<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - battleground-states</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/battleground-states</link><description>Newsvine - battleground-states</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 8 Nov 2012 16:06:05 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 22:31:18 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>The Stage: Is this the lethal advert that sank Romney in Ohio? VIDEO (Poll)</title>
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The narrative of this advert is so simple, so interesting, yet so lethal at the end, it simply creeps up on you with a ferocity which is troubling. It proves that the best adverts are the ones that go for the emotions, that can put us in that individual situation and then ring a&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/08/15023408-the-stage-is-this-the-lethal-advert-that-sank-romney-in-ohio-video-poll</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/08/15023408-the-stage-is-this-the-lethal-advert-that-sank-romney-in-ohio-video-poll</guid><category>ohio</category><category>politics</category><category>presidential-campaign</category><category>coffin</category><category>battleground-states</category><category>2012-election</category><category>loser-mitt-romney</category><category>callous-mitt-romney</category><category>the-stafe</category><category>people-fired</category><category>people-lost-their-jobs</category><category>capitalist-profiteering</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Nov 2012 16:01:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLo0Jwj03JU" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/oLo0Jwj03JU/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">www.prioritiesusaaction.org/
If Mitt Romney wins, the middle class loses.</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Election Day Roadmap: How the Swing State Results Will Roll in on the Way to 270</title>
<description><![CDATA[By&nbsp;Chris Kofinis and Frank Luntz&nbsp;- Daily Finance Well, here we are: Election Day! 
After $2 billion in total campaign spending, three presidential debates, hundreds of campaign ads, and thousands of campaign appearances, the presidential race is ... wait for it ... a t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></source><link>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/06/14971135-election-day-roadmap-how-the-swing-state-results-will-roll-in-on-the-way-to-270</link><guid>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/06/14971135-election-day-roadmap-how-the-swing-state-results-will-roll-in-on-the-way-to-270</guid><category>texas</category><category>abortion</category><category>social-issues</category><category>conservatives</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>candidates</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>fundraising</category><category>karl-rove</category><category>condoleezza-rice</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>federal-election-commission</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>election-day</category><category>foreign-policy</category><category>first-amendment</category><category>rick-perry</category><category>fec</category><category>john-boehner</category><category>joe-biden</category><category>political-parties</category><category>newsweek</category><category>mormonism</category><category>political-campaigns</category><category>political-advertising</category><category>campaign-ads</category><category>u-s-supreme-court</category><category>citizens-united</category><category>american-public</category><category>election-season</category><category>battleground-states</category><category>voter-supression</category><category>bain-capital</category><category>political-process</category><category>2012-election</category><category>electoral-map</category><category>112th-congress</category><category>2012-gop-field</category><category>issue-groups</category><category>corporate-political-advertising</category><category>drown-out-citizen-voices</category><category>century-old-ban</category><category>direct-corporate-spending</category><category>commentid-politics</category><category>1999-olympics</category><category>gay-marriage-fox-news</category><category>leonard-pitts-jr-mcclatchy-newspapers</category><pubDate>Tue, 6 Nov 2012 16:50:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Jerry61164BA776E-2C91-1E51-9168-7CB28C053BFB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="248" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Jerry61164BA776E-2C91-1E51-9168-7CB28C053BFB.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>9 Takeaways From the 2012 Election</title>
<description><![CDATA[By:&nbsp;Maggie Haberman - PoliticoNovember 6, 2012
Election Day is finally here.
And even though neither Barack Obama nor Mitt Romney has been declared a winner yet, there are some things that will still hold true no matter which candidate wins the White House tonight &mdash; &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></source><link>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/06/14969660-9-takeaways-from-the-2012-election</link><guid>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/06/14969660-9-takeaways-from-the-2012-election</guid><category>texas</category><category>abortion</category><category>social-issues</category><category>conservatives</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>candidates</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>fundraising</category><category>karl-rove</category><category>condoleezza-rice</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>federal-election-commission</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>election-day</category><category>foreign-policy</category><category>first-amendment</category><category>rick-perry</category><category>fec</category><category>john-boehner</category><category>joe-biden</category><category>political-parties</category><category>newsweek</category><category>mormonism</category><category>political-campaigns</category><category>political-advertising</category><category>campaign-ads</category><category>u-s-supreme-court</category><category>citizens-united</category><category>american-public</category><category>election-season</category><category>battleground-states</category><category>voter-supression</category><category>bain-capital</category><category>political-process</category><category>2012-election</category><category>electoral-map</category><category>112th-congress</category><category>2012-gop-field</category><category>issue-groups</category><category>corporate-political-advertising</category><category>drown-out-citizen-voices</category><category>century-old-ban</category><category>direct-corporate-spending</category><category>commentid-politics</category><category>1999-olympics</category><category>gay-marriage-fox-news</category><category>leonard-pitts-jr-mcclatchy-newspapers</category><pubDate>Tue, 6 Nov 2012 15:30:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Jerry61143B9F4A6-43A3-B4D2-2ADC-DAD39DB407DD.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Jerry61143B9F4A6-43A3-B4D2-2ADC-DAD39DB407DD.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Gillespie: Hate to break it to you, Team O, but the map has expanded </title>
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Earlier this week, certain Team Obama members and loyalists insisted that Team Romney&rsquo;s relatively late-in-the-game push into some new battlegrounds definitively means that Team R has at last figured out that they cannot win with the electoral map they originally planned,&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/05/14944598-gillespie-hate-to-break-it-to-you-team-o-but-the-map-has-expanded</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/05/14944598-gillespie-hate-to-break-it-to-you-team-o-but-the-map-has-expanded</guid><category>campaign</category><category>pennsylvania</category><category>politics</category><category>political</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>battleground-states</category><category>david-plouffe</category><category>electoral-map</category><category>expanding-map</category><pubDate>Mon, 5 Nov 2012 16:22:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Where we are with three days left </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Nate Cohn looks at all the most recent polling in Ohio, Wisconsin and Nevada &mdash; three states that would put Obama over 270 &mdash; and concludes:
As of today, there is not a single non-partisan survey showing Romney ahead in any of these three states.
The RCP averages sh&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[proglib]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[proglib]]></source><link>http://proglib.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/03/14911469-where-we-are-with-three-days-left</link><guid>http://proglib.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/03/14911469-where-we-are-with-three-days-left</guid><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>polls</category><category>battleground-states</category><category>president-obama</category><pubDate>Sun, 4 Nov 2012 01:55:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Here Comes the Landslide</title>
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In the next few days, the battle will move to Pennsylvania (20), Michigan (15), Wisconsin (10) and Minnesota (16). Ahead in Pennsylvania, tied in Michigan and Wisconsin, and slightly behind in Minnesota, these new swing states look to be the battleground.
And now, he faces the&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/31/14841112-here-comes-the-landslide</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/31/14841112-here-comes-the-landslide</guid><category>campaign</category><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>political</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>republican</category><category>erosion</category><category>democrat</category><category>battleground-states</category><category>swing-states</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Nov 2012 02:47:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=patriot-888877B273D9-522C-E853-55AA-335022BE65A1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="70" width="157" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=patriot-888877B273D9-522C-E853-55AA-335022BE65A1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="54" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obama Camp Calls Out Romney's 'Desperate' Battleground State Expansion Bluff</title>
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&ldquo;Three things are now absolutely clear in this race &ndash; we have a significant early vote advantage in states from North Carolina to Nevada, there is no Romney momentum in the battleground states, and the Romney campaign has found itself with a tremendously narrow and &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[easyjjgrand3]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[easyjjgrand3]]></source><link>http://easyjjgrand3.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/30/14811193-obama-camp-calls-out-romneys-desperate-battleground-state-expansion-bluff</link><guid>http://easyjjgrand3.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/30/14811193-obama-camp-calls-out-romneys-desperate-battleground-state-expansion-bluff</guid><category>politics</category><category>minnesota</category><category>michigan</category><category>nevada</category><category>north-carolina</category><category>battleground-states</category><category>willard-romney</category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 22:24:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=easyjjgrand34F2C5A82-D0B9-7FCD-5F7D-6056BF6A76A1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=easyjjgrand34F2C5A82-D0B9-7FCD-5F7D-6056BF6A76A1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>On Wisconsin, prez vote may swing - BostonHerald.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[On Wisconsin, prez vote may swing

By Scott RasmussenSaturday, October 27, 2012 - Updated 1 day ago

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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vic Eldred]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Vic Eldred]]></source><link>http://viceldred.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/28/14756259-on-wisconsin-prez-vote-may-swing-bostonheraldcom</link><guid>http://viceldred.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/28/14756259-on-wisconsin-prez-vote-may-swing-bostonheraldcom</guid><category>politics</category><category>wisconsin</category><category>opinion</category><category>rasmussen</category><category>battleground-states</category><category>election-2012</category><pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2012 12:20:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Poll: Romney Near Landslide in Rural Swing Counties</title>
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As Mitt Romney and President Obama get ready for their second debate, a new bipartisan survey shows a surge for Romney in a key voter group following their first debate Oct. 3.
The random cellphone and land line poll of 600 likely rural voters in nine battleground states Oct. &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/16/14480383-poll-romney-near-landslide-in-rural-swing-counties</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/16/14480383-poll-romney-near-landslide-in-rural-swing-counties</guid><category>politics</category><category>landslide</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>rural</category><category>battleground-states</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:45:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palin5117B209-2D2F-8B7F-0800-268F4845026A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="155" width="276" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palin5117B209-2D2F-8B7F-0800-268F4845026A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Gallup shows Romney pulling ahead in swing states</title>
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Gallup shows Romney pulling ahead in swing states

Posted by Aaron Blake on October 15, 2012 at 4:05 pm

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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vic Eldred]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Vic Eldred]]></source><link>http://viceldred.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/15/14462452-gallup-shows-romney-pulling-ahead-in-swing-states</link><guid>http://viceldred.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/15/14462452-gallup-shows-romney-pulling-ahead-in-swing-states</guid><category>politics</category><category>romney</category><category>battleground-states</category><category>election-2012</category><category>gallup-usa-poll</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:52:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Poll: Romney, now even with women, leads Obama in the swing states</title>
<description><![CDATA[
4:05PM EDT October  15. 2012 - WASHINGTON   &mdash; Mitt Romney leads President Obama by five percentage points among  likely voters in the nation's top battlegrounds, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll  finds, and he has growing enthusiasm among women to thank.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[mymymy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[mymymy]]></source><link>http://my-my-my.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/15/14457869-poll-romney-now-even-with-women-leads-obama-in-the-swing-states</link><guid>http://my-my-my.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/15/14457869-poll-romney-now-even-with-women-leads-obama-in-the-swing-states</guid><category>women</category><category>politics</category><category>romney</category><category>gallup</category><category>battleground-states</category><category>election-2012</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 20:12:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=my-my-myE6C9C33B-3660-DFC2-0860-80DF1C3EA182.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=my-my-myE6C9C33B-3660-DFC2-0860-80DF1C3EA182.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Suffolk University polls : Romney  to win Florida, Virginia and North Carolina </title>
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Florida, Virginia and North Carolina are generally considered to be competitive battlegrounds  States.
&ldquo;In places like North Carolina, Virginia and Florida, we&rsquo;ve already  painted those red,&rdquo; David Paleologos, the center&rsquo;s director, said in an  intervie&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[mymymy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[mymymy]]></source><link>http://my-my-my.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/11/14371437-suffolk-university-polls-romney-to-win-florida-virginia-and-north-carolina</link><guid>http://my-my-my.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/11/14371437-suffolk-university-polls-romney-to-win-florida-virginia-and-north-carolina</guid><category>politics</category><category>polls</category><category>battleground-states</category><category>suffolk-university</category><category>election-2012</category><category>commentid-politics</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:13:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=my-my-my0F70A0C5-D4B1-DC55-23B0-81F71B46209B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="247" width="347" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=my-my-my0F70A0C5-D4B1-DC55-23B0-81F71B46209B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Why Obama Is Leading in the Polls </title>
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Across most of the presidential battleground states, particularly in the Midwest, President Obama's lead rests on a surprisingly strong performance among blue-collar white women who usually tilt toward the GOP.
A National Journal analysis of recent polling results across 11 st&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/02/14179832-why-obama-is-leading-in-the-polls</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/02/14179832-why-obama-is-leading-in-the-polls</guid><category>ohio</category><category>iowa</category><category>politics</category><category>victims</category><category>wisconsin</category><category>midwest</category><category>winner</category><category>polls</category><category>young-people</category><category>minorities</category><category>college-education</category><category>battleground-states</category><category>president-obama</category><category>2012-elections</category><category>ronald-brownstein</category><category>callous-republicans</category><category>free-loaders</category><category>loser-mitt-romney</category><category>blue-collar-white-women</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Oct 2012 10:19:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahF4616CBC-3CFE-FED4-7918-33F130793F69.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="90" width="110" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahF4616CBC-3CFE-FED4-7918-33F130793F69.jpg&amp;width=120" width="110" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mitt Romney's 47 Percent Remark Hurts Him In Swing States</title>
<description><![CDATA[A new wave of polls offers a closer look at the political aftermath of Mitt Romney's comments on  the "47 percent,"  with an overwhelming number of voters responding that they both knew of  the now-infamous video of Romney at a private fundraiser and viewed him  less favorably as&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brite]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brite]]></source><link>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/27/14128019-mitt-romneys-47-percent-remark-hurts-him-in-swing-states</link><guid>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/27/14128019-mitt-romneys-47-percent-remark-hurts-him-in-swing-states</guid><category>politics</category><category>video</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>politics-news</category><category>battleground-states</category><category>romney-campaign</category><category>swing-states</category><category>colorado-polls</category><category>florida-polls</category><category>elections-2012</category><category>wisconsin-polls</category><category>mitt-romney-2012</category><category>obama-romney</category><category>mitt-romney-polls</category><category>mitt-romney-video</category><category>mitt-romney-47-percent</category><category>romney-47-percent</category><category>mitt-romney-47</category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 21:57:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=brite72DFE4F9-AC18-F95A-F626-5B90D0262FE7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=brite72DFE4F9-AC18-F95A-F626-5B90D0262FE7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obama's new two minute TV ad - 'Table' (VIDEO)</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Obama readied a new ad in seven battleground states, a lengthy spot designed to cut through the clutter and outline a second-term agenda to create manufacturing jobs, promote U.S.-made energy resources, train workers and reduce the deficit. He uses the ad to remind voters that &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/27/14122171-obamas-new-two-minute-tv-ad-table-video</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/27/14122171-obamas-new-two-minute-tv-ad-table-video</guid><category>politics</category><category>economic-crisis</category><category>presidential-campaign</category><category>energy-resources</category><category>battleground-states</category><category>manufacturing-jobs</category><category>president-obama</category><category>loser-mitt-romney</category><category>economic-advert</category><category>trickle-down-policies</category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 10:35:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah29104375-D8F1-05AF-46CA-EED4846E21CC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="125" width="125" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah29104375-D8F1-05AF-46CA-EED4846E21CC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Unemployment rates rise in half of US states - Yahoo! News</title>
<description><![CDATA[
WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; Unemployment rates rose in more than half of U.S. states last month, the latest evidence that hiring remains tepid across the country.
The Labor Department said Friday that rates increased in 26 states. They fell in 12 states and were unchanged in the o&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[iluvmyblog]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[iluvmyblog]]></source><link>http://calbarran.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/21/14015326-unemployment-rates-rise-in-half-of-us-states-yahoo-news</link><guid>http://calbarran.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/21/14015326-unemployment-rates-rise-in-half-of-us-states-yahoo-news</guid><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>romney</category><category>unemployment-rate</category><category>battleground-states</category><category>swing-states</category><category>key-states</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 18:10:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=calbarran3C0B80CF-0EAD-11C2-96D5-C3189E41F87E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=calbarran3C0B80CF-0EAD-11C2-96D5-C3189E41F87E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Battleground Polls: Is Romney's Path to the White House Now More Difficult?</title>
<description><![CDATA[One week past the conventions, a flood of polls have been released in crucial battleground states in the race for the White House. And some of them paint a picture that looks more favorable to President Barack Obama than to Republican nominee Mitt Romney.
The polls do have some &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></source><link>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/15/13879018-battleground-polls-is-romneys-path-to-the-white-house-now-more-difficult</link><guid>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/15/13879018-battleground-polls-is-romneys-path-to-the-white-house-now-more-difficult</guid><category>north-carolina</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>new-hampshire</category><category>democratic-national-convention</category><category>battleground-states</category><category>fri-september</category><category>barack-opbama</category><category>new-hampshire-two</category><category>while-indiana</category><category>cnn-electoral-calculator</category><category>tue-september</category><category>sun-september</category><category>more-nh</category><pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2012 10:32:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Jerry6119B81B0F0-6EF4-267D-4DEA-3E5F0F05DD52.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="416" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Jerry6119B81B0F0-6EF4-267D-4DEA-3E5F0F05DD52.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="125" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Time To Get To Work (with polls)</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Anyone even remotely aware of our Nation&rsquo;s politics over the last half century knows that the Southern Strategy &ndash; the republican effort to wrest voters from the democratic party through overt appeals to white racial resentment &ndash; has left an indelible mark on bo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[dwillie]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[dwillie]]></source><link>http://chiwillie.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/29/13549059-time-to-get-to-work-with-polls</link><guid>http://chiwillie.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/29/13549059-time-to-get-to-work-with-polls</guid><category>ohio</category><category>pennsylvania</category><category>florida</category><category>politics</category><category>turnout</category><category>republican</category><category>democrat</category><category>registration</category><category>poll-tax</category><category>voter-suppression</category><category>battleground-states</category><category>election-2012</category><category>politics-and-race</category><pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:51:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>100 Days Out:  From Serious Vulnerability to a Wave Election </title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brenda Lee Cosse']]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brenda Lee Cosse']]></source><link>http://brendaleecosse.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/26/13482919-100-days-out-from-serious-vulnerability-to-a-wave-election</link><guid>http://brendaleecosse.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/26/13482919-100-days-out-from-serious-vulnerability-to-a-wave-election</guid><category>elections</category><category>politics</category><category>vote</category><category>political</category><category>democracy</category><category>choice</category><category>debates</category><category>conventions</category><category>james-carville</category><category>battleground-states</category><category>democracy-corps</category><category>presidential-2012</category><pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2012 04:11:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Romney Calls Comment About Birth certificate a Joke; Obama Camp Calls it 'birtherism' </title>
<description><![CDATA[Whether he meant to or not, Mitt Romney on Friday injected the toxic issue of birtherism into an already bitter presidential race at an unhelpful time for the presumptive Republican nominee.

"I was only joking"]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></source><link>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/25/13476396-romney-calls-comment-about-birth-certificate-a-joke-obama-camp-calls-it-birtherism</link><guid>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/25/13476396-romney-calls-comment-about-birth-certificate-a-joke-obama-camp-calls-it-birtherism</guid><category>abortion</category><category>social-issues</category><category>conservatives</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>candidates</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>fundraising</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>election-day</category><category>first-amendment</category><category>joe-biden</category><category>political-parties</category><category>political-campaigns</category><category>political-advertising</category><category>campaign-ads</category><category>u-s-supreme-court</category><category>american-public</category><category>election-season</category><category>battleground-states</category><category>political-process</category><category>2012-election</category><category>birther-issue</category><category>2012-gop-field</category><category>issue-groups</category><category>corporate-political-advertising</category><category>drown-out-citizen-voices</category><category>century-old-ban</category><category>direct-corporate-spending</category><category>gay-marriage-fox-news</category><pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2012 15:41:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Jerry611DB1D9B3D-2977-3E2C-2EF1-D33E996EDFD9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Jerry611DB1D9B3D-2977-3E2C-2EF1-D33E996EDFD9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Target Election Fraud, Not &amp;quot;Voter Fraud&amp;quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Fact: There are two things that occur more often than the right-wing myth of &ldquo;voter fraud&rdquo;: UFO sightings, and election-rigging. Statistically, you&rsquo;re 3,615 times more likely to report seeing an alien than you are of seeing voter fraud. And we watched the righ&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/10/13219007-target-election-fraud-not-quotvoter-fraudquot</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/10/13219007-target-election-fraud-not-quotvoter-fraudquot</guid><category>us</category><category>bush</category><category>ohio</category><category>florida</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>election-fraud</category><category>diebold</category><category>al-gore</category><category>voter-fraud</category><category>200</category><category>2004</category><category>battleground-states</category><category>diebold-voting-machine</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:24:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Differences Between Romney's Mormonism &amp; JFK's Catholicism</title>
<description><![CDATA[The left have turned against the faith since 2008, according to a new study, spurred by Romney and same-sex marriage.
Americans' aversion to voting for Mormons has spiked since Mitt Romney's first presidential bid in 2007 &mdash; and the people most wary of Mormon candidates are&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></source><link>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/31/13054267-the-differences-between-romneys-mormonism-jfks-catholicism</link><guid>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/31/13054267-the-differences-between-romneys-mormonism-jfks-catholicism</guid><category>texas</category><category>abortion</category><category>social-issues</category><category>conservatives</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>candidates</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>fundraising</category><category>karl-rove</category><category>condoleezza-rice</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>federal-election-commission</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>election-day</category><category>foreign-policy</category><category>first-amendment</category><category>rick-perry</category><category>fec</category><category>john-boehner</category><category>joe-biden</category><category>political-parties</category><category>newsweek</category><category>mormonism</category><category>political-campaigns</category><category>political-advertising</category><category>campaign-ads</category><category>u-s-supreme-court</category><category>citizens-united</category><category>american-public</category><category>election-season</category><category>battleground-states</category><category>voter-supression</category><category>bain-capital</category><category>political-process</category><category>2012-election</category><category>electoral-map</category><category>112th-congress</category><category>2012-gop-field</category><category>issue-groups</category><category>corporate-political-advertising</category><category>drown-out-citizen-voices</category><category>century-old-ban</category><category>direct-corporate-spending</category><category>1999-olympics</category><category>gay-marriage-fox-news</category><category>leonard-pitts-jr-mcclatchy-newspapers</category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:38:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Jerry611B7573D6E-8502-9542-8CA6-E7B2A5A3A043.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Jerry611B7573D6E-8502-9542-8CA6-E7B2A5A3A043.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title> Commentary: Let's get serious about voter suppression | McClatchy </title>
<description><![CDATA[By Leonard Pitts Jr. | McClatchy Newspapers
This one is for Mike.
Mike is a Houston reader who shot me an email after my recent column equating the GOP push for voter ID laws with voter suppression. I agreed with Attorney General Eric Holder who called that a modern-day poll ta&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></source><link>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/27/12985646-commentary-lets-get-serious-about-voter-suppression-mcclatchy</link><guid>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/27/12985646-commentary-lets-get-serious-about-voter-suppression-mcclatchy</guid><category>texas</category><category>abortion</category><category>social-issues</category><category>conservatives</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>candidates</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>fundraising</category><category>karl-rove</category><category>condoleezza-rice</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>federal-election-commission</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>election-day</category><category>foreign-policy</category><category>first-amendment</category><category>rick-perry</category><category>fec</category><category>john-boehner</category><category>joe-biden</category><category>political-parties</category><category>newsweek</category><category>political-campaigns</category><category>political-advertising</category><category>campaign-ads</category><category>u-s-supreme-court</category><category>citizens-united</category><category>american-public</category><category>election-season</category><category>battleground-states</category><category>voter-supression</category><category>bain-capital</category><category>political-process</category><category>2012-election</category><category>electoral-map</category><category>112th-congress</category><category>2012-gop-field</category><category>issue-groups</category><category>corporate-political-advertising</category><category>drown-out-citizen-voices</category><category>century-old-ban</category><category>direct-corporate-spending</category><category>1999-olympics</category><category>gay-marriage-fox-news</category><category>leonard-pitts-jr-mcclatchy-newspapers</category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 09:25:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Jerry611631989BC-130D-6308-9FED-CD54E8771A50.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="298" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Jerry611631989BC-130D-6308-9FED-CD54E8771A50.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>  Mitt Romney and The Hysteria Bbubble</title>
<description><![CDATA[It was one of Barack Obama's best lines &mdash; and best moments &mdash; in the 2008 presidential campaign.
He had said we could save as much oil as we could get from domestic drilling if everybody properly maintained their cars and got their tires inflated. Now, that was hyperb&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></source><link>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/22/12886942-mitt-romney-and-the-hysteria-bbubble</link><guid>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/22/12886942-mitt-romney-and-the-hysteria-bbubble</guid><category>abortion</category><category>social-issues</category><category>conservatives</category><category>gay-marriage</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>candidates</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>fundraising</category><category>karl-rove</category><category>condoleezza-rice</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>federal-election-commission</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>election-day</category><category>fox-news</category><category>foreign-policy</category><category>first-amendment</category><category>fec</category><category>john-boehner</category><category>joe-biden</category><category>dadt</category><category>dont-ask</category><category>political-parties</category><category>newsweek</category><category>political-campaigns</category><category>political-advertising</category><category>campaign-ads</category><category>u-s-supreme-court</category><category>citizens-united</category><category>american-public</category><category>election-season</category><category>battleground-states</category><category>bain-capital</category><category>dont-tell</category><category>political-process</category><category>2012-election</category><category>electoral-map</category><category>112th-congress</category><category>2012-gop-field</category><category>issue-groups</category><category>corporate-political-advertising</category><category>drown-out-citizen-voices</category><category>century-old-ban</category><category>direct-corporate-spending</category><category>1999-olympics</category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2012 12:55:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Jerry61125EE23FA-954B-475C-DA93-BE3512A8E659.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="309" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Jerry61125EE23FA-954B-475C-DA93-BE3512A8E659.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mitt Romney is still fighting the cold war</title>
<description><![CDATA[Foreign policy hasn't figured much in the presidential campaign, which is lucky for Mitt Romney.
&nbsp;With scant foreign policy experience, Romney has had trouble projecting himself as a statesman. His foreign policy statements have veered from vague to disturbingly hawkish.
S&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
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