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            <title><![CDATA[The Unsinkable Sarah Palin]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ The Alaskan's book tour is just the start. John Batchelor on how Palin matches up with Obama-and why she's the one to beat for 2012.
Sarah Palin has ignited her Twitter account: "Crossing border to Hoosier territory... Excited to meet Indiana folks...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bachmann's Angry Mob]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The gray-haired curiosity-seekers assembled by the Tea Party's Wonder Woman, Michele Bachmann, in D.C. are part of the GOP purge that plays well on cable TV. But the the party's not ready to face its biggest threat.
The gathering of Tea Party sorts on...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Last Days of the GOP]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[On Saturday, Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava suspended her bid in the special election, citing a lack of funds. John Batchelor on the ugly food fight for a New York House seat and why the cynical celebrity endorsements of Sarah Palin, Tim...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[How Fox News Outsmarted the White House]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The White House's war on Fox shows its ignorance of the network's true purpose: show business. And Team Obama is giving Murdoch just what he wants. 
After David Axelrod sneaked into Roger Ailes' office in New York to powwow on Sept. 30, the White...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:02:47 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rahm's Historic Stupidity]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[  When Rahm Emanuel dismissed Obama's critics as descendants of Father Coughlin, he showed that he doesn't know a thing about why we conservatives oppose the president.
White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel demonstrates earthy zeal in his job as...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:57:11 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The GOP's Next Moves]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Republicans are mad as hell about Obama's speech, expect a Democrats-only bill, and are growing more optimistic about their chances in 2010.
The word from the cautious, defensive Republican leadership meeting on Capitol Hill the day after the...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:41:41 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How Rahm Is Reviving the GOP]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Republicans are once again ascendant-and for this they can thank Rahm Emanuel. John Batchelor gets the scoop from gleeful conservatives on the trail of Democratic destruction left by Obama's bullying enforcer.
Suddenly the disgraced and demoralized...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:45:30 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The GOP Freak Show]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Conservative radio talk-show host John Batchelor says the whack jobs disrupting health-care town halls confirm the Republican Party has become a cruise ship to the seventh grade. 
The sad-eyed Townhall Turfers now follow the saucer-eyed Birthers and...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:07:06 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Will the Birthers Doom the GOP?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The GOP, reduced to hosting loonies who obsess over Obama's birthplace, is slipping into the ash heap. The Daily Beast's John Batchelor on why Republican incoherence may doom the party to the fate of the Whigs.
The romantic yarn that Barack Obama was...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:45:42 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How Palin's Resignation Makes Her the True Frontrunner]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ UPDATE: Rather than a blow to a career, Sarah Palin's decision to resign underlines her self-awareness, writes The Daily Beast's John Batchelor. She is now unmatched for the 2012 primary.
Plus: Read more of The Daily Beast's coverage of Palin's...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:02:50 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[GOP Lothario Losers]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The twin disasters of Mark Sanford and John Ensign expose the Republican Party apparatus for the laziness, pettiness, and emptiness of what is left of the leadership. But the crash of Sanford-much higher on the 2012 list-eclipses that of Ensign.
Plus:...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:11:22 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Attack of the Zombie Republicans]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The GOP's living dead won't stop haunting their party, says lifelong Republican John Batchelor. Now Rush, Newt, and Dick are doing what zombies do best: laying waste to everyone's brains.
The Republican Party has become many bad things-intolerant,...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:24:12 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[My Party of Cowards]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[As Sotomayor hits Capitol Hill today, Republicans have a chance to act like statesmen. So far, says conservative talk show host John Batchelor, they've betrayed him.
The whimpering of the Republican officeholders at the rants of Limbaugh, Gingrich,...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:20:29 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Can Wanda Sykes Save the GOP?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ At the White House Correspondents' Dinner, the featured comedian blurted out the solution to save the ailing Republican Party: Dump Rush. 
The stand-up comedian Wanda Sykes took only seconds in her disciplined 15 minutes at the White House...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 12 May 2009 22:20:58 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Will Specter Be the Last to Go?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The GOP may have lost Arlen Specter and surrendered Pennsylvania, but John Batchelor asks: Can they find the courage to keep their rising stars and not cede more political ground?
Arlen Specter saw the gravestone that awaited him in the elephant...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:05:33 -0400]]></pubDate>
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