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<title><![CDATA[Erin McPike - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/21349.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Erin McPike]]></description><category domain="21349">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Calling All Ohioans: Don't Forfeit Swing-State Status]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erin McPike</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After a depressing 2004 loss in which George W. Bush was reelected by narrowly carrying Ohio, the state Democratic Party revved its engine and launched an 88-county strategy that ensured not a single corner of the state would remain untouched.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
It worked. Not only did it help...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sheryl Sandberg for President?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/01/25/sheryl_sandberg_for_president_132885.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erin McPike</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg is preparing a robust tour in conjunction with her foundation activities this spring to promote her upcoming book, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Option B,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' leading some Democratic operatives to speculate that she's mulling a 2020 presidential campaign.
In...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Beau Biden's Passing Is Devastating to U.S.]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/erin-mcpike/why-beau-bidens-passing-is-devastating-to-country_b_7512850.html?ncid=edlinkushpmg00000090</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erin McPike</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A handful of news organizations have noted the outpouring of support for the Biden family coming from all over the country since the announcement Saturday night, much of it focused on the unfathomable grief that Vice President Biden must be experiencing -- not only because of his history...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Santorum-Backer Friess: Help Obama Create &quot;Legacy&quot;]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/01/25/santorum-backer_friess_help_obama_create_legacy_116806.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erin McPike</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Foster Friess, the wealthy Wyoming businessman who helped keep Rick Santorum'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s presidential primary campaign afloat well into this past spring, may be conservative, but he wants to bridge the gap with the left.
At a breakfast Friday hosted by the Christian Science Monitor in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ad Targets Hagel Ahead of Confirmation Hearing]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/01/23/ad_targets_hagel_ahead_of_confirmation_hearing_116772.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erin McPike</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A week before his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Secretary of Defense-designate Chuck Hagel is taking more heat from a conservative group.
The American Future Fund is sinking $500,000 into a national TV commercial that asserts Hagel has conflicts of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[For Romney Backers, Inauguration Night Far From D.C.]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/01/18/for_romney_backers_inauguration_night_far_from_dc.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erin McPike</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When Barack Obama was inaugurated four years ago, many on the losing side stayed in town -- if only (in some cases) to plan for their party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s eventual return to power by blocking the new leader'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s policy initiatives.
Whether such a planning session will take place this time is...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gun Control Advocates Seek to Build Momentum]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/01/14/gun_control_advocates_seek_to_build_momentum_116683.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erin McPike</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Liberal-leaning lawmakers and organizations are planning a series of events and recommendations intended to gather steam for a coming gun-control fight on Capitol Hill, while Republicans'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' focused their attention elsewhere Monday -- fuming about fiscal matters in response to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rockefeller to Retire in '14 After 30 Years in Senate]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/01/11/rockefeller_to_retire_in_2014_after_30_years_in_senate_116667.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erin McPike</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democratic Sen. John '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Jay'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Rockefeller will not seek a sixth term next year, he announced Friday at a poignant press conference in West Virginia.
One of the Senate'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s richest members, Rockefeller dedicated the bulk of his life to public service and helping the poor in one...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Veteran Dems Expected to Shepherd Hagel's Nomination]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/01/09/veteran_dems_expected_to_shepherd_hagels_nomination__116622.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erin McPike</author>
							<description><![CDATA[To shepherd Chuck Hagel through what looks to be a difficult confirmation process for secretary of defense, the White House is leaning largely on some of the old bulls of the Senate -- all Democrats.
Asked which Democrats, a top aide to Majority Leader Harry Reid said simply, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Jack...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Inauguration: Toned-Down Plans Take Shape]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erin McPike</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As often happens with second-term inaugurations, the excitement and activity level has been dialed back for Barack Obama'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s public swearing in on Jan. 21. Nonetheless, the event will draw hundreds of thousands of visitors to Washington and shut down a wide swath of the city for the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Guide to the Senate's Freshman Class]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/01/03/a_guide_to_the_senates_freshman_class_116582.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erin McPike</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The new class of senators who will be sworn in Thursday by Vice President Joe Biden is a diverse bunch. One of the only things these freshmen have in common is that, collectively, their entry into the upper chamber will lower its average age.
Eight Democrats, four Republicans and one...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Did Bennet Vote &quot;No&quot; With an Eye on 2016?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/01/03/did_bennet_vote_no_with_an_eye_on_2016_116570.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erin McPike</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Among the surprising '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'no'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' votes on the eleventh-hour bill to avert the fiscal cliff was one cast by an ambitious young senator -- who is also a Democrat.
Michael Bennet, the junior senator from Colorado and newly minted chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[As Election Sting Lingers, Republicans' Recalibration Advances]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/12/20/as_election_sting_lingers_gop_recalibration_advances_116472.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erin McPike</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Despite the ongoing political theater of the fiscal cliff negotiations, emerging signs show a Republican Party in the early stages of recalibration.
On issues ranging from immigration to contraception, gun control to taxes, high-profile actors within the GOP are standing up to the far...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Haley Names Tim Scott to Replace DeMint in S.C.]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/12/17/haley_names_tim_scott_to_replace_demint_in_sc_116442.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erin McPike</author>
							<description><![CDATA[South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley made history Monday when she announced that first-term Congressman Tim Scott is her choice to replace conservative firebrand Jim DeMint in the Senate.
He will be just the second African-American senator from the South since Reconstruction, the only current...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Senate Retirees Say Goodbye as New Class Says Hello]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/12/13/senate_retirees_say_goodbye_as_new_class_says_hello_116410.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erin McPike</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With the Obama administration and the House GOP locked in a battle over the fiscal cliff, the Senate has started saying goodbye to some of its retiring veterans while transitioning incoming members into their new roles.
A handful of the upper chamber'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s moderates officially depart...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[For Senate Dems, Entitlements Cloud Fiscal Talks]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/11/28/for_senate_dems_entitlements_cloud_fiscal_talks_116267.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erin McPike</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As President Obama and leading House Republicans make their cases to the American public about what should be part of fiscal cliff negotiations, there is a growing clash in the Senate over the inclusion of entitlement programs in any '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'grand bargain.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'
In order to avoid crushing...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Beau Biden Democrats' Next Emerging Star?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/11/09/is_beau_biden_democrats_next_emerging_star_116122.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erin McPike</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Talk of the 2016 presidential election has already begun, and though Democrats like what they see in terms of demographic trends in the electorate, they also have a weakness to consider at this point: The bench of potential contenders for the next election -- aside from Hillary Clinton,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Portman Considering NRSC Chairmanship]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/11/07/portman_considering_nrsc_chairmanship_116095.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erin McPike</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran is the only announced candidate for chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee next year, but Ohio's Rob Portman may be interested in that key role too.
After a series of tough election cycles for the GOP, running the committee has become a thankless...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rubio Declines McConnell's Request to Run NRSC]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/11/07/rubio_declines_mcconnells_request_to_run_nrsc_116094.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erin McPike</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has been courted by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to take over the National Republican Senatorial Committee for the 2014 midterm season, but the freshman lawmaker declined the entreaty, sources told RCP.
It might seem early to think about the next...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Numbers Defined Romney -- and Did Him In]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/11/07/numbers_defined_romney_--_and_did_him_in_116091.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erin McPike</author>
							<description><![CDATA[BOSTON -- Mitt Romney's six-year quest for the presidency ended before the clock struck midnight on Tuesday.
He had projected confidence in the days leading up to the election, and even as the TV networks and the press declared that President Obama had won re-election, the two-time...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Has Rubio's Surrogate Role Paved Way for Future Run?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/11/05/has_rubios_surrogate_role_paved_way_for_future_run__116060.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erin McPike</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WEST CHESTER, Ohio -- Political careers tend to rise as others fall, even within the same political party.
Two-and-a-half years ago, Marco Rubio forced one of the most popular Republican figures in the country, Charlie Crist, out of a Senate primary race and then out of the GOP. Crist,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clinton's Ohio Rally Underscores Campaigns' Styles]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/11/02/clintons_ohio_rally_underscores_campaigns_styles__116028.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erin McPike</author>
							<description><![CDATA[AKRON, Ohio -- Bill Clinton couldn't carry his wife to victory during her 2008 presidential bid, but he may end up helping her erstwhile opponent re-cross the finish line four years later. Such are the ironies of politics -- and such is the former president's appetite for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Outside Columbus, Obama and Romney Trade Charges]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/11/02/outside_columbus_obama_and_romney_trade_charges_116035.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erin McPike</author>
							<description><![CDATA[ETNA, Ohio -- Call it the crosstown showdown.
President Obama began Friday at the Franklin County fairgrounds in Hilliard, a suburb northwest of Columbus. Four hours later, Mitt Romney was here in Etna, a suburb east of the capital. Obama charged that his opponent is misleading Ohioans...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Both Campaigns Descend on Ohio for Final Blitz]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/11/01/both_campaigns_descend_on_ohio_for_final_blitz_116011.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erin McPike</author>
							<description><![CDATA[HAMILTON, Ohio -- Starting Thursday, Ohio will see a blitz of national politicos in nearly every part of the state nonstop through the election on Tuesday.
The reason is simple: Republican strategists working on the presidential race tell RealClearPolitics that Mitt Romney must flip one...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Romney Grapples With Obama's Post-Storm Visibility]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/10/31/romney_grapples_with_obamas_post-storm_visibility_115989.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erin McPike</author>
							<description><![CDATA[CINCINNATI -- Hurricane Sandy forced Mitt Romney to take a break from the campaign trail just one week before Election Day -- and just as his newfound momentum had prompted his team to expand efforts into states that once appeared out of reach.
Out of sensitivity for the victims of the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Romney Seeks Gains in Ohio]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/10/29/romney_seeks_gains_in_ohio.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erin McPike</author>
							<description><![CDATA[SABINA, Ohio -- The Romney campaign believes it must win Ohio to have a shot at unseating President Obama, but signs indicate the team is struggling to figure out how. Nonetheless, a disruption in campaign travel plans caused by Hurricane Sandy has created extra opportunities to make...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama-Romney Race May Hinge on 2 Ohio Counties]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/10/26/obama-romney_race_may_hinge_on_2_ohio_counties_115933.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erin McPike</author>
							<description><![CDATA[CLEVELAND -- If the race for president can be boiled down to two key counties in one key state, then those jurisdictions are Hamilton and Cuyahoga, here in the Buckeye State. Mitt Romney began a three-stop tour of Ohio on Thursday in the former, and President Obama ended a 40-hour blitz...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Ohio, GOP Zeroes In on Rising Debt]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/10/23/in_ohio_gop_zeroes_in_on_rising_debt_115875.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erin McPike</author>
							<description><![CDATA[CINCINNATI -- Republicans trying to undo the Democrats' stubborn lead in the polls here are stressing the one issue on which voters still give them higher marks: the national debt.
A barrage of direct mail from the GOP hit Buckeye mailboxes on Monday, and the overwhelming theme of each...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Campaigns Troll Lightly for Votes in Cincinnati]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erin McPike</author>
							<description><![CDATA[CINCINNATI -- Spend an afternoon tooling around the downtown area here and you'd never know a major election is just two weeks away.
In recent months, President Obama's and Mitt Romney's teams have each claimed to have the edge in voter enthusiasm. But now that both camps are trying to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Comes Out Swinging in Heated Debate]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erin McPike</author>
							<description><![CDATA[HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. -- President Obama shed his trademark aloofness Tuesday night to offer an impassioned defense of his record and remind the electorate that he is a dedicated commander-in-chief.
If there was a single exchange that defined the second presidential debate here at Hofstra...]]></description>
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