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		<title>Pertaining to the GOP and strippers</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/09/pertaining-to-the-gop-and-strippers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is an open letter that Democratic National Committee member and longtime California Democratic Party advisor Bob Mulholland sent yesterday to national and state Republican officials: Bob Mulholland Chico, Ca DNC Member April 8, 2013 To: Reince Priebus RNC Chair Fax (202) 863-8773 (RNC) Jim Brulte Ca Republican Party Chair Fax (916) 266-4580 (Ca Strategies) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voter #s: Dems a smidge up, GOP a smidge down</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/03/25/voter-s-dems-a-smidge-up-gop-a-smidge-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Democrats made a tiny gain in recent months while Republicans continued a long, slow slide in new voter registration numbers released Monday by California Secretary of State Debra Bowen. Monday’s figures show the state’s Democratic registration at 43.93 percent as of Feb. 10, up a fraction from the 43.66 percent stake the party held just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama coming to Bay Area for Dem fundraisers</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/03/14/obama-coming-to-bay-area-for-dem-fundraisers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama will headline his first Democratic fundraiser for 2014&#8242;s midterm election right here in the Bay Area next month. The April 3 fundraiser in San Francisco will raise money for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. According to an invitation obtained by The Associated Press, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will also attend. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mike Honda is no longer a DNC vice chair</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a more-contentious-than-usual election of the Democratic National Committee’s officers, Rep. Mike Honda is no longer a vice-chairman. The LA Times has a good report on how “chaos reigned for a time as DNC members balked at rubber-stamping a White House-approved list of replacements for several veterans of the pre-Obama era.” Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kamala Harris&#8217; speech to the DNC</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/09/05/kamala-harris-speech-to-the-dnc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 01:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[California Attorney General Kamala Harris has just finished addressing the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. Harris – an East Bay native and former San Francisco District Attorney – was an early, ardent supporter of Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, and he endorsed and campaigned for her as she sought her current office in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tom Steyer&#8217;s speech to the DNC</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 22:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=20806</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tom Steyer – co-founder of Advanced Energy Economy, co-senior managing member of Farallon Capital Management and chairman and funder of California&#8217;s Yes on Proposition 39 campaign – addressed the 2012 Democratic National Convention tonight in Charlotte, N.C. Prop. 39 would require every company to use the so-called &#8220;single-sales factor&#8221; method to calculate their taxes, based [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assembly Speaker John Perez&#8217;s DNC speech</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/09/05/assembly-speaker-john-perezs-dnc-speech/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 22:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fresh from the end of a contentious legislative session, California Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles, addressed the 2012 Democratic National Convention tonight in Charlotte, N.C. Good evening Democrats! I am so honored to join you tonight. Certainly, this close to the election much of our attention is focused on the nuts and bolts of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rep. Barbara Lee&#8217;s speech to the DNC</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/09/04/rep-barbara-lees-speech-to-the-dnc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/09/04/rep-barbara-lees-speech-to-the-dnc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 22:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, has just finished her speech at the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.; as a member of the party’s platform drafting committee, she was tapped to speak in delivering that platform. Here are her remarks as prepared: I am so pleased I had a role in drafting this remarkable document. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barbara Lee to present platform at convention</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/08/24/barbara-lee-to-present-platform-at-convention/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Barbara Lee, along with Newark, N.J. Mayor Cory Booker and retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Claudia Kennedy, have been tapped to present the party’s platform to the 2012 Democratic National Convention on Tuesday, Sept. 4 in Charlotte, N.C. This is the first time that Lee, D-Oakland, has been asked to speak at a Democratic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>County Dems seek $$$ from would-be endorsees</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/08/14/county-dems-seek-from-would-be-endorsees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 23:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An anonymous caller directed me to the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee’s website, where candidates filling out an endorsement application are asked for a $50 contribution “to offset the cost of our endorsement process.” “It just seems undemocratic,” said the caller (whom I assume meant that with a small “d”), acknowledging he’s running for a [...]]]></description>
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