, the war was fought between communist North Vietnam and its allies against the United States and South Vietnam.  During the era of the Cold War and the expansion of communism, the US entered the war to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democrats Reelection Chances at Risk</title>
		<link>http://politicianscandal.com/204/democrats-reelection-chances-at-risk</link>
		<comments>http://politicianscandal.com/204/democrats-reelection-chances-at-risk#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CRJourdan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare bill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare reform bill]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://politicianscandal.com/?p=204</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Politics is the ultimate game of risk and reward.  Seldom have the stakes been higher than they are for President Obama and the Democrats with the pressure to pass healthcare legislation.  There are great risks in failing to pass reformist legislation.  There are also perils if the legislation passes.  
Democrats face the potential of major congressional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How The Stimulus Package Helps College Students</title>
		<link>http://politicianscandal.com/202/how-the-stimulus-package-helps-college-students</link>
		<comments>http://politicianscandal.com/202/how-the-stimulus-package-helps-college-students#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CRJourdan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[College]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government stimulus package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus package]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama’s $787 billion economic stimulus package doesn’t just contain incentives for home buyers, car buyers and businesses.  There’s also a significant portion of funds targeted to encourage Americans to further their education in this recessionary time of high unemployment.  The government stimulus package features three key educational funding provisions intended to create more [...]]]></description>
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