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            <title><![CDATA[Obama's Weinergate Misstep]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[President Obama's call for Anthony Weiner to resign may have been unavoidable, but it kept what has to be history's least sexually satisfying sex scandal in the headlines for another day-and it won't push the congressman out the door. After all, he's...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Weiner's Well-Timed Rehab]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The embattled New York congressman announced he was taking a leave of absence to deal with his junk mail problem. Eric Alterman on how the move just might save his career. 
Will Anthony Weiner become the first politician in American history to be...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the French Anti-Semitism Myth]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Although Dominique Strauss-Kahn fits the stereotype of rich, leftist, Jewish banker preying on the poor and getting ethnic support from notable friends, there have been few anti-Jewish attacks on him in France, showing that claims of an anti-Semitism...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 May 2011 23:08:23 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama's Awful '70s Show Echoes Jimmy Carter]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Gas prices are heading toward $5, single-family home sales are at a low-and with President Obama ignoring his base like Jimmy Carter did, he could end up being another one-term president, Eric Alterman writes.
Can You Spell...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 25 Apr 2011 01:16:50 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama's Savvy Deficit Play]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The president is off selling his new economic message after shocking liberals with a strong rhetorical budget speech. But he's still playing in Republican territory, warns Eric Alterman-a strategy that could save him in 2012 but doom his party.
Barack...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 19 Apr 2011 02:04:21 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama's Next Budget Deal Cave-In]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[After yielding to Tea Party demands for billions in budget cuts to stave off a shutdown, the president appears ready to cave in on the debt ceiling and spending cuts that would hurt the poor and middle class. It is time for Obama to come out punching,...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 13 Apr 2011 02:44:12 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama's Ballsy DNC Choice]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Debbie Wasserman Schultz has no statewide, let alone national, experience. But as a tough-talking liberal who can work with Michele Bachmann, she might just be what the Dems need.
The new head of the Democratic National Committee is Florida...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Stop Taking Bachmann Seriously!]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[As Minnesota Republican Michele Bachmann flirts with the possibility of a presidential run, Eric Alterman spanks the media for paying so much attention to such a flawed candidate.
Michele Bachmann is "reportedly" ready to form a presidential...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Anti-Semitic Celebrity Meltdowns]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Charlie Sheen, John Galliano, and Julian Assange are all being accused of attacking Jews. Eric Alterman reports on the fallout-and why the Chosen People should not be shaking in their boots.
As any political organization can tell you, the most...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama's Budget Betrayal]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The new White House budget may be smart politics, but once again lets the right define the debate. 
Conservatives have become so successful at determining the contours of the debate over tax cuts and spending that it has become possible for President...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:23:59 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The GOP's Health-Care Repeal Kabuki]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Republicans got their symbolic victory in the House on health care. But with Speaker John Boehner's repeal effort going nowhere fast, Eric Alterman asks, who's really running the show?
In a move that, with any justice, would enshrine the notion of...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:44:07 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Was the Arizona Shooter an Anti-Semite?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Jared Loughner may not be linked to the racist group American Renaissance, contrary to early reports, but Eric Alterman reports on whether he attacked Rep. Gabrielle Giffords for her proud Jewishness. Plus, full coverage of the Arizona shooting.
So...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:27:14 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The GOP Is Eating Obama's Lunch]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Republicans stuck together and forced the president to sign the tax-cut extension. Eric Alterman on the stalled Democratic agenda and Obama's worst flaw.
Conservative Republicans beat down the liberal Democrats on Thursday night's tax vote the same...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 Dec 2010 23:34:51 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why Bloomberg Won't Run]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[New York City's mayor is raising his profile with major speeches and a spot on Sunday's Meet the Press to boost a new centrist political initiative. But the endless speculation that he's running for president is bunk. 
New York City Mayor Michael...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 11 Dec 2010 20:35:48 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bill's Message for Barack]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Bill Clinton and Barack Obama have scheduled a pow-wow at the White House today. Here's hoping Obama listens to what Bill has to say.
So Barack and Bubba are scheduled for a t&ecirc;te-&agrave;-t&ecirc;te today. They've got a lot to talk about, and...]]></description>
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