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							<title><![CDATA[Deaf to America: Dems Better Off Not Passing Bill]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Gerstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As I listened to the same tone-deaf talking points from the congressional Democrats at the White House health care summit last week, I was reminded of the classic excuse politicians use about their comments being taken out of context. In this case, and many others, the Democrats are...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Shouldn't Over-Interpret Brown's Victory]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/2010/01/20/scott-brown-health-care-republicans-democrats-opinions-columnists-dan-gerstein.html?boxes=opinionschannellighttop</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Gerstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Scott Brown's stunning victory in Massachusett's special Senate election on Tuesday may be the most perfect expression of symbolic symmetry in modern American politics. The unknown Republican officially burst the Obama bubble on the very eve of the president's one-year anniversary in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Reid's Gaffe is Least of Democrats' Worries]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/2010/01/12/harry-reid-nancy-pelosi-race-opinions-columnists-dan-gerstein.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Gerstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Washington has completed its latest kangaroo court in the case of Reid vs. Race, and the predictable verdict is hyperventilation and mortification on all counts. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said something boneheaded to a couple of reporters in praise of the presidential candidate...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Political Forecast for 2010]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/2009/12/29/barack-obama-white-house-predictions-opinions-columnists-dan-gerstein.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Gerstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As a young political junkie and wannabe wordsmith, one of my favorite year-end traditions was reading William Safire's "Office Pool" column in The New York Times with his predictions for the year ahead. No one did smart and tart like the legendary language maven and pundit, who inspired...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's the Stupidity About the Economy, Stupid]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/10/economy-health-care-banks-opinions-columnists-dan-gerstein.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Gerstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Of all the simplistic, self-serving interpretations that have been proffered about last week's off-year election results, the one getting the most common purchase is that old Clintonian saw, "It's the economy, stupid." Voters are extra angry and anxious about this painful recession,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Ill-Advised Staffing: 'All Campaign Hacks&amp;#039]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/03/barack-obama-white-house-staff-opinions-columnists-dan-gerstein.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Gerstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On the eve of the first election of the Obama era, the Washington Post ran a long profile Monday of the White House's "low-profile" political director, Patrick Gaspard. It was an unremarkable story filled with unremarkable tidbits about how the unassuming Gaspard has thrived in a West...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Extreme Takeover, Washington Edition]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/2009/10/27/harry-reid-public-option-barack-obama-opinions-columnists-dan-gerstein.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Gerstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Monday's big news that Harry Reid was opting for the public option in the Senate health care bill provided one of those rare clarifying moments in American politics that actually exceeded the hype it generated. In one fell (and potentially felling) swoop, the soft-spoken Senate Majority...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Are Own Worst Enemy on Health Care]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/25/health-care-debate-democrats-opinions-columnists-dan-gerstein.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Gerstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With the political prognosis for health care reform turning from poor to likely terminal, many of my fellow Democrats are grieving through grievance. They're lashing out at friends and foes alike, blaming everyone from Sarah Palin to the nutty Nazi lady from Barney Frank's town hall to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A New Way To Fund Health Care Reform]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/2009/05/12/health-care-reform-obama-opinions-columnists-bonds.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Gerstein</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[How to Fix the White House Personnel Problem]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/2009/03/24/geithner-summers-gibbs-opinions-columnists-obama.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Public Still Wants Obama to Change Washington]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/17/democrats-republicans-stimulus-opinions-columnists_0218_dan_gerstein.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Bailout Bonus Smackdown]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/04/stimulus-obama-daschle-opinions-columnists_0205_dan_gerstein.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Gerstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As the stimulus debate has picked up speed, Tom Friedman has aptly summed up the challenge we face in responding to the multifront economic crisis by saying, "We're going to need a bigger boat," paraphrasing a favorite line of mine from the movie Jaws.Today, given all the recent...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Stimulus Fight You Should Be Watching]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Barack Obama And the Big Three]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/opinions/2008/11/18/obama-congress-autos-oped-cx_dg_1119gerstein.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Don't Underestimate Obama's Political Skills]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/opinions/2008/11/05/conservatives-right-obama-oped-cx_dg_1106gerstein.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Gerstein</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[R.I.P. Reagan Revolution]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/opinions/2008/10/21/republican-moderate-swing-oped-cx_dg_1022gerstein.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[McCain's Mad Men]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/opinions/2008/10/14/mccain-bush-strategists-oped-cx_dg_1015gerstein.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Gerstein</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Shouldn't Worry, Obama is in Good Shape]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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