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							<title><![CDATA[Debbie Wasserman Schultz Must Go]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/281459-why-wasserman-schultz-must-go</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Plotkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The role of Democratic Party chair is a high honor. Holding that position requires a combination of many attributes. Beyond being the face and chief messenger of the party, you must possess the skills of a consummate diplomat. Above all, the members of your party must trust you. This...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mark Kirk Is Your Most Vulnerable Senator of 2016]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/campaign/280643-mark-kirk-is-your-most-vulnerable-senator-of-2016</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Plotkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The state of Illinois has produced some U.S. senators whose names and accomplishments have commended great prominence and national attention. Everett McKinley Dirksen was the Senate minority leader in the 1960s. His vote for and leadership of the Republican Party during that time was a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Divided Party for Democrats?]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/274868-a-divided-party-for-democrats</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Plotkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This seems to be a time in the political presidential season when everything is uncertain and in great flux. Rather than comment about that, there are some things which can be said that are definable and, in my opinion, irrefutable. I'll start off with the chair of the Democratic...]]></description>
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