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	<description>How the world looks from my perspective.</description>
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		<title>Consider Me Unimpressed</title>
		<link>http://backporchpolitics.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/consider-me-unimpressed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Murphy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[VP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backporchpolitics.wordpress.com/?p=143</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[

The entire spectacle of Obama’s VP choice was bad business, start to finish. The only thing worse than the lead up was the actual choice, of one of Obama’s more prolific detractors.
Breaking this in the middle of the night, with official word coming at 3am, on a Friday no less, highlights the staggering ineptitude of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Fatigue</title>
		<link>http://backporchpolitics.wordpress.com/2008/08/06/obama-fatigue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Murphy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[2008]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pew]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It would appear that voters are getting tired of hearing about Barack Obama, according poll results from Pew Research. Here&#8217;s the simple breakdown:

This is what happens when sycophantic news organizations devote themselves wholeheartedly to promoting a political candidate, people get tired of hearing it. With just three weeks until the Democratic National Convention, which will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pickens&#8217; Plan for Energy Independence</title>
		<link>http://backporchpolitics.wordpress.com/2008/07/08/pickens-plan-for-energy-independence/</link>
		<comments>http://backporchpolitics.wordpress.com/2008/07/08/pickens-plan-for-energy-independence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Murphy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backporchpolitics.wordpress.com/?p=134</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With an energy crisis either here or on the horizon (depending on who you&#8217;re listening to) more and more folks are getting out there and making the case for change in policy.
Most of those people are just politicians, but when you&#8217;ve got an oil entrepreneur who made his billion-dollar fortune on oil promoting wind, natural [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John McCain&#8217;s &#8220;Love&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://backporchpolitics.wordpress.com/2008/07/08/john-mccains-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Murphy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Republican]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Love]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Military]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Patriotism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[John McCain&#8217;s newest television advertisement is the best so far, driving home McCain&#8217;s deep and honest love for this country and her citizens.

Production values are excellent and the imagery is superb, but the narration is what truly makes this ad effective, both in terms of tone and cadence. I&#8217;m actually very curious to discover whom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No In-State Tuition for Illegals</title>
		<link>http://backporchpolitics.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/no-in-state-tuition-for-illegals/</link>
		<comments>http://backporchpolitics.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/no-in-state-tuition-for-illegals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Murphy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[College]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Illegal Immigration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Conservative]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Higher Education]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You can expect this topic to be discussed, with zeal, by talk show hosts on your AM dial and FoxNews reporters in the morning. It isn&#8217;t on the Drudge Report, yet, but I&#8217;ve got you covered.
Here&#8217;s an excerpt:
In the past two years, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia and Oklahoma have refused in-state tuition benefits to students who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John McCain&#8217;s 1st Ad - &#8220;Safe&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://backporchpolitics.wordpress.com/2008/06/06/john-mccains-1st-ad-safe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 04:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Murphy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[2008]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Republican]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Advertising]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[National Defense]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Television]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backporchpolitics.wordpress.com/?p=123</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[John McCain&#8217;s campaign released their first advertisement of the general election today, which focuses on his national security credentials. It does set the tone of the debate in a very clear light, simply that John McCain is a war hero and Barack Obama is inexperienced.

The ad will be on the air in 54 media markets [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Ryan Murphy</media:title>
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		<title>Obama Certain of 2nd Term</title>
		<link>http://backporchpolitics.wordpress.com/2008/06/06/in-2016-ill-be-wrapping-up-my-2nd-term/</link>
		<comments>http://backporchpolitics.wordpress.com/2008/06/06/in-2016-ill-be-wrapping-up-my-2nd-term/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 04:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Murphy</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[2016 Comment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Arrogance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Assumption]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Election]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[President]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this evening, Barack Obama was a surprise speaker at rally for Chicago&#8217;s bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Even more surprising, he had this to say:
&#8220;In 2016, I&#8217;ll be wrapping up my second term as president, so I can&#8217;t think of a better way than to be marching into Washington Park alongside Mayor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dowd: &#8220;Clinton is Still Here&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://backporchpolitics.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/dowd-clinton-is-still-here/</link>
		<comments>http://backporchpolitics.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/dowd-clinton-is-still-here/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Murphy</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Editorial]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Maureen Dowd]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New York Times]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nomination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This morning, Maureen Dowd published an op-ed in the New York Times, giving her opinion and thoughts on the coming &#8220;after-game&#8221; by Hillary Clinton. It&#8217;s pretty interesting, here&#8217;s my favorite section:
 Clintonologists know that Hillary is up to something, but they aren’t sure what. Theory No. 1 is that it’s the Cassandra “I told you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McCain&#8217;s Challenge to Obama</title>
		<link>http://backporchpolitics.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/mccains-challenge-to-obama/</link>
		<comments>http://backporchpolitics.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/mccains-challenge-to-obama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Murphy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[2008]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Debate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Challenge]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Townhall]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backporchpolitics.wordpress.com/?p=119</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a speech delivered this afternoon and an email that was circulated this morning, John McCain is calling on Barack Obama to join him in a series of joint town hall meetings across the country.
I suggest we agree to participate in at least ten town halls once a week with the first on June 11 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assassinating Barack Obama</title>
		<link>http://backporchpolitics.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/assassinating-barack-obama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Murphy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[2008]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Assassination]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Freedom of Speech]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Yazmany Arbodela]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backporchpolitics.wordpress.com/?p=118</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ This morning, Yazmany Arboleda (a performance artist from Boston), tried to set up an art exhibition in a vacant storefront on West 40th Street in Midtown Manhattan with the provocative title, “The Assassination of Hillary Clinton/The Assassination of Barack Obama”.
Hours later, NYPD and the Secret Service arrived to take Mr. Arboleda into custody for [...]]]></description>
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