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    <title>TEST: Obama Watch 2007</title>
    
    
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    <updated>2008-05-04T04:04:40-05:00</updated>
    
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        <title>Iranian President Favors Obama?</title>
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        <published>2008-05-04T04:04:40-05:00</published>
        <updated>2008-05-04T04:04:40-05:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: Newsmax.com - Iranian President Favors Obama?. Experts on Iranian political discourse believe that the officials' choice of words is intended to be a reference to Democratic contender Barack Obama's campaign theme, "Change We Can Believe In," and to thereby...</summary>
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        <title>Obama once visited '60s radicals - Ben Smith - Politico.com</title>
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        <published>2008-02-23T12:29:37-06:00</published>
        <updated>2008-02-23T12:29:37-06:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: Obama once visited '60s radicals - Ben Smith - Politico.com. They disappeared in 1970, after a bomb — designed to kill army officers in New Jersey — accidentally destroyed a Greenwich Village townhouse, and turned themselves into authorities in...</summary>
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        <title>Obama and Rezko: Is there a Syrian and Islamic Connection? (Wizbang Blue)</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-45720230</id>
        <published>2008-02-16T19:55:26-06:00</published>
        <updated>2008-02-16T19:55:26-06:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: Obama and Rezko: Is there a Syrian and Islamic Connection? (Wizbang Blue). It may just be a smattering of coincidental facts whose convergence will be difficult if not impossible to decipher, and these days there are signs that the...</summary>
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        <title>Questions raised about terrorists financing Obama campaign</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-45452564</id>
        <published>2008-02-11T11:20:29-06:00</published>
        <updated>2008-02-11T11:20:29-06:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: illinoisreview. RezkoWatch may be onto a very interesting connection made by a RezkoWatcher. He asks if it's possible that Obama campaign contributors Zubair A. Ahmed ($500 on June 16 2004) and Khaleel Ahmed ($2000 June 16 2004) are the...</summary>
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        <title>Obama and Huckabee lead in Iowa poll</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-43543688</id>
        <published>2008-01-02T10:54:58-06:00</published>
        <updated>2008-01-02T10:54:58-06:00</updated>
        <summary>In the final Des Moines Register poll before Thursday night's nominating contests, Obama was the choice of 32% of likely Democratic caucus-goers. Sen. Clinton of New York, meanwhile, pulled 25% while former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards garnered 24%. On...</summary>
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        <title>Zogby: Obama is only Dem leading all 5 Republicans - On Politics - USATODAY.com</title>
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        <published>2007-12-21T12:12:56-06:00</published>
        <updated>2007-12-21T12:12:56-06:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: Zogby: Obama is only Dem leading all 5 Republicans - On Politics - USATODAY.com. Obama led: • Rudy Giuliani, 48%-39%. • Mike Huckabee, 47%-42%. • Sen. John McCain, 47%-43%. • Mitt Romney, 53%-35%. • Fred Thompson, 52%-36%.</summary>
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        <title>Jack and Jill Politics: Bob Kerrey on Barack Obama -- A Modest Translation</title>
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        <published>2007-12-18T07:56:05-06:00</published>
        <updated>2007-12-18T07:56:05-06:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: Jack and Jill Politics: Bob Kerrey on Barack Obama -- A Modest Translation. "I’ve watched the blogs try to say that you can’t trust him because he spent a little bit of time in a secular madrassa. I feel...</summary>
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        <title>Obama: Yes, I inhaled—that was the point</title>
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        <published>2007-11-25T08:02:17-06:00</published>
        <updated>2007-11-25T08:02:17-06:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: CNN.com - CNN Political Ticker Obama: Yes, I inhaled—that was the point «. AUDUBON, Iowa (CNN) — Earlier this week in New Hampshire Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama spoke candidly about his past experimentation with drugs and alcohol in...</summary>
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        <title>Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Michelle Obama: My Husband Is Only Candidate Who Can Change How World Views America</title>
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        <published>2007-11-20T22:50:08-06:00</published>
        <updated>2007-11-20T22:50:08-06:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Michelle Obama: My Husband Is Only Candidate Who Can Change How World Views America. Campaigning for her husband today at a historically black college in South Carolina, Michelle Obama told the audience...</summary>
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        <title>tehran times : Obama hits Clinton with early debate punches</title>
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        <published>2007-11-17T07:57:21-06:00</published>
        <updated>2007-11-17T07:57:21-06:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: tehran times : Obama hits Clinton with early debate punches. LAS VEGAS (AFP) -- Democratic White House challenger Barack Obama accused under-fire front-runner Hillary Clinton of dodging straight questions Thursday, in a high stakes campaign debate.</summary>
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        <title>Obama says he has no Illinois records : News : KHQA7</title>
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        <published>2007-11-15T07:52:25-06:00</published>
        <updated>2007-11-15T07:52:25-06:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: Obama says he has no Illinois records : News : KHQA7. RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Senator Barack Obama has been scolding Hillary Rodham Clinton for not hastening the release of records from her time as first lady, but he...</summary>
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        <title>Obama names top fund-raisers, gives more details than Clinton :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Lynn Sweet</title>
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        <published>2007-11-14T08:45:40-06:00</published>
        <updated>2007-11-14T08:45:40-06:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: Obama names top fund-raisers, gives more details than Clinton :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Lynn Sweet. Chicago area superbundlers for Obama at the $200,000 level include Lou Susman, Neil Bluhm, John Rogers, Jim Crown, Tina Tchen and Penny Pritzker, Obama's...</summary>
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        <title>Obama Smears Edwards « Politically Corrected</title>
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        <published>2007-11-11T08:28:09-06:00</published>
        <updated>2007-11-11T08:28:09-06:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: Obama Smears Edwards « Politically Corrected. Obama suggested Edwards had reconstituted himself since his last campaign. “John wasn’t this raging populist four years ago when he ran” for the previous Democratic nomination, he said. “He certainly wasn’t when he...</summary>
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        <title>The Swamp: Barack Obama Q&amp;A</title>
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        <published>2007-11-04T10:21:55-06:00</published>
        <updated>2007-11-04T10:21:55-06:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: The Swamp: Barack Obama Q&amp;A. Barack Obama said in an interview Saturday with the Tribune that a ticket led by Sen. Hillary Clinton would be destined to largely repeat the disappointing Democratic performances of 2000 and 2004 and could...</summary>
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        <title>Obama making less than a quarter of Senate votes - CNN.com</title>
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        <published>2007-11-03T11:19:39-05:00</published>
        <updated>2007-11-03T11:19:39-05:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: Obama making less than a quarter of Senate votes - CNN.com. WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama has missed the most votes of any Democratic presidential hopeful in the Senate over the last two months, including a vote on...</summary>
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        <title>Obama Reaches Out to Religious Voters</title>
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        <published>2007-10-16T07:48:20-05:00</published>
        <updated>2007-10-16T07:48:20-05:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: The Associated Press: Obama Reaches Out to Religious Voters. Traditionally, Democratic religious outreach has meant mobilizing support in black churches and bastions of liberal mainline Protestantism. Obama has done those things, but he's also taken part in a summit...</summary>
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        <title>BarackObama.com | Obama positions himself as candidate of change at Madison rally</title>
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        <published>2007-10-15T17:55:09-05:00</published>
        <updated>2007-10-15T17:55:09-05:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: BarackObama.com | Obama positions himself as candidate of change at Madison rally. MADISON, Wis. - Democrat Barack Obama told a ballroom packed with young supporters on Monday that he was the presidential candidate who can bring the most change...</summary>
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        <title>Barack Obama Unveils Comprehensive Plan to Turn the Page in Iraq | All American Patriots</title>
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        <published>2007-09-13T10:40:13-05:00</published>
        <updated>2007-09-13T10:40:13-05:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: Barack Obama Unveils Comprehensive Plan to Turn the Page in Iraq | All American Patriots. September 12, 2007, Clinton, IA -- In a major national security address at Ashford University in Clinton, Iowa, U.S. Senator Barack Obama will today...</summary>
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        <title>Hutch Report: Oprah Helps Barack Obama Raise Millions</title>
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        <published>2007-09-10T07:16:45-05:00</published>
        <updated>2007-09-10T07:16:45-05:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: Hutch Report: Oprah Helps Barack Obama Raise Millions. Over the weekend, Oprah Winfrey helped presidential candidate Barack Obama raise over three (3) million dollars for his race for the democratic nomination for President. In a star studded California fund...</summary>
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        <title>A Streetwise Veteran Schooled Young Obama - New York Times</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-38667381</id>
        <published>2007-09-09T15:34:27-05:00</published>
        <updated>2007-09-09T15:34:27-05:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: A Streetwise Veteran Schooled Young Obama - New York Times. The rise of Barack Obama includes one glaring episode of political miscalculation. Even friends told Mr. Obama it was a bad idea when he decided in 1999 to challenge...</summary>
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        <title>NPR : Would a Run by Obama Boost Black Voter Turnout?</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-38047183</id>
        <published>2007-08-24T08:24:02-05:00</published>
        <updated>2007-08-24T08:24:02-05:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: NPR : Would a Run by Obama Boost Black Voter Turnout?. All Things Considered, August 23, 2007 · Illinois Sen. Barack Obama recently asserted that he would put red states in play because of the impact he would have...</summary>
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        <title>CNN.com - CNN Political Ticker Obama to limit future debate appearances «</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-37841713</id>
        <published>2007-08-19T09:27:05-05:00</published>
        <updated>2007-08-19T09:27:05-05:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: CNN.com - CNN Political Ticker Obama to limit future debate appearances «. WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. Barack Obama will limit the number of debates and forums he will attend and instead focus more of his time campaigning in key...</summary>
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        <title>Pakistan criticizes Obama for 'irresponsible' statement on military strikes - International Herald Tribune</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-37302492</id>
        <published>2007-08-04T08:11:53-05:00</published>
        <updated>2007-08-04T08:11:53-05:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: Pakistan criticizes Obama for 'irresponsible' statement on military strikes - International Herald Tribune. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Hundreds of protesters chanted anti-U.S. slogans and burned an American flag to protest a remark by Democratic U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama saying that,...</summary>
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    <entry>
        <title>Reasons not to vote for... Barack Obama*</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-37221196</id>
        <published>2007-08-02T08:27:51-05:00</published>
        <updated>2007-08-02T08:27:51-05:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: The Devil's Kitchen: Reasons not to vote for... Barack Obama*.</summary>
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    <entry>
        <title>What's new: The Obama-Clinton sparring; Giuliani's 'electability;' Thompson's shake-up - On Politics - USATODAY.com</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-36880084</id>
        <published>2007-07-25T09:36:10-05:00</published>
        <updated>2007-07-25T09:36:10-05:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: What's new: The Obama-Clinton sparring; Giuliani's 'electability;' Thompson's shake-up - On Politics - USATODAY.com. • Des Moines Register -- Obama and Clinton trade jabs over issue of talking with hostile nations' leaders: Something Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama...</summary>
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        <title>Franks faults Obama, Edwards on calls to cover abortion in universal plans - The Business Journal of Phoenix:</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-36817340</id>
        <published>2007-07-23T15:22:35-05:00</published>
        <updated>2007-07-23T15:22:35-05:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: Franks faults Obama, Edwards on calls to cover abortion in universal plans - The Business Journal of Phoenix:. Franks faults Obama, Edwards on calls to cover abortion in universal plans The Business Journal of Phoenix - 8:34 AM MST...</summary>
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        <title>Obama says Bush does not understand role as US commander in chief - International Herald Tribune</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-36750482</id>
        <published>2007-07-21T10:34:36-05:00</published>
        <updated>2007-07-21T10:34:36-05:00</updated>
        <summary>And Obama does? Link: Obama says Bush does not understand role as US commander in chief - International Herald Tribune. MANCHESTER, New Hampshire: U.S. President George W. Bush grossly misunderstands his role as commander in chief, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack...</summary>
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        <title>Barack Obama: Putting faith out front | csmonitor.com</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-36519474</id>
        <published>2007-07-16T08:32:09-05:00</published>
        <updated>2007-07-16T08:32:09-05:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: Barack Obama: Putting faith out front | csmonitor.com. CHICAGO - On a recent Sunday, the magnetic pastor who led Barack Obama to Christianity was at his usual perch on the dais here, a South Side megachurch where a plaque...</summary>
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        <title>The Gate: Obama Identifies Iraqi 'Blowback' (07/13/07)</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-36448088</id>
        <published>2007-07-13T12:39:52-05:00</published>
        <updated>2007-07-13T12:39:52-05:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: The Gate: Obama Identifies Iraqi 'Blowback' (07/13/07). "The decision to authorize and fight a misguided war in Iraq also created a new cadre of experienced terrorists bent on the destruction of the United States and our allies. The recent...</summary>
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        <title>Obama tiptoes through nation's racial minefield | Chicago Tribune</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-36349824</id>
        <published>2007-07-11T07:01:21-05:00</published>
        <updated>2007-07-11T07:01:21-05:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: Obama tiptoes through nation's racial minefield | Chicago Tribune. Nevertheless, the question of whether Barack Obama is "black enough" to win the Democratic presidential nomination never seems to go away. It has only been joined by the rival question...</summary>
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        <title>Obama's liberal church under the microscope :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Elections</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-35607770</id>
        <published>2007-06-21T08:23:51-05:00</published>
        <updated>2007-06-21T08:23:51-05:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: Obama's liberal church under the microscope :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Elections. Presidential hopeful Barack Obama belongs to the United Church of Christ, one of the country's most racially diverse and liberal Protestant denominations -- the first to ordain an...</summary>
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        <title>Obama Edges Edwards, Clinton Respectable Third, in Politico.com 'Take Back America' Straw Poll</title>
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        <published>2007-06-21T08:00:55-05:00</published>
        <updated>2007-06-21T08:00:55-05:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: Obama Edges Edwards, Clinton Respectable Third, in Politico.com 'Take Back America' Straw Poll. Top Candidates Have Competitive Support Among Progressive Activists Obama 29, Edwards 26, Clinton 17 WASHINGTON, June 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., won the Politico.com's...</summary>
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        <title>Pantagraph.com | News | Illinois changing primary date for Obama's bid</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-35604584</id>
        <published>2007-06-21T06:24:50-05:00</published>
        <updated>2007-06-21T06:24:50-05:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: Pantagraph.com | News | Illinois changing primary date for Obama's bid. SPRINGFIELD — In a move aimed at helping U.S. Sen. Barack Obama seal up early support in the presidential primary season, Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Wednesday approved a...</summary>
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    <entry>
        <title>Just One-Third of U.S. Adults Would Vote for Barack Obama if He was the Democratic Nominee for President</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-34985840</id>
        <published>2007-06-06T06:39:19-05:00</published>
        <updated>2007-06-06T06:39:19-05:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: Harris Interactive :: Just One-Third of U.S. Adults Would Vote for Barack Obama if He was the Democratic Nominee for President. ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Senator Barack Obama may not be as well known as Senator Hillary...</summary>
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    <entry>
        <title>Strange &amp; Unusual - Genealogy Website Claims Barack Obama's Irish Ancestry</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-34173546</id>
        <published>2007-05-17T14:27:06-05:00</published>
        <updated>2007-05-17T14:27:06-05:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: Strange &amp; Unusual - Genealogy Website Claims Barack Obama's Irish Ancestry. DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) -- Presidential hopeful Barack Obama could have the luck of the Irish. A genealogy Web site says Obama's great-great-great grandfather was from the heart of...</summary>
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        <title>Rasmussen: Clinton leading Obama among key voters - On Politics - USATODAY.com</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-34040916</id>
        <published>2007-05-14T14:17:48-05:00</published>
        <updated>2007-05-14T14:17:48-05:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: Rasmussen: Clinton leading Obama among key voters - On Politics - USATODAY.com. While the race for the Democratic presidential nomination between senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton appears to be tight nationally when both party members and independents...</summary>
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    <entry>
        <title>Britney's 'crotch' is taboo for Barack Obama!</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-33972648</id>
        <published>2007-05-12T09:30:17-05:00</published>
        <updated>2007-05-12T09:30:17-05:00</updated>
        <summary>Posted on Saturday, May 12, 2007 (EST) Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama reportedly censored a painting by artist Jamie Boling that showed a bare Britney Spears showing off her private parts while sitting in a car with one-time pal Paris...</summary>
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        <title>Chicagoist: Barack the Magic Negro</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-33769648</id>
        <published>2007-05-07T13:42:52-05:00</published>
        <updated>2007-05-07T13:42:52-05:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: Chicagoist: Barack the Magic Negro. When he first ran for Senate in Illinois, few outside of his district had heard of him, a problem quickly solved when it became apparent that, at least politically, he was authentically and ideologically...</summary>
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        <title>Obama repackages old education ideas and sells them as "earth-shaking"</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-33699620</id>
        <published>2007-05-05T14:56:53-05:00</published>
        <updated>2007-05-05T14:56:53-05:00</updated>
        <summary>Barack Obama told the Conference of Black Mayors how he will reform America's education system if he becomes president . . . Where's the "breath of fresh air" Obama reportedly brings to the Democrats' stale old wornout cliches? Obviously, he's...</summary>
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        <title>Sun Times questions Obama about longtime buddy Rezko</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-33241360</id>
        <published>2007-04-23T18:06:58-05:00</published>
        <updated>2007-04-23T18:06:58-05:00</updated>
        <summary>Don't overlook reading probing and incriminating questions the Sun Times asked the Obama campaign about indicted businessman Antoin Rezko. It took Obama's spokesman Robert Gibbs five weeks to get back to the Sun-Times with the answers . . . The...</summary>
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        <title>Obama's selective outrage</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-32898114</id>
        <published>2007-04-14T10:37:55-05:00</published>
        <updated>2007-04-14T10:37:55-05:00</updated>
        <summary>While Imus pays the price for using the word "ho's" last week, Barack Obama meets with rapper Ludacris at Northwestern University . . . Link: Pennsylvanian in exile. Liberal hypocrisy at its finest, courtesy of Barack Obama: Senator Barack Obama,...</summary>
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        <title>Obama depicted as Jesus in Chicago art school exhibit</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-32453022</id>
        <published>2007-04-03T07:37:37-05:00</published>
        <updated>2007-04-03T07:37:37-05:00</updated>
        <summary>What, no chocolate?? From FoxNews.com: A Chicago artist hopes his creation of Democratic White House hopeful Sen. Barack Obama as Jesus will bring attention to politics and religion. The exhibit, titled "Blessing," shows Obama cloaked in white and red robes...</summary>
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        <title>Barack Obama on Homosexual Morality and Gay Marriage -- Towleroad for modern gay men,</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-32271474</id>
        <published>2007-03-29T12:02:25-05:00</published>
        <updated>2007-03-29T12:02:25-05:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: Barack Obama on Homosexual Morality and Gay Marriage -- Towleroad for modern gay men,. "Well, I think that 'marriage' has a religious connotation in this society, in our culture, that makes it very difficult to disentangle from the civil...</summary>
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        <title>In Hawaii, clues from Barack Obama's origins - International Herald Tribune</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-31787508</id>
        <published>2007-03-17T12:17:01-05:00</published>
        <updated>2007-03-17T12:17:01-05:00</updated>
        <summary>Hillary Clinton probably wouldn't laugh at Obama's sister and mother's family joke: Link: In Hawaii, clues from Barack Obama's origins - International Herald Tribune. "There was always a joke between my mom and Barack that he would be the first...</summary>
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        <title>Media Matters - Kurtz asserted that Obama receives fawning press coverage, ignoring Giuliani's fawning coverage</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-31562782</id>
        <published>2007-03-12T21:26:14-05:00</published>
        <updated>2007-03-12T21:26:14-05:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: Media Matters - Kurtz asserted that Obama receives fawning press coverage, ignoring Giuliani's fawning coverage. On the March 8 edition of CNN's The Situation Room, CNN host and Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz said that until a recent...</summary>
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        <title>Media Matters - Chicago Tribune linked Obama stock purchase and legislation, leaving out his denial that he knew of purchase</title>
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        <published>2007-03-10T11:17:21-06:00</published>
        <updated>2007-03-10T11:17:21-06:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: Media Matters - Chicago Tribune linked Obama stock purchase and legislation, leaving out his denial that he knew of purchase. In a March 9 article on Sen. Barack Obama's (D-IL) February 2005 purchase of stock in AVI Biopharma and...</summary>
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        <title>BLACK REPUBLICAN: Barack "Al Gore/Kerry" Obama</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-31431042</id>
        <published>2007-03-10T10:02:36-06:00</published>
        <updated>2007-03-10T10:02:36-06:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: BLACK REPUBLICAN: Barack "Al Gore/Kerry" Obama. The more Barack Obama gets public exposure and attention, the more he seems to be morphing in to former Democratic presidential candidates, Al Gore Jr. and John Kerry. He seems to have a...</summary>
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        <title>Questions stalk Obama's portfolio | Chicago Tribune</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-31393960</id>
        <published>2007-03-09T08:54:20-06:00</published>
        <updated>2007-03-09T08:54:20-06:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: Questions stalk Obama's portfolio | Chicago Tribune. WASHINGTON -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama began the news conference with a promise to "stick around" to answer reporters' questions about $100,000 he invested in two companies backed by some of...</summary>
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        <title>ei: How Barack Obama learned to love Israel</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-31168490</id>
        <published>2007-03-04T09:16:06-06:00</published>
        <updated>2007-03-04T09:16:06-06:00</updated>
        <summary>There's serious question about Obama's position as stated on Friday to the AIPAC. A close examination of the speech should indicate either he is betraying the teachings of his longtime pro-Palestinian pastor Dr. Jeremiah Wright, or he is lying to...</summary>
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    <entry>
        <title>Political Radar</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-31111736</id>
        <published>2007-03-02T12:38:07-06:00</published>
        <updated>2007-03-02T12:38:07-06:00</updated>
        <summary>Link: Political Radar. Baltimore Sun: Records Show Obama Ancestors Had Slaves March 02, 2007 ABC's Jake Whitman Reports: The Baltimore Sun is reporting this morning that ancestry records show that one of Barack Obama's great-great-great-great grandfathers owned two slaves recorded...</summary>
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