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	<title>Informed Speculation &#187; Barack Obama</title>
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		<title>Random Thoughts</title>
		<link>http://informedspeculation.com/2009/01/20/random-thoughts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, you&#8217;ve all heard, said, and read about a million words by now, but some random observations: The speech was good, not great&#8230;the flubbing of the Oath of Office was no big deal, though you&#8217;d think it was&#8230;I like Obama&#8217;s kids more and more, they should be a lot of fun&#8230;get rid of the inaugural [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hail To The Chief, Part Deux</title>
		<link>http://informedspeculation.com/2009/01/19/hail-to-the-chief-part-deux/</link>
		<comments>http://informedspeculation.com/2009/01/19/hail-to-the-chief-part-deux/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What can I say, on this day, about our new president? Shall I admit again that I thought he should have waited until 2012?  Well, I did think that, and I said so. Was I harshly critical of him in the campaign, finding him less than believable as he jettisoned campaign finance reform, then called [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hail To The Chief</title>
		<link>http://informedspeculation.com/2009/01/15/hail-to-the-chief/</link>
		<comments>http://informedspeculation.com/2009/01/15/hail-to-the-chief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know it&#8217;s not at all fashionable to praise George W. Bush, but as I watched his farewell address to the nation tonight, I saw vintage Bush&#8230;the faults (the halting delivery, the mangled words), yes, but also the worldview that endears him to me even as it infuriates so many (including some of you).  For [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>One Of Those Days&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://informedspeculation.com/2009/01/13/one-of-those-days/</link>
		<comments>http://informedspeculation.com/2009/01/13/one-of-those-days/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Domestic Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lots of news today, but nothing that excites me to comment much. Hillary Clinton to engage Iran and Syria? Fine, but as we&#8217;ve seen from North Korea, nations with bad intentions can play nations with good intentions like a fiddle.  I&#8217;m going to be watching this with great skepticism. Citigroup to break up?  Okay by [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>One-Term Obama?</title>
		<link>http://informedspeculation.com/2009/01/12/one-term-obama/</link>
		<comments>http://informedspeculation.com/2009/01/12/one-term-obama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Politico features a recent discussion by two writers for the New York Times: White House reporters for The New York Times predict that the market collapse will force President-elect Barack Obama to abandon for now many of his campaign promises. If his stimulus plan &#8220;doesn’t work out, he may very well be a one-term [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Early Days Pleasing&#8230;To Republicans</title>
		<link>http://informedspeculation.com/2009/01/11/obamas-early-days-pleasingto-republicans/</link>
		<comments>http://informedspeculation.com/2009/01/11/obamas-early-days-pleasingto-republicans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a delicious irony it would be if Barack Obama, the Democratic answer to eight years of the hated Bush, ended up having a higher approval rating among Republicans than Democrats!  Now, I don&#8217;t really believe that&#8217;s the case &#8211; actually, rank and file Democrats are quite confident that Obama will be a good president [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>45</slash:comments>
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		<title>Here&#8217;s Hoping He Means It</title>
		<link>http://informedspeculation.com/2009/01/06/heres-hoping-he-means-it/</link>
		<comments>http://informedspeculation.com/2009/01/06/heres-hoping-he-means-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One nice thing about Barack Obama&#8217;s early days is his propensity to at least say hopeful things.  Like this, for example: President-elect Barack Obama warned that he will inherit a $1 trillion budget deficit upon taking office, and pledged to ban all earmarks as an attempt to address both the &#8220;deficit of dollars and the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Out With The Bad, In With The&#8230;Worse?</title>
		<link>http://informedspeculation.com/2009/01/05/out-with-the-bad-in-with-theworse/</link>
		<comments>http://informedspeculation.com/2009/01/05/out-with-the-bad-in-with-theworse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, good riddance to Bill Richardson, who has always had hints and allegations of scandal, though usually of a more Bill Clintonesque nature, surrounding him.  Richardson was far too much of a &#8216;fair trader&#8217; for my tastes, anyway (tough break for New Mexico, though, looks like they&#8217;re still stuck with him for now). But how [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>The One Absolutely Undeniable Thing About The New President&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://informedspeculation.com/2008/12/23/the-one-absolutely-undeniable-thing-about-the-new-president/</link>
		<comments>http://informedspeculation.com/2008/12/23/the-one-absolutely-undeniable-thing-about-the-new-president/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;is not that he&#8217;s smart (though I&#8217;m sure that he is &#8211; but how would I know?).  It&#8217;s not that he&#8217;s honest (I&#8217;m sure he is &#8211; well, as honest as the next guy, anyway &#8211; but how would you know?).  It&#8217;s not that he&#8217;ll make a great president (I don&#8217;t own a crystal ball, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Okay, Enough Automaker Talk For Now&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://informedspeculation.com/2008/12/21/okay-enough-automaker-talk-for-now/</link>
		<comments>http://informedspeculation.com/2008/12/21/okay-enough-automaker-talk-for-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;there ARE other things going on in the world, after all. I don&#8217;t for one minute think that Barack Obama is in any kind of legal jeopardy regarding discussions with disgraced Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, but there is the definite stink of a whitewash regarding contact between the governor and Obama&#8217;s Chief of Staff.  The [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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