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		<title>Cocktail Politics, Rio Rancho Office Space and Truman Republicans</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/03/cocktail-politics-rio-rancho-office-space-and-truman-republicans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It occurs to me that the sequence of cocktails is the best political indicator I know of on election night. In 2004 I was attending a Democratic election party and early on everyone was drinking wine and martinis in stemware, &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/03/cocktail-politics-rio-rancho-office-space-and-truman-republicans/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>John McCain and Sarah Palin: Fairfax Gallery</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/11/john-mccain-and-sarah-palin-fairfax-gallery/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/11/john-mccain-and-sarah-palin-fairfax-gallery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ron Hilton caught some great shots at the McCain/Palin rally in Fairfax, Virginia. He was gracious enough to let us post them here for you:]]></description>
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		<title>Countering Palin</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/04/countering-palin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times is reporting that Obama is developing a plan for all-female rapid-response teams to be sent around the country in an effort to counter Palin as she travels. A wise move.]]></description>
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		<title>Reading Ahead</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/04/reading-ahead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the McCain campaign via NRO, the teleprompter had a glitch throughout the entire Palin speech. It continued to roll without pause for applause and thus would have been badly out of sync for her. Had no effect at &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/04/reading-ahead/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Bitter Absolution for Sarah Palin</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/01/a-bitter-absolution-for-sarah-palin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It would seem the innuendo campaign alleging the illegitimacy of Sarah Palin&#8217;s son Trig, inadvertantly uncovered a real family tragedy to media attention. As Jay Tea points out, the circumstances of that situation make it physically impossible for the campaign &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/01/a-bitter-absolution-for-sarah-palin/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sarah Nouveau Riche</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/31/sarah-nouveau-riche/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[She raised less than $500k for the Alaska governor&#8217;s race in 2006. But as McCain&#8217;s running mate, Palin&#8217;s inaugurated a seven million dollar surge in donations to the McCain campaign. Given the excitement (near ecstasy, really) on the political right &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/31/sarah-nouveau-riche/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Swift Retreat</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/29/a-swift-retreat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obama moves to distance himself from his own campaign&#8217;s harshly antagonistic rhetoric against Palin. Commendable, but probably unwise. Palin represents a direct threat to one of Obama&#8217;s core constituencies and thus it would be to his advantage to define her &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/29/a-swift-retreat/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Looking for an Angle of Attack</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/29/looking-for-an-angle-of-attack/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Politico notices that the initial attacks against Sarah Palin from the Obama campaign have been, well, fumbling and badly considered. They volunteer some help to the befuddled Obama Nation, by suggesting that Palin&#8217;s respect for Hillary Clinton&#8217;s complaints of sexism &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/29/looking-for-an-angle-of-attack/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Biden/Cheney 200X</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/23/bidencheney-200x/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Goodwin concludes that the Biden pick is identical in cause and format to Bush&#8217;s selection of Dick Cheney in 2000. I tend to agree, but then I&#8217;ve been convinced for a long time that Obama&#8217;s entire campaign is all &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/23/bidencheney-200x/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What Does Obama Own?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/16/what-does-obama-own/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is there an issue equivalent to McCain&#8217;s strength in certain foreign policy areas, where Obama can be said to dominate the debate? A worried group of Democratic leaders have concluded that there isn&#8217;t, and Obama&#8217;s appeal is a kind of &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/16/what-does-obama-own/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Russian Imperialism and the Election</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/16/russian-imperialism-and-the-election/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(photo: Chris Dunn) John Bolton argues that the future of Russian imperialism in Eurasia rides on the outcome of the US presidential election. Unsurprisingly, he pitches McCain: &#8220;First reactions, before the campaigns’ pollsters and consultants get involved are always the &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/16/russian-imperialism-and-the-election/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>QandO Podcast</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/10/qando-podcast-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[McQ, Dale and I discuss the Russian campaign against Georgia over South Ossetia. Generally I feel that our support should belong to Georgia. However, Georgia has severely miscalculated in this matter, and frankly our options are limited. At best, we &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/10/qando-podcast-3/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Virtues of Celebrity Foreign Policy</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/05/the-virtues-of-celebrity-foreign-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Photo: Alice E. Backer &#124; blog) Andrew Galasetti at Lyved is an extremely devoted admirer of Obama. While fanatical devotion can blind &#8212; Galasetti thinks for instance that the McCain celebrity charge backfired, when the polls suggest a different picture &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/05/the-virtues-of-celebrity-foreign-policy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of Trying too Hard</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/31/the-art-of-trying-too-hard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(photo: dgeuzen) John Riley at Newsday is criticizing John McCain&#8217;s &#8220;Celeb&#8221; ad on the grounds that &#8220;anyone knows&#8221; Britney Spears and Paris Hilton just aren&#8217;t celebrity enough. Points for novelty at least. To reinforce his argument, he cites the Forbes &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/31/the-art-of-trying-too-hard/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>McCain&#8217;s Social Surrender</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/15/mccain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ben Adler observes the painfully obvious fact that McCain&#8217;s social media strategy is largely nonexistent, and ineptly executed where it does exist. Yeah, tell you something you didn&#8217;t know right? Well, I&#8217;m just wishing somebody would tell Mark Soohoo, McCain&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/15/mccain/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ban All Pointy Objects</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/02/ban-all-pointy-objects/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It might sound like a bad t-shirt from a gun show, but I&#8217;m afraid it&#8217;s entirely true: Pat Regan, a prominent British anti-gun rights campaigner, who worked for years to abolish the private ownership of firearms in Britain&#8230;has been stabbed &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/02/ban-all-pointy-objects/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Where&#8217;s The Youth?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/12/wheres-the-youth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The current dust-up over the Cuban-Che flag (flags?) hanging in the Houston campaign office for Barack Obama (opened by supporters, with actual staffers intended to occupy by next week), has spawned some interesting commentary. Captain Ed advised: Oh, my. Barack &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/12/wheres-the-youth/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ronpaul&#8217;s Millions</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/10/ronpauls-millions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the sadder aspects of Ronpaul&#8217;s candidacy is how many people (who can barely afford to do so), have been convinced to give well over their means to his campaign. My friend Jason has a co-worker who he believes &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/10/ronpauls-millions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Utah Against Huckabee</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/08/utah-against-huckabee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo: Wolfgang Staudt Ken at Oblogatory Anecdotes, along with many other Mormon Romney supporters, is naturally very disappointed about Mitt&#8217;s withdrawal from the Republican race. Like many Mormons Ken is convinced Romney was defeated &#8220;for the most part because of &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/08/utah-against-huckabee/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Beautiful Obama</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/07/beautiful-obama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 07:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Whatever else happens, Barack Obama has the most elegant and beautiful campaign website I&#8217;ve ever seen. I&#8217;m not sure when they switched to this latest design, as I haven&#8217;t been back there in awhile, but it&#8217;s really gorgeously done &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/07/beautiful-obama/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fighting the Death of Germany</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/04/fighting-the-death-of-germany/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[75% of Germans believe that their society is hostile to children. That&#8217;s a toxic attitude to combine with an appalling 1.3 children-per-woman fertility rate. Well below the replacement rate, the country is literally dying out over time. To attack the &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/04/fighting-the-death-of-germany/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections on Fred</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/23/reflections-on-fred/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was a post better suited for yesterday and Fred&#8217;s withdrawal, but I suppose I let myself get distracted without posting it. It should go without saying that while I was unsurprised by the event, it was nevertheless disappointing. But &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/23/reflections-on-fred/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Goes National</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/22/obama-goes-national/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama launches the first nation-wide television advertising campaign (cable tv spot on CNN and MSNBC). Team Hillary is upset about the violation to the DNC Florida campaigning boycott. She&#8217;s probably more upset by how strong this ad is.]]></description>
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