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		<title>Tavis Smiley: Obama is the First President Not to Invite Me to White House</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last few days, Professor Cornel West and television/radio host Tavis Smiley have embarked on a &#8220;poverty&#8221; bus tour to highlight the issue to the American people and to policymakers. The duo recently appeared on C-SPAN&#8217;s Washington Journal, where, in part, Tavis Smiley said that, before the 2008 election, then-Senator Obama appeared on Smiley&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smithonpolitics.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4285498&amp;post=1369&amp;subd=smithonpolitics&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MSNBC, What Are You Suggesting Regarding Minorities and President Obama?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 22:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, the Pew Research Center released a report shedding light on the shocking wealth disparity between white Americans versus blacks and Hispanics in America. In 2009, the average white family had $113,149 in wealth, which includes homes, stocks, bonds, 401(k) accounts. In stark contrast, black families averaged $5,677, while Hispanic families fared marginally better, at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smithonpolitics.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4285498&amp;post=1331&amp;subd=smithonpolitics&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Boehner Drops Out of Debt Ceiling Talks; Obama Responds in Press Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 01:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, the President of the United States gave his most blistering press conference of his administration, chastising Speaker John Boehner and the Republican conference for abandoning debt ceiling talks. In part, the President said, &#8220;I expect them to have an answer [tomorrow, at 11 AM] as to how they intend to have this done over [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smithonpolitics.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4285498&amp;post=1327&amp;subd=smithonpolitics&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rest In Peace, First Lady Betty Ford</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 07:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Romney Flip-Flops on Whether Obama Made Economy &#8220;Worse&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 07:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Marriage Equality Vote Scheduled For Tonight</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 22:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update: Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the bill after the Senate passed its version. New York State will officially recognize same sex marriages. * * * The Huffington Post reports that the New York State Senate will vote on a same-sex marriage bill this evening. The New York State Assembly has repeatedly passed such a measure [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smithonpolitics.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4285498&amp;post=1300&amp;subd=smithonpolitics&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gil Scott-Heron: Rest In Peace.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 01:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We lost one of great ones today. We lost Gil Scott-Heron. He was 62 years old. I first discovered Scott-Heron when I was 16. That&#8217;s when i first heard, &#8220;The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.&#8221; I went on to listen to &#8220;The Bottle&#8221; quite often; it&#8217;s a favorite of mine. Even though Scott-Heron sang about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smithonpolitics.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4285498&amp;post=1286&amp;subd=smithonpolitics&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the Day: Mitt Romney</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 16:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I like the president. He’s a nice guy. But he doesn’t have leadership experience.&#8221; - Mitt Romney, in a Chicago campaign fundraising swing last night. Mitt, this is not 2008. You&#8217;re a seemingly intelligent person. Politically unprincipled, but seemingly  intelligent. Therefore, tell us which candidate has more leadership experience, an incumbent President of the United [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smithonpolitics.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4285498&amp;post=1282&amp;subd=smithonpolitics&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GOP Congressman Disrepects Elizabeth Warren</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 23:41:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I did not tell YOU anything&#8230;You&#8217;re making this up, Ms. Warren.&#8221; Today, Congressman Patrick Henry essentially called Elizabeth Warren a liar. Though he only accused her of fabricating an agreement on a trivial scheduling issue, it reveals the deep seated hatred that Henry and his GOP colleagues have for Warren. They see her as an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smithonpolitics.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4285498&amp;post=1271&amp;subd=smithonpolitics&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is Gingrich&#8217;s Presidential Campaign Finished?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 01:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the biggest debates taking place in Washington is figuring out ways to balance the federal budget. Both parties agree that spending cuts are needed. However, Republicans in the House of Representatives-  led by Rep. Paul Ryan &#8211; have proposed serious cuts to Medicare, among others. Congressman Ryan&#8217;s proposal has put many Republican politicians [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smithonpolitics.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4285498&amp;post=1256&amp;subd=smithonpolitics&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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