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	<title>as we may blog &#187; Politics</title>
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		<title>Friday, November 5th, 2004</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mattbot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Change we really, really wanted to believe in.]]></description>
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		<title>Wealth of Nations: Comment: The New Yorker</title>
		<link>http://www.asstastic.org/blog/2008/wealth-of-nations-comment-the-new-yorker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mattbot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New Yorker juxtaposes Mike Bloomberg&#8217;s presidential flirtations with a little history about third parties in US presidential elections. But, as Remnick asks, is Bloomberg really just another bee, a spoiler candidate along the lines of Nader or Perot? In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, especially, third-party candidacies usually grew organically out of some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liz Lemon &#8211; Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</title>
		<link>http://www.asstastic.org/blog/2008/liz-lemon-wikipedia-the-free-encyclopedia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mattbot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[She is frequently portrayed endorsing Barack Obama and she apparently dislikes Hillary Clinton. Despite her vocal support of Obama that there is an &#8220;eighty percent chance&#8221; that she will end up secretly voting for John McCain in the 2008 election. Liz Lemon &#8211; Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Let Iowans do the hard work&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.asstastic.org/blog/2007/let-iowans-do-the-hard-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mattbot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iowa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to two economists studying bandwagon effects in sequential voting systems like the United States&#8217; presidential primary system, &#8220;early voters have up to 20 times the influence of late voters in the selection of candidates.&#8221; From the abstract: Candidates experience momentum effects when their performance in early states exceeds expectations. The empirical application focuses on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If this brings us one step closer to a Marty Markowitz mayoralty, then I fully endorse Bloomberg &#8217;08</title>
		<link>http://www.asstastic.org/blog/2007/if-this-brings-us-one-step-closer-to-a-marty-markowitz-mayoralty-then-i-fully-endorse-bloomberg-08/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 22:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mattbot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fine journalists at the Washington Times bring us news of another New York City mayor (no, not Koch) contemplating a run for president, this one as an independent candidate. I particularly enjoyed this line: The Bloomberg team is studying the strategies of Mr. Perot, the Texas billionaire whose 1992 presidential campaign helped President Clinton [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outta comptrol</title>
		<link>http://www.asstastic.org/blog/2006/outta-comptrol/</link>
		<comments>http://www.asstastic.org/blog/2006/outta-comptrol/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2006 16:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mattbot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I decided early on that only one issue mattered to me this election: why the hell do some people pronounce the word comptroller like controller? Dictionary.com provides the usage note: In the 15th century, the word controller developed the alternate spelling comptroller as a result of an association between the first part of the word, [...]]]></description>
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		<title></title>
		<link>http://www.asstastic.org/blog/2004/stewart-colbert-08/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2004 21:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mattbot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<title>Vote</title>
		<link>http://www.asstastic.org/blog/2004/vote/</link>
		<comments>http://www.asstastic.org/blog/2004/vote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2004 14:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mattbot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m off to vote as soon as I finish my gallon of coffee. Discuss your voting experience here! UPDATE: This is probably illegal or something, but here&#8217;s a mobile phone shot of the line. About a half hour total, maybe a little longer. A few people in line said they&#8217;d never had to wait in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Case in point</title>
		<link>http://www.asstastic.org/blog/2004/case-in-point/</link>
		<comments>http://www.asstastic.org/blog/2004/case-in-point/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2004 05:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mattbot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Or, why I don&#8217;t watch cable news. (I&#8217;d put scare quotes around &#34;news&#34; if I hadn&#8217;t already had 28 beers.) Fox commentators like Bill O&#8217;Reilly and Sean Hannity are famous for their informal, intemperate manner of speech. But the debate on programs like &#8220;Crossfire,&#8221; on CNN, is often as heated &#8211; and as full of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keep your arms and legs inside the swift boat at all times</title>
		<link>http://www.asstastic.org/blog/2004/keep-your-arms-and-legs-inside-the-swift-boat-at-all-times/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2004 14:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mattbot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This Swift Boat Veterans for Truth nonsense is finally getting the attention of the mainstream liberal press. Unfortunately, it&#8217;s not the kind of attention the ad&#8217;s creators anticipated. I dunno. There&#8217;s not a whole lot to say that wouldn&#8217;t just be parroting someone else&#8217;s insights. This brand of political mudslinging is nothing new, and Kerry [...]]]></description>
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