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	<title>Kitsap Caucus</title>
	
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	<description>A blog about politics and government in Kitsap County as well as Washington state political news as it relates to Kitsap County.</description>
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		<title>Majority of GOP Voters Think Obama Stole 2008 Election</title>
		<link>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2009/11/20/majority-of-gop-voters-think-obama-stole-2008-election/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Gardner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2008]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Presidential Election]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/?p=2953</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Joel Connelly at Seattlepi.com writes about it.
Here is the Public Policy Polling site, which shows that 52 percent of Republican voters and 26 percent of the overall voting public think Barack Obama won the election because ACORN stole it from John McCain.
The Gallup archives show this poll from November 2001. The survey points out that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Bremerton the Beer Caucus?</title>
		<link>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2009/11/17/is-bremerton-the-beer-caucus/</link>
		<comments>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2009/11/17/is-bremerton-the-beer-caucus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Gardner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bainbridge Island]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bremerton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Port Orchard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poulsbo]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/?p=2937</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[



The Dude, charter member of the White Russian Caucus, though he often consorts with legislators from Seattle. 



This is really a topic more suited for another writer, one you might know, who because he now works for a competitor I won&#8217;t name. I&#8217;m not trying to insult him (Oh dear, now you know his gender.) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State Budget Shortfall Up to $2.2 Billion</title>
		<link>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2009/11/13/state-budget-shortfall-up-to-2-2-billion/</link>
		<comments>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2009/11/13/state-budget-shortfall-up-to-2-2-billion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Gardner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Governor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislature]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/?p=2935</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A report by the state&#8217;s Caseload Forecast Council has created a potential increase of $520 million in what the state needs to spend, according to an e-mail sent to members of the House&#8217;s Ways &#038; Means Committee.
Yona Makowski, senior fiscal coordinator for the House Democratic Caucus, wrote that the council&#8217;s revised forecast will be shown [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good News! We’re Not as Bad Off as California, Oregon . . .</title>
		<link>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2009/11/12/good-news-were-not-as-bad-off-as-california-oregon/</link>
		<comments>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2009/11/12/good-news-were-not-as-bad-off-as-california-oregon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Gardner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Governor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/?p=2933</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Got a report to tell you about, but first let&#8217;s dig into some context. 
Like any educated citizen, I rely on talk radio for much of my information. 
Earlier this year one host in particular was making the case that Washington&#8217;s deficit budget shortfall was actually worse than California&#8217;s, because per capita it was higher, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Danger of Blackballing the Moderates</title>
		<link>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2009/11/11/the-danger-of-blackballing-the-moderates/</link>
		<comments>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2009/11/11/the-danger-of-blackballing-the-moderates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Gardner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2009]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/?p=2931</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You commenters resurrected an old post and began discussing whether there&#8217;s room for moderates in either party. The practice of dredging up old posts is, by the way, awesome.
Here you get two stories about party members being punched from within. 
The first is a great read about New York Republican Dede Scozzafava, whose last name [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finn Wants Two More Years in Olympia</title>
		<link>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2009/11/11/finn-wants-two-more-years-in-olympia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Gardner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislature]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/?p=2928</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[State Rep. Fred Finn, D-Olympia, issued an official announcement today that he&#8217;s running for re-election in 2010. His press release follows the jump.
Finn replaced former state Rep. William &#8220;Ike&#8221; Eickmeyer, D-Belfair in 2008. Finn won that contest fairly handily over two-time Republican candidate Randy Neatherlin of Belfair.
All the incumbents up for re-election in 2010 in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strategically Timed Announcements</title>
		<link>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2009/11/10/strategically-timed-announcements/</link>
		<comments>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2009/11/10/strategically-timed-announcements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Gardner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Any mention that these announcements might be timed can sound awfully cynical. But state Sen. Derek Kilmer, D-Gig Harbor, admits the reason for my suspicion within five words of his Monday press release. President Barack Obama doesn&#8217;t let on, but I think I know better.
Kilmer plans to renew his effort to get a bill passed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rules for a Recount</title>
		<link>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2009/11/10/rules-for-a-recount/</link>
		<comments>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2009/11/10/rules-for-a-recount/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Gardner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2009]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/?p=2914</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Those of you reading today&#8217;s story about the election results might be wondering what all the rules are for a recount. You&#8217;re thinking knowledge of this might come in handy at that next mixer, or when you have to talk when the band takes a break. This is information sure to impress would-be suitors. Well, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smell the Hope</title>
		<link>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2009/11/09/smell-the-hope/</link>
		<comments>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2009/11/09/smell-the-hope/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Gardner</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/?p=2912</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How come none of you told me about this before?
Does the news seem kind of stale lately? Do even the great speakers seem monotone after a while?
Well, here&#8217;s something to spice up the news of the day. Before this I hadn&#8217;t personally seen any clips of Hugo Chavez at the UN or network talks about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2005 Quote from Bozeman on Mayors, Councils, Managers</title>
		<link>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2009/11/09/2005-quote-from-bozeman-on-mayors-councils-managers/</link>
		<comments>http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/2009/11/09/2005-quote-from-bozeman-on-mayors-councils-managers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Gardner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bainbridge Island]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bremerton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Port Orchard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poulsbo]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-caucus/?p=2910</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Peter Callaghan from the (Tacoma) News Tribune discusses whether cities should be led by strong mayors or managers. In the process he interviews someone who has seen both types of governments, former Bremerton Mayor Cary Bozeman.
In 2005, in the wake of the Brame scandal and the Corpuz dismissal, I asked Cary Bozeman, now the director [...]]]></description>
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