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  <title>Open Congress : Blog Articles for Sen. Barack Obama [D, IL]</title>
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  <updated>2008-10-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Comment on Investigating Barack Obama - Who Is Barack Obama? by ...</title>
    <link href="http://777denny.wordpress.com/2008/05/24/investigating-barack-obama-who-is-barack-obama/#comment-14297" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-12:/commentary/3010414</id>
    <updated>2008-10-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Comments for New Republican Party Blog </name>
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of Islam Lead&#226;&#8364;&#166; on The 2008 Economic Credit Crunc&#226;&#8364;&#166;Nation of Islam Lead&#226;&#8364;&#166; on Investigating Barack Obama - W&#226;&#8364;&#166;TUCC, Barack Obama, &#226;&#8364;&#166; on Barack Obama, Reverend Wright,&#226;&#8364;&#166;TUCC, Barack Obama, &#226;&#8364;&#166; [...]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://777denny.wordpress.com/2008/05/24/investigating-barack-obama-who-is-barack-obama/#comment-14297"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Will 2008 Be a Critical Election?</title>
    <link href="http://americanpowerblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/will-2008-be-critical-election.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-12:/commentary/3010415</id>
    <updated>2008-10-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>American Power </name>
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Americans are more dissatisfied with the present and worried about the future, all of which helps Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) and Democratic Congressional candidates. Obama may not be comfortably over the ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://americanpowerblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/will-2008-be-critical-election.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Obama Looks To Widen Lead In Pennsylvania</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-12:/commentary/3010416</id>
    <updated>2008-10-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>PoliticalBase.com Blog </name>
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Democratic Sen. Barack Obama has nearly closed the deal in Pennsylvania, as anxiety over the economy overcomes lingering concerns about his inexperience and qualms about his race, according to more than three dozen political operatives, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.politicalbase.com/profile/Chris%20Brown/blog/&amp;blogId=4774"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Mortgage Crisis?</title>
    <link href="http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/bitterclinging/gGgbfv" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-12:/commentary/3010417</id>
    <updated>2008-10-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Member Posts </name>
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A minimal effort into researching then Illinois State Senator Barack Obama&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s pet projects reveals that on several occasions he introduced legislation complimentary to ACORN&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s goals including legislation addressing the municipal living ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/bitterclinging/gGgbfv"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Barack Obama&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s Stealth Socialism</title>
    <link href="http://www.israpundit.com/2008/?p=3825" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-12:/commentary/3010418</id>
    <updated>2008-10-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Israpundit </name>
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Election &#226;&#8364;&#732;08: Before friendly audiences, Barack Obama speaks passionately about something called &#226;&#8364;&#339;economic justice.&#226;&#8364;&#157; He uses the term obliquely, though, speaking in code &#226;&#8364;&#8221; socialist code. During his NAACP speech earlier this month, Sen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.israpundit.com/2008/?p=3825"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>John Lewis Earned the Right To Say Whatever He Wants</title>
    <link href="http://www.taylormarsh.com/archives_view.php?id=28543" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-12:/commentary/3010419</id>
    <updated>2008-10-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Taylor Marsh </name>
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... Barack Obama has said himself, the last thing we need from either party is the kind of angry, divisive rhetoric that tears us apart at a time of crisis when we desperately need to come together. That is the kind of campaign Senator ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.taylormarsh.com/archives_view.php?id=28543"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Docudharma Times Sunday October 12</title>
    <link href="http://www.docudharma.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=9665" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-12:/commentary/3010421</id>
    <updated>2008-10-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Docudharma - Front Page </name>
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... advocate to excite the racial debate, condemning Sen. John McCain for "sowing the seeds of hatred and division" and accusing the Republican nominee of potentially inciting violence. Barack Obama rides a wave of bad economic news ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.docudharma.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=9665"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Tracking Poll Update</title>
    <link href="http://www.thehollywoodliberal.com/2008/10/12/tracking-poll-update/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-12:/commentary/3010422</id>
    <updated>2008-10-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>The Hollywood Liberal &#187; Main Blog (All Posts) </name>
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Tracking Poll Update Sen. Barack Obama is holding solid leads in nearly every tracking poll of the presidential race and has broken 50% in four of them. Diageo/Hotline: Obama 50%, McCain 40%. Gallup: Obama 51%, McCain 42% ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thehollywoodliberal.com/2008/10/12/tracking-poll-update/"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Toledo Blade Endorses Barack Obama</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-12:/commentary/3010423</id>
    <updated>2008-10-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Ohio Daily Blog - A Community Blog On Ohio... </name>
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We believe the person best equipped by temperament and intellect to firmly grasp the reins of government and guide it safely forward in these uncertain times is Barack Obama. . . . During the campaign, Senator Obama also has shown ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ohiodailyblog.com/content/toledo-blade-endorses-barack-obama-0"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Demonizing Obama via ACORN and Ayers--RWing Hegemony Pt. 1</title>
    <link href="http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=9028" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-12:/commentary/3010424</id>
    <updated>2008-10-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Open Left - Front Page </name>
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Earlier this week, my diary "Ayers Attack 'Ridiculous,' 'Nonsensical,' 'Silly'--Former GOP IL State Rep" highlighted an NPR story debunking the notion that William Ayers was some sort of sinister figure when Barack Obama f&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=9028"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Palin Drops Puck at Flyers Game: Pols on Thin Ice at Sporting ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-12:/commentary/3010425</id>
    <updated>2008-10-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
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In terms of the bigger picture, I imagine Palin was in Philly as part of the McCain-Palin strategy to win Pennsylvania, especially the conservative suburbs around the Democratic city. US Sen. Barack Obama campaigned yesterday in Philly ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://ndnblog.org/node/3024"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Angelina Jolie likes the Obama</title>
    <link href="http://thesuperficial.com/2008/10/angelina_jolie_likes_the_obama.php" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-12:/commentary/3010426</id>
    <updated>2008-10-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>The Superficial - Because You&amp;#39;re Ugly </name>
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Stopping just short of a long-awaited endorsement, Angelina Jolie tells Vanity Fair she's leaning towards Democratic Senator Barack Obama for President. While I hate celebrities talking politics, Angelina is a UN Goodwill Ambassador who ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://thesuperficial.com/2008/10/angelina_jolie_likes_the_obama.php"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>The Past Week: Recaps &amp; Random Thoughts, October 5-12 (Cloward ...</title>
    <link href="http://insightanalytical.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/the-past-week-recaps-random-thoughts-october-5-12-cloward-piven-musings-on-middle-names-slaughtering-sarah-feeling-prickly/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-12:/commentary/3010427</id>
    <updated>2008-10-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>InsightAnalytical -- Watching Our World </name>
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James Simpson&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s article &#226;&#8364;&#339;Barack Obama and the Strategy of Manufactured Crisis&#226;&#8364;&#157; in American Thinker moves from theory to the current political situation. Although written from a conservative point of view, the timeline provided and ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://insightanalytical.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/the-past-week-recaps-random-thoughts-october-5-12-cloward-piven-musings-on-middle-names-slaughtering-sarah-feeling-prickly/"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Dayton Daily News Endorses Obama</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-12:/commentary/3010428</id>
    <updated>2008-10-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Tonight, the Dayton Daily News has made its endorsement for President: they're recommending Sen. Barack Obama. For some people, the liberal tag makes Sen. Obama a nonstarter. But he built his early appeal around the promise to get ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.buckeyestateblog.com/dayton_daily_news_endorses_obama"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>SEN. BARACK OBAMA WILL BE SPEAKING IN TOLEDO ON MONDAY</title>
    <link href="http://swampbubbles.com/bubble/sen-barack-obama-will-be-speaking-toledo-monday" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-11:/commentary/3004303</id>
    <updated>2008-10-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>SwampBubbles</name>
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...to speak at SeaGate Convention Centre Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will hold a campaign rally at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the downtown SeaGate Convention Centre. Doors open at 11:30 a.m., and for security reasons no one is allowed to bring &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://swampbubbles.com/bubble/sen-barack-obama-will-be-speaking-toledo-monday"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Obama as Other. . . Palin as Normal - Race and Politics</title>
    <link href="http://www.unbossed.com/index.php?itemid=2350" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-11:/commentary/3005501</id>
    <updated>2008-10-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>unbossed.com </name>
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In Land of Enchantment, McCain Asks 'Who is the Real Barack Obama?' In Albuquerque, NM, this afternoon, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz, delivered his harshest attacks yet against Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., painting his Democratic rival as a ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unbossed.com/index.php?itemid=2350"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Middle Ground Left Behind</title>
    <link href="http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OGFhNzlkOTZiYjcxNmNmYmJmYWRmZTM1MjkzMTM5MWQ=" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-11:/commentary/3005502</id>
    <updated>2008-10-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>The Corner </name>
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Most troubling, as a state senator, Barack Obama wouldn't even stand up for the rights of infants born alive during an abortion. These infants &#226;&#8364;&#8220; often babies with special needs &#226;&#8364;&#8220; are simply left to die. In 2002, Congress unanimously ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OGFhNzlkOTZiYjcxNmNmYmJmYWRmZTM1MjkzMTM5MWQ="&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>GA-Sen: "Bomb Obama"</title>
    <link href="http://feeds.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/HjU7iDy0Yu4/626955" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-11:/commentary/3005503</id>
    <updated>2008-10-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Daily Kos </name>
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Chambliss supporters waved "Saxby" signs and offered up a sustained "boos" when Martin mentioned Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. "Bomb Obama," one woman hollered. Classy. There's no excuse for threatening vio&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://feeds.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/HjU7iDy0Yu4/626955"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>This blog roots for Barack Obama!</title>
    <link href="http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/10/11/this-blog-roots-for-barack-obama/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-11:/commentary/3005504</id>
    <updated>2008-10-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>A Quantum Diaries Survivor </name>
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To become a President of the United States, you have been a Senator, a Governor, a politician for a long time; you have probably grown accustomed to cohabit with those deformities; maybe you do not notice them any more, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/10/11/this-blog-roots-for-barack-obama/"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Barack's October Surprise</title>
    <link href="http://www.uncorrelated.com/2008/10/baracks_october_surprise.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-11:/commentary/3005506</id>
    <updated>2008-10-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>UNCoRRELATED </name>
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Blagojevich and Sen. Barack Obama." Feeling the heat Barack? And then there's ACORN. Oh, and Jimmy Carter reminding us of the similarities. By his secretiveness and evasions, Barack Obama has created his own October surprise. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.uncorrelated.com/2008/10/baracks_october_surprise.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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