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It's an honest mistake, assuming that the Constitution only protects  your own personal megachurch faith. But one Louisiana Republican is  learning the hard way that religious school vouchers can be used to fund  education at all sorts of religious schools, even Muslim ones. An&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[proglib]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[proglib]]></source><link>http://proglib.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/06/12601343-republican-horrified-to-discover-that-christianity-is-not-the-only-religion</link><guid>http://proglib.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/06/12601343-republican-horrified-to-discover-that-christianity-is-not-the-only-religion</guid><category>politics</category><category>conservative-christians</category><category>religious-right</category><category>bobby-jindal</category><category>louisiana-republican</category><category>valarie-hodges</category><pubDate>Fri, 6 Jul 2012 17:23:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=proglibC6B0C50F-BE92-7F64-4804-59F3AC72FEEB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=proglibC6B0C50F-BE92-7F64-4804-59F3AC72FEEB.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>GOP Rep. Bill Cassidy Concedes That Romneycare Is &amp;#039;Very Similar&amp;#039; To Obamacare | ThinkProgress</title>
<description><![CDATA[In a town hall this week, Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) conceded that his party&rsquo;s presumptive presidential nominee&rsquo;s state health care law is &ldquo;very similar&rdquo; to the one enacted by President Obama in 2010.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T-800]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T-800]]></source><link>http://t-800.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/13/11190788-gop-rep-bill-cassidy-concedes-that-romneycare-is-very-similar-to-obamacare-thinkprogress</link><guid>http://t-800.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/13/11190788-gop-rep-bill-cassidy-concedes-that-romneycare-is-very-similar-to-obamacare-thinkprogress</guid><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>privacy-policies</category><category>louisiana-republican</category><category>mitt-romney8217-s</category><category>thinkprogress-privacy-policy</category><category>thinkprogress-terms</category><category>tp-health-next</category><category>tp-health</category><category>constituent-were</category><category>though-cassidy</category><pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 02:51:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=T-80009A0B12D-DCB3-FFD7-15C3-78BC1918A805.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="210" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=T-80009A0B12D-DCB3-FFD7-15C3-78BC1918A805.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="171" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>With win in hand from La., Santorum eyes Wis.</title>
<description><![CDATA[Another victory in hand but still badly trailing rival Mitt Romney, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum vowed to continue his campaign despite an increasingly steep climb to the nomination.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Elliott]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Philip Elliott]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/21/10786723-with-win-in-hand-from-la-santorum-eyes-wis</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/21/10786723-with-win-in-hand-from-la-santorum-eyes-wis</guid><category>us</category><category>campaign</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republican-party</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>jeb-bush</category><category>us-news</category><category>rick-santorum</category><category>bob-dole</category><category>louisiana-republican</category><category>illinois-gop</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 06:44:22 +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/400/6a1fd542-ad32-4f82-9514-1b745f02b262.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="298" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6a1fd542-ad32-4f82-9514-1b745f02b262.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, and his wife Ann wave to a crowd in Schaumburg, Ill., after Romney won the Illinois Republican presidential primary, Tuesday, March 20, 2012.  (AP Photo/Steven Senne)&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/400/0372df03-7d6f-4c8e-bc98-a490218b6730.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="392" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0372df03-7d6f-4c8e-bc98-a490218b6730.jpg" width="120" height="157" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney waves to the crowd during a victory rally in Schaumburg, Ill., after winning the Illinois Republican presidential primary, Tuesday, March 20, 2012.  (AP Photo/Steven Senne)&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/400/1c93cc36-0191-41e5-bcc1-42bcec6bc980.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1c93cc36-0191-41e5-bcc1-42bcec6bc980.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum accompanied by family members from left, John, Daniel, Elizabeth, Sarah Maria, and wife Karen, speaks during an primary night rally, Tuesday, March 20, 2012, in Gettysburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)&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/e7805d02-b291-4319-b173-41c7b5fa12e8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="507" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e7805d02-b291-4319-b173-41c7b5fa12e8.jpg" width="120" height="152" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2012 file photo, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks in Miami. Bush is endorsing Mitt Romney to become the Republican Party's presidential nominee.  (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, 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/400/7cc7f6eb-322d-430e-98a6-eba86f384dc4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7cc7f6eb-322d-430e-98a6-eba86f384dc4.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, listens as his wife Ann at his election night event in Schaumburg, Ill., Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Romney won Illinois Primary. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)&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/fc860baf-a968-4f36-b0dd-260c884aff6c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="309" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/fc860baf-a968-4f36-b0dd-260c884aff6c.jpg" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, and his wife Ann hug during a victory rally in Schaumburg, Ill., after Romney won the Illinois primary, Tuesday, March 20, 2012. The Romney's will celebrate their 43rd wedding anniversary on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)&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/c8b3791b-86a8-4dfd-87d2-67d7ec1baacc.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c8b3791b-86a8-4dfd-87d2-67d7ec1baacc.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney shakes hands with supporters during a campaign stop at an American Legion post in Arbutus, Md., Wednesday, March 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)&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/e634f6d7-e758-4616-8857-7aa725356805.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="262" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e634f6d7-e758-4616-8857-7aa725356805.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney addresses an audience during a campaign stop at an American Legion post in Arbutus, Md., Wednesday, March 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)&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/400/80b177ea-612a-4dcc-b483-b9c39850976c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="319" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/80b177ea-612a-4dcc-b483-b9c39850976c.jpg" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum holds an Etch A Sketch during a rally in Mandeville, La., Wednesday, March 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)&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/400/897d75c7-6d2b-432a-8e2a-96e7fcec5f90.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/897d75c7-6d2b-432a-8e2a-96e7fcec5f90.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks at Louisiana College in Pineville, La., on Wednesday, March, 21, 2012 during his campaign tour. (AP Photo/The Daily Town Talk, Tia Owens-Powers)  NO SALES   &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/e4ad433c-b70c-4d3b-98b6-de1827fb1f93.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e4ad433c-b70c-4d3b-98b6-de1827fb1f93.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney addresses an audience during a campaign stop at an American Legion post in Arbutus, Md., Wednesday, March 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)&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/400/3b18daf7-b8d2-44c6-89a9-fbd2a3f6edb1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="264" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3b18daf7-b8d2-44c6-89a9-fbd2a3f6edb1.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign stop at an American Legion post in Arbutus, Md., Wednesday, March 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)&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/d216c9de-dc3c-44bf-b86e-9c081841ff8b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="296" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d216c9de-dc3c-44bf-b86e-9c081841ff8b.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign stop at an American Legion post in Arbutus, Md., Wednesday, March 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)&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/fc412bb5-4abc-4fe2-9b90-0480d20d06c0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/fc412bb5-4abc-4fe2-9b90-0480d20d06c0.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney addresses an audience during a campaign stop at an American Legion post in Arbutus, Md., Wednesday, March 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)&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/400/808a30d7-18fc-49a7-a789-c63bb7d1e791.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="319" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/808a30d7-18fc-49a7-a789-c63bb7d1e791.jpg" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum holds an Etch A Sketch during a rally in Mandeville,  La., Wednesday, March 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)&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/c96b2ba9-a6ad-4644-a479-43621b76728b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="386" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c96b2ba9-a6ad-4644-a479-43621b76728b.jpg" width="120" height="116" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, waves a Etch-A-Sketch while criticizing the policies of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney at a rally in Shreveport, La., Friday, March 23, 2012. Santorum has strong support among many conservative voters in the state which his campaign hopes results in winning Louisiana's primary on Saturday. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)&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/c65adc08-1825-4766-97a8-e4ea2b16d8d5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c65adc08-1825-4766-97a8-e4ea2b16d8d5.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Supporters of Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney display placards while waiting for the start of a campaign event near a natural gas drilling rig, in Shreveport, La., Friday, March 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)&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/400/10c0dfe1-cbda-44b0-965a-febccde81c9c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="318" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/10c0dfe1-cbda-44b0-965a-febccde81c9c.jpg" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican Presidential candidate, former Sen. Rick Santorum, waves to guests at the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference in Camp Hill, Pa., Saturday March 24, 2012. There's little more than four weeks to go until the Pennsylvania presidential primary on April 24. The conference is the state's largest annual gathering of conservatives. (AP Photo/Jason Minick)&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/d0814788-dd38-4cca-b4b3-d36614e5e383.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="333" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d0814788-dd38-4cca-b4b3-d36614e5e383.jpg" width="120" height="100" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican Presidential candidate Senator Rick Santorum speaks during the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference in Camp Hill, Pa., Saturday March 24, 2012. There's  little more than four weeks to go until the Pennsylvania presidential primary on April 24. The conference is the state's largest annual gathering of conservatives. Ap photo/Jason Minick)&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/400/6ca8f147-3d1e-4cc7-a8dd-b5bb9bd7d22b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="295" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6ca8f147-3d1e-4cc7-a8dd-b5bb9bd7d22b.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, speaks during the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference in Camp Hill, Pa., Saturday March 24, 2012.  There's little more than four weeks to go until Pennsylvania's April 24 presidential primary. The conference is the state's largest annual gathering of conservatives. (AP Photo/Jason Minick)&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/400/2d267e21-8ea3-4729-abbb-bb82d119ac3e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2d267e21-8ea3-4729-abbb-bb82d119ac3e.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, speaks during the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference in Camp Hill, Pa., Saturday March 24, 2012.  There's little more than four weeks to go until Pennsylvania's April 24 presidential primary. The conference is the state's largest annual gathering of conservatives. (AP Photo/Jason Minick)&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/400/93b2138c-3da4-4ae2-a054-a669a26f941b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="281" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/93b2138c-3da4-4ae2-a054-a669a26f941b.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, speaks during the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference in Camp Hill, Pa., Saturday March 24, 2012.  There's little more than four weeks to go until Pennsylvania's April 24 presidential primary. The conference is the state's largest annual gathering of conservatives. (AP Photo/Jason Minick)&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/400/6331bca6-a8ba-49c4-b7c7-4d2d90afdb5f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="285" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6331bca6-a8ba-49c4-b7c7-4d2d90afdb5f.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks at the AFP Defending the Dream Conference in Milwaukee, Wis., Saturday, March 24, 2012. (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://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5dd41c30-5ef2-4c79-8921-8b20e9ea6426.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="251" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5dd41c30-5ef2-4c79-8921-8b20e9ea6426.jpg" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A shadow is cast on a placard by Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, as he campaigns in Metairie, La., Friday, March 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)&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/400/446d9f88-db5a-493d-8755-3c8ffc1419c0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="399" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/446d9f88-db5a-493d-8755-3c8ffc1419c0.jpg" width="120" height="154" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, right, kisses his daughter Sarah Maria during a news conference in Green Bay, Wis., Saturday, March 24, 2012. Rick Santorum won the Louisiana Republican presidential primary Saturday, beating front-runner Mitt Romney in the race to challenge President Barack Obama. (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://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6f5bae36-6bd6-4a02-bf07-c2af703e92f8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="255" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6f5bae36-6bd6-4a02-bf07-c2af703e92f8.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum plays shuffle board after a news conference in Green Bay, Wis., Saturday, March 24, 2012. Rick Santorum won the Louisiana Republican presidential primary Saturday, beating front-runner Mitt Romney in the race to challenge President Barack Obama. (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://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/83679711-e38a-4aa3-b973-73e3b51d19ef.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/83679711-e38a-4aa3-b973-73e3b51d19ef.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, center, watches the Louisiana election night returns with advisor Greg Rothman, right, and political director Andrew Boucher in Green Bay, Wis., Saturday, March 24, 2012. Rick Santorum won the Louisiana Republican presidential primary Saturday, beating front-runner Mitt Romney in the race to challenge President Barack Obama. (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://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6a0f9e98-6ac8-4746-b4c6-ff0776410be3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6a0f9e98-6ac8-4746-b4c6-ff0776410be3.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, right, is joined by his daughter Sarah Maria during a news conference in Green Bay, Wis., Saturday, March 24, 2012. Santorum won the Louisiana Republican presidential primary Saturday, beating front-runner Mitt Romney in the race to challenge President Barack Obama. (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://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/14e2676d-4908-45bf-a9fe-f62d21a08ffb.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/14e2676d-4908-45bf-a9fe-f62d21a08ffb.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum pumps his fist while talking to reporters during a news conference in Green Bay, Wis., Saturday, March 24, 2012. Rick Santorum won the Louisiana Republican presidential primary Saturday, beating front-runner Mitt Romney in the race to challenge President Barack Obama. (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://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3e3624f7-df1b-41e0-b81c-434e9be1d75e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="284" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3e3624f7-df1b-41e0-b81c-434e9be1d75e.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, talks with Joseph Courtright, right, of Manheim, Pa., during the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference in Camp Hill, Pa., Saturday March 24, 2012.  There's little more than four weeks to go until Pennsylvania's April 24 presidential primary. The conference is the state's largest annual gathering of conservatives. (AP Photo/Jason Minick)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Enthusiastic backers lift Santorum in Louisiana</title>
<description><![CDATA[Rick Santorum carried the Louisiana Republican primary with a broad base of enthusiastic supporters and his widest margins of the campaign over Mitt Romney among the conservatives and evangelicals who have lifted his campaign across the South, according to exit polls conducted there for The Associated Press.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Agiesta ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jennifer Agiesta ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/20/10784141-enthusiastic-backers-lift-santorum-in-louisiana</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/20/10784141-enthusiastic-backers-lift-santorum-in-louisiana</guid><category>us</category><category>campaign</category><category>glance</category><category>gop</category><category>voter</category><category>attitudes</category><category>associated-press</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>rick-santorum</category><category>illinois-republican</category><category>louisiana-republican</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 03:16:38 +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>GOP Senator Vitter knew of background of his 'women's issues' aide: a man who sliced girlfriend with knife, threatened to kill her</title>
<description><![CDATA[ABC News reported that the aide, Brent Furer, pleaded guilty in 2008 to charges stemming from a knife-wielding altercation with an ex-girlfriend and still is wanted on an open warrant in Baton Rouge stemming from an unresolved misdemeanor DWI charge.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/23/4550377-gop-senator-vitter-knew-of-background-of-his-womens-issues-aide-a-man-who-sliced-girlfriend-with-knife-threatened-to-kill-her</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/23/4550377-gop-senator-vitter-knew-of-background-of-his-womens-issues-aide-a-man-who-sliced-girlfriend-with-knife-threatened-to-kill-her</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>david-vitter</category><category>republican</category><category>vitter</category><category>louisiana-republican</category><category>brent-furer</category><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:31:21 +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>Police: Gov. aide injured in New Orleans fracas</title>
<description><![CDATA[Police say Gov. Bobby Jindal's chief fundraiser broke a leg after falling when some men beat her boyfriend as they left a Louisiana Republican fundraiser in New Orleans' French Quarter.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/13/4154800-police-gov-aide-injured-in-new-orleans-fracas</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/13/4154800-police-gov-aide-injured-in-new-orleans-fracas</guid><category>us</category><category>fundraiser</category><category>french-quarter</category><category>us-news</category><category>new-orleans'</category><category>bobby-jindal</category><category>louisiana-republican</category><category>jindal</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:23:03 +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>FEMA chief confirmed after senator lifts hold</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Senate confirmed President Barack Obama's pick to head the nation's emergency management agency Tuesday after a Louisiana Republican agreed to stop blocking the vote amid bipartisan criticism that the agency was left vulnerable with hurricane season just a few weeks away.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Evans]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ben Evans]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/12/2809528-fema-chief-confirmed-after-senator-lifts-hold</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/12/2809528-fema-chief-confirmed-after-senator-lifts-hold</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>fema</category><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>nominee</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>louisiana-republican</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 20:43:57 +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/adc8c74c-b51b-421a-b8c3-b98a979dd716.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="332" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/adc8c74c-b51b-421a-b8c3-b98a979dd716.jpg" width="120" height="185" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 5, 2009 file photo, FEMA Administrator-nominee Craig Fugate is seen in New Orleans. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., has agreed to stop blocking Fugate, the White House's pick to lead FEMA amid bipartisan criticism that he was leaving the agency vulnerable just a few weeks away from hurricane season. (AP Photo/Bill Haber, FILE)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Republican agrees to stop blocking FEMA nominee</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Louisiana Republican agreed Tuesday to stop blocking the White House's pick to lead FEMA amid bipartisan criticism that he was leaving the agency vulnerable just a few weeks away from hurricane season.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Evans]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ben Evans]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/05/2778846-republican-agrees-to-stop-blocking-fema-nominee</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/05/2778846-republican-agrees-to-stop-blocking-fema-nominee</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>fema</category><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>nominee</category><category>hurricane-katrina</category><category>federal-emergency-management-agency</category><category>louisiana-republican</category><category>louisiana-gop</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 May 2009 19:02:03 +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><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/adc8c74c-b51b-421a-b8c3-b98a979dd716.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="332" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/adc8c74c-b51b-421a-b8c3-b98a979dd716.jpg" width="120" height="185" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 5, 2009 file photo, FEMA Administrator-nominee Craig Fugate is seen in New Orleans. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., has agreed to stop blocking Fugate, the White House's pick to lead FEMA amid bipartisan criticism that he was leaving the agency vulnerable just a few weeks away from hurricane season. (AP Photo/Bill Haber, FILE)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Vitter Spared Testimony in Sex Case</title>
<description><![CDATA[Defense attorneys spared Sen. David Vitter an embarrassing trip to the witness stand in a federal prostitution trial Monday as they rested their case without calling the Louisiana Republican.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/14/1430063-vitter-spared-testimony-in-sex-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/14/1430063-vitter-spared-testimony-in-sex-case</guid><category>list</category><category>politics</category><category>david-vitter</category><category>escort</category><category>vitter</category><category>louisiana-republican</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:41:10 +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/400/1b6c05d7-e7de-4cc3-8340-de03096d0fd0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="312" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1b6c05d7-e7de-4cc3-8340-de03096d0fd0.jpg" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sen. David Vitter, R-La., takes part in a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this July 17, 2007 file photo. Vitter will not have to testify about his ties to an upscale Washington escort service, a defense attorney said Monday, April 14, 2008, sparing the Louisiana Republican an embarrassing trip to the witness stand. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Senator Vitter Won't Testify in Sex Case</title>
<description><![CDATA[Sen. David Vitter will not have to testify about his ties to an upscale Washington escort service, a defense attorney said Monday, sparing the Louisiana Republican an embarrassing trip to the witness stand.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/07/1415798-senator-vitter-wont-testify-in-sex-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/07/1415798-senator-vitter-wont-testify-in-sex-case</guid><category>list</category><category>politics</category><category>david-vitter</category><category>escort</category><category>vitter</category><category>louisiana-republican</category><pubDate>Mon, 7 Apr 2008 15:26:55 +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/400/3c696b74-193c-496f-9600-2baf6b42b689.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="312" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3c696b74-193c-496f-9600-2baf6b42b689.jpg" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sen. David Vitter, R-La., takes part in a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this July 17, 2007 file photo. Vitter may be called to testify in the upcoming trial of a woman accused of running a high-end Washington prostitution ring. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1b6c05d7-e7de-4cc3-8340-de03096d0fd0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="312" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1b6c05d7-e7de-4cc3-8340-de03096d0fd0.jpg" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sen. David Vitter, R-La., takes part in a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this July 17, 2007 file photo. Vitter will not have to testify about his ties to an upscale Washington escort service, a defense attorney said Monday, April 14, 2008, sparing the Louisiana Republican an embarrassing trip to the witness stand. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>At OpEdNews: Who is Keeping Tabs on Bushite Profiteering Prison Corporations? The Places Where He Plans to Send Us All!</title>
<description><![CDATA[Who is Keeping Tabs on Bushite Profiteering Prison Corporations? The Places Where He Plans to Send Us All!
Do Corporate Prison builders and managers; have nothing going for them but massive Campaign donations to political pals? To these corporations does the term "Free Enterpris&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Professor Pete B.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Professor Pete B.]]></source><link>http://profpete.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/31/749557-at-opednews-who-is-keeping-tabs-on-bushite-profiteering-prison-corporations-the-places-where-he-plans-to-send-us-all</link><guid>http://profpete.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/31/749557-at-opednews-who-is-keeping-tabs-on-bushite-profiteering-prison-corporations-the-places-where-he-plans-to-send-us-all</guid><category>politics</category><category>private-prisons</category><category>corrections-corporation</category><category>marquis-desade</category><category>louisiana-republican</category><category>when-zoley</category><category>privateering-prison</category><category>movie-escape-from-new-york</category><category>sara-lowe</category><category>do-corporate-prison</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Jun 2007 00:35:00 +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>At OpEdNews: Who is Keeping Tabs on Bushite Profiteering Prison Corporations?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Do Corporate Prison builders and managers; have nothing going for them but massive Campaign donations to political pals? To these corporations does the term "Free Enterprise," have any meaning; o is the idea of heavy political contributions, rather than efficacy and expertise, mo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Professor Pete B.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Professor Pete B.]]></source><link>http://profpete.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/04/700608-at-opednews-who-is-keeping-tabs-on-bushite-profiteering-prison-corporations</link><guid>http://profpete.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/04/700608-at-opednews-who-is-keeping-tabs-on-bushite-profiteering-prison-corporations</guid><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>corrections-corporation</category><category>marquis-desade</category><category>louisiana-republican</category><category>when-zoley</category><category>wackenhut-corrections-corporation</category><category>syria-right</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 May 2007 14:17:00 +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>