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	<title>A Second Hand Conjecture &#187; GOP</title>
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		<title>New GOP 2012 Challenger: Gary Johnson?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/21/new-gop-2012-challenger-gary-johnson/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/21/new-gop-2012-challenger-gary-johnson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chris' Page]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Libertarianism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gary johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Sanford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[president]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Paul]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[2012 could be an interesting year for GOP presidential candidates if it features both Mark Sanford and Gary Johnson. This, along with the tea party movements, seems to be an outgrowth of the Ron Paul candidacy, perhaps similar to what &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/21/new-gop-2012-challenger-gary-johnson/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>John Elway for Senate</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/17/john-elway-for-senate/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/17/john-elway-for-senate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 02:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2004]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[colorado]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=6554</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With Obama tapping Ken Salazar for the Interior Department, rumor has it conservative John Elway may step forward to run for his Senate seat in Colorado. This rumor &#8211;similar to one for Mike Ditka in Illinois&#8211; has come and gone &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/17/john-elway-for-senate/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Next Right</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/14/the-next-right/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/14/the-next-right/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[activism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[next right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[right roots]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=6241</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you care any about the future of the Republican party and conservatism in general, you need to be reading The Next Right.]]></description>
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		<title>Sarah Palin in 2012</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/07/sarah-palin-in-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/07/sarah-palin-in-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1976]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservative]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[George HW Bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gerald Ford]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Howard Baker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nomination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rasmussen reports today that Sarah Palin is the choice of 64% of Republicans for the 2012 Republican nomination, and that a staggering 91% of Republicans have a favorable impression of her (equally remarkable, 65% rate their view as &#8216;highly favorable&#8217;). &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/07/sarah-palin-in-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Change the Leadership</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/06/change-the-leadership/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/06/change-the-leadership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Cantor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House of Representatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Boehner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Shadegg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roy Blunt]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=6111</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is good. This is great. This is not. John Boehner has presided over nothing but Republican defeats, why not keep him around eh? If you&#8217;ve had enough House GOP, you might notice someone of quality was reelected.]]></description>
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		<title>Changing Themes in the GOP</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/16/changing-themes-in-the-gop/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/16/changing-themes-in-the-gop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coffee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[embryonic stem cells]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feminism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sexism]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=5717</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Had the radio on driving to get coffee. Rush Limbaugh was denouncing sexism and patriarchal privilege. McCain ad comes on pitching expanding embryonic stem cell research. Boy, haven&#8217;t things changed in the Republican party? For the better, says me.]]></description>
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		<title>The Rise of the Governess</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/29/the-rise-of-the-governess/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/29/the-rise-of-the-governess/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2008]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=4726</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Way back in February 2007, when I was still writing for postpolitical, an obscure little blog popped up pitching Sarah Palin for the Vice Presidency. At the time few were that familiar with Sarah&#8217;s record or wise enough to predict &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/29/the-rise-of-the-governess/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>End of Presidency Job Approvals</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/07/end-of-presidency-job-approvals/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/07/end-of-presidency-job-approvals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Approval ratings for recent presidents at the end of their final terms. Bush will presumably end somewhere in Carter&#8217;s 1980 territory. (About.com) Lest that depress McCain supporters, such measures can of course be highly misleading in predicting general election outcomes &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/07/end-of-presidency-job-approvals/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Targeting the &#8220;Original Maverick&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/07/targeting-the-original-maverick/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/07/targeting-the-original-maverick/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=3875</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(photo: WBEZ Chicago Public Radio &#124; site) Obama&#8217;s newish McSame style attack ad mocking McCain&#8217;s &#8220;original maverick&#8221; slogan is fairly good. As Ken Wheaton notes, all the time McCain had to spend trying to convince the GOP he was a &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/07/targeting-the-original-maverick/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bobby Begins</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/05/jindal-begins/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/05/jindal-begins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bobby Jindal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rumors have it that Bobby Jindal will deliver the keynote address at the RNCC. Shlok Vaidya thinks the GOP intends to position Jindal for 2012, the way the Democrats managed Obama in 2004. Interesting and possible, although such things are &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/05/jindal-begins/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dirty Lying Liberal Media</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/21/dirty-lying-liberal-media/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/21/dirty-lying-liberal-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every good smear deserves a plea to stop the smearer and the dirty apes who support them&#8230; One does have to wonder why the New Yawk Times would first endorse a candidate, and then publish what I would assume was &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/21/dirty-lying-liberal-media/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I Have No Mouth Yet I Must Scream</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/06/i-have-no-mouth-yet-i-must-scream/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/06/i-have-no-mouth-yet-i-must-scream/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Goldfarb denounced Rush Limbaugh and other conservatives as &#8220;disgraceful&#8221; today, for their open criticism of John McCain&#8217;s record and views. He labels it the result of a psychological condition he and other McCain apologists call &#8220;McCain Derangement Syndrome&#8221;: I &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/06/i-have-no-mouth-yet-i-must-scream/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Intervention Needed</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/05/intervention-needed/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/05/intervention-needed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[delegates]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=2397</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m disappointed with the emerging results in the GOP primaries too (the Nightmare Ticket is near), but I&#8217;m actually starting to worry about Mr. Hewitt: &#8220;McCain can&#8217;t be considered a frontrunner by any conventional standard.&#8221; Except in polls, wins, and &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/05/intervention-needed/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;But I Must Eat&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/29/but-i-must-eat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Further conservative consolidation behind Mr. Slick. My friend the Huckabeeist has given in with an endorsement of Mitt Romney.]]></description>
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		<title>Retreat to the Fringe</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/21/retreat-to-the-fringe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 04:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=2161</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Social conservatives and particularly crypto-socialist social conservatives (or &#8220;populists&#8221; if you prefer), are inevitably going to be a minority faction within the GOP. But to their great credit they themselves recognize this. The implications of that self-awareness are dire for &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/21/retreat-to-the-fringe/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Triumph of the Laity</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/20/the-triumph-of-the-laity/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/20/the-triumph-of-the-laity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=2152</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Huckabee campaign staff is bitter and suspicious (as usual). They&#8217;re blaming Fred Thompson&#8217;s 16% showing in South Carolina for ruining their efforts to flood the vote with a social-conservative surge. The surge was nevertheless impressive when it came, in &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/20/the-triumph-of-the-laity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bad News from South Carolina</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/17/bad-news-from-south-carolina/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/17/bad-news-from-south-carolina/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Huckabee the liberation theologist is now tied with McCain in Rasmussen&#8217;s latest poll at 24%. One would hope for South Carolinians to regain their senses prior to the vote, but it doesn&#8217;t look good.]]></description>
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		<title>Frontrunnerless</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/16/frontrunnerless/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=2088</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some people are very happy about the Michigan results: media firms. As Ken Wheaton  points out in Advertising Age, with there still being no clear frontrunner for the GOP nom, spending on advertising is about to go through the roof.]]></description>
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		<title>Liberation Theology Takes a Hit</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/15/liberation-theology-takes-a-hit/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/15/liberation-theology-takes-a-hit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s some splendid news for those of us not delighted by the prospect of a liberation theologist takeover of the Republican Party. Rasmussen is reporting their new South Carolina numbers and Mike Huckabee has lost five points and Fred Thompson &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/15/liberation-theology-takes-a-hit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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