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		<title>Twitter talk: Obama answers questions about fiscal cliff, tax cuts</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2012/12/03/twitter-talk-obama-answers-questions-about-fiscal-cliff-tax-cuts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 18:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alex.yap@chron.com (Alex Yap)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fiscal Cliff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, President Obama took to Twitter to discuss the fiscal cliff. Twitter followers submitted questions using #My2K and Obama tweeted his responses from @whitehouse.
Tweets sent from the president are signed -bo.
[View the story "Obama tweets the...]]></description>
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		<title>Newt Gingrich: There is no fiscal cliff</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2012/11/30/newt-gingrich-there-is-no-fiscal-cliff/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2012/11/30/newt-gingrich-there-is-no-fiscal-cliff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2012 01:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alex.yap@chron.com (Alex Yap)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiscal Cliff]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gingrich implores his colleagues to not beleaguer themselves with phony and dishonest negotiations - the failure of which will be blamed on Republicans or success credited with the failure of Republican policies. Instead, Gingrich writes that House Republicans should propose solutions they truly stand behind.]]></description>
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		<title>President-elect of Mexico to visit White House</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2012/11/19/president-elect-of-mexico-to-visit-white-house/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2012/11/19/president-elect-of-mexico-to-visit-white-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 23:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alex.yap@chron.com (Alex Yap)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Enrique Peña Nieto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marijuana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[president-elect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War on drugs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico will visit President Obama at the White House on Tuesday, Nov. 27, the White House announced Monday.]]></description>
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		<title>Sen. Coburn thinks we can trim Pentagon spending — like the beef jerky research and study of tweeters’ slang</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2012/11/15/sen-coburn-thinks-we-can-trim-pentagon-spending-%e2%80%94-like-the-beef-jerky-research-and-study-of-tweeters%e2%80%99-slang/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 23:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alex.yap@chron.com (Alex Yap)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[budget/taxes/economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Military]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pentagon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tom Coburn, the Republican senator from Oklahoma, sees things a little differently from his colleagues on the right. He thinks the Department of Defense could save at least $67.9 billion over a decade by making cuts to DOD expenses that actually have very little to do with defense.]]></description>
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		<title>Conservatives — at least a few — declare war on the Republican Party</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2012/11/14/conservatives-%e2%80%94-at-least-a-few-%e2%80%94-declare-war-on-the-republican-party/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2012/11/14/conservatives-%e2%80%94-at-least-a-few-%e2%80%94-declare-war-on-the-republican-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 23:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alex.yap@chron.com (Alex Yap)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edwin Meese III]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Libertarian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Levin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Presidential Election 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Heritage Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tea Party]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The political chasm is widening. A line has been drawn between two different ideologies, but not between Republicans and Democrats. This gap is between the Republicans and conservatives. “I think the Republican Party is devouring the conservative movement,” said radio host and conservative commentator, Mark Levin on Wednesday. Levin sat down with former Attorney General Edwin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten politicians who’ve excelled at social media in 2012</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2012/11/06/ten-politicians-who%e2%80%99ve-excelled-at-social-media-in-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2012/11/06/ten-politicians-who%e2%80%99ve-excelled-at-social-media-in-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alex.yap@chron.com (Alex Yap)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bill Flores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Claire McCaskill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cory Booker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gary Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Instagram]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Boehner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linda McMahon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Presidential Election 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Paul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ted Cruz]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[People have been showing their support for candidates for months using social media. So which candidates have taken advantage of this unique sharing tool? Here are our top picks for 2012.]]></description>
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		<title>Tomorrow’s news today: Get your post-election spin right here (with VIDEO)</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2012/11/05/tomorrow%e2%80%99s-news-today-get-your-post-election-spin-right-here-with-video/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2012/11/05/tomorrow%e2%80%99s-news-today-get-your-post-election-spin-right-here-with-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 19:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alex.yap@chron.com (Alex Yap)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Download]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media and Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Presidential Election 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reliable Sources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If Mitt Romney loses, experts will say Hurricane Sandy halted his momentum and gave Obama a chance to shine during the recovery efforts. What's more, Romney is an "awkward candidate" who is "not conservative enough" and "keeps changing his mind." On the other hand, an Obama loss will be attributed to his lackluster first debate and a vague and uninspired second term agenda.]]></description>
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		<title>Buzzwords: Romney talks in generalities, Obama goes into detail</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2012/10/23/buzzwords-romney-talks-in-generalities-obama-goes-into-detail/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2012/10/23/buzzwords-romney-talks-in-generalities-obama-goes-into-detail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 04:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alex.yap@chron.com (Alex Yap)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Debates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Military]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Presidential Election 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beyond the battleships and war horses, what did Barack Obama and Mitt Romney talk about in their foreign policy debate? A “word cloud” analysis of Monday night’s debate in Boca Raton reveals that the two candidates took a very different approach to persuading voters to back them on Nov. 6. Romney talked most about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama schools Romney on ‘horses, bayonets’</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2012/10/22/obama-schools-romney-on-%e2%80%98horses-bayonets%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2012/10/22/obama-schools-romney-on-%e2%80%98horses-bayonets%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 02:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alex.yap@chron.com (Alex Yap)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1980s]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA["Well, Governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets, because the nature of our military's changed. We have these things called aircraft carriers where planes land on them. We have these ships that go underwater, nuclear submarines," said Barack Obama to his opponent.]]></description>
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