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	<description>Nate Silver\'s Political Calculus</description>
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		<title>Is the Economy Saving Obama’s Approval Ratings?</title>
		<link>http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/is-the-economy-saving-obamas-approval-ratings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By NATE SILVER</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[approval ratings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Benghazi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Political coverage over the last week has focused on a series of stories that reflect negatively on the executive branch, but President Obama's approval ratings have held steady.]]></description>
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		<title>New Audit Allegations Show Flawed Statistical Thinking</title>
		<link>http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/17/new-audit-allegations-show-flawed-statistical-thinking/</link>
		<comments>http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/17/new-audit-allegations-show-flawed-statistical-thinking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 20:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By NATE SILVER</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[501(c)(4)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[audit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I.R.S.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internal Revenue Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peggy Noonan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tea Party]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/17/new-audit-allegations-show-flawed-statistical-thinking/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some conservatives are alleging that the I.R.S. targeted not just conservative groups, but also individual conservative taxpayers. But a handful of anecdotal data points are not worth very much in a country of 300 million people.]]></description>
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		<title>Is There Really a Second-Term Curse?</title>
		<link>http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/16/is-there-really-a-second-term-curse/</link>
		<comments>http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/16/is-there-really-a-second-term-curse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By NATE SILVER</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[approval ratings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Clinton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[george w. bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[presidents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[second term]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[second term curse]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/16/is-there-really-a-second-term-curse/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two-term presidents since World War II tended to be quite popular in their first terms, and significantly less so in their second terms. Is this proof of a second-term curse? In reality, there are some complications. ]]></description>
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		<title>I.R.S. Approved Dozens of Tea Party Groups Following Congressional Scrutiny</title>
		<link>http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/16/i-r-s-approved-dozens-of-tea-party-groups-following-congressional-scrutiny/</link>
		<comments>http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/16/i-r-s-approved-dozens-of-tea-party-groups-following-congressional-scrutiny/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 12:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By MICAH COHEN</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[501(c)(4)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I.R.S.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Internal Revenue Service began approving a flurry of applications for tax-exempt status from Tea Party groups in May 2012, after a two-year period when they approved only a handful. ]]></description>
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		<title>Money on the Bench</title>
		<link>http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/13/money-on-the-bench/</link>
		<comments>http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/13/money-on-the-bench/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 01:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By KEVIN QUEALY</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/13/money-on-the-bench/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The average Major League Baseball team has five players on the disabled list right now, but not all have been affected equally. The Yankees have the most injured players, 11, and they are costing the club $23,000 an hour. ]]></description>
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		<title>I.R.S. Targeting of Conservative Groups Could Resonate in 2014</title>
		<link>http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/13/i-r-s-targeting-of-conservative-groups-could-resonate-in-2014/</link>
		<comments>http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/13/i-r-s-targeting-of-conservative-groups-could-resonate-in-2014/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 22:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By NATE SILVER</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2014]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[501(c)(4)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I.R.S.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internal Revenue Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patriot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/13/i-r-s-targeting-of-conservative-groups-could-resonate-in-2014/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The admission by the Internal Revenue Service that it targeted conservative organizations when they applied for tax-exempt status could motivate a strong turnout from the Republican base.]]></description>
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		<title>Sanford and the Electoral Effect of Sex Scandals</title>
		<link>http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/08/the-electoral-effect-of-sex-scandals-revisited/</link>
		<comments>http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/08/the-electoral-effect-of-sex-scandals-revisited/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 10:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By NATE SILVER</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polling]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/08/the-electoral-effect-of-sex-scandals-revisited/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It would be wrong to conclude that voters did not punish Mark Sanford at all for his extramarital affair. ]]></description>
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		<title>Does Gomez Have a Real Chance in Massachusetts?</title>
		<link>http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/06/does-gomez-have-a-real-chance-in-massachusetts/</link>
		<comments>http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/06/does-gomez-have-a-real-chance-in-massachusetts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 01:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By NATE SILVER</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ed Markey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Warren]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gabriel Gomez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martha Coakley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Massachusetts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Special Elections]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/06/does-gomez-have-a-real-chance-in-massachusetts/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The fundamentals in the Senate race in Massachusetts suggest that Gabriel Gomez is a significant underdog. The good news for Mr. Gomez is that it is early and some of these factors are malleable. ]]></description>
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		<title>Colbert Busch Might Win, but Could She Last?</title>
		<link>http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/06/colbert-busch-might-win-but-could-she-last/</link>
		<comments>http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/06/colbert-busch-might-win-but-could-she-last/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 11:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By MICAH COHEN</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Colbert Busch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House of Representatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Sanford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[south carolina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Special Elections]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/06/colbert-busch-might-win-but-could-she-last/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Even if Elizabeth Colbert Busch beats Mark Sanford in South Carolina's First Congressional District on Tuesday, history shows that she is unlikely to hold the seat for long.]]></description>
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		<title>Uncertainty Still Clouds Health Care Law</title>
		<link>http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/01/uncertainty-still-clouds-health-care-law/</link>
		<comments>http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/01/uncertainty-still-clouds-health-care-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 19:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By MICAH COHEN</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Affordable Care Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kaiser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As concerns arise about implementing the Affordable Care Act, even among its supporters, the White House has another worry: the law is still not well liked or well understood.]]></description>
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