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	<title>Political Blotter &#187; 2012 presidential election</title>
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		<title>Watch Mitt Romney&#8217;s speech at CPAC today</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/03/15/watch-mitt-romneys-speech-at-cpac-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 presidential election]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney today addressed the American Conservative Union’s 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference. “Of course, I left the race disappointed that we didn&#8217;t win. But I also left honored and humbled to have represented values we believe in and to speak for so many good and decent people. We&#8217;ve lost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Obama-Romney lunch at the White House</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/11/29/the-obama-romney-lunch-at-the-white-house/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/11/29/the-obama-romney-lunch-at-the-white-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh, to have been a fly on the wall. (Well, maybe not a fly, given President Obama&#8217;s moves.) Here&#8217;s the official readout from the White House: This afternoon, President Obama and Governor Romney visited for an hour over lunch in the Private Dining Room adjacent to the Oval Office. Governor Romney congratulated the President for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want tickets to Obama&#8217;s re-inauguration?</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/11/13/want-tickets-to-obamas-re-inauguration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:57:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the presidential election only a week behind us, members of Congress are starting to take requests for free tickets to President Barack Obama’s second-term inauguration on Monday, Jan. 21, 2013 in Washington, D.C. Some – including Reps. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland; George Miller, D-Martinez; Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto; and Jackie Speier, D-San Mateo – already [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 observations at the end of this election week</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/11/09/10-observations-at-the-end-of-this-election-week/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/11/09/10-observations-at-the-end-of-this-election-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Congressional Election]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=21447</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[1.) One party’s strategy this year involved getting far more people to vote, while another’s seemed to involve having fewer people vote; the more democratic approach prevailed. 2.) Meg should’ve told Mitt: Money helps, but it ain’t everything. 3.) It’s not just W who calls Karl Rove “turd blossom” now; a lot of rich, anonymous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 things for the GOP to consider in California</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/11/07/3-things-for-the-gop-to-consider-in-california/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/11/07/3-things-for-the-gop-to-consider-in-california/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Congressional Election]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=21421</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[1.) Learn to choose better battles. Every cycle, the National Republican Congressional Committee tells us that Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Stockton, is among the nation’s most vulnerable House Democrats; every cycle, he proves otherwise. In 2008, with a 1-point voter registration disadvantage, he won by 10 percentage points; in 2010, with a .32-point voter-registration disadvantage, he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State GOP chairman discusses Romney&#8217;s loss</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/11/06/state-gop-chairman-discusses-romneys-loss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 07:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s California Republican Party Chairman Tom Del Beccaro’s statement on what happened tonight: &#8220;While tonight wasn&#8217;t the result we had hoped and worked for, it is clear that many Americans are dissatisfied with the president. &#8220;Republicans are losing the prosperity/capitalism argument. The inability of Republicans to make the case, at every level, for tax reform [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Election 2012 open thread</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/11/06/election-2012-open-thread/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/11/06/election-2012-open-thread/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 02:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, have at it in the comments, readers &#8211; just remember to keep it clean, and avoid personal attacks on each other.]]></description>
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		<title>Poll worker lauded for 75 years of service</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/11/06/poll-worker-lauded-for-75-years-of-service/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/11/06/poll-worker-lauded-for-75-years-of-service/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 23:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 presidential election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debra Bowen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elisa Kennedy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[California’s longest-serving poll worker was honored today in San Francisco by Secretary of State Debra Bowen. Elisa Kennedy, 96, has hosted a polling place in her San Francisco home and/or has worked as a poll worker in nearly every election for the last 75 years, Bowen’s office said. Her service began shortly after she reached [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some inspirational words for Election Day</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/11/06/some-inspirational-words-for-election-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Assembly election]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some words of inspiration for those who still haven’t cast a ballot today: “Impress upon children the truth that the exercise of the elective franchise is a social duty of as solemn a nature as man can be called to perform; that a man may not innocently trifle with his vote; that every elector is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>STOP READING THIS BLOG AND GO VOTE!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/11/06/stop-reading-this-blog-and-go-vote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 15:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s Election Day – get out there and vote, if you haven’t already! California’s polls are open today from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. If you haven’t put your vote-by-mail ballot in the mail yet, DON’T – it won’t be counted unless it reaches the registrar’s office by 8 p.m. tonight, and postmarks don’t matter. [...]]]></description>
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