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		<title>Obama Changes His Stripes to Become a Deficit Hawk…or Not</title>
		<link>http://mainstreetradical.com/2010/01/26/obama-changes-his-stripes-to-become-a-deficit-hawk%e2%80%a6or-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Devere</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Faced with a devastating defeat in Massachusetts, Obama stated this week that he will propose a three year budget freeze in his State of the Union address.  Obama will tout his new-found fiscal stewardship of our debt on Wednesday.  The well-crafted plan that he lays out will sound tough on spending and may even include [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama State of the Union Message:  From “Yes, We Can” to “Yes, I Get It”</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Devere</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of the Massachusetts special election, Democrat incumbents are nervous that the President’s agenda is costing them political capital that they just do not have.  In reaction, Obama plans to stake the 2010 mid-term elections on change: a change in his fundamental message from “Yes, we can” to “Yes, I get it.”  But, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mark Steyn: Brown&#8217;s truckin&#8217;, Obama shifts into reverse</title>
		<link>http://mainstreetradical.com/2010/01/23/mark-steyn-browns-truckin-obama-shifts-into-reverse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Devere</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By MARK STEYN Syndicated columnist Excerpt from The Orange County Register So what went wrong? According to Barack Obama, the problem is that he overestimated you dumb rubes&#8217; ability to appreciate what he&#8217;s been doing for you. &#8220;That I do think is a mistake of mine,&#8221; the president told ABC&#8217;s George Stephanopoulos. &#8220;I think the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Administration Changes its Tune on Extremist, Racist Voters</title>
		<link>http://mainstreetradical.com/2010/01/21/administration-changes-its-tune-on-extremist-racist-voters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Devere</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a palpable change in the attitude of the left. The left can no longer marginalize its opposition with acusations of racism and extremism; that model does not hold up in the demographic of the Massachusetts election. Since the Administration is unwilling to call the vote what it is (a referendum on their liberal agenda), the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forces of change now target President Obama</title>
		<link>http://mainstreetradical.com/2010/01/20/forces-of-change-now-target-president-obama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Devere</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By BEN SMITH &#38; JONATHAN MARTIN &#38; JOHN F. HARRIS &#124;  From Politico BOSTON — Republican Scott Brown’s eye-opening victory in Massachusetts Tuesday has unmistakably framed the problem for President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party:  The same forces of disgust with establishment politicians and hunger for change in Washington that vaulted Obama to power [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Election Day in Massachusetts</title>
		<link>http://mainstreetradical.com/2010/01/18/election-day-in-massachusetts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Devere</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The video below has been making the rounds everywhere.  Today&#8217;s vote holds the promise to change the political landscape for the near future.  A group of independent-minded voters, supporting an independent-minded candidate, can take down one of the country&#8217;s most effective political machines. The events that have led to a competive Republican in the bluest state have awoken [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some SEIU Members Support Brown</title>
		<link>http://mainstreetradical.com/2010/01/16/some-seiu-members-support-brown/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Devere</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is happening in the increasingly upside down Massachusetts Special Election?  For the Coakley campaign it must feel like the sky is falling.  With large infusions of cash in the past week, SEIU leadership has tried to bail out the Attorney General and stop the slide that she is on.   Maybe they should have asked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coakley Invents New Rules on Separation of Church and State</title>
		<link>http://mainstreetradical.com/2010/01/14/wow-coakley-invents-new-rules-on-separation-of-church-and-state/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:23:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Devere</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a radio interview today, Massachusetts Attorney General Coakley mischaracterized separation of church and state to an embarrassing degree. The background is a repeated claim by Coakley that Scott Brown prefers legislation that would deny rape victims the morning-after pill. However, in reality her claims stem from an amendment that Brown authored in Massachusetts that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Coakley Hullabaloo, Assaulted Reporter’s Question Are Still Unanswered</title>
		<link>http://mainstreetradical.com/2010/01/13/in-coakley-hullabaloo-assaulted-reporters-question-are-still-unanswered/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Devere</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By now anyone following the Massachusetts Senate election knows of the latest twist, involving Michael Meehan, and Weekly Standard reporter John McCormack. McCormack, after asking a tough question was shoved by Meehan and fell into a metal fence. For his part, Meehan has apologized, and McCormack appeared to be unhurt. The unfortunate part of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Union Astroturfers Out in Force for Coakley</title>
		<link>http://mainstreetradical.com/2010/01/12/union-astro-turfers-out-in-force-for-coakley/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Devere</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prior to the final televised debate of the special Senate election in Massachusetts, both sides had their supporters out in force to make a show for the media. One group sporting yellow Sheet Metal Workers Union t-shirts over their winter jackets appeared to be supporting Martha Coakley. However, an amature video showed some of those [...]]]></description>
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