<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0">

<channel>
	<title>Democrashield.com</title>
	
	<link>http://democrashield.com</link>
	<description />
	<lastBuildDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:00:36 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<cloud domain="democrashield.com" port="80" path="/?rsscloud=notify" registerProcedure="" protocol="http-post" />
<image>
		<url>http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/32c8fe78348b3613a11560c3e16f9c42?s=96&amp;d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png</url>
		<title>Democrashield.com</title>
		<link>http://democrashield.com</link>
	</image>
			<atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/Democrashield" type="application/rss+xml" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><item>
		<title>Vote For Me (BUMPED)</title>
		<link>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/07/vote-for-me-2/</link>
		<comments>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/07/vote-for-me-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Democrashield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breaking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progressives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2009 Weblog Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Voting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weblog Awards]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://democrashield.com/?p=4624</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Best Blog &#8211; Best Liberal Blog &#8211; Best Political Blog &#8211; Best Small Blog
Democrashield has been nominated for the 2009 Weblog Awards. Please take a moment to second our nominations by clicking on the links above, then clicking on the green plus button next to our name.
[I'm going to keep this at the top of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=democrashield.com&blog=1485846&post=4624&subd=democrashield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/07/vote-for-me-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Democrashield</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/2707/wa2009200x40.png" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">The 2009 Weblog Awards</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>BREAKING: Health Care Reform Passes House (UPDATED X4)</title>
		<link>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/07/breaking-health-care-reform-passes-house/</link>
		<comments>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/07/breaking-health-care-reform-passes-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Democrashield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Breaking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progressives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bart Stupak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Cantor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Boehner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joseph Cao]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teabaggers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://democrashield.com/?p=4749</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
The House of Representatives voted 220 to 215 to pass health care reform. And the vote was bipartisan&#8211;one Republican, Joseph Cao of Louisiana, joined the Democrats in supporting the bill.
Congress erupted in cheers and applause as soon as the 218th &#8216;yea&#8217; vote was cast.
This vote is the result of months of effort, representing innumerable hours [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=democrashield.com&blog=1485846&post=4749&subd=democrashield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/07/breaking-health-care-reform-passes-house/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Democrashield</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://democrashield.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/health.jpg" medium="image" />
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>The GOP Health Care Plan: Worse Than You Think</title>
		<link>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/07/the-gop-health-care-plan-worse-than-you-think/</link>
		<comments>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/07/the-gop-health-care-plan-worse-than-you-think/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Democrashield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progressives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scandal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jack Abramoff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northern Mariana Islands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CNMI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wages]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://democrashield.com/?p=4727</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As it turns out, the GOP&#8217;s health care reform bill is worse that previously thought.
Yesterday, I discussed how the GOP plan will let insurance companies sell plans across state lines. As part of that, insurers would be able to choose a &#8216;primary state&#8217; to operate out of; that state&#8217;s laws would then govern that company&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=democrashield.com&blog=1485846&post=4727&subd=democrashield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/07/the-gop-health-care-plan-worse-than-you-think/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Democrashield</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) Stabs Women In The Back (UPDATED X2)</title>
		<link>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/07/rep-bart-stupak-d-mi-stabs-women-in-the-back/</link>
		<comments>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/07/rep-bart-stupak-d-mi-stabs-women-in-the-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:47:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Democrashield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progressives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bart Stupak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Choice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq War]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://democrashield.com/?p=4715</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Democratic leadership is being forced to bring the Stupak amendment to a vote in order to have a shot at passing health care reform. If the amendment passes&#8211;which is likely&#8211;it will mean that:
Private insurers will have to drop abortion coverage from plans that have it (which is most of them) in order to participate [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=democrashield.com&blog=1485846&post=4715&subd=democrashield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/07/rep-bart-stupak-d-mi-stabs-women-in-the-back/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Democrashield</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>NY-23’s Aftermath: One More Vote For Health Care Reform (UPDATED)</title>
		<link>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/06/ny-23s-aftermath-one-more-vote-for-health-care-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/06/ny-23s-aftermath-one-more-vote-for-health-care-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Democrashield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progressives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Right-Wing Noise Machine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2009]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Owens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dede Scozzafava]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarah Palin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Special Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teabaggers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://democrashield.com/?p=4705</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Newly-elected Rep. Bill Owens says he will vote for the Democratic health care reform bill:
Rep. Bill Owens (D-NY) can be counted on as a &#8220;yes&#8221; in this weekend&#8217;s expected vote on the House Democrats&#8217; health care bill, announcing his support in a press release.
&#8220;This legislation will reform the insurance industry and provide increased access to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=democrashield.com&blog=1485846&post=4705&subd=democrashield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/06/ny-23s-aftermath-one-more-vote-for-health-care-reform/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Democrashield</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Attention Moderate Republicans: You Have Been Put On Notice</title>
		<link>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/06/attention-moderate-republicans-you-have-been-put-on-notice/</link>
		<comments>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/06/attention-moderate-republicans-you-have-been-put-on-notice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Democrashield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progressives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economic Stimulus Package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Steele]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Numbers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NY-23]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican National Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RNC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RNC Chair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teabaggers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://democrashield.com/?p=4686</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By the Chairman of the Republican Party himself:
&#8220;[C]andidates who live in moderate to slightly liberal districts have got to walk a little bit carefully here, because you do not want to put yourself in a position where you’re crossing that line on conservative principles, fiscal principles, because we’ll come after you,” Steele told ABC&#8217;s Top [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=democrashield.com&blog=1485846&post=4686&subd=democrashield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/06/attention-moderate-republicans-you-have-been-put-on-notice/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Democrashield</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://democrashield.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/tent.jpg" medium="image" />
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>CBO: GOP Health Care Plan Inadequate, Pointless (UPDATED)</title>
		<link>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/05/cbo-gop-health-care-plan-inadequate-pointless/</link>
		<comments>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/05/cbo-gop-health-care-plan-inadequate-pointless/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Democrashield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progressives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Right-Wing Noise Machine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CBO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congressional Budget Office]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Industrial Complex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insurance Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://democrashield.com/?p=4664</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The CBO has  scored the GOP health care reform bill, proving that sometimes the only thing worse than  no plan is a bad plan.
Ezra Klein breaks it down:

CBO begins with the baseline estimate that 17 percent of legal, non-elderly residents won&#8217;t have health-care insurance in 2010. In 2019, after 10 years of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=democrashield.com&blog=1485846&post=4664&subd=democrashield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/05/cbo-gop-health-care-plan-inadequate-pointless/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Democrashield</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>NY-23: Republicans Teabag Themselves Out Of Existence</title>
		<link>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/05/ny-23-republicans-teabag-themselves-out-of-existence/</link>
		<comments>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/05/ny-23-republicans-teabag-themselves-out-of-existence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Democrashield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progressives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2009]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Owens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dede Scozzafava]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doug Hoffman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NY-23]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NY23]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://democrashield.com/?p=4660</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The special election in NY’s 23rd Congressional District should have been a walk for Republicans&#8211;that part of NY has been represented by the GOP for more than a century and its most recent Republican Congressman, John McHugh, never won less than 63%.
This was a strongly Republican seat&#8211;the election was conservatives’ to lose.
And lose they did.
The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=democrashield.com&blog=1485846&post=4660&subd=democrashield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/05/ny-23-republicans-teabag-themselves-out-of-existence/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Democrashield</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Gay Marriage and Abstinence-Only</title>
		<link>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/04/gay-marriage-and-abstinence-only/</link>
		<comments>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/04/gay-marriage-and-abstinence-only/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>emmagold</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progressives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equal Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marriage]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://democrashield.com/?p=4651</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By EmmaGold
Yesterday, 53% of voters in Maine chose to deny equal rights to gay couples.
We don&#8217;t really know why. So, we have to wonder what the effect  the Yes on 1 campaign had.
Their campaign focused on the idea that, if Question 1 was rejected and gay marriage remained legal, it &#8220;would be taught in schools&#8221;

And [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=democrashield.com&blog=1485846&post=4651&subd=democrashield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/04/gay-marriage-and-abstinence-only/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">emmagold</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/1tLvzVzB66w/2.jpg" medium="image" />
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>BREAKING: GOP Wins VA-GOV &amp; NJ-GOV (UPDATED x2)</title>
		<link>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/04/breaking-gop-wins-va-gov-nj-gov-updated/</link>
		<comments>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/04/breaking-gop-wins-va-gov-nj-gov-updated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Democrashield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breaking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progressives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Right-Wing Noise Machine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob McDonnell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Christie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Creigh Deeds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jon Corzine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Jersey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Numbers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vote]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://democrashield.com/?p=4620</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With 99% of precincts reporting, Republican Bob McDonnell leads Democrat Creigh Deeds 59% to 41%; major news outlets have projected that McDonnell will be elected the next Governor of Virginia.
With 96% of precincts reporting, Republican Chris Christie leads Democratic Governor Jon Corzine 49% to 45%; major news outlets have projected that Christie will be elected [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=democrashield.com&blog=1485846&post=4620&subd=democrashield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/04/breaking-gop-wins-va-gov-nj-gov-updated/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Democrashield</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Election Day: The Right-Wing Spin Machine Revs Up</title>
		<link>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/03/election-day-the-right-wing-spin-machine-revs-up/</link>
		<comments>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/03/election-day-the-right-wing-spin-machine-revs-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Democrashield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progressives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Owens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob McDonnell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Christie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Daggett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Creigh Deeds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dede Scozzafava]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doug Hoffman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jon Corzine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Jersey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NJ-GOV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NY-23]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VA-GOV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://democrashield.com/?p=4609</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It looks like the conservative spin machine is firing up, looking for the  most favorable ways to portray whatever today&#8217;s election results end up being. Let&#8217;s counteract their spin and look at what today&#8217;s major races might actually mean:
Virginia
It’s telling that conservatives are portraying VA—the one race they’re pretty much guaranteed to win—as today’s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=democrashield.com&blog=1485846&post=4609&subd=democrashield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/03/election-day-the-right-wing-spin-machine-revs-up/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Democrashield</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Election Day</title>
		<link>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/03/election-day/</link>
		<comments>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/03/election-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:31:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Democrashield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breaking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progressives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Owens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Creigh Deeds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jon Corzine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LGBT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Jersey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Numbers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NY-23]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Proposition 1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volunteer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vote No on 1]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://democrashield.com/?p=4595</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If your state is holding  elections today, get out there and vote.
And if you have any free time at all then go volunteer for the candidate/cause of your choice. You can click on the icons below for information on how to help progressives win today:





Posted in 2009 Election, Breaking, Government, Governors, House, Polls, Progressives, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=democrashield.com&blog=1485846&post=4595&subd=democrashield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/03/election-day/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Democrashield</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://democrashield.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/deeds.png" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">DEEDS</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://democrashield.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/corzine.png" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">CORZINE</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://democrashield.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/owens.png" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">OWENS</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://democrashield.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/california.png" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">CALIFORNIA</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://democrashield.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/maine1.png" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">MAINE</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Recession Ends; President Obama To Thank (UPDATED)</title>
		<link>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/03/recession-ends-president-obama-to-thank-updated/</link>
		<comments>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/03/recession-ends-president-obama-to-thank-updated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Democrashield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progressives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cash For Clunkers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Econmics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economic Stimulus Package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Reid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nancy Pelosi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stimulus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://democrashield.com/?p=4585</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Republican recession&#8211;the longest and worst economic downturn since the Great Depression&#8211;is officially over:
The U.S. economy expanded in the third quarter after shrinking for four consecutive quarters, marking an apparent end to the worst recession since World War II. But the recovery is expected to be slow and painful, as companies shed jobs and credit [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=democrashield.com&blog=1485846&post=4585&subd=democrashield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/03/recession-ends-president-obama-to-thank-updated/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Democrashield</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Tomorrow Never Dies (Though Perhaps It Should)</title>
		<link>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/02/tomorrow-never-dies-though-perhaps-it-should/</link>
		<comments>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/02/tomorrow-never-dies-though-perhaps-it-should/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Democrashield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progressives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2009]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Jersey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Numbers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NY-23]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vote]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://democrashield.com/?p=4562</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Even though I&#8217;ve been  writing a lot about NY-23, there are several other major elections going on tomorrow&#8211;namely, the gubernatorial elections in VA and NJ.
It&#8217;s  doubtless that, no matter how those elections turn out, some people are going to try to argue that the results indicate how the 2010 elections will play out.
But [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=democrashield.com&blog=1485846&post=4562&subd=democrashield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/02/tomorrow-never-dies-though-perhaps-it-should/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Democrashield</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://democrashield.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/correlation3.png" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">CORRELATION</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>NY-23: More GOP Fail: Scozzafava Endorses Owens</title>
		<link>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/01/ny-23-more-gop-fail-scozzafava-endorses-owens/</link>
		<comments>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/01/ny-23-more-gop-fail-scozzafava-endorses-owens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Democrashield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progressives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Owens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dede Scozzafava]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doug Hoffman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Endorsements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Numbers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NY-23]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Special Election]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://democrashield.com/?p=4560</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[And the local paper, the Watertown Daily Times, follows suit:
Dierdre K. Scozzafava&#8217;s decision to suspend her campaign for the 23rd Congressional District seat is a shocking development in what had already been an extraordinary race.
In her statement Saturday morning, the assemblywoman explained the reasons behind her decision: &#8220;It is increasingly clear that pressure is mounting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=democrashield.com&blog=1485846&post=4560&subd=democrashield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://democrashield.com/2009/11/01/ny-23-more-gop-fail-scozzafava-endorses-owens/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Democrashield</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>BREAKING: NY-23: GOP Admits Defeat, Scozzafava Drops Out</title>
		<link>http://democrashield.com/2009/10/31/breaking-ny-23-gop-admits-defeat-scozzafava-drops-out/</link>
		<comments>http://democrashield.com/2009/10/31/breaking-ny-23-gop-admits-defeat-scozzafava-drops-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Democrashield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breaking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progressives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Owens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dede Scozzafava]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doug Hoffman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Epic Fail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Steele]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Numbers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NY-23]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RNC]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://democrashield.com/?p=4552</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From upstate NY&#8217;s Watertown Daily Times:
Dede Scozzafava, the Republican and Independence parties candidate, announced Saturday that she is suspending her campaign for the 23rd Congressional District and releasing all her supporters.
The state Assemblywoman has not thrown her support to either Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate, or Bill Owens, the Democratic candidate.
Ms. Scozzafava told the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=democrashield.com&blog=1485846&post=4552&subd=democrashield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://democrashield.com/2009/10/31/breaking-ny-23-gop-admits-defeat-scozzafava-drops-out/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Democrashield</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>NY-23: Doug Who? (UPDATED)</title>
		<link>http://democrashield.com/2009/10/30/ny-23-doug-who-updated/</link>
		<comments>http://democrashield.com/2009/10/30/ny-23-doug-who-updated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Democrashield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progressives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Right-Wing Noise Machine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Owens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dede Scozzafava]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doug Hoffman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NY-23]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Special Election]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://democrashield.com/?p=4545</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
The special election in NY&#8217;s 23rd Congressional District has become defined by the right-wing infighting between supporters of Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava and backers of Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman.
Despite the fact that Scozzafava is more conservative than your average New York Republican, the right has deemed her insufficiently conservative and are instead flocking to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=democrashield.com&blog=1485846&post=4545&subd=democrashield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://democrashield.com/2009/10/30/ny-23-doug-who-updated/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Democrashield</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://democrashield.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/absentia.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">ABSENTIA</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Supporting The Troops</title>
		<link>http://democrashield.com/2009/10/29/supporting-the-troops/</link>
		<comments>http://democrashield.com/2009/10/29/supporting-the-troops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Democrashield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progressives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dover Air Force Base]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Soldiers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Troops]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://democrashield.com/?p=4537</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning, President Barack Obama traveled  to Dover Air Force Base to personally welcome home and honor some of our fallen soldiers:

Remember that image. Keep it in mind whenever anyone on the right accuses Obama of being anti-American or hating the troops or putting soldiers’ lives in danger by ‘dithering.’
And then remember that George [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=democrashield.com&blog=1485846&post=4537&subd=democrashield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://democrashield.com/2009/10/29/supporting-the-troops/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Democrashield</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://democrashield.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/fallen.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Obama Fallen Soldiers</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Finally, Here’s  Evidence Of A Republican Comeback…Right?</title>
		<link>http://democrashield.com/2009/10/28/finally-heres-evidence-of-a-republican-comeback-right/</link>
		<comments>http://democrashield.com/2009/10/28/finally-heres-evidence-of-a-republican-comeback-right/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Democrashield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progressives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1992]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gallup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://democrashield.com/?p=4519</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a recent Gallup poll that some on the right have been circulating as proof that the GOP will  make a comeback in 2010:
Conservatives continue to outnumber moderates and liberals in the American populace in 2009, confirming a finding that Gallup first noted in June. Forty percent of Americans describe their political views as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=democrashield.com&blog=1485846&post=4519&subd=democrashield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://democrashield.com/2009/10/28/finally-heres-evidence-of-a-republican-comeback-right/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Democrashield</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://democrashield.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/gallup.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">GALLUP</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Public Option And The Opt Out (UPDATED x2)</title>
		<link>http://democrashield.com/2009/10/27/the-public-option-and-the-opt-out-updated/</link>
		<comments>http://democrashield.com/2009/10/27/the-public-option-and-the-opt-out-updated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Democrashield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progressives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2006]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Campaign Contributions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Reid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Lieberman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opt Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public option]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://democrashield.com/?p=4514</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid revealed that the Democratic health care reform plan will contain the public option, but will also let  states opt out of it if they so choose.
There&#8217;s a catch, though&#8211;states won&#8217;t  be able to opt out of the public option until 2014, meaning that every state will at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=democrashield.com&blog=1485846&post=4514&subd=democrashield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://democrashield.com/2009/10/27/the-public-option-and-the-opt-out-updated/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Democrashield</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://democrashield.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/health.jpg" medium="image" />
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Gingrich 2012?</title>
		<link>http://democrashield.com/2009/10/26/gingrich-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://democrashield.com/2009/10/26/gingrich-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Democrashield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progressives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scandal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Clinton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Craziness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Gravel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newt Gingrich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Primaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Speaker of the House]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://democrashield.com/?p=4507</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Apparently, Newt Gingrich is considering running for President:
On C-SPAN this morning, Newt Gingrich was asked if was going to run for president in 2012.
Said Gingrich: &#8220;Callista and I are going to think about this in February 2011. And we are going to reach out to all of our friends around the country. And we&#8217;ll decide, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=democrashield.com&blog=1485846&post=4507&subd=democrashield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://democrashield.com/2009/10/26/gingrich-2012/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Democrashield</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Philip Spooner Speaks For Me</title>
		<link>http://democrashield.com/2009/10/24/philip-spooner-speaks-for-me/</link>
		<comments>http://democrashield.com/2009/10/24/philip-spooner-speaks-for-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Democrashield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LGBT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[No on 1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phillip Spooner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Proposition 1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vote No on 1]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://democrashield.com/?p=4501</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Philip Spooner is an 87-year-old World War II veteran and  lifelong Republican. He has four children&#8211;including a gay son&#8211;and earlier this year he spoke  in favor of gay marriage at a hearing in Maine:

Maine is one of only 6 states where gay marriage is legal, but there is a ballot initiative&#8211;coming up to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=democrashield.com&blog=1485846&post=4501&subd=democrashield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://democrashield.com/2009/10/24/philip-spooner-speaks-for-me/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Democrashield</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/GrEbJBFWIPk/2.jpg" medium="image" />
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>NY-23 And The Slow Death Of The Republican Party</title>
		<link>http://democrashield.com/2009/10/23/ny-23-and-the-slow-death-of-the-republican-party/</link>
		<comments>http://democrashield.com/2009/10/23/ny-23-and-the-slow-death-of-the-republican-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Democrashield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2008 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2009 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progressives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2000]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2004]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2006]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Owens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dede Scozzafava]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doug Hoffman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McCain/Palin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NY-23]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama/Biden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarah Palin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://democrashield.com/?p=4488</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We have  some more updates from  the special election in NY&#8217;s 23rd Congressional district.
First, there’s another poll out showing Democrat Bill Owens beating  both Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava and Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman:
If the election for Congress were held today, would you vote for Bill Owens, the Democrat, Dede Scozzafava, the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=democrashield.com&blog=1485846&post=4488&subd=democrashield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://democrashield.com/2009/10/23/ny-23-and-the-slow-death-of-the-republican-party/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Democrashield</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Conservatives Self-Immolating In Upstate NY (UPDATED)</title>
		<link>http://democrashield.com/2009/10/22/conservatives-self-immolating-in-upstate-ny/</link>
		<comments>http://democrashield.com/2009/10/22/conservatives-self-immolating-in-upstate-ny/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Democrashield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progressives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Right-Wing Noise Machine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2006]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2009]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Owens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Club for Growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Club for Losers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservative Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dede Scozzafava]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doug Hoffman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John McHugh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NY-23]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Special Election]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://democrashield.com/?p=4482</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Conservatives are tearing themselves apart in the special election in NY-23. They’re being pulled between two right-wing candidates, thus giving the Democrat an unexpected boost in this traditionally Republican-leaning district.
Here’s the background: Republican Congressman John McHugh was tapped by President Obama to become Secretary of the Army, so this election will determine who will take [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=democrashield.com&blog=1485846&post=4482&subd=democrashield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://democrashield.com/2009/10/22/conservatives-self-immolating-in-upstate-ny/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Democrashield</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://democrashield.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/tent.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">tent</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Conservatives Deny Reality Once Again</title>
		<link>http://democrashield.com/2009/10/21/conservatives-deny-reality-once-again/</link>
		<comments>http://democrashield.com/2009/10/21/conservatives-deny-reality-once-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Democrashield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2008 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progressives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Right-Wing Noise Machine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2006]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pollster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unpopularity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://democrashield.com/?p=4470</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As it turns out, some conservatives have a problem with  the Washington Post-ABC poll showing that only 20% of the country identify themselves as Republican.
Conservatives are saying that there have to be more GOPers out there, and therefor the pollsters  must have simply undersampled Republicans and therefore their poll can&#8217;t be accurate.
Well, in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=democrashield.com&blog=1485846&post=4470&subd=democrashield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://democrashield.com/2009/10/21/conservatives-deny-reality-once-again/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Democrashield</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://democrashield.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/partyid1.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">PARTYID</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
