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		<title>Mike Huckabee grows his California grassroots</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Arkansas Governor and 2008 Republican presidential primary candidate Mike Huckabee is beefing up his Golden State grassroots, launching a new online headquarters and a Facebook page for California volunteers he’s soliciting to his “Huck PAC,” working nationwide to elect conservatives. “We have set a goal of registering 100 members in our headquarters by Sunday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poll: Palin &#8216;top villian,&#8217; Hillary&#8217;s &#8217;3 a.m.&#8217; top ad</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some results from a poll of Campaigns &#38; Elections’ Politics magazine subscribers: Who would you say was the “Best Villain” of the 2008 election? Sarah Palin 23% Joe Lieberman 17% John Edwards 16% Michelle Bachmann 7% Rudy Giuliani 6% Ron Paul 5% Elizabeth Dole 4% Barack Obama 4% John McCain 3% Other 12% Don’t Know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama wins every Contra Costa city</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 02:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2008 presidential election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa County]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/insidepolitics/?p=1887</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, this is wonky statistic but it struck me as interesting: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama won in every single Contra Costa County city, according to the preliminary vote summary from Contra Costa County Elections Division. Compare that with 2004 when GOP President George Bush won in Brentwood, Clayton and Danville. Obama appears to have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heavy demand slowed state election computers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2008 November election]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Capitol Weekly just posted this great explanation about why the Secretary of State&#8217;s election web site was almost useless on election night: Click here for the story.]]></description>
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		<title>Saint Mary&#8217;s College to host post-election panel</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/11/07/saint-marys-college-to-host-post-election-panel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2008 November election]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Come see me and my colleagues Carla Marinucci from the San Francisco Chronicle and Mark Sandalow from KCBS radio on Monday at 7 p.m. at Saint Mary&#8217;s College. We&#8217;ll be talking about the 2008 presidential campaign and all things to do with elections. It&#8217;s a free event open to the public at the college, so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s after 1 a.m. and the news is sinking in</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/11/05/its-after-1-am-and-the-news-is-sinking-in/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2008 November election]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/insidepolitics/?p=1856</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a wild ride. I started the day at the gym, in part, to ward off the calories I knew would hit the newsroom. It&#8217;s tradition here to eat pizza, Chinese food and M&#38;Ms on election night. I then began a new tradition of meeting for lunch with some veteran Contra Costa politicos for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California election returns web site seeing 10 times the traffic</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/11/04/california-election-returns-web-site-seeing-10-times-the-traffic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2008 November election]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like most of you, I&#8217;ve been unable to bring up the California Secretary of State&#8217;s election results web page most of the evening But it is back up as of a few minutes ago. I&#8217;m told the site is experiencing 10 times the normal levels of traffic. A spokeswoman says they are disabling the map [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pleasant Hill resident sends message to sign-stealer</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/11/04/pleasant-hill-resident-sends-message-to-sign-stealer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s how one Pleasant Hill resident responded to the theft of an Obama sign:]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Clinton called my house</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/11/03/bill-clinton-called-my-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So did actor Charlie Sheen. And U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein. And Sen. Tom Torlakson. My phone rang all weekend, in fact, with those annoying pre-recorded phone messages called robocalls. Yes, robocalls are illegal in California. But campaigns get around the law by originating the calls outside of California and the jurisdiction of the state Public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Follow trail of campaign memoriabilia</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/11/03/follow-trail-of-campaign-memoriabilia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2008 November election]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contra Costa Times photojournalist Karl Mondon produced these fabulous videos on campaign memorabilia. You&#8217;ll see some of Martinez veteran collector Tim Farley&#8217;s stash, too. Check them out.]]></description>
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