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            <title><![CDATA[It's the Economy, Obama!]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[With the jobless rate at 9.1 percent, Obama's approval ratings below 50 percent, 60 percent believing the U.S. is on the wrong track, and only one-third of voters approving the president's handling of the economy, Obama could face a disaster in 2012...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[America the Angry]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[As unemployment hits 9.1 percent, Americans are losing their cool. A Newsweek/Daily Beast poll finds rising anger levels affecting everything from work to sex drive. Plus, great thinkers from Cornel West to Robert Reich tell us what they're angry...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Medicare's Political Leadership Vacuum]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Americans are ready to buy into a deficit-reduction plan that includes cuts to Medicare and Social Security, but both Democratic and GOP politicians are playing politics rather than trying to come up with a broad proposal for entitlement reform, writes...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[It's the Economy, Stupid]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Why has President Obama's post-Bin Laden bounce been so limited, especially among Independents? Douglas Schoen, analyzing the new Newsweek/Daily Beast poll, finds an answer in Thursday's jobless jump.
Despite the fact that the president traveled to...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 05 May 2011 22:35:20 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bring On a Third Party for the 2012 Presidential Election!]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Kent Conrad, Joe Lieberman, and Jon Huntsman can't compete as presidential candidates because they aren't ideologically pure enough-though the public is crying out for viable alternatives to the major parties. Douglas Schoen on why it's time for a...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 04 Mar 2011 21:14:36 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[America's Unhappy Electorate]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[President Obama hits 50 percent in the new Newsweek/Daily Beast poll, but Americans are largely dissatisfied with Congress, its leaders, and plans. (A bright spot: Trump for president!) Full results below.
A new Newsweek/Daily Beast poll shows that...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 21 Feb 2011 09:30:24 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama's Entrepreneur Problem]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[When the president tapped GE's Jeffrey Immelt as jobs czar, he again showed a flawed bias for big companies over start-ups. Doug Schoen shows where the jobs are-and how to encourage them.
President Obama's appointment Friday of General Electric CEO...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 23 Jan 2011 22:42:57 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Risky Rush to Cut Defense Spending]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Democrats and Republicans alike are shouting for the defense budget to be reduced. But no one has yet figured out how to make cuts without jeopardizing security and our place as a world leader, says Douglas Schoen.
As we begin a new year, the United...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 07 Jan 2011 21:53:59 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Grow Our Way Out of Deficits]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Amid unprecedented political rancor, the right and left both agree on the need to fuel economic growth through entrepreneurship. Doug Schoen on a non-partisan path to debt reduction.
Two bipartisan proposals to manage and reduce the budget deficit...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama's Best Health-Care Fix]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Despite voter support for a rollback of the health-care bill, Republicans won't get a repeal past the president's desk. Douglas E. Schoen on what Obama can do in the meantime to address voters' concerns about reducing costs.
With the midterm elections...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 21 Nov 2010 23:47:03 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Obama Referendum]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Judging exit poll numbers, last night was not a win for the GOP, reports pollster Douglas Schoen, but a repudiation of the president-and an ominous hint of confrontation to come.
Studying the numbers, last night's election results show clearly and...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 03 Nov 2010 13:01:30 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Voters Don't Care About Corporate Money]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Democrats may decry the infusion of corporate spending in this year's campaigns, but voters don't seem to care. Pollster Douglas E. Schoen on why the party has only itself to blame. Plus, midterm predictions from the Election Oracle.
With less...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 28 Oct 2010 22:41:49 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Poll: Innovators on Obama and Palin in 2012]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Is the economy turning around? Does America have the political will to solve its problems? Will Barack Obama be reelected in 2012? The attendees of The Daily Beast's first Innovators Summit weigh in.
What happens if you put the most influential and...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:38:40 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Dems' New Misfire on Health Care]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[It's probably too late to save the party from electoral disaster next month. But Obama and the Democrats can turn health care from an albatross into a positive for 2012 by flipping their script on the issue, says Douglas E. Schoen.
Earlier this year,...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 16 Oct 2010 18:53:04 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Only Guy Who Can Save Obama]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ If Rahm departs, the president must look beyond his inner circle. Douglas E. Schoen on why former Clinton Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles is the only person to fix what ails the White House.
The president has a momentous decision to make about who his...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 29 Sep 2010 12:52:15 -0400]]></pubDate>
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