<?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 - specter</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/specter</link><description>Newsvine - specter</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:36:19 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 02:00:58 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Specter, 82, championed moderation</title>
<description><![CDATA[Specter, 82, championed moderation
Posted by admin on 10.15.12]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vic Eldred]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Vic Eldred]]></source><link>http://viceldred.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/15/14451052-specter-82-championed-moderation</link><guid>http://viceldred.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/15/14451052-specter-82-championed-moderation</guid><category>specter</category><category>politics</category><category>moderate</category><category>hodgkins-disease</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:36:08 +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=VicEldred85288A10-79FE-E94D-EE30-215877105A41.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="219" width="330" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=VicEldred85288A10-79FE-E94D-EE30-215877105A41.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Voters flip on party switchers </title>
<description><![CDATA[When Sen. Arlen Specter and Rep. Parker Griffith decided to switch parties, they were welcomed with open arms by their new political families in Washington. 
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Congressman Bill Cassidy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Congressman Bill Cassidy]]></source><link>http://congressmanbillcassidy.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/02/4451717-voters-flip-on-party-switchers</link><guid>http://congressmanbillcassidy.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/02/4451717-voters-flip-on-party-switchers</guid><category>specter</category><category>politics</category><category>party</category><category>griffith</category><category>voters</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 Jun 2010 15:25:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>A Cancer is Growing on the Presidency by Paul R. Hollrah</title>
<description><![CDATA[Now that US Rep.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John S.-1381946]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[John S.-1381946]]></source><link>http://js10131979.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/01/4447520-a-cancer-is-growing-on-the-presidency-by-paul-r-hollrah</link><guid>http://js10131979.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/01/4447520-a-cancer-is-growing-on-the-presidency-by-paul-r-hollrah</guid><category>specter</category><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>progressive</category><category>obama</category><category>republican</category><category>primary</category><category>democrat</category><category>sestak</category><pubDate>Tue, 1 Jun 2010 19:51:24 +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><item><title>White House: Appointment offer to Sestak was proper</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration said Friday that it used the promise of a presidential appointment to try to get a Pennsylvania congressman to abandon a planned primary challenge to White House favorite Sen.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></source><link>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/29/4403624-white-house-appointment-offer-to-sestak-was-proper</link><guid>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/29/4403624-white-house-appointment-offer-to-sestak-was-proper</guid><category>specter</category><category>politics</category><category>bill-clinton</category><category>sestak</category><pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 05:04:42 +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>Now We Know Why Clinton and Obama Had Lunch on Thursday</title>
<description><![CDATA["RUSH: I guess now we know why, ladies and gentlemen, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton had lunch yesterday. They had to get their stories straight."

Time for a special prosecutor, and it's sounding more and more like a cover-up.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[sscott]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[sscott]]></source><link>http://sscottyapp.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/28/4385139-now-we-know-why-clinton-and-obama-had-lunch-on-thursday</link><guid>http://sscottyapp.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/28/4385139-now-we-know-why-clinton-and-obama-had-lunch-on-thursday</guid><category>specter</category><category>clinton</category><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>democrat</category><category>rush-limbaugh</category><category>coverup</category><category>bribe</category><category>rahm-emanuel</category><category>sestak</category><pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 20:16:00 +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>White House Embraces Upstart Who Beat Specter</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nothing makes friends like winning. It was not long ago, Mr. Sestak said Wednesday in an interview, that White House officials were so eager to muscle him from the race that they offered him a job if he would drop out.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Incredulous One]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Incredulous One]]></source><link>http://incredulous.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/20/4314710-white-house-embraces-upstart-who-beat-specter</link><guid>http://incredulous.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/20/4314710-white-house-embraces-upstart-who-beat-specter</guid><category>senate</category><category>specter</category><category>navy</category><category>democrats</category><category>republicans</category><category>us-news</category><category>primary</category><category>sestak</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 14:13:08 +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 Price of Opportunism: Arlen Specter's Tough Fight</title>
<description><![CDATA[It is one of the grand and glorious traditions of American politics that traitorous behavior is cloaked in principle and indignation. Ronald Reagan, famously, didn't leave the Democratic Party in the 1950s. The Democratic Party left him.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/13/4277723-the-price-of-opportunism-arlen-specters-tough-fight</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/13/4277723-the-price-of-opportunism-arlen-specters-tough-fight</guid><category>specter</category><category>politics</category><category>reagan</category><category>republican</category><category>democrat</category><category>politic</category><category>treachery</category><category>reelection</category><pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 12:23:06 +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>First thoughts: Is Specter next? - First Read - msnbc.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[Specter, McCain, McConnel, let's just keep putting these old horses out to pasture. It's time for the CHANGE that the people  want, and it appears to be happening.

 Anyone that is on the dole with a government job that does not listen to the people.....is out of there!]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Newbigtech]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Newbigtech]]></source><link>http://newbigtech.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/12/4272678-first-thoughts-is-specter-next-first-read-msnbccom</link><guid>http://newbigtech.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/12/4272678-first-thoughts-is-specter-next-first-read-msnbccom</guid><category>congress</category><category>specter</category><category>national</category><category>us-news</category><category>administration</category><category>representation</category><category>reelection</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 14:52:03 +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>Â» Sarah Palin Switches Parties, Becomes Democrat; Media Rejoices - satire</title>
<description><![CDATA[Shocking news last night as former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin announced that she is following in the footsteps of the noble senator from Pennsylvania, Arlen Specter, and is switching parties to become a Democrat.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[bonos_rama]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[bonos_rama]]></source><link>http://bonosrama.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/01/4100103-sarah-palin-switches-parties-becomes-democrat-media-rejoices-satire</link><guid>http://bonosrama.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/01/4100103-sarah-palin-switches-parties-becomes-democrat-media-rejoices-satire</guid><category>alaska</category><category>specter</category><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>obama</category><category>republican</category><category>satire</category><category>democrat</category><category>pelosi</category><category>maverick</category><category>palin</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Apr 2010 14:08:04 +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>Specter says White House officials, Sestak may have committed felony | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Arlen] Specter is a guest on a WSBA-radio show in York, Pennsylvania [March 12, 2010]. Since the show is in York, and not on national radio or television, Specter's answer goes virtually unnoticed.  Asked about the topic, he says this, as noted above:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DBE928]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DBE928]]></source><link>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/18/4036389-specter-says-white-house-officials-sestak-may-have-committed-felony-the-daily-caller-breaking-news-opinion-research-and-entertainment</link><guid>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/18/4036389-specter-says-white-house-officials-sestak-may-have-committed-felony-the-daily-caller-breaking-news-opinion-research-and-entertainment</guid><category>specter</category><category>politics</category><category>sestak</category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:30:43 +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>FOXNews.com - GOP Lawmaker: White House Job Offer to Sestak Would Have Been a 'Crime'</title>
<description><![CDATA[A GOP lawmaker says that the White House committed a "crime" if it offered Democratic Rep. Joe Sestak a federal job in exchange for dropping his primary challenge to Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Moderate-514640]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Moderate-514640]]></source><link>http://cuporeality.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/13/4015149-foxnewscom-gop-lawmaker-white-house-job-offer-to-sestak-would-have-been-a-crime</link><guid>http://cuporeality.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/13/4015149-foxnewscom-gop-lawmaker-white-house-job-offer-to-sestak-would-have-been-a-crime</guid><category>specter</category><category>constitution</category><category>politics</category><category>crime</category><category>u-s</category><category>federal-job</category><category>stestak</category><pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:20:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title> White House Accused of Federal Crime in Specter, Bennet Races.  By Jeffrey Lord on 2.22.10 @ 6:09AM</title>
<description><![CDATA[ "Whoever solicits or receives … any….thing of value, in consideration of the promise of support or use of influence in obtaining for any person any appointive office or place under the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or bo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></source><link>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/12/4013259-white-house-accused-of-federal-crime-in-specter-bennet-races-by-jeffrey-lord-on-22210-609am</link><guid>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/12/4013259-white-house-accused-of-federal-crime-in-specter-bennet-races-by-jeffrey-lord-on-22210-609am</guid><category>senate</category><category>specter</category><category>pennsylvania</category><category>politics</category><category>colorado</category><category>bribery</category><category>arlen-specter</category><category>bennet</category><category>denver-post</category><category>rahm-emanuel</category><category>chapter-11</category><category>joe-sestak</category><category>andrew-romanoff</category><category>jim-messina</category><category>president-obama</category><category>obama-white-house</category><category>michael-bennet</category><category>secretary-of-the-navy</category><category>u-s-agency-for-international-development</category><category>michael-riley</category><category>18-usc-sec-211</category><category>title-18</category><category>section-211</category><category>larry-kane</category><category>larry-kane-voice-of-reason</category><pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:52:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The White House and pay-for-play</title>
<description><![CDATA[High Crimes and Misdemeanors?  Maybe....]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brent-320354]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brent-320354]]></source><link>http://bjw1966.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/24/3945036-the-white-house-and-pay-for-play</link><guid>http://bjw1966.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/24/3945036-the-white-house-and-pay-for-play</guid><category>specter</category><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>bribe</category><category>sestak</category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:27:25 +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>Arlen Specter tells Michele Bachmann to &quot;act like a lady&quot; (w/audio)</title>
<description><![CDATA[The deeply odd couple of Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Penn.) and Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) appeared together on a Philly radio station yesterday -- and things got ugly in short order.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Grim Creeper]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Grim Creeper]]></source><link>http://thegrimcreeper.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/21/3790430-arlen-specter-tells-michele-bachmann-to-act-like-a-lady-waudio</link><guid>http://thegrimcreeper.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/21/3790430-arlen-specter-tells-michele-bachmann-to-act-like-a-lady-waudio</guid><category>specter</category><category>us-news</category><category>republican</category><category>democrat</category><category>bachmann</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:25:02 +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>How Sarah Palin and Tea Partiers Are Blowing Up the GOP</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Wingnuts of the world unite. You have nothing to lose but election ... after election ... after election.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jaywow67]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jaywow67]]></source><link>http://jaywow67.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/09/3482081-how-sarah-palin-and-tea-partiers-are-blowing-up-the-gop</link><guid>http://jaywow67.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/09/3482081-how-sarah-palin-and-tea-partiers-are-blowing-up-the-gop</guid><category>specter</category><category>conservatives</category><category>politics</category><category>hoffman</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>steele</category><category>right-wing</category><category>wingnuts</category><category>crisp</category><category>palin</category><category>tea-party</category><category>club-for-growth</category><category>scozzafava</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:29:49 +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>Arlen Specter Is Doomed -- Only 31% of Pennsylvania Voters Think He Should Be Re-Elected</title>
<description><![CDATA[Only 31 percent of Pennsylvania voters believe Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter should be re-elected, and 59 percent believe it's time to give someone else a chance, a state poll released today shows.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Killfile]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Killfile]]></source><link>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/14/3383042-arlen-specter-is-doomed-only-31-of-pennsylvania-voters-think-he-should-be-re-elected</link><guid>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/14/3383042-arlen-specter-is-doomed-only-31-of-pennsylvania-voters-think-he-should-be-re-elected</guid><category>senate</category><category>specter</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republican</category><category>arlen-specter</category><category>democrat</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:18:31 +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>Limbaugh wishes Wilson hadn't apologized; Specter wants Wilson censured</title>
<description><![CDATA[Maybe it takes a former Republican to know how to fight back. And here is Limbaugh's latest:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Killfile]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Killfile]]></source><link>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/10/3248660-limbaugh-wishes-wilson-hadnt-apologized-specter-wants-wilson-censured</link><guid>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/10/3248660-limbaugh-wishes-wilson-hadnt-apologized-specter-wants-wilson-censured</guid><category>specter</category><category>wilson</category><category>politics</category><category>healthcare</category><category>speech</category><category>gop</category><category>obama</category><category>joe-wilson</category><category>republican</category><category>arlen-specter</category><category>limbaugh</category><category>rush-limbaugh</category><category>healthcare-speech</category><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:28:40 +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>Arlen Specter Tweets: &quot;This U.S. Senator is going to tell him (the President) emphatically that we need the public option&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) wants there to be no doubt: "[T]his member of congress, this United States senator is going to tell [President Obama] emphatically that we need the public option," Specter said.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Killfile]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Killfile]]></source><link>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/09/3242840-arlen-specter-tweets-this-us-senator-is-going-to-tell-him-the-president-emphatically-that-we-need-the-public-option</link><guid>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/09/3242840-arlen-specter-tweets-this-us-senator-is-going-to-tell-him-the-president-emphatically-that-we-need-the-public-option</guid><category>specter</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>healthcare</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>republican</category><category>arlen-specter</category><category>democrat</category><category>healthcare-reform</category><category>twitter</category><category>tweet</category><pubDate>Wed, 9 Sep 2009 18:41:03 +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>Commentary: No wonder voters are angry</title>
<description><![CDATA["I've been to many political events over the years -- from rallies in Pennsylvania to town halls in Texas. But I've never been to one where a politician addressed people by a number and not their name. And yet that is exactly what Specter did.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr Know]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dr Know]]></source><link>http://drknow.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/18/3164659-commentary-no-wonder-voters-are-angry</link><guid>http://drknow.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/18/3164659-commentary-no-wonder-voters-are-angry</guid><category>specter</category><category>politics</category><category>town-hall</category><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:04:59 +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>Way To Go!</title>
<description><![CDATA[We all know that Obama is dead set against medical care for a savable aborted baby. Now Obama and company have revealed that they are opposed to full medical care for the elderly. They have also proposed a procedure to fill out forms every five years after the age of 65.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wolf Wolfman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Wolf Wolfman]]></source><link>http://goluckydonald.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/03/3114290-way-to-go</link><guid>http://goluckydonald.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/03/3114290-way-to-go</guid><category>specter</category><category>elderly</category><category>dementia</category><category>us-news</category><category>youtube</category><category>sibelius</category><category>secretary-of-health</category><pubDate>Tue, 4 Aug 2009 03:57:07 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fgoluckydonald2F3114610.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fgoluckydonald2F3114610.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://flickr.com/photos/29101461@N07/3446506504/&quot;&gt;flickr.com/photos/29101461@N07/3446506504/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Columbus Ohio Tea Party August 1&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Conservative outlets provide forum for Republicans' &quot;baffling&quot; health care &quot;flow chart&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[SUMMARY: The Drudge Report, Fox News, and The Kudlow Report provided a forum for a chart released by congressional Republicans that purported to show "the complex health care reform proposal by Democratic congressional leaders."

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<dc:creator><![CDATA[jaywow67]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jaywow67]]></source><link>http://jaywow67.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/16/3032503-conservative-outlets-provide-forum-for-republicans-baffling-health-care-flow-chart</link><guid>http://jaywow67.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/16/3032503-conservative-outlets-provide-forum-for-republicans-baffling-health-care-flow-chart</guid><category>specter</category><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>brady</category><category>bob-dole</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:08:54 +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>Outrage, Investigation Mounting After Black, Hispanic Kids Kicked Out of Private Club's Pool - ABC News</title>
<description><![CDATA[Some Black and Hispanic inner-city people were asked not to come back to a private club because, as a spokesman said, "a lot of these kids would change the compextion and atmosphere of the club."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary in Olympia]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gary in Olympia]]></source><link>http://garysherman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/09/3012024-outrage-investigation-mounting-after-black-hispanic-kids-kicked-out-of-private-clubs-pool-abc-news</link><guid>http://garysherman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/09/3012024-outrage-investigation-mounting-after-black-hispanic-kids-kicked-out-of-private-clubs-pool-abc-news</guid><category>specter</category><category>pennsylvania</category><category>blacks</category><category>racism</category><category>us-news</category><category>clubs</category><pubDate>Thu, 9 Jul 2009 19:46:18 +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>Senate Democrats Might Be Receptive To Feinstein EFCA Compromise Proposal</title>
<description><![CDATA[Senate Democrats are seriously considering an Employee Free Choice Act compromise proposal from Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., that would use mail-in elections to preserve the secret ballot.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rella]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rella]]></source><link>http://kahaire.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/08/2793593-senate-democrats-might-be-receptive-to-feinstein-efca-compromise-proposal</link><guid>http://kahaire.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/08/2793593-senate-democrats-might-be-receptive-to-feinstein-efca-compromise-proposal</guid><category>congress</category><category>senate</category><category>specter</category><category>politics</category><category>unions</category><category>arbitration</category><category>feinstein</category><category>harkin</category><category>unionization</category><category>secret-ballot</category><category>card-check</category><category>efca</category><category>emplyee-free-choice-act</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 May 2009 01:00:10 +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>Party Switch Costs Specter His Seniority on Senate Committees</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Senate last night stripped  Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.) of his seniority on committees, a week after the 29-year veteran of the chamber quit the Republican Party to join the Democrats.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rella]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rella]]></source><link>http://kahaire.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/08/2793523-party-switch-costs-specter-his-seniority-on-senate-committees</link><guid>http://kahaire.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/08/2793523-party-switch-costs-specter-his-seniority-on-senate-committees</guid><category>congress</category><category>senate</category><category>specter</category><category>politics</category><category>seniority</category><category>committee-assignments</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 May 2009 00:21:04 +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>Ridge Says 'No Thanks' To PA SEN Bid</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Ex-Gov./ex-DHS Sec. Tom Ridge (R) today said he won't seek the GOP nod for SEN in PA.

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"After careful consideration and many conversations with friends and family and the leadership of my party, I have decided not to seek the Republican nomination for Senate. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[greenpagan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[greenpagan]]></source><link>http://greenpagan.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/08/2791762-ridge-says-no-thanks-to-pa-sen-bid</link><guid>http://greenpagan.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/08/2791762-ridge-says-no-thanks-to-pa-sen-bid</guid><category>specter</category><category>pennsylvania</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>us-senate</category><category>dems</category><category>ridge</category><category>sestak</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 May 2009 14:40:00 +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>