<?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 - campaigns</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/campaigns</link><description>Newsvine - campaigns</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 06:50:29 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 05:29:04 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Crossroads makes biggest buy yet in Senate races</title>
<description><![CDATA[A conservative Super PAC co-founded by Karl Rove and an affiliated organization are making their biggest buy yet in this year's Senate elections, with a new round of ads costing $8 million that will target Democratic lawmakers in eight states.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Freking]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Kevin Freking]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14634340-crossroads-makes-biggest-buy-yet-in-senate-races</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14634340-crossroads-makes-biggest-buy-yet-in-senate-races</guid><category>us</category><category>senate</category><category>politics</category><category>karl-rove</category><category>crossroads</category><category>campaigns</category><category>super-pac</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 06:46:33 +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>China, US political campaigns show stark contrasts</title>
<description><![CDATA[The world's two biggest economies are entering the final stages of political campaigns to pick their national leaders. But that's where similarities in the politics of the United States and China end.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Bodeen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Christopher Bodeen]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/17/13330835-china-us-political-campaigns-show-stark-contrasts</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/17/13330835-china-us-political-campaigns-show-stark-contrasts</guid><category>china</category><category>united-states</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>campaigns</category><category>contrasting</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 08:42:15 +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 url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=21c0b9d6-a099-4765-bc20-ffee4f64b03d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=21c0b9d6-a099-4765-bc20-ffee4f64b03d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 24, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, greets supporters at an election night rally in Manchester, N.H. The world's two biggest economies are entering the final stages of political campaigns to pick their national leaders. While American candidates wage loud, rah-rah campaigns with a clear timetable as they head toward the Nov. 6 presidential election, China hasnt even announced the date for this falls Communist Party congress that will appoint the next top leader to replace outgoing Hu Jintao - a post widely expected to go to Vice President Xi Jinping. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=118d1b01-9fb7-4112-b894-770029681a22.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=118d1b01-9fb7-4112-b894-770029681a22.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this May 4, 2012 file photo, Chinese President Hu Jintao, right, Premier Wen Jiabao, left, and Vice President Xi Jinping, center, clap as they arrive for a conference to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Youth League at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The world's two biggest economies are entering the final stages of political campaigns to pick their national leaders. While American candidates wage loud, rah-rah campaigns with a clear timetable as they head toward the Nov. 6 presidential election, China hasnt even announced the date for this falls Communist Party congress that will appoint the next top leader to replace outgoing Hu Jintao - a post widely expected to go to Vice President Xi Jinping. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=774e2aee-5942-4f01-887a-7ec5849eeedd.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=774e2aee-5942-4f01-887a-7ec5849eeedd.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 18, 2012 file photo, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, second from left, shakes hands with visiting U.N. delegates during his meeting with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, unseen, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The world's two biggest economies are entering the final stages of political campaigns to pick their national leaders. While American candidates wage loud, rah-rah campaigns with a clear timetable as they head toward the Nov. 6 presidential election, China hasnt even announced the date for this falls Communist Party congress that will appoint the next top leader to replace outgoing Hu Jintao - a post widely expected to go to Vice President Xi Jinping. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan, Pool, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=32a3a187-3097-401f-996c-139fa4a3a8f5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="310" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=32a3a187-3097-401f-996c-139fa4a3a8f5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2012 file photo, U.S. President Barack Obama greets his supporters during a campaign event in Waterloo, Iowa. The world's two biggest economies are entering the final stages of political campaigns to pick their national leaders. While American candidates wage loud, rah-rah campaigns with a clear timetable as they head toward the Nov. 6 presidential election, China hasnt even announced the date for this falls Communist Party congress that will appoint the next top leader to replace outgoing Hu Jintao - a post widely expected to go to Vice President Xi Jinping. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Report: Obama's campaign more wired than Romney's</title>
<description><![CDATA[Four years ago, then-Sen. Barack Obama got a head start on Arizona Sen. John McCain when it came to reaching voters online, on their mobile phones and on social media. Young voters, the group most likely to tune in digitally to the presidential campaign, broke overwhelmingly for Obama, giving him the biggest margin of victory among that age group ever recorded.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Lederman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh Lederman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/14/13282655-report-obamas-campaign-more-wired-than-romneys</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/14/13282655-report-obamas-campaign-more-wired-than-romneys</guid><category>us</category><category>digital</category><category>politics</category><category>john-mccain</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>campaigns</category><category>republican-mitt-romney</category><category>digital-campaigns</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:30:38 +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 url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=608123e8-e2fc-4a71-8e15-7d3912c070ce.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="298" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=608123e8-e2fc-4a71-8e15-7d3912c070ce.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama attends a campaign event at the Nelson Pioneer Farm &amp; Museum, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, in Oskaloosa, Iowa, during a three day campaign bus tour through Iowa.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ohio rep. returns donations caught up in FBI probe</title>
<description><![CDATA[An Ohio congressman has returned $100,000 in campaign contributions amid an FBI inquiry into the source of the donations.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/23/12911305-ohio-rep-returns-donations-caught-up-in-fbi-probe</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/23/12911305-ohio-rep-returns-donations-caught-up-in-fbi-probe</guid><category>us</category><category>ohio</category><category>probe</category><category>us-news</category><category>campaigns</category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:26:16 +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>Campaigns buy into 'swag factor' as volunteer push</title>
<description><![CDATA[Think of them as frequent flier programs for political action. Instead of a free flight, the reward for loyalty to a campaign can be as simple as a T-shirt or a pin &#8212; and as special as preferential seating at a rally when the candidate swoops into town.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Bakst]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brian Bakst]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/19/12292937-campaigns-buy-into-swag-factor-as-volunteer-push</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/19/12292937-campaigns-buy-into-swag-factor-as-volunteer-push</guid><category>us</category><category>free</category><category>politics</category><category>stuff</category><category>campaigns</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 06:58:13 +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 url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3a39f4c0-b297-475f-ba01-919a71e6ed4b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3a39f4c0-b297-475f-ba01-919a71e6ed4b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this May 2, 2012 file photo, a supporter wears campaign buttons for Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney at a campaign stop in Chantilly, Va.   The reward for loyalty to a campaign can be as simple as a T-shirt or a pin &amp;#8212; and as special as preferential seating at a rally when the candidate swoops into town.  (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8db58e9d-6323-4340-8230-39fb9258b91f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="218" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8db58e9d-6323-4340-8230-39fb9258b91f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="66" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June 15, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama eats lunch with Wyndi Austin, Paula Matyas, Jim Heath and Janet Jones, the four winners of the &quot;Lunch with Barack,&quot; at the Lincoln Restaurant in Washington.   The reward for loyalty to a campaign can be as simple as a T-shirt or a pin &amp;#8212; and as special as preferential seating at a rally when the candidate swoops into town.  (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Make 'em laugh: Emmy marketing campaigns try humor</title>
<description><![CDATA[Marketing campaigns for Oscar trophies tend toward earnest snoozers. But pleas for Emmy glory can be as snarky or witty as the comedies they're promoting.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lynn Elber]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lynn Elber]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/14/12228373-make-em-laugh-emmy-marketing-campaigns-try-humor</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/14/12228373-make-em-laugh-emmy-marketing-campaigns-try-humor</guid><category>us</category><category>tv</category><category>us-news</category><category>campaigns</category><category>emmy-campaigns</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 01:32:15 +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 url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0ddabd3b-9556-441a-a2c2-85df8809a2e4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0ddabd3b-9556-441a-a2c2-85df8809a2e4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated image released by IFC shows Carrie Brownstein, left, and Fred Armisen as &quot;Gil &amp; Merrill&quot; in a scene from &quot;Portlandia.&quot; Movie campaigns for Oscar nominations tend toward earnest snoozers, but not so pleas for Emmy glory. Two cases in point: &quot;Family Guy&quot; sent an eye-popping mailer to TV academy voters, with a drawing of character Peter Griffin and an ethnic slur. IFC's &quot;Portlandia&quot; took a droller approach, enlisting Portland Mayor Sam Adams in an online plea. (AP Photo/IFC, Scott Green)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mandel, Renacci donations subject of federal probe</title>
<description><![CDATA[Federal officials are investigating questionable campaign contributions to two Ohio officeholders, freshman Rep. James Renacci and state treasurer and Senate candidate Josh Mandel, spokesmen for both Republicans confirmed Monday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Carr Smyth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Julie Carr Smyth]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/21/11796140-mandel-renacci-donations-subject-of-federal-probe</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/21/11796140-mandel-renacci-donations-subject-of-federal-probe</guid><category>us</category><category>ohio</category><category>probe</category><category>us-news</category><category>campaigns</category><category>josh-mandel</category><category>james-renacci</category><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 19:36:33 +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>New Greek parties thrive online</title>
<description><![CDATA[From his tiny, windowless office, George Palamarizis tirelessly chips away at Greece's political establishment.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Derek Gatopoulos]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Derek Gatopoulos]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/02/11496935-new-greek-parties-thrive-online</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/02/11496935-new-greek-parties-thrive-online</guid><category>technology</category><category>eu</category><category>greece</category><category>campaigns</category><category>internet-campaigns</category><category>george-palamarizis</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 May 2012 07:29:04 +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 url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3bc75c3a-b5c0-437f-8176-414a8d578dec.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3bc75c3a-b5c0-437f-8176-414a8d578dec.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;WITH STORY GREECE DIGITAL CAMPAIGNS - Conservative parliamentary candidate Panagiotis Haskos holds his smartphone during an interview with the Associated Press in Athens on Thursday, April 26, 2012. Haskos became the first candidate in Greece to launch an election smartphone app, he said was modeled on a campaign technique used by U.S. President Barack Obama. Internet campaigns have dominated in the run up to Greece's May 6 general elections, with parties cutting back on election spending at the country suffers a fifth year of recession. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2497b81a-12a7-433d-bb2c-e9e2268def94.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2497b81a-12a7-433d-bb2c-e9e2268def94.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;WITH STORY GREECE DIGITAL CAMPAIGNS - George Palamarizis, IT administrator for Greece's Democratic Left party, speaks with the Associated Press during an interview in Athens on Thursday, April 26, 2012. Internet campaigns have dominated in the run up to Greece's May 6 general elections, with parties cutting back on election spending at the country suffers a fifth year of recession. Newly-founded Democratic Left has peaked at second place in the opinion polls, helped by the party's no-frills Internet campaign. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=254b8c98-e934-43b7-8d84-d85601e8445d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=254b8c98-e934-43b7-8d84-d85601e8445d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;WITH STORY GREECE DIGITAL CAMPAIGNS - Google's country manager in Greece, Stefanos Loukakos, poses for a photograph during an interview with the Associated Press in Athens on Thursday, April 26, 2012. Google has set up an Internet election platform in Greece featuring interviews, debates and party-produced material. Internet campaigns have dominated in the run up to Greece's May 6 general elections, with parties cutting back on election spending at the country suffers a fifth year of recession. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=508dd55d-978b-4b26-bfd0-08d7ac3e7d01.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=508dd55d-978b-4b26-bfd0-08d7ac3e7d01.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;WITH STORY GREECE DIGITAL CAMPAIGNS - Google's country manager in Greece, Stefanos Loukakos, poses for a photograph during an interview with the Associated Press in Athens on Thursday, April 26, 2012. Google has set up an Internet election platform in Greece featuring interviews, debates and party-produced material.  Internet campaigns have dominated in the run up to Greece's May 6 general elections, with parties cutting back on election spending at the country suffers a fifth year of recession. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7b69c4f6-25bf-4b4a-8fbc-56411cebe06c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7b69c4f6-25bf-4b4a-8fbc-56411cebe06c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;WITH STORY GREECE DIGITAL CAMPAIGNS - George Palamarizis, IT administrator for Greece's Democratic Left party, checks messages on his computer tablet during an interview with the Associated Press on Thursday, April 26, 2012. Internet campaigns have dominated in the run up to Greece's May 6 general elections, with parties cutting back on election spending at the country suffers a fifth year of recession. Newly-founded Democratic Left has peaked at second place in the opinion polls, helped by the party's no-frills Internet campaign. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8d2f6135-db3c-43b0-8884-b1ebca723e60.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8d2f6135-db3c-43b0-8884-b1ebca723e60.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;WITH STORY GREECE DIGITAL CAMPAIGNS - The reflection of conservative parliamentary candidate Panagiotis Haskos is seen in a smartphone screen during an interview with the Associated Press in Athens on Thursday, April 26, 2012. Haskos became the first candidate in Greece to launch an election smartphone app, he said was modeled on a campaign technique used by U.S. President Barack Obama. Internet campaigns have dominated in the run up to Greece's May 6 general elections, with parties cutting back on election spending at the country suffers a fifth year of recession. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Final stand for Sarkozy</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/16/11226099-final-stand-for-sarkozy</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/16/11226099-final-stand-for-sarkozy</guid><category>campaign</category><category>for</category><category>finish</category><category>french</category><category>campaigns</category><category>while-american</category><category>lasts</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:52:27 +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>2012 is no GOP version of Clinton-Obama primary</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/16/10724201-2012-is-no-gop-version-of-clinton-obama-primary</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/16/10724201-2012-is-no-gop-version-of-clinton-obama-primary</guid><category>democrats</category><category>republicans</category><category>campaigns</category><category>extended</category><category>differences</category><category>obama-clinton</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>argued</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:16:26 +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>Gingrich once ran as GOP moderate early in career</title>
<description><![CDATA[The young political candidate sought support from labor unions. He castigated corporations for "raping" the environment. He demanded that big oil companies open their financial books for inspection.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ray Henry]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ray Henry]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/26/10509972-gingrich-once-ran-as-gop-moderate-early-in-career</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/26/10509972-gingrich-once-ran-as-gop-moderate-early-in-career</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>gingrich</category><category>early</category><category>campaigns</category><pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 13:20:31 +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 url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a55f69e3-6659-467d-a7ed-41d93cf0d901.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="276" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a55f69e3-6659-467d-a7ed-41d93cf0d901.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks during a stop at the California Republican Convention on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012 in Burlingame, Calif.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/bb82efd5-b734-496e-8711-b77cb3d315db.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bb82efd5-b734-496e-8711-b77cb3d315db.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, speaks during the California Republican Party convention Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012 in Burlingame, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/fb68d95f-8b81-49e3-a520-67bee116ae44.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/fb68d95f-8b81-49e3-a520-67bee116ae44.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, right, jokes with Herman Cain, at left, during the California Republican Party convention Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012 in Burlingame, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8dc943ca-0993-4340-b289-5d2b5c640ced.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8dc943ca-0993-4340-b289-5d2b5c640ced.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich raises his arms after making a speech during a stop at the California Republican Convention Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012 in Burlingame, Calif.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b4c75440-59a6-4d10-b609-3930e468c698.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="369" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b4c75440-59a6-4d10-b609-3930e468c698.jpg" width="120" height="167" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 9, 1976, file photo Georgia Republican Sixth District congressional candidate Newt Gingrich, left, appears in East Point, Ga. with Sen. Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz., who endorsed him. Campaigning later that month Gingrich denounced the corporate profits accrued by oil companies, saying they needed to open their records for inspection. His pronouncements caused a mini-crisis with Goldwater, a champion of the GOP's conservative wing, who according to his former press secretary Lee Howell, &quot;was so livid he was ready to come down to the Georgia and withdraw his endorsement and condemn Gingrich.&quot;  (AP Photo/File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Santorum 'super' PAC returned big foreign donation</title>
<description><![CDATA[A super political action committee supporting Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has refunded a $50,000 donation from a London-based securities firm because the contribution could have violated a U.S. law that guards against foreign money in American political campaigns, a spokesman for the group said Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Braun]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephen Braun]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/21/10467387-santorum-super-pac-returned-big-foreign-donation</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/21/10467387-santorum-super-pac-returned-big-foreign-donation</guid><category>us</category><category>money</category><category>politics</category><category>rick-santorum</category><category>campaigns</category><category>foreign-money</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:18:44 +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 url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9ebc6856-1c08-406c-af06-b678acb6901e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9ebc6856-1c08-406c-af06-b678acb6901e.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks at the Kent Countyh Lincoln Day Dinner, Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, in Grand Rapids, Mich. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d7bfd45a-29cc-471b-9be0-08a347c7b22c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="295" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d7bfd45a-29cc-471b-9be0-08a347c7b22c.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, shakes hands after speaking at the Kent County Lincoln Day Dinner, Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, in Grand Rapids, Mich. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d12a0918-25e7-46ad-ac96-d0cb9ff18337.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d12a0918-25e7-46ad-ac96-d0cb9ff18337.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks at the Kent Countyh Lincoln Day Dinner, Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, in Grand Rapids, Mich. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Campaign laughs, history on view at Newseum in DC</title>
<description><![CDATA[Tina Fey's red suit, flag pin and eyeglasses worn to channel her Sarah Palin parodies of the 2008 presidential race are going on view at the Newseum, along with items from journalists and candidates who made history in presidential politics.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett Zongker]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brett Zongker]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/14/10406868-campaign-laughs-history-on-view-at-newseum-in-dc</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/14/10406868-campaign-laughs-history-on-view-at-newseum-in-dc</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>tina-fey</category><category>campaigns</category><category>newseum</category><category>sarah-palin</category><category>presidential-campaigns</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:15:55 +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 url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6ebeb20c-e235-4982-929f-6fa650f99953.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6ebeb20c-e235-4982-929f-6fa650f99953.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, Tina Fey's costume to portray Sarah Palin on &quot;Saturday Night Live,&quot; is part of the exhibit, &quot;Every Four Years: Presidential Campaigns and the Press,&quot; at the Newseum in Washington. A new exhibit, Every Four Years: Presidential Campaigns and the Press, opens Friday in time for President's Day weekend and the long campaign season ahead. It includes 120 objects and images dating back to William McKinley's campaign in 1896. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6309b755-6a4a-4a09-8f2d-78cb5d40f7cf.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="369" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6309b755-6a4a-4a09-8f2d-78cb5d40f7cf.jpg" width="120" height="167" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, a mask of Barack Obama, worn by then candidate Obama on &quot;Saturday Night Live,&quot; is part of the exhibit, &quot;Every Four Years: Presidential Campaigns and the Press,&quot; at the Newseum in Washington. A new exhibit, Every Four Years: Presidential Campaigns and the Press, opens Friday in time for President's Day weekend and the long campaign season ahead. It includes 120 objects and images dating back to William McKinley's campaign in 1896. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/83f053a9-7f78-49b1-b370-e97cbe142fbf.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/83f053a9-7f78-49b1-b370-e97cbe142fbf.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, Michael Petrides works on installation of the parody section of the exhibit, &quot;Every Four Years: Presidential Campaigns and the Press,&quot; at the Newseum in Washington. A new exhibit, Every Four Years: Presidential Campaigns and the Press, opens Friday in time for President's Day weekend and the long campaign season ahead. It includes 120 objects and images dating back to William McKinley's campaign in 1896. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/51ea72af-3c97-4f14-923a-1de6d7672b41.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/51ea72af-3c97-4f14-923a-1de6d7672b41.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, Emma Krebs, a collections technician with the Newseum cleans a map of Florida used by CNN in the 2000 election during the installation of the exhibit, &quot;Every Four Years: Presidential Campaigns and the Press,&quot; at the Newseum in Washington. A new exhibit, Every Four Years: Presidential Campaigns and the Press, opens Friday in time for President's Day weekend and the long campaign season ahead. It includes 120 objects and images dating back to William McKinley's campaign in 1896. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/84dd601b-20d6-45ce-8e0e-c919fdc437d9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/84dd601b-20d6-45ce-8e0e-c919fdc437d9.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, Newseum staff install the radio section of the exhibit, &quot;Every Four Years: Presidential Campaigns and the Press,&quot; at the Newseum in Washington. A new exhibit, Every Four Years: Presidential Campaigns and the Press, opens Friday in time for President's Day weekend and the long campaign season ahead. It includes 120 objects and images dating back to William McKinley's campaign in 1896. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/763a7f30-6d57-4790-b13e-c8f40db6311d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/763a7f30-6d57-4790-b13e-c8f40db6311d.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, Emma Krebs, a collections technician with the Newseum dusts a map of Florida used by CNN in the 2000 election during the installation of the exhibit, &quot;Every Four Years: Presidential Campaigns and the Press,&quot; at the Newseum in Washington. A new exhibit, Every Four Years: Presidential Campaigns and the Press, opens Friday in time for President's Day weekend and the long campaign season ahead. It includes 120 objects and images dating back to William McKinley's campaign in 1896. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ff310250-e3b8-4d07-83b2-c87df19022a4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ff310250-e3b8-4d07-83b2-c87df19022a4.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Emma Krebs, a collections technician with the Newseum dusts a map of Florida used by CNN in the 2000 election during the installation of the exhibit, &quot;Every Four Years: Presidential Campaignsand the Press,&quot; at the Newseum in Washington, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/38ee3725-d5f4-4510-a04d-d0447f7f9866.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/38ee3725-d5f4-4510-a04d-d0447f7f9866.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A gold-plated microphone used by Rush Limbaugh is put on display as part of the exhibit, &quot;Every Four Years: Presidential Campaigns and the Press,&quot; Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, at the Newseum in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0e0440f5-d593-425e-b2fa-1a9be7eba324.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0e0440f5-d593-425e-b2fa-1a9be7eba324.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, a gold-plated microphone used by Rush Limbaugh is put on display as part of the exhibit, &quot;Every Four Years: Presidential Campaigns and the Press,&quot; at the Newseum in Washington. A new exhibit, Every Four Years: Presidential Campaigns and the Press, opens Friday in time for President's Day weekend and the long campaign season ahead. It includes 120 objects and images dating back to William McKinley's campaign in 1896. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Foreign donations are a risk in super PAC setting</title>
<description><![CDATA[Money pouring into the presidential election from super political action committees and nonprofit campaign groups appears so far to be strictly American in origin, donated by U.S. companies, unions and millionaires. But it's easier than ever to conceal the source of money and the identities of contributors, making conditions ripe for illegal donations from foreigners, overseas companies or governments attempting to help a favored candidate for the White House.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Braun]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephen Braun]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/10/10370217-foreign-donations-are-a-risk-in-super-pac-setting</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/10/10370217-foreign-donations-are-a-risk-in-super-pac-setting</guid><category>us</category><category>white-house</category><category>money</category><category>politics</category><category>campaigns</category><category>foreign-money</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:21:03 +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>PROMISES, PROMISES: Securing US border impossible</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich have promised to complete a nearly 1,950-mile fence. Michele Bachmann wants a double fence. Ron Paul pledges to secure the nation's southern border by any means necessary, and Rick Perry says he can secure it without a fence &#8212; and do so within a year of taking office as president.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Weissert]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Will Weissert]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/06/9239642-promises-promises-securing-us-border-impossible</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/06/9239642-promises-promises-securing-us-border-impossible</guid><category>us</category><category>border</category><category>gop</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>securing</category><category>us-news</category><category>rick-perry</category><category>campaigns</category><category>newt-gingrich</category><category>ron-paul</category><category>securing-the-border</category><category>michele-bachmann</category><category>the-border</category><pubDate>Tue, 6 Dec 2011 07:01:29 +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 url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/143cb76d-b41b-41c8-8c10-c19db22af827.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/143cb76d-b41b-41c8-8c10-c19db22af827.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 19, 2011, file photo, a member of the National Guard checks on his colleague inside a Border Patrol Skybox near the Hidalgo International Bridge in Hidalgo, Texas. National Guard members along the Texas-Mexico border assist Border Patrol by surveying the terrain from the tower. All major Republican presidential candidates have promised to secure the U.S.-Mexico border. Many support a fence stretching nearly 2,000 miles to do so. But a border that is sealed to all illegal immigrants and drugs is a promise none of them could keep. (AP Photo/Delcia Lopez, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>PROMISES, PROMISES: Records shielded by candidates</title>
<description><![CDATA[In the final weeks of Mitt Romney's term as Massachusetts governor, a small team of aides combed through statehouse filing cabinets. They filled more than 630 cartons with papers destined for the state archives as the primary documentary legacy of his administration. One floor, though, was almost completely off limits to them: Romney's inner sanctum, his third-floor office.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Braun]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephen Braun]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/30/9107381-promises-promises-records-shielded-by-candidates</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/30/9107381-promises-promises-records-shielded-by-candidates</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>campaigns</category><category>transparency</category><category>state-house</category><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:57:57 +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 url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4e1937c3-b1e7-4750-8ae1-8adbff5d64bb.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="379" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4e1937c3-b1e7-4750-8ae1-8adbff5d64bb.jpg" width="120" height="162" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This Jan. 3, 2007, file photo shows outgoing Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, accompanied by his wife, Ann, as he takes the &quot;lone walk&quot; out of the Statehouse in Boston. A former aide who supervised the archiving of records from Romneys stint as governor says Romneys State House office was almost completely off-limits when officials transferred documents in late 2006 to the Massachusetts state archives. Romney said recently he authorized the purging of emails and other electronic records because of concerns that the files might contain confidential information. The former aide, John OKeefe, said that only public schedules and a limited amount of other paper documents from Romneys executive office went to the archives. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>FDA plans to spend $600M on anti-smoking campaigns</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Food and Drug Administration is planning to spend about $600 million over five years to educate the public about the dangers of tobacco use. Declines in U.S. smoking rates have stalled in recent years.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Felberbaum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Felberbaum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/02/8599751-fda-plans-to-spend-600m-on-anti-smoking-campaigns</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/02/8599751-fda-plans-to-spend-600m-on-anti-smoking-campaigns</guid><category>us</category><category>tobacco</category><category>fda</category><category>health</category><category>drug-administration</category><category>campaigns</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 Nov 2011 18:19:43 +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>Bill Clinton stumps in US's priciest House race</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former President Bill Clinton said Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann is so far right that she makes Richard Nixon and George W. Bush look like liberals, and told voters late Sunday to back Democrat Tarryl Clark in the nation's most expensive House race.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Martiga Lohn]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Martiga Lohn]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/24/5343976-bill-clinton-stumps-in-uss-priciest-house-race</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/24/5343976-bill-clinton-stumps-in-uss-priciest-house-race</guid><category>us</category><category>clinton</category><category>politics</category><category>bill-clinton</category><category>midwest</category><category>richard-nixon</category><category>campaigns</category><category>michigan-state-university</category><category>michele-bachmann</category><category>democrat-tarryl-clark</category><pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 14:33:32 +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 url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/18f05e2e-75e4-47d2-9a34-8f47402494d6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/18f05e2e-75e4-47d2-9a34-8f47402494d6.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former President Bill Clinton stumps for Michigan Democratic gubernatorial candidate Virg Bernero, left, during a rally at Renaissance High School on Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010 in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jerry S. Mendoza)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b505a0d8-3788-48dd-85ef-e0f324471cd9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="282" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b505a0d8-3788-48dd-85ef-e0f324471cd9.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former President Bill Clinton talks at a rally for Tarryl Clark, Democratic candidate for Congress in Minnesots's Sixth District, at the Teamsters Local 120 Hall in Blaine, Minn. Sunday Oct. 24, 2010. Minn.(AP Photo/Andy King)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/975a7da8-acfa-4614-a4f8-5dd14e5388e4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="385" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/975a7da8-acfa-4614-a4f8-5dd14e5388e4.jpg" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former President Bill Clinton talks at a rally for Tarryl Clark, Democratic candidate for Congress in Minnesota's Sixth District, at the Teamsters Local 120 Hall in Blaine, Minn. Sunday Oct. 24, 2010. Minn.(AP Photo/Andy King)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Democrats waging 'military campaigns' for Congress</title>
<description><![CDATA[His campaign fliers declare him "A Soldier's Congressman." His TV ads feature testimonials from the mother of a Marine. And he accuses his Republican opponent of not supporting the troops.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David A. Lieb]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David A. Lieb]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/19/5138625-democrats-waging-military-campaigns-for-congress</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/19/5138625-democrats-waging-military-campaigns-for-congress</guid><category>us</category><category>congress</category><category>politics</category><category>military</category><category>campaigns</category><category>his-tv</category><pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 18:35:23 +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>Kennedys give $185K to Democratic candidates</title>
<description><![CDATA[Heirs to the late Sen. Edward Kennedy are giving $185,000 from his campaign account and their personal wealth to Democratic House candidates in gratitude to Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her role in enacting a landmark health care law.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles Babington]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Charles Babington]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/21/4724126-kennedys-give-185k-to-democratic-candidates</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/21/4724126-kennedys-give-185k-to-democratic-candidates</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>house</category><category>kennedy</category><category>edward-kennedy</category><category>campaigns</category><category>democratic-house</category><category>speaker-nancy-pelosi</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:39:19 +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>DNC to pour $20M, plus other resources into races</title>
<description><![CDATA[Bracing for potential losses in congressional and gubernatorial elections, national Democrats plan to spend $20 million to defend their candidates in November's contests.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Elliott]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Philip Elliott]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/16/4166288-dnc-to-pour-20m-plus-other-resources-into-races</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/16/4166288-dnc-to-pour-20m-plus-other-resources-into-races</guid><category>us</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>campaigns</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:02:48 +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>O'Reilly, Olbermann: polar opposites of campaign</title>
<description><![CDATA[Watch Bill O'Reilly and Keith Olbermann on the same night and you'll swear they're talking about two different presidential campaigns.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Bauder]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Bauder]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/27/2042758-oreilly-olbermann-polar-opposites-of-campaign</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/27/2042758-oreilly-olbermann-polar-opposites-of-campaign</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>tv</category><category>ap</category><category>on</category><category>two</category><category>campaigns</category><category>keith-olbermann</category><category>watch-bill-o'reilly</category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:00:55 +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 url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/132aedf8-a632-42fa-80ae-01066d08a4a0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/132aedf8-a632-42fa-80ae-01066d08a4a0.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Jan. 18, 2007 file photo, Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly appears on the Fox News show, &quot;The O'Reilly Factor,&quot;  in New York. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5b09fcd7-8cba-4492-83d1-71821f243d21.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="302" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5b09fcd7-8cba-4492-83d1-71821f243d21.jpg" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this May 3, 2007 file photo, Keith Olbermann of MSNBC poses at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif.,  (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Conservative leader rips GOP campaign arm</title>
<description><![CDATA[For Republicans, the postelection blame game is already beginning.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Hirschfeld Davis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Julie Hirschfeld Davis]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/24/2037369-conservative-leader-rips-gop-campaign-arm</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/24/2037369-conservative-leader-rips-gop-campaign-arm</guid><category>conservatives</category><category>politics</category><category>campaigns</category><pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:34:31 +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>GOP, eyeing House losses, pulls out of key races</title>
<description><![CDATA[National Republicans have yanked TV advertising for Minnesota GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann's re-election bid after she suggested Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama may have "anti-American" views and urged an investigation of unpatriotic lawmakers.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Hirschfeld Davis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Julie Hirschfeld Davis]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/22/2029574-gop-eyeing-house-losses-pulls-out-of-key-races</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/22/2029574-gop-eyeing-house-losses-pulls-out-of-key-races</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>house</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>campaigns</category><category>national-republicans</category><category>michele-bachmann</category><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:17:43 +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>Financial woes boost Democrats in Congress races</title>
<description><![CDATA[The financial turmoil that has devastated the stock market is also battering Republicans in congressional races, giving Democrats a chance to topple GOP incumbents once considered safe and wrest seats in pivotal districts and states.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Hirschfeld Davis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Julie Hirschfeld Davis]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/11/1985949-financial-woes-boost-democrats-in-congress-races</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/11/1985949-financial-woes-boost-democrats-in-congress-races</guid><category>politics</category><category>campaigns</category><category>meltdown</category><pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:20:00 +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></channel></rss>