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  <title>Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Jesse Jackson [D, IL-2]</title>
  <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/person/atom_news/400198_jesse_jackson" rel="self"/>
  <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/person/news/400198_jesse_jackson" rel="alternate"/>
  <updated>2008-09-04T00:00:00Z</updated>
  <author>
    <name>opencongress.org</name>
  </author>
  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/person/news/400198</id>
  <entry>
    <title>Jesse Jackson.</title>
    <link href="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_politicalticker/~3/383444604/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-04:/commentary/2787427</id>
    <updated>2008-09-04T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>CNN</name>
    </author>
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Why is this news item on the ticker ?.
I don't know as much about the man as I probably should but good luck Rev.
Hope you get well soon Jesse
Get well soon Jackson black people needs you healthy, this is a very crucial time. May God heal you soon.
I'm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_politicalticker/~3/383444604/"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>EDITORIAL: Too busy to enjoy Labor Day?</title>
    <link href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/sep/01/too-busy-to-enjoy-labor-day/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-03:/commentary/2776402</id>
    <updated>2008-09-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Washington Times,&amp;nbsp;DC</name>
    </author>
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US Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. works up the spirit of the front row at Invesco Field during the last day of the Democratic National Convention in Denver, CO, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/sep/01/too-busy-to-enjoy-labor-day/"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Minority Business Expo slated at GSU</title>
    <link href="http://www.southtownstar.com/business/1141235,090308minoritybiz.article" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-03:/commentary/2776389</id>
    <updated>2008-09-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Southtown Star,&amp;nbsp;IL</name>
    </author>
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The first expo was an outgrowth of US Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s (D-2nd) push for a third airport in the Southland. Dillard wanted to know whether minority ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.southtownstar.com/business/1141235,090308minoritybiz.article"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Obama and So-Called Post-Racial Politics</title>
    <link href="http://www.blackagendareport.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=766&amp;amp;Itemid=1" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-03:/commentary/2776381</id>
    <updated>2008-09-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Black Agenda Report,&amp;nbsp;NJ</name>
    </author>
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The promoters of the "end of black politics"  draw a sharp generational divide between the confrontational protest style of the Jesse Jackson generation, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blackagendareport.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=766&amp;Itemid=1"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>GOP may want to consider using 'hug' photos to its advantage</title>
    <link href="http://www.southtownstar.com/news/miller/1139183,090208miller.article" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-02:/commentary/2781125</id>
    <updated>2008-09-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Southtown Star,&amp;nbsp;IL</name>
    </author>
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At the urging of US Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., Madigan and Blagojevich hugged - and it wasn't one of those "I'm gonna hug you until I break your spine," hugs, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.southtownstar.com/news/miller/1139183,090208miller.article"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>THE PRESIDENCY: OBAMA'S PATH TO HISTORY, WEEK OF AUGUST 28 ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.wilmingtonjournal.com/News/article/article.asp?NewsID=90923&amp;amp;sID=12" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-02:/commentary/2776383</id>
    <updated>2008-09-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Wilmington Journal,&amp;nbsp;NC</name>
    </author>
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I grew up with the lessons of another generation, my father&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s generation,&#226;&#8364;&#157; US Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., son of civil rights leader Rev. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wilmingtonjournal.com/News/article/article.asp?NewsID=90923&amp;sID=12"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Yeah, he said it</title>
    <link href="http://www.suntimes.com/news/foster/1139254,CST-NWS-stella02.article" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-02:/commentary/2776382</id>
    <updated>2008-09-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Chicago Sun-Times,&amp;nbsp;United States</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The Bears' Brian Urlacher at Portillo's in Vernon Hills. . . . Rep. Jesse Jackson and wife, Ald. Sandi Jackson, dined at Madame Tartine. . . . State Sen. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.suntimes.com/news/foster/1139254,CST-NWS-stella02.article"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>At Convention, Rep. Jesse Jackson Shares Obama's Rhetoric</title>
    <link href="http://scoop08.com/convention%2C-rep.-jesse-jackson-shares-obama%2526%2523039%3Bs-rhetoric" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-01:/commentary/2764533</id>
    <updated>2008-09-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Scoop08</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Last week, speakers at the Democratic National Convention aimed to unite the country.
Among them were senators, former presidents and vice presidents, wives and relatives, all of whom focused on unity, family, compassion while vouching for the&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://scoop08.com/convention%2C-rep.-jesse-jackson-shares-obama%2526%2523039%3Bs-rhetoric"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Enter Bush 41 Scoopsville ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.suntimes.com/news/sneed/1137932,CST-NWS-SNEED31.article" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-31:/commentary/2776385</id>
    <updated>2008-08-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Chicago Sun-Times,&amp;nbsp;United States</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Dateline: Denver -- Sneed watched US Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. get more bulb coverage/photo attention than his famous father, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, in the ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.suntimes.com/news/sneed/1137932,CST-NWS-SNEED31.article"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Obama: I'm ready to beat John McCain</title>
    <link href="http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=8919462" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-29:/commentary/2781127</id>
    <updated>2008-08-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>WTOL,&amp;nbsp;OH</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Civil rights hero Rep. John Lewis and Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., son of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, were seen hugging each other and weeping. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=8919462"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Tearful Goodbyes Begin for Stephanie Tubbs Jones</title>
    <link href="http://www.myfoxcleveland.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7319623&amp;amp;version=4&amp;amp;locale=EN-US&amp;amp;layoutCode=TSTY&amp;amp;pageId=3.2.1" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-29:/commentary/2776401</id>
    <updated>2008-08-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Fox 8 News WJW,&amp;nbsp;OH</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Dennis Kucinich and Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., to pay their respects to Tubbs Jones. Pelosi presented  the congresswoman's son and sister with a flag that flew ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myfoxcleveland.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7319623&amp;version=4&amp;locale=EN-US&amp;layoutCode=TSTY&amp;pageId=3.2.1"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Obama stays above the fray</title>
    <link href="http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-a6_dems-assess.6566542aug29,0,4230048.story" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-29:/commentary/2776397</id>
    <updated>2008-08-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Allentown Morning Call,&amp;nbsp;PA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
''He cannot hit back,'' said US Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., a close friend and adviser to Obama. ''He has to keep smiling. No one wants an angry African ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-a6_dems-assess.6566542aug29,0,4230048.story"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>COMMENTARY: A glImpse Into the DNC circus</title>
    <link href="http://www.gazette.com/articles/convention_39989___article.html/obama_clinton.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-29:/commentary/2776395</id>
    <updated>2008-08-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Colorado Springs Gazette,&amp;nbsp;CO</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Al Sharpton and many others - but his son, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., got the microphone, a son in the unenviable position of disavowing his father to support ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gazette.com/articles/convention_39989___article.html/obama_clinton.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Fateful Anniversary, Obama Speech Celebrated by Those Who Marched ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.blackamericaweb.com/site.aspx/bawnews/movingamerica08/kingobamaanniversary829" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-29:/commentary/2776394</id>
    <updated>2008-08-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Black America Web,&amp;nbsp;Tx</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Jesse Jackson, who, in 1963, was a young lieutenant in the movement, also was on that stage years ago. People too often think about Aug. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blackamericaweb.com/site.aspx/bawnews/movingamerica08/kingobamaanniversary829"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Democratic Throng Moved By Obama Speech, But True Test Yet to Come</title>
    <link href="http://www.cqpolitics.com/news-000002942232" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-29:/commentary/2752089</id>
    <updated>2008-08-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>CQ Politics</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
To the 84,000 cheering fans who savored his acceptance speech in the home of the NFL&#8217;s Denver Broncos, Barack Obama scored a spectacular touchdown Thursday evening.
But those fans &#8212; delegates to the Democratic National Convention and supporters from&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cqpolitics.com/news-000002942232"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Obama stays above the fray</title>
    <link href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/morningcall/news/nationworld/state/~3/377983938/all-a6_dems-assess.6566542aug29,0,4641703.story" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-29:/commentary/2752088</id>
    <updated>2008-08-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Morning Call</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Both McCain and Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama have called for a new kind of politics, one that will erase the partisan divisions of the past. But to win the White House, both candidates have now fully embraced a very old political weapon:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/morningcall/news/nationworld/state/~3/377983938/all-a6_dems-assess.6566542aug29,0,4641703.story"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Take a break from the hugs, hopium with a good read</title>
    <link href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-kass-28-aug28,0,522078.column" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-28:/commentary/2776405</id>
    <updated>2008-08-28T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Chicago Tribune,&amp;nbsp;United States</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
US Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Budweiser) stood up at the delegation's breakfast, got weepy and demanded hugs in Obama's name. Jackson hugged Mayor Richard ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-kass-28-aug28,0,522078.column"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Crowley: Team Obama wanted a show and it has one</title>
    <link href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/crowley-team-obama-wanted-a-show-and-it-has-one/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-28:/commentary/2776400</id>
    <updated>2008-08-28T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>CNN Political Ticker</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Civil rights hero Rep. John Lewis and Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., son of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, hugging each other and weeping on this historic ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/28/crowley-team-obama-wanted-a-show-and-it-has-one/"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Obama leaves the attacks to surrogates</title>
    <link href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-assess28-2008aug28,0,2293966.story" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-28:/commentary/2776386</id>
    <updated>2008-08-28T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Los Angeles Times,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
"He cannot hit  back," said Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., a close friend and advisor to Obama. "He has to keep smiling. No one wants an angry African American man  ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-assess28-2008aug28,0,2293966.story"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>HUGGING ILLINOIS POLS SIGHT TO BEHOLD</title>
    <link href="http://blogs.suntimes.com/marin/2008/08/hugging_illinois_pols_sight_to.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-28:/commentary/2776384</id>
    <updated>2008-08-28T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Chicago Sun-Times,&amp;nbsp;United States</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Next up was Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. It isn't clear that Rush was talking about Jackson, but there is no question they've been on a rocky road. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.suntimes.com/marin/2008/08/hugging_illinois_pols_sight_to.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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