<?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/" ><channel><title>Newsvine - election-2012</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/election-2012</link><description>Newsvine - election-2012</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2009</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 9 Dec 2009 16:15:58 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:19:37 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Will the Blue Collar working class vote Republican in 2010 and 2012?</title><description><![CDATA[Poll ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[renard]]></dc:creator><link>http://gabby3239.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/09/3610548-will-the-blue-collar-working-class-vote-republican-in-2010-and-2012</link><guid>http://gabby3239.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/09/3610548-will-the-blue-collar-working-class-vote-republican-in-2010-and-2012</guid><category>us-news</category><category>obama</category><category>economy</category><category>congress</category><category>republicans</category><category>afghanistan</category><category>gop</category><category>senate</category><category>stimulus</category><category>gm</category><category>ford</category><category>chrysler</category><category>wall-st</category><category>election-2012</category><category>election-2010</category><pubDate>Wed, 9 Dec 2009 16:15:58 +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><item><title>Palin Goes Birther -- Sarah Says Obama Birth Certificate 'a fair question' </title><description><![CDATA[Speaking to the conservative talker Rusty Humphries today, Sarah Palin left the door open to speculation about President Obama's birth certificate.

"Would you make the birth certificate an issue if you ran?" she was asked (around 9 minutes into the video above).]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Killfile]]></dc:creator><link>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/04/3587779-palin-goes-birther-sarah-says-obama-birth-certificate-a-fair-question-</link><guid>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/04/3587779-palin-goes-birther-sarah-says-obama-birth-certificate-a-fair-question-</guid><category>politics</category><category>palin</category><category>sarah-palin</category><category>gop</category><category>republican</category><category>conservative</category><category>mccain</category><category>election</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>obama</category><category>election-2012</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 15:10:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bob Corker 2012?</title><description><![CDATA[In December of 2008, MSNBC talked about the GOP's "new star": first-term Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker, who was emerging as the "folksy, wry" stand-out of the auto bailout talks.
]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy Min]]></dc:creator><link>http://onlineapps.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/29/3562127-bob-corker-2012</link><guid>http://onlineapps.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/29/3562127-bob-corker-2012</guid><category>politics</category><category>republican</category><category>gop</category><category>election-2012</category><category>2012-election</category><category>bob-corker</category><category>bob-corker-2012</category><pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:17:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama says it: There's a chance he won't run in 2012</title><description><![CDATA[In an interview with CNN in China, President Obama opened the possibility to not running for re-election in 2012 -- something that no president has done since Lyndon Johnson.

Here's what he said:]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Killfile]]></dc:creator><link>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/18/3517924-obama-says-it-theres-a-chance-he-wont-run-in-2012</link><guid>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/18/3517924-obama-says-it-theres-a-chance-he-wont-run-in-2012</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republican</category><category>cnn</category><category>china</category><category>election-2012</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>president-obama</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:21:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Why, Sarah Palin... Why?</title><description><![CDATA[Why?

Why doesn't Sarah Palin stop dragging her children to every interview?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SnotRag Dave]]></dc:creator><link>http://snotrag-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/17/3511279-why-sarah-palin-why</link><guid>http://snotrag-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/17/3511279-why-sarah-palin-why</guid><category>politics</category><category>palin</category><category>sarah-palin</category><category>republicans</category><category>conservatives</category><category>election-2012</category><category>gop</category><category>parenting</category><category>family</category><category>children</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:05:45 +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:thumbnail medium="image" url="/_vine/images/users/tn/snotrag-dave/3511320.jpg" width="75" height="69" /></item><item><title>Morning Fix: NY-23 as 2012 litmus test?</title><description><![CDATA[The Iowa caucuses may be more than two years from now but a series of moves by potential Republican presidential contenders has turned a special election in New York's 23rd district into an early test of conservative bona fides.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SnotRag Dave]]></dc:creator><link>http://snotrag-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/27/3429502-morning-fix-ny-23-as-2012-litmus-test</link><guid>http://snotrag-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/27/3429502-morning-fix-ny-23-as-2012-litmus-test</guid><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>gop</category><category>palin</category><category>gingrich</category><category>pawlenty</category><category>sarah-palin</category><category>newt-gingrich</category><category>tim-pawlenty</category><category>election-2012</category><category>new-york</category><category>congress</category><category>doug-hoffman</category><category>dede-scozzafava</category><category>chris-cillizza</category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:04:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Newt Gingrich Says He May Run for President in 2012</title><description><![CDATA[C-SPAN: "If you were to run, what factors would you take into account? What would lead you to think about running?"]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Killfile]]></dc:creator><link>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/26/3425731-newt-gingrich-says-he-may-run-for-president-in-2012</link><guid>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/26/3425731-newt-gingrich-says-he-may-run-for-president-in-2012</guid><category>politics</category><category>newt-gingrich</category><category>gingrich</category><category>president</category><category>election</category><category>election-2012</category><category>gop</category><category>republican</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:23:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>To al-Qaeda's Cheers: Dick Cheney Is Running, Will Be the 2012 Republican Nominee</title><description><![CDATA[Dick Cheney is running. Consider this: instead of returning to Wyoming to spend time with his family as he repeatedly said he would, Cheney has remained in the DC area.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Killfile]]></dc:creator><link>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/19/3397880-to-al-qaedas-cheers-dick-cheney-is-running-will-be-the-2012-republican-nominee</link><guid>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/19/3397880-to-al-qaedas-cheers-dick-cheney-is-running-will-be-the-2012-republican-nominee</guid><category>politics</category><category>dick-cheney</category><category>cheney</category><category>gop</category><category>republican</category><category>election-2012</category><category>president</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>bush</category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:49:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Looking for a leader, Tea Partiers issue invite to Palin Â« - Blogs from CNN.com</title><description><![CDATA[So far, no politician has emerged as a leader of the Tea Party movement – and the question of just who might eventually take up the mantle is a hot topic on the bus.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[renard]]></dc:creator><link>http://gabby3239.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/03/3221317-cnn-political-ticker-all-politics-all-the-time-blog-archive-looking-for-a-leader-tea-partiers-issue-invite-to-palin-blogs-from-cnncom</link><guid>http://gabby3239.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/03/3221317-cnn-political-ticker-all-politics-all-the-time-blog-archive-looking-for-a-leader-tea-partiers-issue-invite-to-palin-blogs-from-cnncom</guid><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>democratic</category><category>tea-party</category><category>health-care</category><category>congress</category><category>senate</category><category>election-2012</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 Sep 2009 15:37:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Public Policy Polling: Huckabee continues to come closest for 2012</title><description><![CDATA[Our fifth monthly national survey matching up Barack Obama against some possible 2012 opponents comes to the same two primary conclusions as the other four:

1) Obama leads all comers
2) Mike Huckabee, at least at this early stage, is the strongest GOP candidate]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy Min]]></dc:creator><link>http://onlineapps.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/20/3173233-public-policy-polling-huckabee-continues-to-come-closest-for-2012</link><guid>http://onlineapps.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/20/3173233-public-policy-polling-huckabee-continues-to-come-closest-for-2012</guid><category>politics</category><category>huckabee</category><category>election-2012</category><category>2012-election</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:52:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Michelle Bachmann Holding Out for Signal From God Before Mounting Presidential Bid</title><description><![CDATA["If I felt that's what the Lord was calling me to do, I would do it," she answered. "When I have sensed that the Lord is calling me to do something, I've said yes to it. But I will not seek a higher office if God is not calling me to do it. That's really my standard.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Killfile]]></dc:creator><link>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/17/3162774-michelle-bachmann-holding-out-for-signal-from-god-before-mounting-presidential-bid</link><guid>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/17/3162774-michelle-bachmann-holding-out-for-signal-from-god-before-mounting-presidential-bid</guid><category>politics</category><category>michelle-bachmann</category><category>bachmann</category><category>gop</category><category>republican</category><category>god</category><category>christian</category><category>lord</category><category>president</category><category>election-2012</category><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:30:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Huckabee warns Palin: Don't leave GOP</title><description><![CDATA[Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has a warning for Sarah Palin: Don't abandon the Republican Party.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Killfile]]></dc:creator><link>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/16/3030627-huckabee-warns-palin-dont-leave-gop</link><guid>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/16/3030627-huckabee-warns-palin-dont-leave-gop</guid><category>politics</category><category>huckabee</category><category>mike-huckabee</category><category>palin</category><category>sarah-palin</category><category>gop</category><category>republican</category><category>white-house</category><category>election-2012</category><category>republican-party</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:18:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Only 19% of Americans say they'd vote for Sarah Palin for president in 2012</title><description><![CDATA[Much has been said in the last couple of days about a recent Gallup poll that showed that 71% of Republicans would likely vote for Sarah Palin if she ran for president in 2012.  While that has cheered some of Sarah Palin's fans, it doesn't really mean much.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Killfile]]></dc:creator><link>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/09/3011013-only-19-of-americans-say-theyd-vote-for-sarah-palin-for-president-in-2012</link><guid>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/09/3011013-only-19-of-americans-say-theyd-vote-for-sarah-palin-for-president-in-2012</guid><category>politics</category><category>sarah-palin</category><category>palin</category><category>election</category><category>election-2008</category><category>election-news</category><category>gop</category><category>republican</category><category>election-2012</category><category>gallup</category><category>polling</category><pubDate>Thu, 9 Jul 2009 13:16:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Odds on Sarah Palin</title><description><![CDATA[Forget the pundits and prognosticators. If you really want to find out what's around the corner, just turn to the bookies. After all, there's real money on the line. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SnotRag Dave]]></dc:creator><link>http://snotrag-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/07/3004886-the-odds-on-sarah-palin</link><guid>http://snotrag-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/07/3004886-the-odds-on-sarah-palin</guid><category>politics</category><category>sarah-palin</category><category>palin</category><category>election-2012</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>president-obama</category><category>odds</category><category>betting</category><category>wagering</category><category>republicans</category><pubDate>Tue, 7 Jul 2009 16:20:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Sarah Palin: A Starter, Not a Finisher</title><description><![CDATA[What can you say about a public official who ridicules those who would take the "quitter's way out" -- as she faces reporters to announce that she's quitting? A governor who claims that "the worthless, easy path" would be to serve out the remaining 18 months of her term? An ambit&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SnotRag Dave]]></dc:creator><link>http://snotrag-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/07/3004423-sarah-palin-a-starter-not-a-finisher</link><guid>http://snotrag-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/07/3004423-sarah-palin-a-starter-not-a-finisher</guid><category>politics</category><category>sarah-palin</category><category>palin</category><category>alaska</category><category>republicans</category><category>election-2012</category><category>eugene-robinson</category><category>john-mccain</category><category>tina-fey</category><category>quitters</category><pubDate>Tue, 7 Jul 2009 13:36:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Sarah Palin Is Hiding Something</title><description><![CDATA[Sarah Palin's surprise resignation announcement is the top story in the political media this 4th of July and while the media is giving the story a fairly straight treatment the question on every experienced political reporter's mind is this: "What is she hiding?"]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Killfile]]></dc:creator><link>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/04/2996966-sarah-palin-is-hiding-something</link><guid>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/04/2996966-sarah-palin-is-hiding-something</guid><category>politics</category><category>sarah-palin</category><category>palin</category><category>gop</category><category>republican</category><category>senate</category><category>president</category><category>election-2010</category><category>election-2012</category><category>taking-out-the-trash</category><category>trash</category><category>lecture-circuit</category><category>alaska</category><pubDate>Sat, 4 Jul 2009 16:17:47 +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:thumbnail medium="image" url="/_vine/images/users/tn/killfile/2996995.jpg" width="75" height="50" /></item><item><title>Palin thinks We're all as Stupid as....well....She is.</title><description><![CDATA[A few quick thoughts on the Sarah Palin announcement today. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[loosecannon]]></dc:creator><link>http://loosecannon.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/03/2995649-palin-thinks-were-all-as-stupid-aswellshe-is</link><guid>http://loosecannon.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/03/2995649-palin-thinks-were-all-as-stupid-aswellshe-is</guid><category>politics</category><category>sarah-palin</category><category>election-2012</category><category>palin</category><pubDate>Sat, 4 Jul 2009 00:07:20 +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:thumbnail medium="image" url="/_vine/images/users/tn/loosecannon/2995730.jpg" width="75" height="82" /></item><item><title>Pawlenty Wants to Rebuild GOP After Scandals</title><description><![CDATA["Any time you have leading figures who are engaged in behavior that is sad and troubling and hypocritical, other people are going to look at that and say, 'Hmm, they don't walk the walk.' And so the words and the actions don't ring true," said Gov. Tim Pawlenty, R-Minn.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SnotRag Dave]]></dc:creator><link>http://snotrag-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/29/2980115-pawlenty-wants-to-rebuild-gop-after-scandals</link><guid>http://snotrag-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/29/2980115-pawlenty-wants-to-rebuild-gop-after-scandals</guid><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>mark-sanford</category><category>john-ensign</category><category>tim-pawlenty</category><category>election-2012</category><category>election-2010</category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:32:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Lindsey Graham: A New Republican Leader?</title><description><![CDATA[Dispirited Republicans looking for national leaders amid a wash of scandals that have dominated national news over the last fortnight got a bit of good news on Sunday with an inspired performance on "Meet the Press" by South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham (R).]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SnotRag Dave]]></dc:creator><link>http://snotrag-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/29/2980089-lindsey-graham-a-new-republican-leader</link><guid>http://snotrag-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/29/2980089-lindsey-graham-a-new-republican-leader</guid><category>politics</category><category>lindsey-graham</category><category>meet-the-press</category><category>republicans</category><category>mark-sanford</category><category>chris-cillizza</category><category>election-2010</category><category>election-2012</category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:16:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Republican &quot;Next-In-Line&quot; Myth</title><description><![CDATA[The meltdown of the supposed presidential ambitions of John Ensign and Mark Sanford this month (plus the apparent sidelining of Jon Huntsman last month) has led to renewed if premature speculation about the 2012 presidential field.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SnotRag Dave]]></dc:creator><link>http://snotrag-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/26/2971976-the-republican-next-in-line-myth</link><guid>http://snotrag-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/26/2971976-the-republican-next-in-line-myth</guid><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>sarah-palin</category><category>republicans</category><category>election-2012</category><category>john-mccain</category><category>bob-dole</category><category>mike-huckabee</category><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:29:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Mr. Sanford's Great Adventure</title><description><![CDATA[Mr.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SnotRag Dave]]></dc:creator><link>http://snotrag-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/24/2963821-mr-sanfords-great-adventure</link><guid>http://snotrag-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/24/2963821-mr-sanfords-great-adventure</guid><category>politics</category><category>election-2012</category><category>republicans</category><category>mark-sanford</category><category>governor-sanford</category><category>south-carolina</category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:34:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>If the 2012 Election Were Held Today, Obama Would Win an Epic 445 Electoral Votes</title><description><![CDATA[Where would Barack Obama be re-elected if an election were held today?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Killfile]]></dc:creator><link>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/14/2928990-if-the-2012-election-were-held-today-obama-would-win-an-epic-445-electoral-votes</link><guid>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/14/2928990-if-the-2012-election-were-held-today-obama-would-win-an-epic-445-electoral-votes</guid><category>politics</category><category>election-news</category><category>election-2012</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>electoral-votes</category><category>approval</category><category>approval-ratings</category><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:10:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>GOP: The Ice Age Cometh</title><description><![CDATA[Despairing Republican friends have been asking me what I think we should do to rebuild the GOP and begin our certain and inevitable comeback. My answer disappoints them: "Build an ark."]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SnotRag Dave]]></dc:creator><link>http://snotrag-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/12/2922190-gop-the-ice-age-cometh</link><guid>http://snotrag-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/12/2922190-gop-the-ice-age-cometh</guid><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>gop</category><category>mike-murphy</category><category>demographics</category><category>election-2010</category><category>election-2012</category><category>latino</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:15:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Head, Heart and Gut of the GOP</title><description><![CDATA[Three appearances by prominent GOP officials in the last 72 hours have effectively shown the three distinct paths available to the Republican Party as it seeks to re-invent and rebuild in advance of the 2010 midterm elections and the coming 2012 presidential election.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SnotRag Dave]]></dc:creator><link>http://snotrag-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/11/2918926-the-head-heart-and-gut-of-the-gop</link><guid>http://snotrag-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/11/2918926-the-head-heart-and-gut-of-the-gop</guid><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>gop</category><category>newt-gingrich</category><category>sarah-palin</category><category>tim-pawlenty</category><category>election-2010</category><category>election-2012</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:54:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Should GOP Head Down Populist Path?</title><description><![CDATA[Republicans, out of power at every turn in Washington and looking for a path back to the White House, might do well to follow the populist approaches embodied by two of the party's rare success stories in recent years: Govs. Tim Pawlenty (Minn.) and Mitch Daniels (Ind.)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SnotRag Dave]]></dc:creator><link>http://snotrag-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/03/2892203-should-gop-head-down-populist-path</link><guid>http://snotrag-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/03/2892203-should-gop-head-down-populist-path</guid><category>politics</category><category>tim-pawlenty</category><category>mitch-daniels</category><category>republicans</category><category>gop</category><category>election-2012</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Jun 2009 13:38:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>