<?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 - decision-2012</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/decision-2012</link><description>Newsvine - decision-2012</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 9 Jan 2012 17:39:37 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:21:10 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>New video attacks Romney's business past</title>
<description><![CDATA[A pro-Gingrich “super PAC” is planning to air a blistering new attack video in South Carolina on Mitt Romney, depicting the GOP presidential front-runner as a corporate “raider” whose firm “destroyed the dreams of thousands of Americans” by buying up companies and firing its workers. 
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Isikoff]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Isikoff]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/07/10035623-new-video-attacks-romneys-business-past</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/07/10035623-new-video-attacks-romneys-business-past</guid><category>super</category><category>gingrich</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>south-carolina</category><category>pac</category><category>romney</category><category>tyler</category><category>bain</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>decision-2012</category><pubDate>Sat, 7 Jan 2012 19:18:28 +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://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120107-romging-hmed-12p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120107-romging-hmed-12p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;SIOUX CITY, IA - DECEMBER 15:  Republican presidential candidate former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R) and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney chat after finishing the Fox News Channel debate at the Sioux City Convention Center on December 15, 2011 in Sioux City, Iowa. The GOP contenders are in the final stretch of campaigning in Iowa where the January 3rd caucus is the first test the candidates must face before becoming the Republican presidential nominee.  (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>NBC poll: Despite national pessimism, Obama tops GOP foes</title>
<description><![CDATA[ - One year out before President Barack Obama faces voters in his bid for re-election, he encounters an American public that remains deeply pessimistic about the state of the country and its economy, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Murray]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mark Murray]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/07/8687519-nbc-poll-despite-national-pessimism-obama-tops-gop-foes</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/07/8687519-nbc-poll-despite-national-pessimism-obama-tops-gop-foes</guid><category>barack-obama</category><category>nbc-newswall</category><category>street-journal</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>decision-2012</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 Nov 2011 00:24:06 +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://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/lv_obama_g20_111104.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/lv_obama_g20_111104.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;CANNES, FRANCE - NOVEMBER 04:  U.S. President Barack Obama waits for the beginning of a working session on the second day of the G20 Summit on November 4, 2011 in Cannes, France. World's top economic leaders are attending the G20 summit in Cannes on November 3rd and 4th, and are expected to debate current issues surrounding the global financial system in the hope of fending off a global recession and finding an answer to the Eurozone crisis.  (Photo by Chris Ratcliffe - Pool / Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Perry seeks to cash in on flat tax's enduring appeal</title>
<description><![CDATA[The flat tax, an idea that seems to offer simplicity and efficiency in place of the complications of the current tax code, will enjoy a revival Tuesday when Texas Gov. Rick Perry unveils his single-rate tax proposal.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Curry]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tom Curry]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/24/8469533-perry-seeks-to-cash-in-on-flat-taxs-enduring-appeal</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/24/8469533-perry-seeks-to-cash-in-on-flat-taxs-enduring-appeal</guid><category>business</category><category>tax</category><category>taxes</category><category>flat</category><category>obama</category><category>republican</category><category>income</category><category>rick-perry</category><category>herman-cain</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>decision-2012</category><pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:42:04 +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://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/111022-perrycain-hmed-2p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="253" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/111022-perrycain-hmed-2p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;HANOVER, NH - OCTOBER 11:  Former CEO of Godfather's Pizza Herman Cain (R) speaks as Texas Gov. Rick Perry (L) looks on during the Republican Presidential debate hosted by Bloomberg and the Washington Post on October 11, 2011 at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. Eight GOP candidates met for the first debate of the 2012 campaign focusing solely on the economy.  (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Romney and Perry spar at Nevada debate</title>
<description><![CDATA[ - A long-awaited showdown between former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Texas Gov. Rick Perry erupted at Tuesday night's Republican presidential debate, in an occasionally personal battle between the two GOP heavyweights.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael O'Brien]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael O'Brien]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/19/8387246-romney-and-perry-spar-at-nevada-debate</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/19/8387246-romney-and-perry-spar-at-nevada-debate</guid><category>debate</category><category>nevada</category><category>perry</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>romney</category><category>rick-perry</category><category>cain</category><category>huntsman</category><category>herman-cain</category><category>tonights</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>decision-2012</category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:28:31 +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://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/111018-romney-cain-perry-3p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/111018-romney-cain-perry-3p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Reuters, AP, AFP-Getty Images&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-111019-debate-touch-ps.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-111019-debate-touch-ps.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidates former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, left, and Texas Gov. Rick Perry interact during a Republican presidential debate Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011, in Las Vegas.  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Cain could benefit handsomely from '9-9-9' plan</title>
<description><![CDATA[Presidential candidate Herman Cain made over a dozen stock sales over the past year and a half that earned him between $230,000 and $1.3 million in capital gains — income that would not be taxed at all under his “9-9-9” plan, according to his own financial disclosure statement reviewed by NBC News. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Isikoff]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Isikoff]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/15/8342513-cain-could-benefit-handsomely-from-9-9-9-plan</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/15/8342513-cain-could-benefit-handsomely-from-9-9-9-plan</guid><category>business</category><category>taxes</category><category>income</category><category>disclosure</category><category>cain</category><category>gains</category><category>herman-cain</category><category>cains</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>decision-2012</category><pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:17:34 +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>NBC/WSJ poll: Cain now leads GOP pack</title>
<description><![CDATA[Fueled by Tea Party supporters, conservatives and high-interest GOP primary voters, former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain now leads the race for the Republican presidential nomination, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Murray]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mark Murray]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/13/8292701-nbcwsj-poll-cain-now-leads-gop-pack</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/13/8292701-nbcwsj-poll-cain-now-leads-gop-pack</guid><category>health</category><category>gop</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>romney</category><category>republican</category><category>percent</category><category>cain</category><category>tea-party</category><category>mcinturff</category><category>nbc-newswall</category><category>street-journal</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>decision-2012</category><category>pizza-ceo-herman-cain</category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:23:50 +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://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/ap/republicans debate--1446862443_v2.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/ap/republicans debate--1446862443_v2.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate businessman Herman Cain, and Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, right, listen as former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a Republican presidential debate at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Andrew Harrer, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Romney campaign puts Mormon faith in spotlight</title>
<description><![CDATA[Four years ago, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney took time from his Republican presidential campaign to talk at length about the role of religion in America and in his life. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Johnson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alex Johnson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/12/8292696-romney-campaign-puts-mormon-faith-in-spotlight</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/12/8292696-romney-campaign-puts-mormon-faith-in-spotlight</guid><category>mormon</category><category>church</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>jesus-christ</category><category>mormons</category><category>lds</category><category>lds-church</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>jeffress</category><category>decision-2012</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:38:49 +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>Romney leads in Iowa and New Hampshire</title>
<description><![CDATA[With barely three months to go before the first Republican presidential nominating contests, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney leads the GOP field in both Iowa and New Hampshire, according to new NBC News-Marist polls of these early races. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Murray]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mark Murray]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/11/8267808-romney-leads-in-iowa-and-new-hampshire</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/11/8267808-romney-leads-in-iowa-and-new-hampshire</guid><category>iowa</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>new-hampshire</category><category>obama</category><category>romney</category><category>percent</category><category>tea-party</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>decision-2012</category><category>caucus-goers</category><category>nbc-news-marist</category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:57:53 +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://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/ap/republicans conservatives--1041935212_v2.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/ap/republicans conservatives--1041935212_v2.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Governor Mitt Romney, speaks at  the Values Voter Summit in Washington, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011.  The cultural conservatives gathered at the summit this weekend care deeply about abortion, gay marriage and other social issues. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obama health-care law modeled on Romney plan</title>
<description><![CDATA[Newly obtained White House records provide fresh details on how senior Obama administration officials used Mitt Romney’s landmark health-care law in Massachusetts as a model for the new federal law, including recruiting some of Romney’s own health care advisers and experts to help craft the act now derided by Republicans as “Obamacare.”  ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Isikoff]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Isikoff]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/11/8267806-obama-health-care-law-modeled-on-romney-plan</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/11/8267806-obama-health-care-law-modeled-on-romney-plan</guid><category>business</category><category>white-house</category><category>health</category><category>care</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>romney</category><category>massachusetts</category><category>gruber</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>decision-2012</category><category>mitt-romney�s</category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:05:32 +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://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/111010-romney-health-4p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="274" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/111010-romney-health-4p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON - FILE: Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at the National Press Club March 5, 2010 in Washington, DC. It was announced that former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney formed an exploratory committee to seek the presidency in 2012 April 11, 2011. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>S.C. GOP sets primary for January 21</title>
<description><![CDATA[ - South Carolina Republicans scheduled their influential presidential primary for Saturday, Jan. 21, moving the contest to an earlier-than-planned date in reaction to the Florida's decision to move up the date of its own primary. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/03/8123052-sc-gop-sets-primary-for-january-21</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/03/8123052-sc-gop-sets-primary-for-january-21</guid><category>republicans</category><category>news</category><category>nevada</category><category>primary</category><category>date</category><category>connelly</category><category>south-carolina-republicans</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>decision-2012</category><category>florida's</category><pubDate>Mon, 3 Oct 2011 15:52:26 +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><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110922_bachmann_debate.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110922_bachmann_debate.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidates Texas Gov. Rick Perry, left, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, center, listen as Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn, makes a point during a Fox News/Google debate Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Cain: Perry camp sign 'just plain insensitive'</title>
<description><![CDATA[Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain criticized the name of a hunting camp once leased by Gov. Rick Perry's family as "just plain insensitive" in an appearance on Fox News Sunday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/02/8099819-cain-perry-camp-sign-just-plain-insensitive</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/02/8099819-cain-perry-camp-sign-just-plain-insensitive</guid><category>name</category><category>perry</category><category>painted</category><category>rick-perry</category><category>cain</category><category>insensitive</category><category>sullivan</category><category>herman-cain</category><category>fox-news-sunday</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>decision-2012</category><category>perry's</category><pubDate>Sun, 2 Oct 2011 22:02:42 +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>How immigration blew up on Rick Perry</title>
<description><![CDATA[When the 2012 Republican presidential contest began, political observers weren’t forecasting that illegal immigration would be a defining issue. Conventional wisdom held that the economy, the president's stimulus package, and “Obamacare” were what mattered to GOP voters.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Curry]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tom Curry]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/27/7991942-how-immigration-blew-up-on-rick-perry</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/27/7991942-how-immigration-blew-up-on-rick-perry</guid><category>business</category><category>illegal</category><category>perry</category><category>obama</category><category>in-state</category><category>romney</category><category>tuition</category><category>dream-act</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>decision-2012</category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:47:38 +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://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110926-perry-hmed-12p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110926-perry-hmed-12p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry addresses the Republican Leadership Conference at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Mich., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Perry, Romney struggle to define each other</title>
<description><![CDATA[Against the backdrop of a day that saw plunging stock and commodity markets, a spreading European sovereign debt crisis, dire warnings of an impending recession and Washington seemingly ground to a stop through partisan gridlock, nine Republicans gathered in Florida to make their claim to be the next president of the United States.  ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Curry]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tom Curry]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/23/7918196-perry-romney-struggle-to-define-each-other</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/23/7918196-perry-romney-struggle-to-define-each-other</guid><category>business</category><category>debate</category><category>gop</category><category>social-security</category><category>perry</category><category>romney</category><category>rick-perry</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>decision-2012</category><category>romney's</category><category>united-states�</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:35:09 +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://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/msn-110923-romney-perry-4a.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="209" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/msn-110923-romney-perry-4a.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="63" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;ORLANDO, FL - SEPTEMBER 22:  Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney makes a point as Texas Gov. Rick Perry (L) smiles in the Fox News/Google GOP Debate at the Orange County &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Convention Center on September 22, 2011 in Orlando, Florida. The debate featured the nine &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Republican candidates two days before the Florida straw poll. (Photo by Phelan M. Ebenhack-Pool/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110922-debate-hmed-844p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110922-debate-hmed-844p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;ORLANDO, FL - SEPTEMBER 22:  Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney makes a point as Texas Gov. Rick Perry (L) smiles in the Fox News/Google GOP Debate at the Orange County &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Convention Center on September 22, 2011 in Orlando, Florida. The debate featured the nine &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Republican candidates two days before the Florida straw poll. (Photo by Phelan M. Ebenhack-Pool/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ron Paul wins GOP Calif. straw poll</title>
<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES - Texas congressman Ron Paul won the California Republican straw poll Saturday after making several speeches at the GOP state convention, officials announced.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/18/7818706-ron-paul-wins-gop-calif-straw-poll</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/18/7818706-ron-paul-wins-gop-calif-straw-poll</guid><category>constitution</category><category>money</category><category>convention</category><category>perry</category><category>los-angeles</category><category>republican</category><category>california-republican</category><category>paul</category><category>ron-paul</category><category>bachmann</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>decision-2012</category><pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 04:33:47 +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://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110917-ron-paul-9p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="228" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110917-ron-paul-9p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="69" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) (C) is escorted to a ballroom to speak to his supporters during the California Republican Party Convention on September 17, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. The three-day California Republican Party 2011 Fall Convention began yesterday with an appearance by Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN).   (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Pennsylvania ponders Electoral College revamp</title>
<description><![CDATA[Democracy may get a whole new look when it comes to presidential politics in 2012. The Electoral College will still bring the next commander in chief to the White House, but tweaks to the system could change the rules of the game. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Curry]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tom Curry]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/16/7797266-pennsylvania-ponders-electoral-college-revamp</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/16/7797266-pennsylvania-ponders-electoral-college-revamp</guid><category>pennsylvania</category><category>politics</category><category>presidential</category><category>votes</category><category>republican</category><category>electoral-college</category><category>electoral</category><category>winner-take-all</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>pileggi</category><category>decision-2012</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:30:38 +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></item><item><title>Analysis: Will voters be frightened by Rick Perry?</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Republican debate that was expected to be a showdown between the two heavyweights, Rick Perry and Mitt Romney, turned into something resembling a football pile-on with five of the GOP contenders swarming over the Texas governor.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Curry]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tom Curry]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/13/7739494-analysis-will-voters-be-frightened-by-rick-perry</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/13/7739494-analysis-will-voters-be-frightened-by-rick-perry</guid><category>business</category><category>security</category><category>debate</category><category>republicans</category><category>social-security</category><category>perry</category><category>romney</category><category>rick-perry</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>decision-2012</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:51:06 +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://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110912-debatemain-810p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110912-debatemain-810p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;epa02914208 Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry (R) addresses Mitt Romney (L) during the CNN Tea Party Republican Debate in Tampa, Florida, USA, 12 September 2011. Eight Republican presidential candidates participated in the debate.  EPA/BRIAN BLANCO&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Here's a look at the tweeters we're following</title>
<description><![CDATA[With more than 100 million active users on Twitter, we've selected  to share their insights as President Barack Obama delivers his much-anticipated jobs speech. Some background on each:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/08/7674410-heres-a-look-at-the-tweeters-were-following</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/08/7674410-heres-a-look-at-the-tweeters-were-following</guid><category>business</category><category>wall-street-journal</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>evening-news</category><category>early-show</category><category>nouriel</category><category>roubini</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>lta</category><category>decision-2012</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Sep 2011 19:21:07 +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>Super PAC backing Perry to spend $55 million</title>
<description><![CDATA[The new super PAC backing Rick Perry has drawn up plans to spend $55 million as part of an ambitious campaign strategy aimed at blowing away the Texas governor's rivals in early primary states and securing him the Republican nomination by next spring, according to internal committee documents obtained by NBC News. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Isikoff]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Isikoff]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/06/7628367-super-pac-backing-perry-to-spend-55-million</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/06/7628367-super-pac-backing-perry-to-spend-55-million</guid><category>texas</category><category>politics</category><category>super</category><category>perry</category><category>pac</category><category>rick-perry</category><category>pacs</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>decision-2012</category><category>make-us-great-again</category><pubDate>Tue, 6 Sep 2011 14:33:56 +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://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110905-perry-hmed-5p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110905-perry-hmed-5p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Texas Govenor and Presidential hopeful Rick Perry, speaks to supporters during a town hall meeting hosted by Rep. Tim Scott, R-S.C., at Horry-Georgetown Technical College on Monday Sept. 5, 2011 in Conway, S.C. (AP Photo/Willis Glassgow)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Perry pushed bill that could boost doctor's firm</title>
<description><![CDATA[ - Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who recently underwent an experimental injection of his own adult stem cells to relieve back pain, pushed a bill through the Legislature in June that paves the way for a company co-owned by his doctor to become the first state-approved "bank" to store and cultivate such cells for medical treatment, according to internal emails and corporate records obtained by NBC News. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Isikoff]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Isikoff]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/02/7569180-perry-pushed-bill-that-could-boost-doctors-firm</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/02/7569180-perry-pushed-bill-that-could-boost-doctors-firm</guid><category>business</category><category>health</category><category>safety</category><category>stem</category><category>cell</category><category>perry</category><category>adult</category><category>eller</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>decision-2012</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 Sep 2011 09:50:25 +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>'Independent' super PAC heavily backs Rick Perry</title>
<description><![CDATA[ - While still proclaiming it is "independent," the new powerhouse super PAC called "Make Us Great Again" has launched a website filled with photos of Rick Perry and campaign bullet points about the governor’s record creating jobs and lowering taxes in Texas. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Isikoff]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Isikoff]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/17/7399413-independent-super-pac-heavily-backs-rick-perry</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/17/7399413-independent-super-pac-heavily-backs-rick-perry</guid><category>white-house</category><category>super</category><category>perry</category><category>obama</category><category>pac</category><category>rick-perry</category><category>pacs</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>decision-2012</category><category>make-us-great-again</category><category>us-great-again"</category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:15:36 +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://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110817-perry-jobs-vmed-11a.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="287" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110817-perry-jobs-vmed-11a.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="86" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during a news conference at Electronic Arts BioWare, Monday, July 18, 2011, in Austin, Texas. Officials announced they are expanding their EA Sports division and adding 300 jobs in Central Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Perry accuses Fed of playing politics</title>
<description><![CDATA[CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Monday broadly attacked the Federal Reserve, accusing the central banking system of manipulating currency for political gain. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Dann ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carrie Dann ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/16/7383727-perry-accuses-fed-of-playing-politics</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/16/7383727-perry-accuses-fed-of-playing-politics</guid><category>fed</category><category>politics</category><category>perry</category><category>republican-party</category><category>ben-bernanke</category><category>printing</category><category>rick-perry</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>treasonous</category><category>decision-2012</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:25:32 +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://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/msnv-110816-perry-920p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="266" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/msnv-110816-perry-920p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="80" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. Republican presidential candidate Texas Governor Rick Perry attends a campaign stop in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, August 15, 2011.  REUTERS/Jim Young      (UNITED STATES)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>GOP race crowded, uncertain following debate</title>
<description><![CDATA[If you like clean, predictable campaign story lines, the 2012 Republican contest isn’t going to be for you.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Curry]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tom Curry]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/12/7351721-gop-race-crowded-uncertain-following-debate</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/12/7351721-gop-race-crowded-uncertain-following-debate</guid><category>debate</category><category>santorum</category><category>new-hampshire</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>fox-news</category><category>romney</category><category>pawlenty</category><category>ames</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>decision-2012</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 04:19:39 +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://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-cvr-110811-debate-605p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-cvr-110811-debate-605p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidates pose for a photo before the start of the Iowa GOP/Fox News Debate at the CY Stephens Auditorium in Ames, Iowa, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011. Pictured from left to right: former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum; businessman Herman Cain; Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney; Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn.; former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty; former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman; former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Probe of mystery donation to pro-Romney group sought</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two campaign reform groups are asking the Justice Department to investigate a mysterious $1 million contribution to a political committee backing Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney from an obscure company that shut down shortly after making the donation. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Isikoff]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Isikoff]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/05/7257052-probe-of-mystery-donation-to-pro-romney-group-sought</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/05/7257052-probe-of-mystery-donation-to-pro-romney-group-sought</guid><category>business</category><category>campaign</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>justice-department</category><category>nbc-news</category><category>romney</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>spann</category><category>decision-2012</category><category>w-spann-llc</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Aug 2011 13:02:44 +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://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110804-romney-hmed-4p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="299" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110804-romney-hmed-4p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney waves as he leaves a campaign stop in Los Angeles, California July 20, 2011. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bachmann's husband got $137,000 in Medicaid funds</title>
<description><![CDATA[While Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., has forcefully denounced the Medicaid program for swelling the "welfare rolls," the mental health clinic run by her husband has been collecting annual Medicaid payments totaling over $137,000 for the treatment of patients since 2005, according to new figures obtained by NBC News.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Isikoff]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Isikoff]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/28/6968359-bachmanns-husband-got-137000-in-medicaid-funds</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/28/6968359-bachmanns-husband-got-137000-in-medicaid-funds</guid><category>health</category><category>news</category><category>medicaid</category><category>nbc-news</category><category>clinic</category><category>fox-news</category><category>associates</category><category>bachmann</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>michelle-bachmanns</category><category>decision-2012</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:46:46 +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://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110628-bachmanns-hmed-4p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="293" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110628-bachmanns-hmed-4p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;WATERLOO, IA - JUNE 27:  Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) and her husband Marcus Bachmann recite the Pledge of Alligence, prior to her announcing her candidacy for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination at the historic Snowden House June 27, 2011 in Waterloo, Iowa. Bachman officially opened her candidacy in her hometown and was quoted saying &quot;I seek the presidency not for vanity, but because America is at a crucial moment.&quot;  (Photo by Steve Pope/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Billionaires give big to new 'super PACS'</title>
<description><![CDATA[When you're raising political cash these days, it helps to have a few billionaires in your corner. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Isikoff]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Isikoff]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/26/6951682-billionaires-give-big-to-new-super-pacs</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/26/6951682-billionaires-give-big-to-new-super-pacs</guid><category>business</category><category>campaign</category><category>money</category><category>gop</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>crossroads</category><category>pacs</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>american-crossroads</category><category>decision-2012</category><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 21:51:58 +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>