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	<title>Dateline: Washington</title>
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		<title>Obama Economic Polices &#8216;Have Failed&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Texas Rep. Kevin Brady says nine months after the stimulus bill, the Obama economic plan is a failure.  Why?  Why does he think the Obama approach is fundamentally flawed?  We&#8217;ll also get his insights on the health care debate.  Will is pass?  Will there even be a vote this weekend?  He also reacts to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dateline.radioamerica.org/archives/4071</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Believe Spin, Jobs Picture Getting Worse</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, the unemployment rate rose to 10.2 percent after the economy shed another 193,000 jobs.  But should we be encouraged by the White House claim of a million jobs saved or created by the stimulus?  Which groups are having the hardest time finding work?  How will the Obama agenda impact job creation?  We ask [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dateline.radioamerica.org/archives/4070</link>
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		<title>Why AARP Supports Obamacare</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why is the nation&#8217;s largest seniors organization backing a plan that guts Medicare?  Grace-Marie Turner of the Galen Institute knows.  She tells us and writes about it at www.galen.org.  She also explains why the AMA is in revolt about its leaders decision to back the Pelosi plan.
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		<link>http://dateline.radioamerica.org/archives/4069</link>
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		<title>The Army and the Ft. Hood Tragedy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Bob Maginnis says the Army and the Ft. Hood community will recover from Thursday&#8217;s horrific killing spree.  He explains how the military rallies at such a time and why troubled individuals are usually identified before such violence occurs.  Maginnis says it&#8217;s possible for members of the military to fall prey [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dateline.radioamerica.org/archives/4068</link>
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		<title>Capitol Steps Christmas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Capitol Steps unveil their new Christmas CD, &#8220;Barackin&#8217; Around the Christmas Tree&#8221;.  This week, we hear &#8220;A Sarah Palin Christmas&#8221; and &#8220;It&#8217;s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas&#8221;.
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		<link>http://dateline.radioamerica.org/archives/4067</link>
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		<title>&#8216;House Call&#8217; Successful, Democrats Pushing Huge Expansion of Abortion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Arizona Rep. Trent Franks says he was amazed at the turnout for the hastily arranged rally against Democratic health care legislation.  But did it do any good?  Will any Democratic minds be changed?  What will happen in Saturday&#8217;s vote?  Will there be a vote?  Do pro-life members have enough votes to prevent a vote from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dateline.radioamerica.org/archives/4055</link>
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		<title>Huge Costs and Huge Tax Increases</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo says Democratic leaders in his chamber won&#8217;t even release their health care bill.  But he says the earlier versions and what we see emerging in the House is too expensive and will be far more expensive as time goes on.  He also explains why Republicans walked out of Thursday&#8217;s committee vote [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dateline.radioamerica.org/archives/4054</link>
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		<title>Republican Avalanche; Pelosi Bill Will Fail</title>
		<description><![CDATA[John Gizzi of Human Events breaks down Tuesday&#8217;s election results.  Why does he call Republican wins in Virginia an &#8216;avalanche&#8217;?  How did Democrats lose in New Jersey?  Did conservatives cost the GOP a House seat in New York?  And will Democrats get their way in the House on Saturday&#8217;s health care vote?
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		<link>http://dateline.radioamerica.org/archives/4053</link>
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		<title>Democrats Should Worry; Plenty of GOP in House Race Loss</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Former Bush media guru Mark McKinnon says it&#8217;s hard to read too much into Tuesday&#8217;s elections, but there are some clear lessons.  First, he says Democrats had some bad gubernatorial candidates but voters are very unhappy with Democrats overall concerning the economy.  As for Republicans, McKinnon says conservative activists and GOP party bosses share the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dateline.radioamerica.org/archives/4052</link>
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		<title>Independents Coming Home, Moderates Think Twice on Obamacare</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Georgia Rep. John Linder says Tuesday&#8217;s gubernatorial wins for the Republican Party are similar to 1993-1994, when Republicans won these key races in prelude to the Republican Revolution.  Why are independents coming back to the GOP?  What will Republicans need to do if they want good news on election night a year from now?  How [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dateline.radioamerica.org/archives/4041</link>
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		<title>Gay Marriage Gets the Boot in Maine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, voters in Maine rejected the legalization of gay marriage.  The law had been approved by the state legislature and governor, but state law allows for voters to challenge any new law.  So how significant is the win for traditional marriage in Maine?  Why are pro-gay marriage activists wrong when they say they just [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dateline.radioamerica.org/archives/4040</link>
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		<title>&#8216;Just Vote No&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Democratic strategist Michael Lewan offers his assessment of Tuesday&#8217;s elections.  What did Republicans do right and Democrats do wrong in Virginia?  How did the GOP win in heavily Democratic New Jersey?  Why does Lewan say Democrat Jon Corzine was &#8216;a lousy governor&#8217;?  What can be read into the Democrats picking up a GOP House seat [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dateline.radioamerica.org/archives/4035</link>
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		<title>Afghanistan Winnable, Obama Too &#8216;Indecisive&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson says he&#8217;s happy President Obama is finally warming up to President Karzai.  He also says it is imperative for Obama to declare a new Afghan strategy.  He says Cheney was exactly right in saying Obama is &#8216;dithering.
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		<link>http://dateline.radioamerica.org/archives/4029</link>
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		<title>Public Needed to Stop the &#8216;Golden Ring&#8217; of Socialism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Michigan Rep. Peter Hoekstra continues the GOP call for the public to come and rally in Washington on Thursday - rally on Capitol Hill and in the offices of their members of Congress.  What does Hoekstra think that will accomplish?  Will any Democrats bother to listen?  When will this vote happen?
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		<link>http://dateline.radioamerica.org/archives/4028</link>
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		<title>A Tale of Two Health Plans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wyoming Rep. Cynthia Lummis discusses the Democratic and Republican health plans.  What is the real price tag of the Pelosi plan?  Why will it be even more than that after the first 10 years?  What are the fundamental differences between the two plans?  What are the Republican priorities?  How many health plans have Republicans introduced [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dateline.radioamerica.org/archives/4025</link>
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		<title>How Capitalism Will Save Us</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Did too much or not enough government lead to the economic woes of the past couple of years?  Why is Congress about to give government more power when it proved it wasn&#8217;t good at wielding the power it already has?  Has too much capitalism or too much government been the reason for our problems with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dateline.radioamerica.org/archives/4022</link>
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		<title>Republicans Want YOU in Washington on Thursday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[House Republicans are organizing what they hope will be a massive rally against the Democratic health care bill.  Why do Republicans want large crowds in Washington?  What do they believe the people can do that their minority party cannot?  What is Nancy Pelosi doing and promising in order to line up Democratic moderates behind this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dateline.radioamerica.org/archives/4016</link>
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		<title>Inside the Wild New York Congressional Race</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jim McLaughlin, pollster for Conservative Party hopeful Doug Hoffman, explains how his candidate surged in the polls in such a short period of time.  Why does he think the Republican dropping out and endorsing the Democrat is good for Hoffman?  Why was the national party to eager to get behind liberal Republican Dede Scozzafava?  Why [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dateline.radioamerica.org/archives/4015</link>
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		<title>The Long-Term Impact of Football-Related Head Injuries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, a House committee heard testimony on the long-term impact of head injuries to football players.  So what does the evidence to show?  How much jarring does it take to leave a lasting condition?  Is there a connection to later diagnosis of dementia or Parkinson&#8217;s?  What can be done to reduce the likelihood of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dateline.radioamerica.org/archives/4014</link>
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		<title>Larry Sabato Sizes Up Election Day 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are Republicans really headed for a landslide in Virginia?  Can Jon Corzine survive in New Jersey?  And how is the New York congressional race looking after the Republican drops out and endorses the Democrat over the conservative challenger?  We ask Prof. Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia, one of the nation&#8217;s foremost political experts.
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		<link>http://dateline.radioamerica.org/archives/4008</link>
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		<title>Inside the Obama Jobs Charade</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As we await the real jobs report due out on Friday, President Obama claims his stimulus plan is directly responsible for 650,000 jobs being created or saved.  He further asserts that another 350,000 jobs were indirectly created or saved.  So accurate is Obama?  How do you count the number of jobs that would have been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dateline.radioamerica.org/archives/4007</link>
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		<title>Obama Claims Stimulus Created 1 Million Jobs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[President Obama says his economic stimulus plan created or saved one million jobs - both directly and indirectly.  What does that mean?  How can you calculate &#8217;saved&#8217; jobs?  We ask Michigan Rep. Thaddeus McCotter.  What impact is the stimulus plan having in his state?  What would help create many more jobs there?
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		<link>http://dateline.radioamerica.org/archives/4001</link>
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		<title>Pelosi, Dems &#8216;Ignoring&#8217; Will of the American People</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Georgia Rep. Tom Price, leader of House conservatives, says Speaker Nancy Pelosi didn&#8217;t listen to anything the public had to say at the town hall meetings this past summer.  Why does he say that?  What has changed in the Democratic health plan?  What is his alternative plan?  Will the Democratic plan pass next week?
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		<link>http://dateline.radioamerica.org/archives/4000</link>
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		<title>Line By Line: What Happened to Obama&#8217;s Promise of Fiscal Restraint</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the campaign trail and even early in his administration, President Obama pledged fiscal discipline and that his administration would go line by line through the federal budget to trim out wasteful spending and government programs.  So how did we end up with record-setting deficits?  What will be the impact if Obama gets his way [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dateline.radioamerica.org/archives/3992</link>
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		<title>Deficits As Far As the Eye Can See</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Texas Rep. Kevin Brady talk health care and the economy.  He says he is cautiously upbeat about the increase in economic growth in the third quarter, but why is the current economic strategy unsustainable?  What actually spurred the economic growth?  What is the long term cost?  What is a key Obama economic adviser saying about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dateline.radioamerica.org/archives/3989</link>
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