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		<title>Michigan, Virginia pass backdoor abortion restrictions</title>
		<link>http://www.salon.com/2013/01/02/michigan_virginia_pass_backdoor_abortion_restrictions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governors in Michigan, Virginia sneak in a New Year surprise when no one was looking: Abortion restrictions]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On the Friday before the long  holiday weekend, the Republican governors of Michigan and Virginia snuck in a little New Year's surprise for the women of their states, quietly signing abortion legislation that helped make 2012 the second most restrictive year for reproductive rights.</p><p>In Michigan, Rick Snyder <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/29/us-usa-abortion-michigan-idUSBRE8BS00N20121229">signed</a> a bill passed by the lame-duck Senate -- the same one whose anti-union legislating dominated headlines in recent weeks -- requiring clinics that perform more than 120 abortions a year to become surgical outpatient facilities, a level of licensing intended to be onerous and put clinics out of business. He also approved a bill that purports to screen for women being coerced into abortions.</p><p>Snyder did veto another bill limiting insurance coverage in private employee plans, which would have required purchase of a separate abortion rider. He objected to that on the grounds that rape victims would have to pay out of pocket if they didn't buy the rider, and because, "As a practical matter, I believe this type of policy is an overreach of government into the private market." Overreach of government into other realms, of course, is another matter entirely. (According to Michigan resident Emily Magner, one legislator <a href="http://www.musingsofalady.com/2012/12/13/michigan-republicans-gone-rogue/">interrupted</a> her to cry, "THIS ISN’T ABOUT WOMEN! THIS IS ABOUT PROTECTING FETUSES!”)</p><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/01/02/michigan_virginia_pass_backdoor_abortion_restrictions/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>7 states where gun sales are surging after Sandy Hook</title>
		<link>http://www.salon.com/2012/12/19/7_states_where_gun_sales_are_surging_after_sandy_hook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 19:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Across the nation, the rush is on to grab assault rifles and large-capacity magazines -- even in Connecticut ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.alternet.org"><img style="margin: 0 10px 0 0;" src="http://images.salon.com/img/partners/ID_alternetInline.jpg" alt="AlterNet" align="left" /></a> When word came of the dreadful school massacre in Sandy Hook, Conn., on December 15, many people stopped to pray and mourn. Others ran to the gun shop, and more are still coming, according to news reports from across the nation.</p><p>Apparently fearful from the moment the story broke that serious gun control -- particularly a ban on sales of the sort of assault rifle used by killer Adam Lanza, and the large-capacity magazines that allowed him to kill so many so quickly -- was in the offing, paranoids and gun enthusiasts rushed sporting goods shops in order to score those very items.</p><p>The right has long sold the line that President Barack Obama is coming for the guns of people who fancy themselves to be the "real" Americans, and it now appears that he might at least, after four years of inaction, seek to enact meaningful gun safety laws.</p><p>One major gun seller, the Dick's Sporting Goods chain, has suspended sales of types of several rifles, including the model used by Lanza at Sandy Hook Elementary School.</p><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2012/12/19/7_states_where_gun_sales_are_surging_after_sandy_hook/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Teacher-arming hysteria grows</title>
		<link>http://www.salon.com/2012/12/19/virginia_governor_jumps_on_the_arm_teachers_bandwagon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Republican state lawmaker in Virginia is pushing for a bill to require some teachers to be armed [UPDATED]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>UPDATE (Dec. 19, 12:57 p.m.): </strong>Virginia state Del. Bob Marshall, R, is now pushing for a bill that would require some teachers to be armed in schools, the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/va-politics/va-bill-would-order-schools-to-arm-teachers/2012/12/19/d06ec7ae-49d1-11e2-b6f0-e851e741d196_story.html">Washington Post</a> reports.</p><p>From the Post:</p><blockquote><p>Marshall would not only allow staff with concealed handgun permits to carry them in schools, but require school districts to designate some staff members to do so. Those employees would have to be certified in gun safety and competence, Marshall said.</p></blockquote><p><strong>From earlier:</strong></p><p>The latest high-profile Republican to say he is open to possibly allowing firearms on school grounds is Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, who said in the wake of the Newtown, Conn. school shootings that he thinks "that’s a reasonable discussion that ought to be had."</p><p>McDonnell was asked about allowing "adults, supervisors, principals, teachers to be armed" in schools. He replied:</p><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2012/12/19/virginia_governor_jumps_on_the_arm_teachers_bandwagon/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Another NRA-backed Dem comes out for gun control</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Virginia Sen. Mark Warner calls the Newtown shootings a "game-changer"]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., a lawmaker with an A-rating from the NRA, said Monday that when it comes to gun violence, "enough is enough," and that "it is time for this kind of senseless violence to end."</p><p>Calling the shootings in Newtown, Conn., a "game-changer," Warner told <a href="http://blogs.nbc12.com/decisionvirginia/2012/12/warner-ready-to-talk-about-an-assault-weapons-ban.html">NBC12</a> that "we've got to put stricter rules on the books. What those specifics ought to be, there will be time for that."</p><p>"I, like I think most of us, realize that there are ways to get to rational gun control. There are ways to grapple with the obvious challenge of mental illness," he said.</p><p>Warner is the latest NRA-backed Democrat to call for gun control, following Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., who <a href="http://www.salon.com/2012/12/17/nra_backed_joe_manchin_its_time_to_talk_about_gun_control/singleton/">made similar</a> comments on "Morning Joe" Monday.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2012/12/17/another_nra_backed_dem_comes_out_for_gun_control/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Tom Davis says &#8220;underclass minorities&#8221; helped Obama</title>
		<link>http://www.salon.com/2012/11/28/tom_davis_says_underclass_minorities_helped_obama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Salon's Joan Walsh points out that Davis' term is out of touch and inaccurate]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Former Virginia congressman Tom Davis today attributed President Obama's reelection, in part, to the voter turnout of "underclass minorities."</p><p>Salon's Joan Walsh pointed out that the term "underclass" is out-of-touch and "that's not who we're talking about here," she said.</p><p>"Hardball" host Chris Matthews awkwardly defended Davis, saying, "He's a good guy, he's a good guy, Susan -- I mean Joan. Thank you, Joan Walsh, I'm just trying to help him out a little bit here, he came on the show, he's nice enough to do that -- you're always going to be here."</p><p><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/dGZ2nBUNHwg" frameborder="0" width="420" height="225"></iframe></p><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2012/11/28/tom_davis_says_underclass_minorities_helped_obama/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Did Anonymous stop Rove from stealing the election?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It would explain his Fox News outburst, but the Hacker claim lacks evidence]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On Election Night, viewers <a href="http://www.salon.com/2012/11/07/fox_news_dark_night_of_the_soul/">watched in shock</a> as Karl Rove refused to accept the call, confirmed by Fox News analysts, that Ohio had gone to Obama.</p><p>A release claiming to be from hacker collective Anonymous alleges there was more behind Rove's freak-out than first met the eye. The group says that it f<a href="http://samuel-warde.com/2012/11/did-anonymous-block-carl-roves-attempt-to-steal-election/">oiled Rove's attempt to steal the election</a> in Florida, Virginia and Ohio by using the GOP's ORCA system.</p><p>Two weeks prior to Election Night, a typical Anonymous video was released warning Rove against rigging the election. "We want you to know that we are watching you, waiting for you to make this mistake of thinking you can rig this election to your favor," Anonymous' ubiquitous Guy Fawkes character warned.</p><p>Then, following Obama's win and Rove's very public outburst, a group calling themselves "The Protectors," believed to be comprised of Anonymous hackers, sent a letter to election transparency non-profit, Velvet Revolution, claiming to have thwarted attempts by GOP strategists to flip votes and rig the election in three swing states.</p><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2012/11/20/did_anonymous_stop_rove_stealing_the_election/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>At Liberty University, becoming a football power is like &#8220;looking for a spouse&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.salon.com/2012/11/11/at_liberty_university_becoming_a_football_power_is_like_looking_for_a_spouse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2012 21:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["You make yourself as attractive as possible. Then you wait for suitors," Jerry Falwell, Jr. says]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/11/sports/ncaafootball/in-virginias-hills-a-football-crusade.html?pagewanted=1">New York Times</a> profile of Liberty University and its pursuit of powerhouse football status, Jerry Falwell Jr., the school's chancellor and son of the founder, describes the strategy of fixing up the school to make it more appealing to a big-time football conference: “If you’re looking for a spouse, you make yourself as attractive as possible. Then you wait for suitors.”</p><p>“We think there would be a vast, committed fan base of conservative, evangelical Christians around the country and maybe even folks who are conservative politically who would rally behind Liberty football,” Falwell Jr. also told the Times. “They would identify with our philosophy.”</p><p>He added: "Football’s role in making Liberty a national institution was my father’s vision from the very beginning."</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2012/11/11/at_liberty_university_becoming_a_football_power_is_like_looking_for_a_spouse/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>&#8220;I&#8217;ve never been more hopeful&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 01:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liveblog: The president eloquently accepts a second term of office -- and vows to build on the progress we've made]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What are you seeing and hearing in your state and at the polling place? Send information and photos to readermail@salon.com.</p><p>[liveblog id=38]</p><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2012/11/07/election_day_liveblog/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Romney&#8217;s pitiful last-ditch plea to women</title>
		<link>http://www.salon.com/2012/11/06/romneys_pitiful_last_ditch_plea_to_women/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 16:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The GOP candidate spent his last day on the campaign trail wooing the women voters of Virginia with outright lies]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.alternet.org"><img style="margin: 0 10px 0 0;" src="http://images.salon.com/img/partners/ID_alternetInline.jpg" alt="AlterNet" align="left" /></a> At Mitt Romney’s final rally in the must-win battleground of Virginia, the signs told the story. “Moms for Mitt,” they read, printed in the kind of quaint script you might see on a cake-mix package from the 1950s. And in the commonwealth, where, as elsewhere, a gender gap yawns between the supporters of Romney and President Barack Obama, the Republican presidential nominee sought to present himself as the kind of husband, father and president whose dinner any woman would yearn to hurry home to prepare.</p><p>The message Romney sought to impart as he stood before an enthusiastic crowd of some 8,000 supporters was targeted not so much at the women in attendance at the raucous rally at George Mason University’s Patriot Center, but those who would see footage from the event on their local news that evening, just as they were checking their calendars to see when they could fit in a visit to the polls, maybe on a lunch hour, or in between errands.</p><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2012/11/06/romneys_pitiful_last_ditch_plea_to_women/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Real Clear Politics has Obama over 300 EVs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The closest thing to a source everyone can agree on has the president extending his lead]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/2012_elections_electoral_college_map_no_toss_ups_race_changes.html#previous_changes">RealClearPolitics</a> switched Virginia into the blue column Sunday putting the president over 300 electoral votes for the first time since October 9, shortly after the first presidential debate.</p><p>The politics clearinghouse site is the closest thing to a universally trusted source in the charged pre-election climate. It's influential poll averages projected Obama winning more than 300 electoral votes for the entire period between late January and early October (when it did not allow for toss-up states). After Obama stumbled at the Denver debate, his RCP projected total dipped as low as 277 electoral votes. A candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win the presidency.</p><p>The latest batch of swing state polls listed at <a href="http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/11/05/latest_swing_state_polls.html">Taegan Goddard's Political Wire</a> brought more good news for Democrats this morning. President Obama led in three out of four Florida polls, three out of four Virginia polls and in polls of Ohio, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. One North Carolina poll had the candidates tied at 49 percent.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2012/11/05/real_clear_politics_has_obama_over_300_evs/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>George Allen defended racial song</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2012 23:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a state lawmaker, the Virginia GOP Senate candidate defended the state's offensive official song]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Virginia Republican Senate candidate George Allen is perhaps best known nationally for calling a Democratic tracker <a href="http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/06/george-allen-im-really-sorry-about-that-whole-1.php">a racial slur</a> during his 2006 Senate campaign. That year, Ryan Lizza reported in the New Republic that Allen kept a “<a href="http://www.tnr.com/print/article/george-allens-race-problem">noose hanging on a ficus tree</a> in his law office” and admitted to “prominently displaying a Confederate flag in his living room” when he ran for governor in 1993. This year, he’s managed to avoid embarrassing race issues, despite the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/27/george-allen-workers-voice-afl-cio_n_1918049.html">best efforts</a> of liberal critics to draw attention to his record.</p><p>But a video resurfacing today could make race an issue in the last two days of the campaign. The video shows Allen, then a member of the Virginia General Assembly, defending a song with racially insensitive lyrics. The song, “<a href="http://www.theroot.com/views/dont-carry-me-back-old-virginny">Carry Me Back to Old Virginny</a>,” became the state’s official song during the Jim Crow era. In the 1990s, there were several attempts to retire the song or change its lyrics.</p><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2012/11/04/george_allen_defended_racial_song/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Webcams on Sandy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coastal views capture the superstorm streaming inland]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div> <p>As with so many major news events these days, this storm will not only be televised, but tweeted, Instagramed and brought to you second by second via livestream.</p> <p>A series of webcams along the East coast offer a variety of views from which to watch Sandy barreling inland. A few striking views to keep an eye on.</p> <p><a href="http://www.nyharborwebcam.com/">New York Harbor</a></p> <p>From<a href="http://earthcam.com/usa/newyork/statueofliberty/"> Lady Liberty's viewpoint</a>, looking on to Downtown Manhattan</p> <p><a href=" http://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/coneyisland/">Coney Island</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.ustream.tv/channel/mattminerxvx">Far Rockaways</a></p> <p><a href="http://goo.gl/HWlmX" target="_blank">USS Intrepid (Manhattan)</a></p> <p>The Jersey Shore (<a href="http://www.nj.com/shore/pointpleasantcam/">Point Pleasant</a>)</p> <p><a href="http://www.vbbound.com/webcam/hampton-inn-virginia-beach/">Virginia Beach Boardwalk </a></p> <p>Meanwhile independent videographer Tim Pool, known for his protest livestreams, will be <a href=" http://new.livestream.com/timcast/frankenstorm">filming from New York</a> throughout the day. Here's a video he filmed early this morning from the evacuated Zone A in Downtown Manhattan:</p> <p><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uhwAwQnuGbA" frameborder="0" width="420" height="236"></iframe></p> </div><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2012/10/29/webcams_on_sandy/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Hurricane Sandy liveblog</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 12:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>America&#8217;s unwinnable war games</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. has poured billions into military operations around the world, with increasingly diminishing returns]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They looked like a gang of geriatric giants. Clad in smart casual attire -- dress shirts, sweaters, and jeans -- and incongruous blue hospital booties, they strode around “the world,” stopping to stroke their chins and ponder this or that potential crisis. Among them was General Martin Dempsey, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in a button-down shirt and jeans, without a medal or a ribbon in sight, his arms crossed, his gaze fixed. He had one foot <a href="https://www.nytsyn.com/photo_previews/0081/7809/817809_525_380_w.jpg" target="_blank">planted</a> firmly in Russia, the other partly in Kazakhstan, and yet the general hadn’t left the friendly confines of Virginia.</p><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2012/10/25/americas_unwinnable_war_games/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Will Virginia swing the election?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ohio and Florida get most of the press, but the road to the White House could very well run through Virginia Beach]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.prospect.org"><img style="margin: 0 10px 0 0;" src="http://media.salon.com/2012/10/TAP_new_logo6.png" alt="The American Prospect" align="left" /></a> In a tiny Virginia Beach office belonging to Scott Rigell, an auto dealer who swept into Congress on the 2010 Tea Party Republican wave and is running for re-election, volunteers for Mitt Romney gather for a morning of voter outreach. Dunkin Donuts and coffee are available for those interested—namely, kids there to help their parents. “Vaaah Beach” (as its known to locals) is my hometown, but I’m unfamiliar with this particular neighborhood, a development of McMansions in a wealthy area called Bayside, since it’s 20 miles north of Pungo, the rural patch of town where I went to high school.</p><p>Yes, 20 miles. One of the odd things about Virginia Beach is its vast size. Located in the southeast corner of Virginia and part of the larger metropolitan region called Hampton Roads, it touches the ship-building city of Norfolk and the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay and reaches down to the North Carolina border; along its eastern edge runs the Atlantic coast with endless beaches defined by a redneck surfer vibe—pickup trucks with Confederate flags, carrying surfboards instead of gun racks.</p><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2012/10/23/will_virginia_swing_the_election/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Obama riffs on &#8220;Romnesia&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obama joked about Mitt Romney's flip-flops]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At a campaign event in Fairfax, Virginia, President Obama joked about Mitt Romney's record of flip-flopping, referring to it as "Romnesia."</p><p>“He's changing up so much, backtracking and sidestepping. We've got to name this condition that he's going through. I think it's called 'Romnesia,'" Obama said. "I think that's what he's going through. Now, I'm not a medical doctor, but I do want to go over some of the symptoms with you. Because I want to make sure nobody else catches it.”</p><p><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/8BBEXB1Wf9c" frameborder="0" width="400" height="225"></iframe></p><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2012/10/19/obama_riffs_on_romnesia/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>GOP voter registration scandal widens</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Virginia official is busted for tossing voter forms. Turns out he works for the national party, too]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A man originally reported to have been working for the Republican Party of Virginia was arrested by the Rockingham County, Va., Sheriff's Office on Thursday and charged with attempting to destroy voter registration forms by tossing them into a dumpster behind a shopping center in Harrisonburg, Va.</p><p>"Prosecutors charged him with four counts of destruction of voter registration applications, eight counts of failing to disclose voter registration applications and one count of obstruction of justice," according to a report late Thursday afternoon <a href="http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/10/colin_small_virginia_gop_voter_registration_fraud.php">from TPM's Ryan Reilly</a>. More charges could be forthcoming, according to officials.</p><p>But there is more to the story, as evidence emerges to document that it ties into a still-expanding nationwide GOP Voter Registration Fraud Scandal that <a href="http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9586">the BRAD BLOG first began reporting in late September</a>, after we'd learned that the Republican Party of Florida had turned in more than 100 allegedly fraudulent and otherwise suspect voter registration forms in Palm Beach County. The story has continued to widen ever since, to a dozen Florida counties and several other states, now including Virginia, and even to the upper-echelons of the Republican Party itself.</p><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2012/10/19/gop_voter_registration_scandal_widens/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Va. health commissioner resigns over abortion clinic regulations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 21:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pro-choice advocates argue new standards could force most clinics out of business]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Health Commissioner Karen Remley has resigned over the state’s controversial new abortion clinic regulations.</p><p>Remley submitted her resignation to Gov. Bob McDonnell Thursday. Her resignation is effective immediately.</p><div> <article>Remley said in the letter that issues surrounding the development and enforcement of the clinic regulations have created an environment that compromises her ability to fulfill her duties. She did not elaborate.The state Board of Health last month adopted regulations that require existing abortion clinics in Virginia to meet the same construction standards as new hospitals. Abortion-rights advocates argued the strict standards could force most clinics out of business.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><script type='text/javascript' src='http://pshared.5min.com/Scripts/PlayerSeed.js?sid=1236&amp;width=400&amp;height=255&amp;shuffle=0&amp;playList=517281550'></script><br /> </article> </div><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2012/10/18/va_health_commissioner_resigns_over_abortion_clinic_regulations/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Some candidates mum on tough policy questions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senate candidates find it easier to keep quiet about controversial issues]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WASHINGTON (AP) — Curious what Virginia Republican Senate candidate George Allen thinks about his own party's law that forces women seeking abortions to have ultrasounds? Too bad. He refused to say during a recent debate.</p><p>How about whether Arizona Democratic Senate candidate Richard Carmona would support Majority Leader Harry Reid next year? Carmona's not talking about that. Former Maine Gov. Angus King has nothing for you on whether he'd side with Republicans or Democrats if his independent Senate bid works out. And Paul Ryan's proposed changes to Medicare? Not relevant, said Republican House candidate Chris Collins of New York; not going to answer, said Republican Senate candidate Josh Mandel of Ohio.</p><p>"I'm someone who looks forward and not backward," says Collins, who's trying to unseat Democrat Kathy Hochul in New York's most-watched House race. "And the Ryan budget is in the past."</p><p>Thanks for the questions, but these and other candidates are just flat-out refusing to reveal where they stand on sensitive matters of public policy. Their likely calculus: No answer is better than one that alienates critical voter groups — like women or seniors.</p><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2012/10/15/some_candidates_mum_on_tough_policy_questions/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>What makes Virgil Goode run?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2012 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The third-party presidential candidate makes his case]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Constitution Party presidential nominee Virgil Goode may not have the name recognition, money or organizational strength of Mitt Romney or Barack Obama, but there's an outside chance he could swing the presidential election. The Virginian served six terms in Congress, first as Democrat and later as aRepublican, and still has fans in the battleground state, where Republicans are concerned he'll siphon off enough conservative votes from Romney to hand Obama Virginia, and potentially, depending on how the rest of the map works out, the presidency. He's polling at only about 2 percent, but the state GOP is concerned enough that it's suing to try to remove him from the ballot.</p><p>Goode, who was<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/virgil-goode-campaigns-for-president-against-the-odds/2012/09/23/afc1243e-0412-11e2-8102-ebee9c66e190_story.html"> recently profiled by the Washington Post</a>, doesn't fit neatly into any political box. He holds some conservative ideas that progressives will consider kooky -- like his plan to put a moratorium on immigration until the unemployment rate falls -- but he has a populist streak: He's firmly against special interest PAC money and has no time for Paul Ryan's plan to voucherize Medicare. He spoke to Salon for the first installment of our Better Know a Lesser-Known Candidate series. Our conversation has been lightly edited for brevity.</p><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2012/09/29/what_makes_virgil_goode_run/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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