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<title><![CDATA[Suzanne Mettler - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/22997.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Suzanne Mettler]]></description><category domain="22997">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The President's Forgotten Triumphs]]></title>
							<link>http://www.salon.com/2011/10/15/how_obama_drowned_in_the_submerged_state/singleton</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Suzanne Mettler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The teeming crowds of supporters who had cheered candidate Barack Obama&rsquo;s agenda for &ldquo;change you can believe in&rdquo; receded quickly. The 2008 presidential election energized Americans who had never participated in politics before, particularly the young and minorities, and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Our Hidden Government Benefits]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/20/opinion/our-hidden-government-benefits.html?ref=opinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Suzanne Mettler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[DON&rsquo;T take at face value the claims that Americans dislike government. Sure, a recent ABC News/Washington Post poll found that 56 percent of Americans said they wanted smaller government and fewer services. Tea Party activists, the most vocal citizens of our time, powerfully...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[20,000 Leagues Under the State]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/julyaugust_2011/features/20000_leagues_under_the_state030498.php</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Suzanne Mettler</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Growing up during the Depression, Sam Marchesi had to drop out of  school after eighth grade&mdash;soon after his father died&mdash;to work and help  support his mother and his seven younger siblings. When World War II  began, he enlisted in the Army and served in the Pacific. Upon his ...]]></description>
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