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		<title>Obama Dodges Question About Whether He Stands by Contraception Mandate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[He done screwed up. In the Oval Office, President Obama refuses to answer if he stands by contraception rule. Says to reporter: &#8220;Come on guys.&#8221; Is he suddenly less-than-certain because prominent Democrats are jumping ship? Because even his adoring fans in the media are backing away from him? Because a majority of the country opposes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://amerpundit.com/2012/02/09/obama-dodges-question-about-whether-he-stands-by-contraception-mandate/</link>
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		<title>Five Democratic Senators Now Publicly Oppose Contraception Mandate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At least five Democratic U.S. Senators now publicly oppose the unconstitutional contraception mandate. They are Joe Manchin (D-WV), Ben Nelson (D-NE), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Bob Casey (D-PA), and Joe Lieberman (ID-CT). Their break with the administration comes at a bad time for Barack Obama, already under fire from other elements of his party &#8212; never mind [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://amerpundit.com/2012/02/09/five-democratic-senators-now-publicly-oppose-contraception-mandate/</link>
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		<title>Judge Tosses PETA Lawsuit Labeling SeaWorld Whales &#8220;Slaves&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Heart-ache. Does this mean the whales won&#8217;t be getting slave reparations either? An effort to free whales from SeaWorld by claiming they were enslaved made a splash in the news but flopped in court Wednesday. A federal judge in San Diego dismissed an unprecedented lawsuit seeking to grant constitutional protection against slavery to a group [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://amerpundit.com/2012/02/08/judge-tosses-peta-lawsuit-labeling-seaworld-whales-slaves/</link>
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		<title>As Democrats Jump Ship, Obama Doubles Down on Contraception Mandate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Remember a fellow by the name Rick Warren? Roundly-respected pastor who both John McCain and Barack Obama made a pilgrimage to see in 2008. Considered a mainstream Evangelical leader whose views are widely sought after by the media and other religious leaders. This was him on Twitter a short time ago: I&#8217;m not a Catholic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://amerpundit.com/2012/02/08/as-democrats-jump-ship-obama-doubles-down-on-contraception-mandate/</link>
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		<title>Obama Considers War Against Syria</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a hawk. Anyone who reads this blog for any period of time knows as much. I cheer whenever a drone strike kills more terrorists. I&#8217;m thrilled when bad guys turn room temperature. I supported the war in Iraq and the war in Afghanistan. I&#8217;ve also called for military action against Iran. But what the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://amerpundit.com/2012/02/08/obama-considers-war-against-syria/</link>
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		<title>Carney: Obama Doesn&#8217;t Care if the Senate Passes a Budget</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Democratic-controlled Senate hasn&#8217;t passed a budget in more than three years. Barack Obama plans to run against the &#8220;do-nothing&#8221; Congress, as if he&#8217;s trying but just can&#8217;t get them to do anything. So you&#8217;d think he would care that the Senate may not pass a budget again this year. But&#8230;nope. His spokesman says he [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://amerpundit.com/2012/02/08/carney-obama-doesnt-care-if-the-senate-passes-a-budget/</link>
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		<title>Feds Spent Half-Million Dollars to Upgrade a Luxury Yacht</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You guessed it: Through the stimulus. House investigators wrote the Port of Los Angeles yesterday to review the decision to spend almost half a million dollars in stimulus money on retrofitting a luxury yacht with environmentally-friendly engines. &#8220;The Port of Los Angeles owes the public greater transparency about this project and a full accounting of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://amerpundit.com/2012/02/08/feds-spent-half-million-dollars-to-upgrade-a-luxury-yacht/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s a Sweep: Santorum Carries Colorado, Missouri, Minnesota</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Former Senator Rick Santorum has pulled an upset, carrying all three states up for grabs tonight: Colorado, Missouri, and Minnesota. Romney was expected to easily carry Colorado but ended up falling short in a tight race. Mittens carried the state with 60% of the vote in 2008. In Missouri, Romney was shut out; Santorum carried [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://amerpundit.com/2012/02/08/its-a-sweep-santorum-carries-colorado-missouri-minnesota/</link>
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		<title>Santorum Projected Winner in Minnesota, Too</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a good night for Rick Santorum. NBC News has called both Missouri and Minnesota for the former senator. Update: ABC News joins NBC in calling both states for Santorum. Only Colorado remains uncalled. And now, at 10:32pm, CNN joins in.]]></description>
		<link>http://amerpundit.com/2012/02/07/santorum-projected-winner-in-minnesota-too/</link>
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		<title>Santorum Projected Winner in Missouri</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Former Senator Rick Santorum has won the Missouri Republican primary, NBC News reports. With nearly 40% reporting, Santorum is up big across the state. Update: CNN joins NBC in projecting Santorum as the winner.]]></description>
		<link>http://amerpundit.com/2012/02/07/santorum-projected-winner-in-missouri/</link>
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		<title>Bob Kerrey: I&#8217;m Not Running for Senate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bad news for Democrats in Nebraska today. Bob Kerrey won&#8217;t run to hold retiring Senator Ben Nelson&#8217;s (D-NE) vulnerable Senate seat. “I have given the decision of becoming a candidate for the U.S. Senate very serious thought and prayer,” Kerrey said in an email announcing his decision. “To those who urged me to do so, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://amerpundit.com/2012/02/07/bob-kerrey-im-not-running-for-senate/</link>
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		<title>Feingold Rips Obama for Flipping on Super PACs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ouch. WASHINGTON &#8212; Former Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) ripped into both President Barack Obama and his re-election team on Tuesday morning for backing off its previous criticism of outside spending on campaigns and embracing the role that super PACs will play in the 2012 election. &#8220;It is a dumb approach,&#8221; Feingold said in a phone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://amerpundit.com/2012/02/07/feingold-rips-obama-for-flipping-on-super-pacs/</link>
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		<title>Senate Democrat Profited from Housing Collapse</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Big surprise. New York Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has been an outspoken supporter of banning insider trading in Congress, but she and her husband profited by betting against the housing and real estate market during the 2008 financial crisis&#8230; “We are entrusted with a profound responsibility by the American people to look out for their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://amerpundit.com/2012/02/07/senate-democrat-profited-from-housing-collapse/</link>
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		<title>Obama Flips on Super PACs, Now Asking Donors to Donate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just last month the Obama Administration demonized super PACs as shadowy groups allowing corporations and wealthy Americans to influence the political process without scrutiny. And you probably recall President Obama scolding the Supreme Court during a State of the Union speech a few years back for upholding political speech rights. So you might expect the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://amerpundit.com/2012/02/07/obama-flips-on-super-pacs-now-asking-donors-to-donate/</link>
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		<title>71% of Egyptians Don&#8217;t Want More American Foreign Aide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Works for me. About 7 in 10 Egyptians surveyed by Gallup in December 2011 oppose U.S. economic aid to Egypt, and a similar percentage opposes the U.S. sending direct aid to civil society groups. This rebuke of U.S. financial support may be a challenge for Egypt’s newly elected parliament and its future president as the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://amerpundit.com/2012/02/06/71-of-egyptians-dont-want-more-american-foreign-aide/</link>
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		<title>Thanks, RomneyCare: Massachusetts Looks at Raising Taxes&#8230;Again</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mr. Inevitability&#8217;s biggest legacy in governance. Senate President Therese Murray declined to say Monday whether she’d support a 20 percent increase in the state cigarette tax proposed last month by Gov. Deval Patrick to help fund the exploding cost of health care programs. “The Senate can’t initiate a tax. We’ll see what the House does [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://amerpundit.com/2012/02/06/thanks-romneycare-massachusetts-looks-at-raising-taxes-again/</link>
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		<title>Another Solyndra: Automaker That Received Gov&#8217;t Loan Announces Layoffs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A &#8220;green&#8221; automaker that received a half-billion dollar taxpayer loan from the Obama Administration has announced layoffs in the states of Delaware and California. The layoffs include 26 workers at a former General Motors plant in Wilmington that Fisker is retooling to manufacture its Nina plug-in hybrid sedan. Another 40 contractors and employees who were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://amerpundit.com/2012/02/06/another-solyndra-automaker-that-received-govt-loan-announces-layoffs/</link>
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		<title>Can the Government Force Americans to Buy Chevy Volts?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Good question. Why not? If we accept that Americans can be forced to purchase a certain type of government-approved insurance, why can&#8217;t the government force Americans to buy a certain type of government-approved vehicle? This is exactly the danger of allowing the individual mandate to stand. Once you accept government can force private citizens into [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://amerpundit.com/2012/02/06/can-the-government-force-americans-to-buy-chevy-volts/</link>
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		<title>Florida Bill Would Ban Buying Snack Foods With Food Stamps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Seems like common sense. People using taxpayer money to feed themselves should probably be making the most of what they&#8217;re given. If you can afford Oreos, you can afford a loaf of bread. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. &#8211; A Florida lawmaker is pushing a bill that would ban the use of food stamps to purchase snacks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://amerpundit.com/2012/02/06/florida-bill-would-ban-buying-snack-foods-with-food-stamps/</link>
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		<title>Detroit &#8220;Comeback&#8221; Ad Filmed in New Orleans, Los Angeles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t call it a comeback. No, seriously, don&#8217;t call it a comeback. The spot is supposed to be encouraging, as it focuses on the resilience of Detroit. “It’s halftime. Both teams are in their locker room discussing what they can do to win this game in the second half,” Eastwood says in the spot. “It’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://amerpundit.com/2012/02/06/detroit-comeback-ad-filmed-in-new-orleans-los-angeles/</link>
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		<title>Yeah, the Clint Eastwood Ad Was Probably Pro-Obama</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The part that sealed it for me was the ad&#8217;s reference to nearing halftime in America. That makes little sense in historic terms, but think about what hypothetical &#8220;halftime&#8221; is coming up. The halftime of Obama&#8217;s presidency. He gets two terms constitutionally, we&#8217;re approaching the end of the first. This ad encourages us to stick [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://amerpundit.com/2012/02/06/yeah-the-clint-eastwood-ad-was-probably-pro-obama/</link>
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		<title>Brady&#8217;s Wife Rips His Teammates Over Super Bowl Loss</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To an extent she&#8217;s right: Several times Brady&#8217;s teammates dropped the ball (so to speak). Maybe it cost them the Super Bowl, maybe it didn&#8217;t. But here&#8217;s the thing: You don&#8217;t rip your husband&#8217;s coworkers in public. It&#8217;s classless and creates a divide between your husband and the people he works with on a regular [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://amerpundit.com/2012/02/06/bradys-wife-rips-his-teammates-over-super-bowl-loss/</link>
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		<title>Paul Double-Dipping on Travel Reimbursements?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[His campaign denies but their excuse is, shall we say, less than believable. First, the story: Rep. Ron Paul appears to have been paid twice for flights between Washington, D.C., and his Congressional district, receiving reimbursement from taxpayers and also from a network of political and nonprofit organizations he controlled, according to public records and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://amerpundit.com/2012/02/06/paul-double-dipping-on-travel-reimbursements/</link>
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		<title>Economists Can&#8217;t Explain Unemployment Numbers, Won&#8217;t Rule Out Tampering</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First, Congressman Allen West (R-FL) questions the numbers: &#8220;Can someone tell me how employment in the black community has improved at a rate three times the national average in just a few months?? With numbers like today, urban communities should be well on their way to economic recovery then! There is something suspicious about the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://amerpundit.com/2012/02/04/economists-cant-explain-unemployment-numbers-wont-rule-out-tampering/</link>
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		<title>Romney Held Same Position on Conscience Rights as Obama Does Now</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yet another Mitt Romney flip-flop. WASHINGTON &#8211; Mitt Romney accused President Obama this week of ordering “religious organizations to violate their conscience,’’ referring to a White House decision that requires all health plans &#8211; even those covering employees at Catholic hospitals, charities, and colleges &#8211; to provide free birth control. But a review of Romney’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://amerpundit.com/2012/02/04/romney-held-same-position-on-conscience-rights-as-obama-does-now/</link>
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		<title>Governor Walker&#8217;s Reforms Have Saved $900 Million and Counting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not a typo. Perhaps this is why Governor Walker&#8217;s approval rating is now above water and he leads all of his potential challengers by several points. Conservatives take note.]]></description>
		<link>http://amerpundit.com/2012/02/03/governor-walkers-reforms-have-saved-900-million-and-counting/</link>
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		<title>Radcliffe Admits: I Was Often Drunk Filming Harry Potter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What do you want from me? It&#8217;s a slow news day. (Reuters) &#8211; Daniel Radcliffe admitted he was drunk while filming some scenes for the &#8220;Harry Potter&#8221; movies during a period in his life where he was drinking &#8220;nightly,&#8221; the young star said in an interview. &#8220;I have a very addictive personality. It was a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://amerpundit.com/2012/02/03/radcliffe-admits-i-was-often-drunk-filming-harry-potter/</link>
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		<title>Sierra Club&#8217;s Anti-Coal Campaign Financed by Natural Gas Company</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Big shocker. Yesterday, Sierra Club Executive Driector Michael Brune came clean about his organization&#8217;s profitable relationship with the natural gas industry. Specifically, Brune admitted that his organization had taken $26 million from one of the country&#8217;s largest natural gas companies, Chesapeake Energy, since 2007 to fund the Sierra Club&#8217;s Beyond Coal campaign. The investment for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://amerpundit.com/2012/02/03/sierra-clubs-anti-coal-campaign-financed-by-natural-gas-company/</link>
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		<title>Another Day, Another Obama Wealthy Donor Fundraiser</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama&#8217;s raising $895,000 for his reelection effort today. And yet he&#8217;s only talking to 25 donors. How&#8217;s he doing that? Because the donors are all extremely wealthy. Pres. Obama is raising $895,000 for his re-election campaign this afternoon. It&#8217;s a chat with 25 supporters paying $35,800 per person. Remember this the next time he [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://amerpundit.com/2012/02/03/another-day-another-obama-wealthy-donor-fundraiser/</link>
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		<title>Two American Tourists Kidnapped in Egypt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Good question from Ace: Since Obama claimed the Arab Spring was all the result of his speech in Cairo, can we also attribute this to his speech? Or are only good outcomes attributable to his actions? Two American tourists were kidnapped Friday in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula by Bedouin tribesmen, security sources said. A group of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://amerpundit.com/2012/02/03/two-american-tourists-kidnapped-in-egypt/</link>
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