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							<title><![CDATA[Interview with Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/04/21/interview_with_pennsylvania_gov_ed_rendell_105279.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Hardball</author>
							<description><![CDATA[RACHEL MADDOW: Joining us now is Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell.  He&lsquo;s the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
Governor Rendell, thanks very much for joining us tonight.
GOV. ED RENDELL (D), PENNSYLVANIA:  My pleasure.
MADDOW:  State and local governments are in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rep. Gerry Connolly on Health Care]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/03/17/rep_gerry_connolly_on_health_care_104826.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Hardball</author>
							<description><![CDATA[MATTHEWS:  Congressman Gerry Connolly&lsquo;s a Democrat from Virginia who voted yes back in November for health care and now says he&lsquo;s not-
Congressman, everybody respects you and your thinking on this.  What is it?
Where are you on health care right now as the vote comes up on...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Interview with Rep. John Larson]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/03/15/interview_with_rep_john_larson_104784.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Hardball</author>
							<description><![CDATA[MATTHEWS:  Boy, were they young.  Well, there you have it, Roosevelt, Nixon and Clinton all making the case for national health, and here we are on the verge perhaps of doing it.  Will this effort this time succeed, Congressman?
REP. JOHN LARSON (D-CT), DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS CHAIR: ...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Interviews with Reps. Clyburn &amp; Issa]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/02/25/interviews_with_reps_clyburn__issa_104575.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Hardball</author>
							<description><![CDATA[MATTHEWS:  Welcome back to HARDBALL and to this special edition of HARDBALL.  Congressman Jim Clyburn of South Carolina is the Democratic whip.  He is one of the top leaders of the House.  And he was sitting there.  Congressman, thank you for staying with us tonight and giving us your...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Reps. Connolly &amp; McCotter Debate Health Care]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/02/22/reps_connolly__mccotter_debate_health_care_104523.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Hardball</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We begin with President Obama&lsquo;s strategy to push through health care reform.  Congressman Gerry Connolly&lsquo;s a Democrat from Virginia and Congressman Thaddeus McCotter is a Michigan Republican.  Gentlemen, thank you.
Let me take a look right now at the president&lsquo;s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Economic Adviser on the Stimulus Package]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/02/17/biden_economic_adviser_on_the_stimulus_package_104464.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Hardball</author>
							<description><![CDATA[MATTHEWS:  Welcome back to HARDBALL.  That was President Obama today, marking the one-year anniversary of his stimulus bill.  Jared Bernstein is chief economic adviser for Vice President Biden.
Jared, thank you so much for joining us on a cold day out there.  Let me ask you about the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Interview with Senator Judd Gregg]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/02/11/interview_with_senator_judd_gregg_100279.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Hardball</author>
							<description><![CDATA[MATTHEWS:  We will have much more on the condition of former President Bill Clinton who is at a hospital in New York tonight after getting two stents placed in one of his coronary arteries.  But there is a glimmer of hope for a bipartisan planned to rescue health care reform itself. ...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Reps. Moran &amp; Garrett Debate Obstructionism]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/02/09/reps_moran__garrett_debate_obstructionism_100253.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Hardball</author>
							<description><![CDATA[CHRS MATTHEWS: Let&lsquo;s begin with Republican obstructionism.  Democratic congressman Jim Moran of Virginia&lsquo;s a member of the Appropriations Committee, and Republican congressman Scott Garrett of New Jersey&lsquo;s a member of the Financial Services Committee.
Congressman...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sens. Feinstein &amp; Collins Debate Terrorist Treatment]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/02/03/feinstein_collins_debate_terrorism_hardball_transcript_100173.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Hardball</author>
							<description><![CDATA[CHRIS MATTHEWS: Welcome back to HARDBALL.  Republicans have been criticizing the Obama administration for being too soft on the Christmas Day plane bomber, for reading him his Miranda rights and for handling him to the regular justice system.  But now comes word that the terrorist...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Peter Orszag &amp; Rep. Hensarling on &quot;Hardball&quot;]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/02/01/peter_orszag_jeb_hensarling_on_hardball_100137.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Hardball</author>
							<description><![CDATA[CHRIS MATTHEWS: We start, however, with Peter Orszag, who&lsquo;s director-was the director of the Office of Management and Budget.  Sir, you&lsquo;ve got a big job, so I&lsquo;m going to ask you a big question.  The American people are hurting right now.  You&lsquo;re in charge of the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Senator McCaskill on &quot;Hardball&quot;]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/01/27/transcript_senator_mccaskill_on_hardball_100083.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Hardball</author>
							<description><![CDATA[CHRIS MATTHEWS: And with us Senator Claire McCaskill, Democrat of Missouri.  Senator McCaskill, I consider you the very center of this country politically, the very heartland of reasonable thinking in the middle.  So, I have to ask you right upfront, what do the people of Missouri, and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Reps. Kucinich &amp; Larson on the Spending Freeze]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/01/26/reps_kucinich__larson_on_the_spending_freeze_100061.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Hardball</author>
							<description><![CDATA[MATTHEWS:  President Obama&lsquo;s calling for a spending freeze on many domestic programs, in fact, an overall freeze over the next three years, in an effort to show the country he&lsquo;s serious about deficit reduction.  But while that may be a smart strategy politically, isn&lsquo;t...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Barney Frank on Financial Reform]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/01/21/barney_frank_on_financial_reform_100008.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Hardball</author>
							<description><![CDATA[MATTHEWS:  So, will these reforms play well with angry populists and will they push Republicans back on their heels?
Democratic Congressman Barney Frank of Massachusetts is the chairman of the Financial Services Committee.
Congressman Frank, thank you so much.
I don&lsquo;t understand...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[David Axelrod, Howard Dean &amp; Rep. McCarthy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/01/20/david_axelrod_howard_dean__rep_mccarthy_99995.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Hardball</author>
							<description><![CDATA[CHRIS MATTHEWS: We begin with the stunning victory by Republican Scott Brown up in Massachusetts.
We&lsquo;re joined right now by White House senior aide David Axelrod.  David, why don&lsquo;t you-it&lsquo;s a big day in American politics.  Let&lsquo;s take a look at what the Republicans...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Reps. Van Hollen &amp; McCarthy on the 2010 Elections]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/01/07/van_hollen__mccarthy_on_the_2010_elections_99829.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Hardball</author>
							<description><![CDATA[MATTHEWS:  Welcome back to HARDBALL.
One week now into 2010 and the battle for U.S. Congress gets tougher every day.  Do Republicans really have a shot at taking over the House of Representatives?  And what can Democrats do to stop him?  In a moment, we&lsquo;re going to talk to a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Chairman Michael Steele on &quot;Hardball&quot;]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/01/05/gop_chairman_michael_steele_on_hardball_99797.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Hardball</author>
							<description><![CDATA[(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
SEAN HANNITY, HOST, "HANNITY":  Do you think you can take over the House?  Do you think Republicans...
MICHAEL STEELE, RNC CHAIRMAN:  Not this year.  And Sean, I&lsquo;ll say honestly...
HANNITY:  You don&lsquo;t think so.
STEELE:  Well-well, I don&lsquo;t know yet...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Senators Casey and Gregg Debate Health Care]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/12/21/senators_casey_and_gregg_debate_health_care_99673.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Hardball</author>
							<description><![CDATA[MATTHEWS:  You&lsquo;ve got to wonder, is the Senate turning sour?  What&lsquo;s going on?  The so-called greatest deliberative body-that&lsquo;s what I always thought it was-is into name calling like on a schoolyard.  Pennsylvania senator Bob Casey is a Democrat.  He&lsquo;s sits on the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sen. Landrieu &amp; Howard Dean on Hardball]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/12/16/mary_landrieu__hardball_howard_dean_health_care_99593.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Hardball</author>
							<description><![CDATA[CHRIS MATTHEWS: But let&lsquo;s start with the health care bill with Dr. Howard Dean.  He&lsquo;s the former chairman of the DNC, the Democratic National Committee, and of course, the former governor of liberal Vermont.
Now, here you are, sir, joining the right wing...
DR. HOWARD DEAN...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sens. Klobuchar &amp; Shaheen on Health Care]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/12/15/sens_klobuchar__shaheen_on_health_care_99575.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Hardball</author>
							<description><![CDATA[CHRIS MATTHEWS:l Let&lsquo;s begin with the president&lsquo;s meeting today with Democratic senators at the White House for his final push on health care reform.  We&lsquo;re joined by Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire.
Let me start with...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Senator McCaskill and Rep. Kucinich on Health Care]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/12/10/senator_mccaskill_and_rep_kucinich_on_health_care_99521.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Hardball</author>
							<description><![CDATA[MATTHEWS:  Welcome back to HARDBALL.  Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid&lsquo;s saying he thinks he has found the answer on health care, but can he convince 59 other senators he&lsquo;s right?  And can they, in turn, convince 218 Democrats in the House of Representatives?  In a minute,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sens. Whitehouse &amp; Sanders on Health Care]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/12/07/sens_whitehouse__sanders_on_health_care_99457.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Hardball</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Let&lsquo;s start, however, with the important stuff, the gang of 10 Democrats trying to get health care reform done now.  Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is a Democrat from Rhode Island and Senator Bernie Sanders is an independent from Vermont.
Senator Whitehouse, your thoughts about this...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Reps. Murtha &amp; Pence on &quot;Hardball&quot;]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/12/02/reps_murtha_pence_on_hardball_99395.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Hardball</author>
							<description><![CDATA[CHRIS MATTHEWS: Now to President Obama and the criticism he's facing from both the left and the right. A few minutes ago, I spoke with Democratic congressman Jack Murtha of Pennsylvania, chairman of the subcommittee on defense appropriations.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
Mr. Murtha, the president...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Senator Corker on the Senate Health Bill]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/11/23/senator_corker_on_the_senate_health_bill_99300.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Hardball</author>
							<description><![CDATA[CHRIS MATTHEWS: Let's begin with health care reform with U.S. Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee. He's a Republican. Senator, thank you for joining us as we begin the holiday season. Why don't the Republican Party, when you've been in charge-why don't you ever do health reform?
SEN. BOB...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Reps. Nadler &amp; Lungren Debate NYC Terror Trials]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/11/18/reps_nadler__lungren_debate_nyc_terror_trials_99231.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Hardball</author>
							<description><![CDATA[(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
ERIC HOLDER, U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL:  When the 9/11 conspirators are brought to trial, I have every confidence that the presiding judge will ensure appropriate decorum.  And if Khalid Sheikh Mohammed makes the same statements he made in his military commission...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rep. Stupak on Abortion &amp; Health Care]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/11/17/rep_stupak_on_abortion__health_care_99207.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Hardball</author>
							<description><![CDATA[MATTHEWS:  Welcome back to HARDBALL.
Democratic Congressman Bart Stupak of Michigan put the abortion language into the House version of a health care bill.  Pro-choice lawmakers say it&lsquo;s too restrictive and vow to strip it.
Welcome, Congressman Stupak.  Thank you for joining...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Reps. Schakowsky &amp; Biggert Debate Terror Trials]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/11/16/reps_schakowsky__biggert_debate_terror_trials_99186.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Hardball</author>
							<description><![CDATA[CHRIS MATTHEWS: Did the Obama administration make the right call in bringing these people to trial in New York? And should they send Guantanamo prisoners to Illinois?
We have members of the House of Representatives from Illinois. U.S.
Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky is a Democrat from...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rep. DeGette on &quot;Hardball&quot;]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/11/10/rep_degette_transcript_on_hardball_99114.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Hardball</author>
							<description><![CDATA[MATTHEWS:  Welcome back to HARDBALL.  U.S. Congresswoman Diana DeGette of Colorado is co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus and she is opposed to the Stupak amendment language that wound up in the House bill.  Congresswoman, thank you for joining us.  What do you make of the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sens. Conrad &amp; Barrasso, Rep. Cooper &amp; Cecile Richards on &quot;Hardball&quot;]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/11/09/sens_conrad__barrasso_rep_cooper__cecile_richards_on_hardball_99094.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Hardball</author>
							<description><![CDATA[CHRIS MATTHEWS: We start with health care reform and the abortion challenge. U.S. congressman Jim Cooper is a Democrat from Tennessee. Thank you for joining us on this day off for the world.
REP. JIM COOPER (D), TENNESSEE: Good to be with you.
MATTHEWS: Congratulations, as a Democrat,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Interviews with Michael Steele &amp; Robert Gibbs]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/11/04/interviews_with_michael_steele__robert_gibbs_99035.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Hardball</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Let's start with the chairman of Republican National Committee, Michael Steele. Mr. Steele, thank you for joining us.
MICHAEL STEELE, RNC CHAIRMAN: Hey, Chris.
MATTHEWS: I'm going to warm you up with some accolades, first of all. Two great candidates in terms of the way they ran their...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Interview with House Minority Whip Eric Cantor]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/11/03/hardball_election_2009_transcript_eric_cantor_99015.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Hardball</author>
							<description><![CDATA[MATTHEWS:  Welcome back to HARDBALL.  We&lsquo;re watching the votes coming in are from Virginia.  We can&lsquo;t call it yet.  It looks like Bob McDonnell continues to lead the Democrat Creigh Deeds in the governors&lsquo; race down there which is a race that goes - well, it seemed to...]]></description>
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