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		<title>Even the French think Obama is a wimp</title>
		<link>http://solitaryconspiracy.com/2009/09/30/even-the-french-think-obama-is-a-wimp/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>solitaryconspiracy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American view that the French are wimps is ugly and undeserved but widely held, so French President Sarkozy&#8217;s statement implying that President Obama is one gets our attention. Apparently Obama didn&#8217;t want Sarkozy to upstage him at the UN in September. The result:

Sarkozy was so annoyed with Obama’s weak-kneed approach that he reportedly told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama snubs Brown at UN. No more &#8220;special relationship&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://solitaryconspiracy.com/2009/09/24/obama-snubs-brown-at-un-no-more-special-relationship/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://solitaryconspiracy.com/2009/09/24/obama-snubs-brown-at-un-no-more-special-relationship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>solitaryconspiracy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://solitaryconspiracy.com/?p=1207</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;d think that President Obama could spare a few minutes for a formal meeting with the leader of one of our oldest and most important allies while both are in town on business. Not so. According to the BBC:
The prime minister&#8217;s team were &#8220;frantic&#8221; after being unable to secure the talks at the UN summit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coakley Announces Run for Ted Kennedy&#8217;s Senate Seat *Updated</title>
		<link>http://solitaryconspiracy.com/2009/09/04/coakley-announces-run-for-ted-kennedys-senate-seat/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://solitaryconspiracy.com/2009/09/04/coakley-announces-run-for-ted-kennedys-senate-seat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>solitaryconspiracy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://solitaryconspiracy.com/?p=930</guid>
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Joe Kennedy announcement updates below
Martha Coakley, Democrat and Massachusetts Attorney General, has officially announced her candidacy to fill the Senate vacancy left by Ted Kennedy&#8217;s passing.



She gets the headstart, but with the long holiday weekend I wonder how many people will be paying attention.

Expected candidate Joe Kennedy will surely announce soon, along with (perhaps) Stephen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pelosi Tells the White House to Go Pound Sand</title>
		<link>http://solitaryconspiracy.com/2009/09/03/pelosi-tells-the-white-house-to-go-pound-sand/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://solitaryconspiracy.com/2009/09/03/pelosi-tells-the-white-house-to-go-pound-sand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>solitaryconspiracy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://solitaryconspiracy.com/?p=911</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[But is she really putting her speakership at risk, as Redstate&#8217;s post  Speaker Pelosi Stands Firm on the Public Option, Essentially Tells the White House to Go Pound Sand asserts?
That moment in The Great Obamacare War arrived yesterday, when the Speaker of the House stood firm on the public option, essentially telling the White [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Single-Term Obama Presidency? Maybe, Maybe Not.</title>
		<link>http://solitaryconspiracy.com/2009/09/01/a-single-term-obama-presidency-maybe-maybe-not/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://solitaryconspiracy.com/2009/09/01/a-single-term-obama-presidency-maybe-maybe-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>solitaryconspiracy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will Obama be impeached or forced to resign before the 2012 elections? Howard Portnoy&#8217;s post in Hot Air, titled Can Obama Save His Presidency? suggests just that:
The fate of the Obama presidency is, I believe, a fait accompli. The question now is not how it will end — but when. I for one am growing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress, Polling, and Two Trends</title>
		<link>http://solitaryconspiracy.com/2009/08/31/congress-polling-and-two-trends/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>solitaryconspiracy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The nonsurprising factoid in the latest Rassmussen poll is that 57% Would Like to Replace Entire Congress. In addition to the headline two interesting trends are highlighted in the release.
First trend- Increasingly partisan approval ratings.
&#8230;the number of Democrats who would vote to keep the entire Congress has grown from 25% last fall to 43% today. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It just keeps going lower and lower</title>
		<link>http://solitaryconspiracy.com/2009/08/24/it-just-keeps-going-lower-and-lower/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>solitaryconspiracy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://solitaryconspiracy.com/?p=680</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest Daily Presidential Tracking Poll &#8211; Rasmussen Reports™ is out and it&#8217;s more of the same for President Obama:

 Gateway Pundit has a pretty good list of reasons why. Time for the leading practitioner of Hopenchange to alter his approach to governing and hope for an improvement. The White House has to be in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s the Big Government, Stupid</title>
		<link>http://solitaryconspiracy.com/2009/08/23/its-the-big-government-stupid/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://solitaryconspiracy.com/2009/08/23/its-the-big-government-stupid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 09:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>solitaryconspiracy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://solitaryconspiracy.com/?p=661</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The White House, most Congressional Democrats, and their useful idiots in the media just don&#8217;t get it. Matt Welch&#8217;s article in the NY Post titled ]]></description>
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		<title>Teddy the K and Succession</title>
		<link>http://solitaryconspiracy.com/2009/08/20/teddy-the-k-and-succession/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://solitaryconspiracy.com/2009/08/20/teddy-the-k-and-succession/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>solitaryconspiracy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://solitaryconspiracy.com/?p=607</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ed Morrissey is right to point out Ted Kennedy&#8217;s hypocrisy about once again changing the law regarding his succession.
Even though I&#8217;m no longer a resident of the state, having grown up in Massachusetts I benefited from the Senator&#8217;s efforts. Like many I have disagreed with him on numerous matters, and like some I have seen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Republicans Unable to Take Advantage of Sinking Obama Favorability</title>
		<link>http://solitaryconspiracy.com/2009/08/20/republicans-unable-to-take-advantage-of-sinking-obama-favorability/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://solitaryconspiracy.com/2009/08/20/republicans-unable-to-take-advantage-of-sinking-obama-favorability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>solitaryconspiracy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A  new survey by The Pew Research Center for the People &#38; the Press shows that the GOP has been unsuccessful to date in capitalizing on President Obama&#8217;s declining popularity. The nationwide poll of 2,010 adults was conducted between August 11-17, 2009
While the headline of the release is &#8220;More See White House and GOP [...]]]></description>
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