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							<title><![CDATA[Dem Debate an Evening of Substance]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Smerconish</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The minute it ended, I crowned a victor in Tuesday night's Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas: substance.Standing in the venue, I tweeted: "See it is possible - to have civil, intelligent discourse that is also entertaining." While 66 people immediately retweeted my observation...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOPers, Take Note of Reagan's Words]]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/20150920_The_Pulse__Take_note__candidates__of_Reagan_s_words.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Smerconish</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Pope Francis Will Impact 2016 Race]]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/20150531_The_Pulse__Watch_this_player_in_presidential_race__The_pope.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Smerconish</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Charles and David Koch. Sheldon Adelson. Karl Rove. George Soros. The index is long of those who aren't running for president but will nevertheless influence the outcome. To the list we need to add Pope Francis. Unlike the others, the pontiff won't be endorsing anyone, but given his...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Beware Right Wing Extremists in U.S.]]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/20140615_The_Pulse__Beware_extremists_in_the_U_S_.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Smerconish</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Twists of Bergdahl's Release]]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/20140608_The_Pulse__The_twists_of_Bergdahl_s_release.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Smerconish</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Lone Survivor's Story]]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/20140119_The_Pulse__Fate_of_goatherds_was_open_to_interpretation_in__Survivor_.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Smerconish</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What to do with the goatherds?That's the moral and ethical question that lingered long after readers closed the cover on Marcus Luttrell's 2007 best-seller, Lone Survivor. The movie version of the book, starring Mark Wahlberg, is drawing large crowds nationwide.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bachmann and the GOP's Woe]]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/inquirer/20130602_The_Pulse__A_vision_of_party_s_woe.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Smerconish</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Bob Dole took to Fox News last Sunday to share his views on the state of the Republican Party. Dole said he doubted that Ronald Reagan would be welcome in the current GOP (echoing what Jeb Bush said last year about the Gipper and Bush's father, George H.W. Bush). Dole said the party...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Defense of &quot;You Didn't Build That!&quot;]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-smerconish/you-didnt-build-that-in-c_b_1721794.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Smerconish</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Elizabeth Warren said it better than Barack Obama. And the president's presentation wasn't helped when supporters of Mitt Romney edited his words. Sadly, lost in a squabble over "you didn't build that" was the opportunity for a more serious conversation about social contracts.Last...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Christie Should Run, He May Never Be Hotter]]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/michael_smerconish/20110626_The_Pulse__Christie_should_run_now__he_may_never_be_this_hot_again.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Smerconish</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Chris Christie should run for president now, assuming he aspires to  ever hold that office. The GOP field for 2012 remains wide open, while  there is no telling how a 2016 (or later) field could shape up. The  economy is the focal point this cycle, so Christie's reputation as a ...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DOJ Must Proceed on Panther Case]]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/dailynews/opinion/20100715_Michael_Smerconish__Samir_Shabazz_and_Jerry_Jackson__the_two_New_Black_Panthers_at_the_Philadelphia_polling_place__were_clowns_-_but_dangerous_ones.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Smerconish</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I'M THINKING that the actions of the New Black Panthers on Election Day  in 2008 were more about TV than turnout.Samir Shabazz and Jerry Jackson posted up outside the old Richard Allen  Homes at 12th Street and Fairmount Avenue, which is in the 14th Ward's  4th voting division.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[More Like a Pol Than a Judge]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/05/28/more_like_a_pol_than_a_judge_96712.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Smerconish</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Judge Sonia Sotomayor's 2001 speech at the University of California-Berkeley Law School is a cross-examiner's dream. Too bad in these politically correct times no senator is likely to use it as a roadmap to learn if the judge is better suited for Congress than for the Supreme Court.
The...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Ails News: Entertainmentitis]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/03/what_ails_news_entertainmentit.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Smerconish</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Monday, I went looking for more information about the 27-year-old man who walked into a Maryville, Ill., church and killed the Rev. Fred Winters.You know that story.Terry Joe Sedlacek's first shot hit Winters' Bible, spraying shredded bits of it into the air. Another hit his...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Where's the GOP's Rick Santelli?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/02/wheres_the_gops_rick_santelli.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Smerconish</author>
							<description><![CDATA[CANTOR. Boehner. McConnell. Pence.They're the ones who are supposed to articulate the position of the loyal opposition. Instead it's a guy named Santelli, and unlike these members of Congress, he has no portfolio.Still, he did something none of the 178 House Republicans who voted against...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Flying Blind on the Stimulus]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/02/flying_blind_on_the_stimulus.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Smerconish</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Why should we believe any experts who tell us what's wrong with the economy, or how to fix it, when none of them saw it coming?Heck, the best and brightest can't even agree on the president's plan. But at his recent news conference, President Obama said that despite "sincere" objectors...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Torture Must Remain an Option of Last Resort]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/01/torture_must_remain_an_option.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Smerconish</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If President Obama had read The Inquirer on Tuesday, he would have seen this headline: " 'We're proud' of 9/11, Guantanamo pair say." What followed was an Associated Press story on what could be the last session of the war-crimes court in Guantanamo Bay."We did what we did; we're proud...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama &amp; Ayers: Guilt by Association?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/dailynews/opinion/20081009_Michael_Smerconish__Obama___Ayers__Guilt_by_association_.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Smerconish</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Superdelegates' Job: Pick a Winner]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/06/superdelegates_job_pick_a_winn.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Smerconish</author>
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