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	<title>Conservative Thought</title>
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	<description>Just another Neon.note.amherst.edu weblog</description>
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		<title>What to make of Sarah Palin</title>
		<link>http://amhpub.amherst.edu/srudman09/blog/2008/09/04/what-to-make-of-sarah-palin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[    McCain&#8217;s surprise choice of Governor Palin as his VP has dominated the post-DNC news cycle. Does the pick represent McCain trying his hand at identity politics; little more than a shameless attempt to attract disaffected Hillary supporters by simply picking a woman? Has McCain found a political soul-mate in Palin as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saddleback Wrap-Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Rudman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Biggest Loser: The Media. Anyone who watched the hype for this event was exposed to talking head after talking head drooling over the prospect that evangelicals had abandoned non-negotiable issues, like life and marriage, in favor of a big government approach to things like health-care and poverty, and might even be persuaded to ditch the GOP for Obama.]]></description>
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		<title>Return of the Bear?</title>
		<link>http://amhpub.amherst.edu/srudman09/blog/2008/08/15/return-of-the-bear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Rudman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[   Since the end of the Cold War the only bear most Americans have had to worry about has been the occassional bad market striking at their 401k&#8217;s. With this past week&#8217;s invasion of Georgia, however, and today&#8217;s threat (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080815/ap_on_re_eu/russia_us_missile_defense) against Poland, an aggressive Russia may be a reality again. Poland is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Terrible Ad</title>
		<link>http://amhpub.amherst.edu/srudman09/blog/2008/08/11/one-terrible-ad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Rudman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple weeks ago the McCain campaign started to air attack ads focused on Obama&#8217;s celebrity. The first one, famously featuring Paris Hilton, was pretty stupid but drove the news cycle for the whole week. The second one, called &#8220;the one,&#8221; was actually funny. This latest ad, called &#8220;Fan Club,&#8221; is incredibly stupid. Did they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meet The Press 7/13</title>
		<link>http://amhpub.amherst.edu/srudman09/blog/2008/07/13/meet-the-press-713/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Rudman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Sen. McCaskill vs Carly Fiorina on Meet The Press this morning. The contrast between a politician and a business executive was stark. McCaskill preached the unhappy gospel of class warfare and overregulation. When asked how Obama planned to pay for his proposed middle class tax cuts she explained that they would be taken from that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Last Thing Obama Needed</title>
		<link>http://amhpub.amherst.edu/srudman09/blog/2008/07/12/the-last-thing-obama-needed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Rudman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/12/us/politics/12obama.html?_r=1&#38;adxnnl=1&#38;oref=slogin&#38;ref=todayspaper&#38;adxnnlx=1215893032-ceMOLJ2mKolZnvn8vq7qlQ
The organizers of a televised town hall at a military base have gone public to pressure Obama to accept their invitation. He really has no good options on this one. He can show up to a town hall, McCain&#8217;s favorite format, about the war in Iraq, McCain&#8217;s favorite subject, full of active duty soldiers and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some on the Left Less than Pleased</title>
		<link>http://amhpub.amherst.edu/srudman09/blog/2008/07/08/some-on-the-left-less-than-pleased/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Rudman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Of course, anytime I write something nice about Sen. Obama it probably means the Left is getting uneasy, some people want hope and change back without the moderate policies it takes to win:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/08/opinion/08herbert.html?_r=2&#38;hp&#38;oref=slogin&#38;oref=slogin
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/07/obama_leaves_blue_women_seeing.html
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		<title>Obama Running a Great Campaign</title>
		<link>http://amhpub.amherst.edu/srudman09/blog/2008/07/08/obama-running-a-great-campaign/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Rudman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[  Senator Obama and his campaign are threatening to quash the hopes of conservative critics, myself included, who speculated that an untested idealist with radical ties and vacuous positions might wilt in the spotlight. He is thriving on the trail and his organization is making a mockery of their Republican counterparts. Obama has undergone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Worst Idea Ever?</title>
		<link>http://amhpub.amherst.edu/srudman09/blog/2008/07/01/the-worst-idea-ever/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Rudman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[  James Kirchick&#8217;s piece on Politico today noted the seemingly coordinated criticism of McCain&#8217;s military record by Obama supporters or surrogates: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/11463.html
I can&#8217;t believe that this is, as Kirchick suggests, something being done at the behest of the campaign. Why on earth would Obama, leading in every poll, change the message of the campaign [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;You&#8217;re not Jordan!&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://amhpub.amherst.edu/srudman09/blog/2008/06/21/your-not-jordan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Rudman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ This past Tuesday the Boston Celtics finally got done playing Ronald Reagan to the Los Angeles Lakers Walter Mondale. For the week and a half that the series lasted the Celtics did everything right. They played tougher defense, they competed with a higher level of intensity, they executed their offense better, they hit the [...]]]></description>
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