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		<title>American Way: Don’t Impose Watergate on the Scandals Facing Obama – They Stand on Their Own – The Telegraph</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 05:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Avlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somewhere Richard Nixon is smiling. Four decades after Watergate and two decades after his death, we still can&#8217;t stop talking about the dark anti-hero of American politics. His five-o&#8217;clock shadowy visage remains too convenient a metaphor for lazy critics looking &#8230; <a href="http://johnavlon.com/my_column/obama/american-way-dont-impose-watergate-on-the-scandals-facing-obama-they-stand-on-their-own-the-telegraph-4370">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hispanic Outreach Director Explains Why He Said ‘Adios’ to the GOP – The Daily Beast</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 03:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Avlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conservatives should consider this a warning sign. The Republican National Committee’s former Hispanic outreach director for Florida has left the GOP and registered as a Democrat, citing a “culture of intolerance.” Pablo Pantoja is a decorated Iraq war vet who &#8230; <a href="http://johnavlon.com/my_column/republican-reformers/hispanic-outreach-director-explains-why-he-said-adios-to-the-gop-the-daily-beast-4363">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Holder, Carney Under Attack as Scandal-Gate Widens – The Daily Beast</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 03:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For journalists, privacy concerns and the Patriot Act just got personal. In two brutal press conferences Tuesday afternoon, the Obama administration caught both barrels from a newly aggressive press corps. Confronting a hailstorm of questions on the Justice Department’s secret &#8230; <a href="http://johnavlon.com/my_column/obama/holder-carney-under-attack-as-scandal-gate-widens-the-daily-beast-4360">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>With Benghazi Video, Karl Rove Kicks Off 2016 With Hillary Clinton Hit – The Daily Beast</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 00:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Avlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Less than five months after Barack Obama began his second term, the 2016 presidential campaign kicked off this weekend with a Benghazi-themed attack ad that takes direct aim at Hillary Clinton. The 90-second web ad, called “Benghazi”, was issued by &#8230; <a href="http://johnavlon.com/published_work/the-daily-beast/with-benghazi-video-karl-rove-kicks-off-2016-with-hillary-clinton-hit-the-daily-beast-4347">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>IRS Wrong To Target ‘Patriots’–But Also To Let Non-Profits Play Politics – The Daily Beast</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 06:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Avlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forget slow-news Friday. The IRS admission today that it singled out for scrutiny political action committees with the words “Tea Party” and “Patriot” in their names rocketed around the Internet, fueling conservatives’ feeling of persecution. The actions were apparently taken &#8230; <a href="http://johnavlon.com/published_work/the-daily-beast/irs-wrong-to-target-patriots-but-also-to-let-non-profits-play-politics-the-daily-beast-4345">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why We Need the Full Faith and Credit Act – The Daily Beast</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 01:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Avlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The debt ceiling should really be renamed the default ceiling. This catastrophic game of chicken cost the U.S. our AAA credit rating and $19 billion when it was last employed in the summer of 2011 by House radicals who pretended &#8230; <a href="http://johnavlon.com/published_work/the-daily-beast/why-we-need-the-full-faith-and-credit-act-the-daily-beast-4343">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mark Sanford Is the Comeback Kid, Winning SC Congressional Seat – The Daily Beast</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 02:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Avlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The redemption tour is over and Congress has a new Comeback Kid. Scandal-laden former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford won back his old congressional seat on Tuesday night, defeating Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch by a 54 percent to 45 percent &#8230; <a href="http://johnavlon.com/published_work/the-daily-beast/mark-sanford-is-the-comeback-kid-winning-sc-congressional-seat-the-daily-beast-4341">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The High Cost of Rush: Talker Bleeds Millions From His Carriers as Toxic Talk Slumps, Cumulus Seems Set to Part Ways With Rush Limbaugh – The Daily Beast</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 23:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“We&#8217;ve had a tough go of it this last year,” Cumulus CEO Lew Dickey said Tuesday morning. “The facts are indisputable regarding the impact certain things have had on ad dollars.&#8221; Dickey told analysts on the earnings call that his &#8230; <a href="http://johnavlon.com/my_column/wingnuts/the-high-cost-of-rush-talker-bleeds-millions-from-his-carriers-as-toxic-talk-slumps-cumulus-seems-set-to-part-ways-with-rush-limbaugh-the-daily-beast-4333">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The RNC’s Block-and-Blame Game – The Daily Beast</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 01:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s chutzpah, and then there’s rank hypocrisy. The RNC released a slick but cynical Web ad this week commemorating the first 100 days of President Obama’s second term. Politics ain’t beanbag, and no one expected their assessment would be sunshine &#8230; <a href="http://johnavlon.com/published_work/the-daily-beast/the-rncs-block-and-blame-game-the-daily-beast-4329">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why a Democrat Has a Chance Against Mark Sanford in South Carolina – CNN.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 01:57:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fiery South Carolina congressional special election between former Gov. Mark Sanford and Elizabeth Colbert Busch is attracting national attention &#8212; but not for the reasons it should. Listening to much of the national coverage, it can sound like a &#8230; <a href="http://johnavlon.com/published_work/why-a-democrat-has-a-chance-against-mark-sanford-in-south-carolina-cnn-com-4327">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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