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	<title>A Second Hand Conjecture &#187; convention</title>
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		<title>McCain&#8217;s Color Problem</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/06/mccains-color-problem/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/06/mccains-color-problem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The atrocious background colors displayed on the silly jumbotron during John McCain&#8217;s convention speech shouldn&#8217;t have been difficult to avoid. As BestWeekEver sadly illustrates, almost anything would have been an improvement. The solid pastel blue and green backgrounds made their &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/06/mccains-color-problem/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Fine Figure of a Republican</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/03/a-fine-figure-of-a-republican/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/03/a-fine-figure-of-a-republican/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=5209</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The title is what Time Magazine labeled New Jersey&#8217;s Senator William Warren Barbour in 1940. The expression takes on a better curve for Sarah Palin, but it fits the occasion of a very partisan and frankly rather phenomenal speech tonight &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/03/a-fine-figure-of-a-republican/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bush Mentions at the Convention</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/03/bush-mentions-at-the-convention/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/03/bush-mentions-at-the-convention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bush]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=5199</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to ThinkProgress&#8217; count President Bush went completely unmentioned last night at the convention. Rather sad and rather weak. There are plenty of defensible polices of the administration (if there seem to be an equal number of indefensible ones). Avoiding &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/03/bush-mentions-at-the-convention/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Making McCain&#8217;s Platform</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/01/making-mccains-platform/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/01/making-mccains-platform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=5020</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A bit of a departure from the Bush/Cheney experience in 2000 and 2004.]]></description>
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		<title>An Unacceptable Acceptance</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/30/an-unacceptable-acceptance/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/30/an-unacceptable-acceptance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=4854</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, here is an embarrassing prospect. It seems the Republican leadership may boycott the Republican convention in Minnesota, for fear of a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico. The top elected Republican governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, was already boycotting. But now &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/30/an-unacceptable-acceptance/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Everything is Marketing</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/25/everything-is-marketing/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/25/everything-is-marketing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikeR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Positive LibertyDA Ridgely on staged events.]]></description>
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		<title>Biden Blues</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/24/biden-blues/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/24/biden-blues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2008]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=4658</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A majority of voters approve of Obama&#8217;s selection of Joe Biden in CNN&#8217;s first poll after the tap. Unfortunately for Obama and his new Veep, the choice appears to have further angered and alienated Hillary&#8217;s sad little village. Thus, Obama &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/24/biden-blues/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mark Sanford for Veep?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/20/mark-sanford-for-veep/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/20/mark-sanford-for-veep/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=4568</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jason notices that a significant name is missing from the speaking lineup at the Republican convention. The libertarian South Carolina governor and longtime McCain backer would be an unexpected and welcome selection.]]></description>
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		<title>Delegating it to the Superdelegates</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/08/delegating-it-to-the-superdelegates/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/08/delegating-it-to-the-superdelegates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=2428</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Steven Taylor takes a look at Paul Kane&#8216;s conclusion that it is now mathematically impossible for either Obama or Clinton to win the nomination with pledged delegates, and notes that a super-delegate decided nominee represents an enormous political problem for &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/08/delegating-it-to-the-superdelegates/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lieberman Stripped of Superdelegate Status</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/07/lieberman-stripped-of-superdelegate-status/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/07/lieberman-stripped-of-superdelegate-status/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=2425</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Because of his support/endorsement of McCain. The Dems made a rule (because of Zell Miller and his endorsement of Bush in 04) that any democrat crossing the lines to endorse a republican (or presumably 3rd party too) candidate would be &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/07/lieberman-stripped-of-superdelegate-status/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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