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	<title>CT Politics &#187; richard.dunham@chron.com (Richard Dunham)</title>
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		<title>George W. Bush’s legacy by the numbers</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/04/25/george-w-bushs-legacy-by-the-numbers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>richard.dunham@chron.com (Richard Dunham)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas today, historians and political pundits are taking a second look at the 43rd president’s legacy. We’d like to offer you a dispassionate view of the Bush record, culled from objective data. Here’s a sampling: ECONOMIC GROWTH: GDP growth, adjusted for inflation, for each<a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/politicssource/george-w-bushs-legacy-by-the-numbers/5253/">  Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>George W. Bush’s top five successes — and failures</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/04/23/george-w-bushs-top-five-successes-and-failures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>richard.dunham@chron.com (Richard Dunham)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To mark the opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, we offer you a glimpse back at the greatest triumphs and mistakes of his years on the national stage. Here are our choices. Feel free to add your own by posting a comment. TOP SUCCESSES 1. There were no successful terrorist attacks<a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/politicssource/george-w-bushs-top-five-successes-and-failures/5250/">  Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Is Obama’s popularity at a tipping point?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/04/08/is-obamas-popularity-at-a-tipping-point/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/04/08/is-obamas-popularity-at-a-tipping-point/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>richard.dunham@chron.com (Richard Dunham)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s a bit of political trivia from a proud history major: The first April of a second presidential term has proven to be a tipping point in the popularity of re-elected presidents. For George W. Bush and Richard M. Nixon, it was all downhill from there. For Bill Clinton (despite impeachment) and Ronald Reagan (despite<a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/politicssource/is-obamas-popularity-at-a-tipping-point/5215/">  Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kamala Harris has competition</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/04/06/kamala-harris-has-competition/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/04/06/kamala-harris-has-competition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 16:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>richard.dunham@chron.com (Richard Dunham)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[crime and punishment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We want to say this in a non-sexist way: Kamala Harris has competition. She has competition in the battle for smartest, toughest, fairest, most effective Attorney General in the USA. She also has competition in the “best looking” category that got President Obama in such hot water this week. This photo gallery doesn’t in any<a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/politicssource/kamala-harris-has-competition/5198/">  Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The ten most popular political conspiracy theories (PHOTO GALLERY)</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/04/05/the-ten-most-popular-political-conspiracy-theories-photo-gallery/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/04/05/the-ten-most-popular-political-conspiracy-theories-photo-gallery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 07:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>richard.dunham@chron.com (Richard Dunham)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Public Policy Polling likes to throw us a curve ball occasionally, with a survey that isn’t the usual Democrat vs. Republican election match-up. The newest is some offbeat polling on public opinion on various political conspiracy theories. Here are PPP’s top ten — and then a few that are way, way out there. 1. 51<a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/politicssource/the-ten-most-popular-political-conspiracy-theories-photo-gallery/5193/">  Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ten ways you could feel Friday’s $85B federal budget cuts</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/02/27/ten-ways-you-could-feel-friday%e2%80%99s-85b-federal-budget-cuts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>richard.dunham@chron.com (Richard Dunham)</dc:creator>
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		<title>Analysis: Lots of sticks, not too many carrots from Obama at State of the Union</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/02/12/analysis-lots-of-sticks-not-too-many-carrots-from-obama-at-state-of-the-union/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>richard.dunham@chron.com (Richard Dunham)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[He opened with a populist rallying cry about corporate profits being “at all-time highs” while middle-class incomes “have barely budged.” He closed with a battle cry for gun control, in the name of the dead children of Newtown, the gravely injured former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and a Chicago high school majorette who loved Fig Newtons<a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/politicssource/analysis-lots-of-sticks-not-too-many-carrots-from-obama-at-state-of-the-union/4855/">  Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Top ten moments from the State of the Union</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/02/12/top-ten-moments-from-the-state-of-the-union/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/02/12/top-ten-moments-from-the-state-of-the-union/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>richard.dunham@chron.com (Richard Dunham)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a speech long on rhetoric, with dramatic moments and long dry stretches. Here are ten memorable moments from President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address: 1. High drama: The pervasive presence of gun violence victims President Obama didn’t talk for long about gun-related legislation — and he waited until the end of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Battle of the excerpts: Obama vs. Rubio vs. Rand Paul</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/02/12/battle-of-the-excerpts-obama-vs-rubio-vs-rand-paul/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/02/12/battle-of-the-excerpts-obama-vs-rubio-vs-rand-paul/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 01:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>richard.dunham@chron.com (Richard Dunham)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In case you want the Cliff’s Notes version of tonight’s State of the Union (and the GOP and Tea Party responses), we are pleased to present you with excerpts released by each of the speakers. First up, President Obama: “It is our generation’s task, then, to reignite the true engine of America’s economic growth – [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The early reviews are in: Chuck Hagel bombs at confirmation hearing</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/01/31/the-early-reviews-are-in-chuck-hagel-bombs-at-confirmation-hearing/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/01/31/the-early-reviews-are-in-chuck-hagel-bombs-at-confirmation-hearing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>richard.dunham@chron.com (Richard Dunham)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[View the story "A tough day for Chuck Hagel" on Storify]
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