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		<title>Palin Postmortem</title>
		<link>http://www.secularconservative.net/elections/palin-postmortem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janus</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.secularconservative.net/?p=198</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I, personally, don't like Palin. I like her more than Biden and I like her more than Obama, but I disagree with about two thirds of her political agenda. That said, I think she could have made a perfect running mate if McCain had simply been himself – the maverick – rather than the generic Republican he turned into. Instead, her pick was a blunder of strategy. She's probably not ready for the national stage but that's not what tanked the campaign.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Tuesday Morning Quarterbacking</title>
		<link>http://www.secularconservative.net/elections/october-mccain-v-obama/</link>
		<comments>http://www.secularconservative.net/elections/october-mccain-v-obama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.secularconservative.net/?p=134</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[John, find your center, call out Obama on his economic policy, point out his inexperience, call bullshit on his latest attacks against you, and for the love of god, get back to basics.  Time's ticking.  The election is slipping away from you.  The moment of truth is here.  Put up or shut up.]]></description>
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		<title>RNC Roundup: Thursday</title>
		<link>http://www.secularconservative.net/elections/republican-national-convention-2008-thursday/</link>
		<comments>http://www.secularconservative.net/elections/republican-national-convention-2008-thursday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2008 Election]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.secularconservative.net/?p=109</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tonight’s speakers included, among others, Governor Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota, Former Senate Minority Leader Bill Frist, Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas, Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Tom Ridge, Cindy McCain, and of course, John McCain.]]></description>
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		<title>RNC Roundup: Wednesday</title>
		<link>http://www.secularconservative.net/elections/republican-national-convention-2008-wednesday/</link>
		<comments>http://www.secularconservative.net/elections/republican-national-convention-2008-wednesday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008 Election]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudy Giuliani]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarah Palin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.secularconservative.net/?p=106</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tonight was the second night of presentations made at the Republican National Convention.  The speakers included Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senator Norm Coleman of Minnesota, former presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, and Rudy Giuliani, Governor Linda Lingle of Hawaii, and the vice presidential nominee, Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska.]]></description>
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		<title>RNC Roundup: Tuesday</title>
		<link>http://www.secularconservative.net/elections/republican-national-convention-2008-tuesday/</link>
		<comments>http://www.secularconservative.net/elections/republican-national-convention-2008-tuesday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008 Election]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fred Thompson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Lieberman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.secularconservative.net/?p=103</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the Republican National Convention was convened and the evening activities suspended in deference to the threat posed by Hurricane Gustav to New Orleans.  Today, with the worst of Gustav seemingly behind us, the convention went into full swing.  The major guests of the evening included first lady Laura Bush, a remote appearance by President George H. W. Bush from Washington D.C., former candidate Fred Thompson, and on again off again Democrat Joe Lieberman.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Three Point Bump</title>
		<link>http://www.secularconservative.net/elections/obamas-3-pt-dnc-bump/</link>
		<comments>http://www.secularconservative.net/elections/obamas-3-pt-dnc-bump/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janus</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.secularconservative.net/?p=101</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama's campaign officials were publicly expecting between a 10 and 12 point bump coming out of the Democratic National Convention in Denver.  These estimates are low, because of what is known as the "expectations game" in which you aim low and then blow everyone out of the water with how unbelievably awesome you are.

Today's Rasmussen Poll puts Obama up three points over McCain.]]></description>
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		<title>McCain Picks Sarah Palin</title>
		<link>http://www.secularconservative.net/elections/mccain-picks-govenor-sarah-palin-for-vice-president/</link>
		<comments>http://www.secularconservative.net/elections/mccain-picks-govenor-sarah-palin-for-vice-president/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janus</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.secularconservative.net/?p=90</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Senator John McCain today announced his decision to nominate Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin.  Palin is a first term governor, a former mayor, and a mother of five (including one child with Down Syndrome and one in the military).  She has a reputation as a strong fiscal conservative and a reformer.  She also has a 90% approval rate in her home state, making her a very, very popular figure.

Making Governor Palin McCain’s Vice President pick is a gamble but it’s not an unreasonable gamble.]]></description>
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		<title>DNC Roundup: Thursday</title>
		<link>http://www.secularconservative.net/elections/democratic-national-convention-2008-thursday/</link>
		<comments>http://www.secularconservative.net/elections/democratic-national-convention-2008-thursday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Al Gore]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Howard Dean]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.secularconservative.net/?p=85</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The fourth day of the Democratic National Convention was easily twice as good as the rest of the convention combined.  Howard Dean was more boring than the DMV, but all of the other major speeches were, at the very least, energetic and well delivered.  Even Al Gore’s performance was impressive and memorable, particularly the part about Abraham Lincoln.

This was what the DNC should have been for the last three days.]]></description>
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		<title>DNC Roundup: Wednesday</title>
		<link>http://www.secularconservative.net/elections/democratic-national-convention-2008-wednesday/</link>
		<comments>http://www.secularconservative.net/elections/democratic-national-convention-2008-wednesday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janus</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.secularconservative.net/?p=79</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This convention is so unbelievably full of fail.  I’m a wakko that eats, drinks, and sleeps politics.  This?  This is boring.  At one point during Biden’s speech, the cameras cut over to a crowd reaction shot … and caught some guy on his cell phone.  ]]></description>
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		<title>DNC Roundup: Tuesday</title>
		<link>http://www.secularconservative.net/elections/democratic-national-convention-2008-tuesday/</link>
		<comments>http://www.secularconservative.net/elections/democratic-national-convention-2008-tuesday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Deval Patrick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.secularconservative.net/?p=74</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As of this post, the Democratic National Convention is now half over.  Obviously, the highlight of the evening was Hillary Clinton.  She was the main event.  She delivered the best speech.  She was by far the biggest crowd pleaser.  She, quite convincingly in my opinion, made an effort to rally support for Obama.  It was easily on par with or better than any of the other speeches I’ve heard her deliver.  I think she did her best to burry the hatchet and unite the party.

Unfortunately, she was only one of two good speeches of the evening, and as good as they were, two good speakers out of over forty seems like something of a disappointment.]]></description>
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