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	<title>The Prez Fight</title>
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	<description>The latest on the race for the presidency</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>McCain to name his veep choice on Aug. 29?</title>
		<link>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/prezfight/2008/08/19/mccain-to-name-his-veep-choice-on-aug-29/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob von Sternberg</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a report posted online this morning, John McCain plans to name his running mate on Aug. 29, which happens to be his 72nd birthday &#8212; and, not coincidentally, the day after Barack Obama accepts the Democratic nomination.
The report, attributed to unnamed Republican sources by the Politico, emphasized the fact that McCain has kept [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tit for tat in the air war: taxes and the economy (God, too)</title>
		<link>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/prezfight/2008/08/15/tit-for-tat-in-the-air-war-taxes-and-the-economy-god-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob von Sternberg</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In the doldrums of August, with John McCain dominating the current news cycle while Barack Obama wraps up his vacation in Hawaii, both campaigns have been stepping up their attack ads.
McCain&#8217;s most recent dumps the Paris Hilton references, but keeps alive his campaign&#8217;s &#8220;mere celebrity&#8221; rap on Obama in his new &#8220;Taxman&#8221; ad:



Obama&#8217;s ad, &#8220;Fix [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More ads, back atchya&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/prezfight/2008/08/01/more-ads-back-atchya/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob von Sternberg</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[None too pleased about John McCain&#8217;s &#8220;Celeb&#8221; ad that has largely defined the campaign this week, the Democratic National Committee has fired back with this ad:




Figuring their first shot at least drew blood, McCain&#8217;s ad shop came back with more mockery of Obama, in an ad called &#8220;The One&#8221; (the snark nickname McCain staffers have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Travels with Pawlenty (and a piece of foreshadowing)</title>
		<link>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/prezfight/2008/08/01/travels-with-pawlenty-and-a-piece-of-foreshadowing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob von Sternberg</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[While the breathless speculation about Vice President Tim Pawlenty has largely quieted as the week has wound down considerably, his immediate travel plans have kept the veep buzz alive.
On Saturday, he&#8217;ll be campaigning in Iowa, at the invitation of the state GOP. Come Monday, he&#8217;ll be in Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, for a send-off for Minnesota [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrity, elitism and presumptuous politics on the trail</title>
		<link>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/prezfight/2008/07/30/celebrity-elitism-and-presumptuous-politics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob von Sternberg</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of Barack Obama&#8217;s largely successful world tour, a new meme has wafted into the campaign, pushed hard by John McCain&#8217;s people and validated by some members of the media who have clearly had it up to here with what they see as the Obama campaign&#8217;s arrogant insularity.
In full mocking mode, McCain campaign [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8230;today on the Pawlenty veep watch</title>
		<link>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/prezfight/2008/07/30/today-on-the-pawlenty-veep-watch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob von Sternberg</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Not much new to report, but a couple of nuggets are worth passing along.
The Las Vegas Sun reports that, in the eyes of offshore bettors, the odds are looking good for our governor:
The so-called “steam” — slang for a rush of betting action — indicates plenty of recent support for Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As Leno said last week, Tim WHO?</title>
		<link>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/prezfight/2008/07/28/as-leno-said-last-week-tim-who/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/prezfight/2008/07/28/as-leno-said-last-week-tim-who/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob von Sternberg</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In the absence of anything resembling real news (much less fresh facts) about John McCain&#8217;s decision about a running mate, here&#8217;s some fresh entrail-reading, courtesy of the Rasmussen Reports polling firm.
In what amounts to little more than a national name-recognition pop quiz of the 1,000 likely voters the company surveyed, it turns out that Gov. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8230;perhaps not the kind of attention he appreciates</title>
		<link>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/prezfight/2008/07/25/perhaps-not-the-kind-of-attention-he-appreciates/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/prezfight/2008/07/25/perhaps-not-the-kind-of-attention-he-appreciates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob von Sternberg</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, Gov. Tim Pawlenty may have quit talking about the veepstakes, but the buzz surrounding him made its way into Jay Leno&#8217;s Tonight Show monologue Thursday night.
No video yet, but here&#8217;s the transcript, via The Politico:
 “Well, it was leaked &#8230; John McCain could be leaning towards [Minnesota governor] Tim Pawlenty. I know what you&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pawlenty: Nope, uh-uh, zilch, nada, zero to say about VP</title>
		<link>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/prezfight/2008/07/24/pawlenty-nope-uh-uh-zilch-nada-zero-to-say-about-vp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob von Sternberg</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It was billed as a press conference to tout John McCain&#8217;s energy policy, starring Gov. Tim Pawlenty at a suburban service station, but &#8212; surprise &#8212; alll the gathered press wanted to talk about was the veepstakes.
Pawlenty wasn&#8217;t biting this afternoon &#8212; any more than he has all week, as speculation has continued to mount [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pawlenty veep watch, red alert?</title>
		<link>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/prezfight/2008/07/23/pawlenty-veep-watch-code-red/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/prezfight/2008/07/23/pawlenty-veep-watch-code-red/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob von Sternberg</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In a week when John McCain&#8217;s aides have been mocking Barack Obama as The One, it&#8217;s worth asking if Gov. Tim Pawlenty might just be The One McCain has decided to choose as his running mate.
The GOP veepstakes speculation cranked into high gear Monday amid speculation that McCain might go public with his choice this [...]]]></description>
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