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<item><title><![CDATA[ No Fair? ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/21/AR2008112100931.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/21/AR2008112100931.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:10:52 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The ominous warnings have been emanating from right-wing world: The Democrats are planning to muzzle them. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[No]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fair?]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ A Question of Justice ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/20/AR2008112000887.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/20/AR2008112000887.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:44:59 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Ladies and gentlemen, we have our first full-fledged ideological battle of the fledgling Obama administration. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[Question]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Justice]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Adjusting to Unreality ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/19/AR2008111900823.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/19/AR2008111900823.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:58:58 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Barack Obama can't complain. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Adjusting]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Unreality]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Making Nice ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/18/AR2008111800923.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/18/AR2008111800923.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:48:59 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ It's a reaching-out ritual, though I can't recall it happening this soon after an election, and it shows that Barack Obama understands the politics of symbolism.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4721103651483" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4721103651483" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Making]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nice]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Our New Pop Culture Icons ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/17/AR2008111700723.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/17/AR2008111700723.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:38:58 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Perhaps it was the announcement that NBC News is coming out with a DVD titled "Yes We Can: The Barack Obama Story." Or that ABC and USA Today are rushing out a book on the election. Or that HBO has snapped up a documentary on Obama's campaign. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Our]]></category><category><![CDATA[New]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pop]]></category><category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category><category><![CDATA[Icons]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Journalists, Glorying in Obama's Moment ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/16/AR2008111602374.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/16/AR2008111602374.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Perhaps it was the announcement that NBC News is coming out with a DVD titled "Yes We Can: The Barack Obama Story." Or that ABC and USA Today are rushing out a book on the election. Or that HBO has snapped up a documentary on Obama's campaign. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Journalists,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Glorying]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Obama's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Moment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[John F. Kennedy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Newsweek Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michael Beschloss]]></category><category><![CDATA[USA TODAY]]></category><category><![CDATA[Los Angeles Times]]></category><category><![CDATA[ABC Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bill Cosby]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hollywood]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis]]></category><category><![CDATA[James MacGregor Burns]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jay-Z]]></category><category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jon Meacham]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kurt Andersen]]></category><category><![CDATA[London]]></category><category><![CDATA[NBC Universal Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Obama Girl]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oprah Winfrey]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rebecca Traister]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ronald Reagan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Will.I.Am]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bay of Pigs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Home Box Office Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Leave It to Beaver]]></category><category><![CDATA[MSNBC Interactive News LLC]]></category><category><![CDATA[NAFTA]]></category><category><![CDATA[New Republic Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[NYP Holdings Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[The New York Times Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Washington Post Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[The White House]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tribune Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Us Weekly LLC]]></category><category><![CDATA[YouTube LLC]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Madam Secretary? ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/14/AR2008111400799.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/14/AR2008111400799.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:48:02 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ This can't be just another trial balloon. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Madam]]></category><category><![CDATA[Secretary?]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Sarah Surfing ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/13/AR2008111300866.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/13/AR2008111300866.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:04:46 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Sarah Palin is fighting back against the "jerks."<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4721103651951" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4721103651951" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Sarah]]></category><category><![CDATA[Surfing]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Honeymoon or Harassment? ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/12/AR2008111200700.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/12/AR2008111200700.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:38:58 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The clue, I think, was in the huge attention given to Obama's courtesy call on the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Honeymoon]]></category><category><![CDATA[or]]></category><category><![CDATA[Harassment?]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Getting Off the Canvas ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/11/AR2008111100735.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/11/AR2008111100735.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:01:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ There are really only three stories in Washington right now. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Getting]]></category><category><![CDATA[Off]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Canvas]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Does Obama Need the Press? ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/10/AR2008111000590.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/10/AR2008111000590.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:51:58 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Barack Obama figured out early on that he had better limit his media consumption before it consumed him. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Does]]></category><category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[Need]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Press?]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Obama's Other Transition: Handling a Tougher Press Corps ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/09/AR2008110902094.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/09/AR2008110902094.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Barack Obama figured out early on that he had better limit his media consumption before it consumed him.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4721103652679" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4721103652679" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Obama's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Other]]></category><category><![CDATA[Transition:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Handling]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tougher]]></category><category><![CDATA[Press]]></category><category><![CDATA[Corps]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bill Clinton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chris Matthews]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rahm Emanuel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Robert Gibbs]]></category><category><![CDATA[The White House]]></category><category><![CDATA[Amy Holmes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eric Deggans]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jim Warren]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michael Frisby]]></category><category><![CDATA[HuffingtonPost.com Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[MSNBC Interactive News LLC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charles Gibson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joe Scarborough]]></category><category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joseph Biden]]></category><category><![CDATA[Katie Couric]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kenneth Starr]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lynn Sweet]]></category><category><![CDATA[Monica Lewinsky]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ronald Reagan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sarah Palin]]></category><category><![CDATA[William Safire]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chicago Sun-Times]]></category><category><![CDATA[ESPN Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Facebook Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Association of Black Journalists]]></category><category><![CDATA[Politico.com]]></category><category><![CDATA[St. Petersburg Times]]></category><category><![CDATA[The New York Times Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tribune Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[YouTube LLC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arkansas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Illinois]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Race Fades to Black ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/18/AR2008011801184.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/18/AR2008011801184.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:42:59 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Remember when Barack Obama wasn't black enough? ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Race]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fades]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Black]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ When Journalism Turns Personal ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/06/AR2008110600674.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/06/AR2008110600674.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:30:58 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ When Bob Schieffer was growing up in Fort Worth, black people were allowed to visit the city parks and the zoo one day a year. "I did not shake hands with a black person until I was in the U.S. Air Force -- not because I didn't want to, but because they lived on one side of town and I lived on the other side," the CBS newsman says. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[When]]></category><category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category><category><![CDATA[Turns]]></category><category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Words to Match the Historic Moment ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/05/AR2008110504007.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/05/AR2008110504007.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ When Bob Schieffer was growing up in Fort Worth, black people were allowed to visit the city parks and the zoo one day a year. "I did not shake hands with a black person until I was in the U.S. Air Force -- not because I didn't want to, but because they lived on one side of town and I lived on the other side," the CBS newsman says. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Words]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Match]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Historic]]></category><category><![CDATA[Moment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brit Hume]]></category><category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cable News Network LP LLLP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Juan Williams]]></category><category><![CDATA[Keith Olbermann]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[FOX News Network LLC]]></category><category><![CDATA[MSNBC Interactive News LLC]]></category><category><![CDATA[The New York Times Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brooklyn]]></category><category><![CDATA[CBS Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category><category><![CDATA[Colin Powell]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Gergen]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Gregory]]></category><category><![CDATA[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]></category><category><![CDATA[George Stephanopoulos]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jeremiah Wright]]></category><category><![CDATA[Martin Luther King Jr.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Roland Martin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tucker Carlson]]></category><category><![CDATA[William Ayers]]></category><category><![CDATA[ABC Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Los Angeles Times]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Public Radio Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[NBC Universal Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[NYP Holdings Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Washington Post Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[The White House]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ A Moment in Time ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/05/AR2008110502204.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/05/AR2008110502204.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:46:01 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ It was Bob Schieffer, just after 10 last night, who made it (un)official: Barack Obama would be the next president of the United States.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4721103653286" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4721103653286" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[Moment]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Time]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Savoring the Moment ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/04/AR2008110401198.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/04/AR2008110401198.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:44:53 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Eleven o'clock, on the dot. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Savoring]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Moment]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Softer Shows Hard on McCain ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/03/AR2008110300586.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/03/AR2008110300586.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:03:01 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The presidential candidates have made it through a two-year media maze that at times dwelled on cleavage, cackling, Paris Hilton, lipstick, haircuts, houses, preachers, pregnancy, flag pins, witchcraft, designer wardrobes and Joe Wurzelbacher. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Softer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shows]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hard]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[McCain]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Obama's Talk Show Advantage Is No Idle Chatter ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/02/AR2008110202326.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/02/AR2008110202326.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The presidential candidates have made it through a two-year media maze that at times dwelled on cleavage, cackling, Paris Hilton, lipstick, haircuts, houses, preachers, pregnancy, flag pins, witchcraft, designer wardrobes and Joe Wurzelbacher. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Obama's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Talk]]></category><category><![CDATA[Show]]></category><category><![CDATA[Advantage]]></category><category><![CDATA[Is]]></category><category><![CDATA[No]]></category><category><![CDATA[Idle]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chatter]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Letterman]]></category><category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sarah Palin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michelle Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bill Geddie]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Wade]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ellen DeGeneres]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joy Behar]]></category><category><![CDATA[ABC Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brian Williams]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jay Leno]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joseph Biden]]></category><category><![CDATA[Katie Couric]]></category><category><![CDATA[G. Gordon Liddy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joe Wurzelbacher]]></category><category><![CDATA[Paris Hilton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arsenio Hall]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barbara Walters]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bill Burton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bill Clinton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charles Gibson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Elisabeth Hasselbeck]]></category><category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Vargas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jill Zuckman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jon Stewart]]></category><category><![CDATA[Larry King]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michael Goldfarb]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oprah Winfrey]]></category><category><![CDATA[Phil Singer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rachael Ray]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sean Hannity]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tina Fey]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tyra Banks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Whoopi Goldberg]]></category><category><![CDATA[William Ayers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Access Hollywood]]></category><category><![CDATA[CBS Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Center for Media and Public Affairs]]></category><category><![CDATA[NBC Universal Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Saturday Night Live]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Daily Show]]></category><category><![CDATA[The New York Times Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Time Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tribune Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Delaware]]></category><category><![CDATA[Illinois]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Breaking Ranks ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/10/31/BL2008103101144.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/10/31/BL2008103101144.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:48:58 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ It must be more than a bit discouraging for Republicans to see some of their medium-size names jumping ship and embracing Barack Obama.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4721103655871" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4721103655871" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Breaking]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ranks]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Breaking Ranks ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/31/AR2008103100968.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/31/AR2008103100968.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:41:50 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ It must be more than a bit discouraging for Republicans to see some of their medium-size names jumping ship and embracing Barack Obama. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Breaking]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ranks]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Big Show ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/10/30/BL2008103002086.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/10/30/BL2008103002086.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:46:59 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ It was like a well-produced "60 Minutes" report on the struggling middle class, if those who are struggling all happened to live in swing states. Call it "30 Minutes." ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Big]]></category><category><![CDATA[Show]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Big Show ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/30/AR2008103001377.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/30/AR2008103001377.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:00:01 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ It was like a well-produced "60 Minutes" report on the struggling middle class, if those who are struggling all happened to live in swing states. Call it "30 Minutes." ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Big]]></category><category><![CDATA[Show]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Another View of Barack  ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/29/AR2008102901159.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/29/AR2008102901159.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:01:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Imagine that the polls were reversed and Barack Obama was seen as a long shot to win next Tuesday.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4721103658862" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4721103658862" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Another]]></category><category><![CDATA[View]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barack]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Journalists Name 44th President ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/28/AR2008102801025.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/28/AR2008102801025.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:17:58 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Barack Obama has a problem: He's going to sweep so many Democrats into Congress that he will "face high expectations," as the New York Times put it, to deliver on his promises. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Journalists]]></category><category><![CDATA[Name]]></category><category><![CDATA[44th]]></category><category><![CDATA[President]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Calling the Vote Before the Ballots Have Been Cast ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/27/AR2008102702972.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/27/AR2008102702972.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Barack Obama has a problem: He's going to sweep so many Democrats into Congress that he will "face high expectations," as the New York Times put it, to deliver on his promises. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Calling]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vote]]></category><category><![CDATA[Before]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ballots]]></category><category><![CDATA[Have]]></category><category><![CDATA[Been]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cast]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sarah Palin]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Zogby]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Republican Party]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Dickerson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Newsweek Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Politico.com]]></category><category><![CDATA[New Hampshire]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lawrence Summers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Adam Nagourney]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cokie Roberts]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dan Balz]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Kerry]]></category><category><![CDATA[Karl Rove]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rudolph Giuliani]]></category><category><![CDATA[Scott Helman]]></category><category><![CDATA[The New York Times Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tobe Berkovitz]]></category><category><![CDATA[Boston University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cable News Network LP LLLP]]></category><category><![CDATA[FOX News Network LLC]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Public Radio Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[New Republic Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Project for Excellence in Journalism]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Boston Globe]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Washington Post Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[The White House]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alaska]]></category><category><![CDATA[Iowa]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ In Search of Reality ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/27/AR2008102700604.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/27/AR2008102700604.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:37:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ On Fox News last week, Sean Hannity said he was tempted to ask Barack Obama: "Where did you buy your cocaine, how much cocaine? How much cocaine did you use? How often did you use it? When did you stop?" ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[Search]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reality]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Worlds Apart: The Great Hannity-Olbermann Divide ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/26/AR2008102602224.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/26/AR2008102602224.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ On Fox News last week, Sean Hannity said he was tempted to ask Barack Obama: "Where did you buy your cocaine, how much cocaine? How much cocaine did you use? How often did you use it? When did you stop?"<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4721103700045" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4721103700045" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Worlds]]></category><category><![CDATA[Apart:]]></category><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Great]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hannity-Olbermann]]></category><category><![CDATA[Divide]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sean Hannity]]></category><category><![CDATA[Keith Olbermann]]></category><category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category><category><![CDATA[Andy Martin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sarah Palin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bill Shine]]></category><category><![CDATA[MSNBC Interactive News LLC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tribune Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Byron York]]></category><category><![CDATA[FOX News Network LLC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cable News Network LP LLLP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now]]></category><category><![CDATA[Drew Griffin]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Review Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[The White House]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Democratic Party]]></category><category><![CDATA[Abraham Lincoln]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alan Colmes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bill O'Reilly]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chris Hayes (Hockey)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chris Kofinis]]></category><category><![CDATA[Christa Robinson]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Axelrod]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dick Morris]]></category><category><![CDATA[Doyle McManus]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gene Robinson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Edwards (Politician)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jonathan Alter]]></category><category><![CDATA[Karl Rove]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michael Tackett]]></category><category><![CDATA[Naftali Bendavid]]></category><category><![CDATA[Newt Gingrich]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rachel Maddow]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sam Zell]]></category><category><![CDATA[Air America Radio Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joe Wurzelbacher]]></category><category><![CDATA[Los Angeles Times]]></category><category><![CDATA[Newsweek Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[The New York Times Magazine]]></category><category><![CDATA[The O'Reilly Factor]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Washington Post Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Republican Party]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Barracuda Bandwagon ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/24/AR2008102401029.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/24/AR2008102401029.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:56:01 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The media spotlight has swung back to Sarah Palin, and it's not just the designer outfits that cost more than some families might spend to send a kid to college. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Barracuda]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bandwagon]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ On Shopping and Patriotism ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/10/23/BL2008102301230.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/10/23/BL2008102301230.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:03:58 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ My fellow Americans: ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[On]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shopping]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[Patriotism]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ On Shopping and Patriotism ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/23/AR2008102300701.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/23/AR2008102300701.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:50:59 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ My fellow Americans: ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[On]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shopping]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[Patriotism]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Pulse of the Pol ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/22/AR2008102200764.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/22/AR2008102200764.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:53:58 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ I spent a few minutes with Barack Obama on my last campaign outing, and one thing struck me during our brief chat.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4721103701280" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4721103701280" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pulse]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pol]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Ready, Aim, Fire ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/21/AR2008102100572.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/21/AR2008102100572.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:07:59 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ There's a civil war erupting on the right, and Colin Powell is caught in the crossfire. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Ready,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Aim,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fire]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ President Obama? ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/20/AR2008102000753.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/20/AR2008102000753.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:26:58 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The network maps are bathed in blue, the pundits contemplating a landslide, the conservative columnists preparing for the indignities of an Obama administration. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[President]]></category><category><![CDATA[Obama?]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Safety in Numbers? Poll-Driven Press Goes Out on a Limb ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/19/AR2008101902099.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/19/AR2008101902099.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The network maps are bathed in blue, the pundits contemplating a landslide, the conservative columnists preparing for the indignities of an Obama administration. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Safety]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Numbers?]]></category><category><![CDATA[Poll-Driven]]></category><category><![CDATA[Press]]></category><category><![CDATA[Goes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Out]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Limb]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category><category><![CDATA[Judith Miller]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sarah Palin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Christopher Buckley]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chuck Todd]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jeff Greenfield]]></category><category><![CDATA[Los Angeles Times]]></category><category><![CDATA[NBC Universal Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[The New York Times Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[ABC Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bill Burton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cable News Network LP LLLP]]></category><category><![CDATA[CBS Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Central Intelligence Agency]]></category><category><![CDATA[Colin Powell]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Brooks]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Letterman]]></category><category><![CDATA[FOX News Network LLC]]></category><category><![CDATA[George Stephanopoulos]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[George Will]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joe Wurzelbacher]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Moody]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kathleen Parker]]></category><category><![CDATA[Manhattan Institute for Policy Research]]></category><category><![CDATA[Meet the Press]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michael Goldfarb]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Review Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Newsweek Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Peggy Noonan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Politico.com]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pulitzer Prize Committee]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rich Lowry]]></category><category><![CDATA[Saddam Hussein]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sam Feist]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Washington Post Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[The White House]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tina Fey]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tribune Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tucker Carlson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Walter Shapiro]]></category><category><![CDATA[Yogi Berra]]></category><category><![CDATA[Illinois]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kansas]]></category><category><![CDATA[New Hampshire]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oklahoma]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Bus to Nowhere ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/16/AR2008101601945.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/16/AR2008101601945.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:25:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ INDIANAPOLIS -- The reporters waded gingerly into two-inch-deep mud and settled behind scratched wooden tables as Barack Obama was being introduced to more than 10,000 screaming fans at the state fairgrounds here.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4721103701697" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4721103701697" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bus]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nowhere]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ A Leaky Argument ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/10/17/BL2008101700689.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/10/17/BL2008101700689.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:40:01 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Surely I've got better things to do than to flush this column down the drain by yammering on about Joe the Plumber. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[Leaky]]></category><category><![CDATA[Argument]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fighter Pilot Strafes His Target ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/16/AR2008101600986.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/16/AR2008101600986.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:43:01 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ John McCain may have won over Joe the Plumber, but I doubt his "class warfare" swipe at Barack Obama turned the tide last night. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fighter]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pilot]]></category><category><![CDATA[Strafes]]></category><category><![CDATA[His]]></category><category><![CDATA[Target]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Message Muddle ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/15/AR2008101500874.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/15/AR2008101500874.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:14:01 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Remember a few short weeks ago, when the race was tight and the pundits were goading Barack Obama to get aggressive and sharpen his message or see the thing slip away? ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Message]]></category><category><![CDATA[Muddle]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Last Chance? ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/14/AR2008101400702.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/14/AR2008101400702.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:49:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The problem for John McCain is that nothing has worked.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4721103702526" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4721103702526" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Last]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chance?]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Bus to Nowhere ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/13/AR2008101300414.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/13/AR2008101300414.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:41:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ INDIANAPOLIS--The reporters waded gingerly into two-inch-deep mud and settled behind scratched wooden tables as Barack Obama was being introduced to more than 10,000 screaming fans at the state fairgrounds here. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bus]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nowhere]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ On the Bus, But With No Reason to Go? ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/12/AR2008101201965.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/12/AR2008101201965.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ INDIANAPOLIS -- The reporters waded gingerly into two-inch-deep mud and settled behind scratched wooden tables as Barack Obama was being introduced to more than 10,000 screaming fans at the state fairgrounds here. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[On]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bus,]]></category><category><![CDATA[But]]></category><category><![CDATA[With]]></category><category><![CDATA[No]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reason]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Go?]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category><category><![CDATA[Geraldine Brooks]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Broder]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Dickerson]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Heilemann]]></category><category><![CDATA[Linda Douglass]]></category><category><![CDATA[Robert Gibbs]]></category><category><![CDATA[MSNBC Interactive News LLC]]></category><category><![CDATA[The New York Times Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Time Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tribune Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[BlackBerry Mobile Devices]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charles Gibson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dana Milbank]]></category><category><![CDATA[Indianapolis]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jill Zuckman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lee Cowan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lynn Sweet]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nashville]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nicolle Wallace]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sarah Palin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sasha Issenberg]]></category><category><![CDATA[ABC Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cable News Network LP LLLP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chicago Sun-Times]]></category><category><![CDATA[Los Angeles Times]]></category><category><![CDATA[Martha's Vineyard]]></category><category><![CDATA[NBC Universal Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Newsweek Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Politico.com]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Boston Globe]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Washington Post Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[The White House]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Republican Party]]></category><category><![CDATA[USA TODAY]]></category><category><![CDATA[YouTube LLC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Illinois]]></category><category><![CDATA[Indiana]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michelle Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Measuring the Curtains? ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/10/AR2008101000889.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/10/AR2008101000889.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:47:02 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Contrarian thought for the day: ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Measuring]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Curtains?]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Slipping Away? ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/10/09/BL2008100901175.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/10/09/BL2008100901175.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:46:58 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ CHICAGO, Oct. 9 -- After watching Barack Obama hit his stride at a boisterous Indiana rally Wednesday, I fired up the old laptop and came to a realization.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4721103703380" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4721103703380" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Slipping]]></category><category><![CDATA[Away?]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Slipping Away? ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/09/AR2008100900688.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/09/AR2008100900688.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:20:02 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ CHICAGO, Oct. 9 -- After watching Barack Obama hit his stride at a boisterous Indiana rally Wednesday, I fired up the old laptop and came to a realization. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Slipping]]></category><category><![CDATA[Away?]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Heck with Substance ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/08/AR2008100800975.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/08/AR2008100800975.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:12:59 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NASHVILLE -- Here, as a torrential rain pelted the roof of the media tent after an unusually serious debate, is your press corps in action: ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Heck]]></category><category><![CDATA[with]]></category><category><![CDATA[Substance]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Blasts From the Past ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100700754.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100700754.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:39:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Just what America needs while the economy is crumbling: a campaign about William Ayers and Charles Keating. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Blasts]]></category><category><![CDATA[From]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Past]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Press, a Few Dollars Short ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/06/AR2008100600620.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/06/AR2008100600620.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:16:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Charlie Gasparino was so anxious to get on the air that he phoned in to CNBC, rather than walking to the studio, to report that nervous federal authorities were considering a bailout of the insurance giant AIG.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4721103708069" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4721103708069" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Press,]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Few]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dollars]]></category><category><![CDATA[Short]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Press May Own a Share in Financial Mess ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100502562.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100502562.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Charlie Gasparino was so anxious to get on the air that he phoned in to CNBC, rather than walking to the studio, to report that nervous federal authorities were considering a bailout of the insurance giant AIG. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Press]]></category><category><![CDATA[May]]></category><category><![CDATA[Own]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Share]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mess]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charlie Gasparino]]></category><category><![CDATA[Andy Serwer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Marcus Brauchli]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fannie Mae]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[American International Group Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Richard Fuld]]></category><category><![CDATA[CNBC Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Freddie Mac Holdings]]></category><category><![CDATA[The New York Times Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lehman Brothers Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alan Greenspan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Christopher Cox]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Brancaccio]]></category><category><![CDATA[Franklin Raines]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gretchen Morgenson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Spokane]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stephen F. Smith (Executive)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Steven Pearlstein]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arthur Andersen LLP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cable News Network LP LLLP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Enron Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Financial Times Ltd.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Newsweek Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pulitzer Prize Committee]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Washington Post Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[The White House]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Knight Digital Media Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ A Political Debate With Two Scorecards ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/03/AR2008100303368.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/03/AR2008100303368.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ From the barking heads to the boisterous bloggers, from the Beltway elite to the heartland newspapers, a grand consensus quickly emerged about Sarah Palin's debate performance: She wasn't awful. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[Political]]></category><category><![CDATA[Debate]]></category><category><![CDATA[With]]></category><category><![CDATA[Two]]></category><category><![CDATA[Scorecards]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sarah Palin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joseph Biden]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gwen Ifill]]></category><category><![CDATA[Katie Couric]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charlie Cook]]></category><category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category><category><![CDATA[Karen Tumulty]]></category><category><![CDATA[Robert Thompson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Emily Rooney]]></category><category><![CDATA[Andrea Mitchell]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bill Kristol]]></category><category><![CDATA[Boston]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Yepsen]]></category><category><![CDATA[George Stephanopoulos]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kathryn Jean Lopez]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michelle Cottle]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rochelle Riley]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ross Perot]]></category><category><![CDATA[St. Louis]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tina Fey]]></category><category><![CDATA[ABC Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[CBS Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Detroit Free Press Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[FOX News Network LLC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Houston Chronicle Publishing Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Los Angeles Times]]></category><category><![CDATA[MSNBC Interactive News LLC]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Review Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[NBC Universal Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[New Republic Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]></category><category><![CDATA[Syracuse University]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Des Moines Register]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alaska]]></category><category><![CDATA[Delaware]]></category><category><![CDATA[New Hampshire]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Palin Digs Herself Out ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/03/AR2008100301069.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/03/AR2008100301069.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:54:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Even if expectations hadn't been in the basement, Sarah Palin did quite well last night. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Palin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Digs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Herself]]></category><category><![CDATA[Out]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Palin Pushback ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/02/AR2008100200827.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/02/AR2008100200827.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:32:58 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ For days now, television viewers have watched Sarah Palin unable to explain the significance of her home state's bordering Russia, unable to name a Supreme Court ruling she disagrees with, unable to name a single newspaper she reads.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4721103709041" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4721103709041" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Palin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pushback]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ GOP 'Gotcha Journalism' Charges Throw Spotlight on Debate ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/01/AR2008100103038.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/01/AR2008100103038.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ For days now, television viewers have watched Sarah Palin unable to explain the significance of her home state's bordering Russia, unable to name a Supreme Court ruling she disagrees with, unable to name a single newspaper she reads. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category><category><![CDATA['Gotcha]]></category><category><![CDATA[Journalism']]></category><category><![CDATA[Charges]]></category><category><![CDATA[Throw]]></category><category><![CDATA[Spotlight]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Debate]]></category><category><![CDATA[Katie Couric]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sarah Palin]]></category><category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nicolle Wallace]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gwen Ifill]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charles Gibson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joseph Biden]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kathryn Jean Lopez]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tina Fey]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cable News Network LP LLLP]]></category><category><![CDATA[CBS Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Anne Bell]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brian Williams]]></category><category><![CDATA[Campbell Brown]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dan Quayle]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dick Cheney]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]></category><category><![CDATA[George McGovern]]></category><category><![CDATA[Geraldine Ferraro]]></category><category><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hugh Hewitt]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Edwards (Politician)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Richard Nixon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rush Limbaugh]]></category><category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ryan Lizza]]></category><category><![CDATA[Thomas Eagleton]]></category><category><![CDATA[ABC Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alaska]]></category><category><![CDATA[FOX News Network LLC]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Review Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[NBC Universal Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Newsweek Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Prince William Sound]]></category><category><![CDATA[Saturday Night Live]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Army National Guard]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Drudge Report]]></category><category><![CDATA[The New York Times Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Washington Post Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of Southern California]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wikimedia Foundation Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[WorldNetDaily.com Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[YouTube LLC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Castigating the Culprits ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/01/AR2008100100565.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/01/AR2008100100565.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:33:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Finally, something that Washington is good at--yelling about who's to blame. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Castigating]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Culprits]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Bailout Bombs ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/30/AR2008093000707.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/30/AR2008093000707.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:19:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Maybe John McCain's Republican friends in the House had good reason to vote against the bailout package yesterday, helping send the Dow down 777 points. After all, just about everyone hates this bill. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Bailout]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bombs]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Spin Doctors Work Their Voodoo ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/29/AR2008092900603.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/29/AR2008092900603.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:10:58 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ OXFORD, Miss. -- David Axelrod was surrounded by a pack of camera-toting, mike-wielding, pushing-and-shoving media types, one of whom asked whether his man Barack Obama had been "too nice" in the just-completed debate with John McCain.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4721103711385" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4721103711385" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Spin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Doctors]]></category><category><![CDATA[Work]]></category><category><![CDATA[Their]]></category><category><![CDATA[Voodoo]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ 'Substantive' Press Is Taken for a Spin ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/28/AR2008092802587.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/28/AR2008092802587.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ OXFORD, Miss. -- David Axelrod was surrounded by a pack of camera-toting, mike-wielding, pushing-and-shoving media types, one of whom asked whether his man Barack Obama had been "too nice" in the just-completed debate with John McCain. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA['Substantive']]></category><category><![CDATA[Press]]></category><category><![CDATA[Is]]></category><category><![CDATA[Taken]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Spin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sarah Palin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Katie Couric]]></category><category><![CDATA[CBS Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cable News Network LP LLLP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nicolle Wallace]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Axelrod]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charles Gibson]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maureen Dowd]]></category><category><![CDATA[Paul Begala]]></category><category><![CDATA[Robert Gibbs]]></category><category><![CDATA[MSNBC Interactive News LLC]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of Mississippi]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alaska]]></category><category><![CDATA[Andrea Mitchell]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bill Clinton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bob Schieffer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Byron York]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chris Matthews]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chuck Todd]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Brody]]></category><category><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jim Lehrer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joe Scarborough]]></category><category><![CDATA[John F. Kennedy]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Harwood]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Kerry]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kathleen Parker]]></category><category><![CDATA[Katty Kay]]></category><category><![CDATA[Linda Douglass]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lindsey Graham]]></category><category><![CDATA[Madeleine Albright]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rich Lowry]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rod Dreher]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rudolph Giuliani]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sean Hannity]]></category><category><![CDATA[Steve Schmidt]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tina Fey]]></category><category><![CDATA[ABC Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[British Broadcasting Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[CNBC Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Review Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[NBC Universal Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Christian Broadcasting Network Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Dallas Morning News Co.]]></category><category><![CDATA[The New York Times Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Deal or No Deal? ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/09/26/BL2008092601063.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/09/26/BL2008092601063.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:42:58 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ I knew McCain's let's-skip-the-debate maneuver wasn't drawing applause in some precincts on the right when I heard Laura Ingraham tell her radio audience that this was a "huge mistake," "gimmicky," and "the worst thing he could have done." ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Deal]]></category><category><![CDATA[or]]></category><category><![CDATA[No]]></category><category><![CDATA[Deal?]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Time Out? ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/09/25/BL2008092501403.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/09/25/BL2008092501403.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:42:59 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ It was either a burst of bipartisanship or a self-serving political tactic. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Time]]></category><category><![CDATA[Out?]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Time Out? ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/25/AR2008092500913.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/25/AR2008092500913.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:55:02 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ It was either a burst of bipartisanship or a self-serving political tactic.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4721103713808" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4721103713808" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Time]]></category><category><![CDATA[Out?]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Candidates' Performances a Matter of Debate ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/24/AR2008092403388.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/24/AR2008092403388.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Joe Lockhart was watching the instant feedback from focus groups during the final presidential debate four years ago, and the reaction showed that his candidate, John Kerry, was beating President Bush. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Candidates']]></category><category><![CDATA[Performances]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Matter]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Debate]]></category><category><![CDATA[Al Gore]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joe Lockhart]]></category><category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mary Cheney]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Kerry]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chris Lehane]]></category><category><![CDATA[Walter Shapiro]]></category><category><![CDATA[FEMA]]></category><category><![CDATA[George H.W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Matthew Dowd]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cokie Roberts]]></category><category><![CDATA[Craig Crawford]]></category><category><![CDATA[Darrell Hammond]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gerald Ford]]></category><category><![CDATA[Houston]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jamie Lee Witt]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michael Dukakis]]></category><category><![CDATA[Poland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Saturday Night Live]]></category><category><![CDATA[The New York Times Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Republican Party]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[YouTube LLC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mississippi]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Baby Talk ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/24/AR2008092400797.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/24/AR2008092400797.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:10:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Is it fair, at this stage of the game, to raise questions about Sarah Palin's baby? ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Baby]]></category><category><![CDATA[Talk]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Coping With Calamity ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/23/AR2008092300604.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/23/AR2008092300604.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:14:58 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Old CW: Hank Paulson is a brilliant dealmaker whose decisive action is rescuing the financial system from the brink of collapse. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Coping]]></category><category><![CDATA[With]]></category><category><![CDATA[Calamity]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Left's Favorite Righty ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/22/AR2008092200715.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/22/AR2008092200715.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:32:58 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ David Brooks is used to hanging around with liberals -- his wife and three children, among others, support Barack Obama -- but has grown angry at the condescending talk about Sarah Palin.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4721103717739" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4721103717739" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Left's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Favorite]]></category><category><![CDATA[Righty]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ David Brooks, Rankling Folks Right and Left ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/21/AR2008092102138.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/21/AR2008092102138.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ David Brooks is used to hanging around with liberals -- his wife and three children, among others, support Barack Obama -- but has grown angry at the condescending talk about Sarah Palin. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[David]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brooks,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rankling]]></category><category><![CDATA[Folks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Right]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[Left]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Brooks]]></category><category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sarah Palin]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Frum]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rush Limbaugh]]></category><category><![CDATA[E.J. Dionne]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Review Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Public Broadcasting Service]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of Chicago]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arthur Sulzberger]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bethesda]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brussels]]></category><category><![CDATA[Burke]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charles Krauthammer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category><category><![CDATA[Denver]]></category><category><![CDATA[George Will]]></category><category><![CDATA[Glenn Greenwald]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joseph Biden]]></category><category><![CDATA[Laura Ingraham]]></category><category><![CDATA[Margaret Thatcher]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mark Salter]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ronald Reagan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rupert Murdoch]]></category><category><![CDATA[Scarlett Johansson]]></category><category><![CDATA[St. Paul (Minnesota)]]></category><category><![CDATA[The New York Times Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[William F. Buckley, Jr.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alaska]]></category><category><![CDATA[Greenwich Village]]></category><category><![CDATA[Iowa]]></category><category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category><category><![CDATA[Meet the Press]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Public Radio Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Saturday Night Live]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Washington Post Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Weekly Standard Magazine]]></category><category><![CDATA[The White House]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Republican Party]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ In Search of Fighting Words ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/09/19/BL2008091901152.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/09/19/BL2008091901152.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:59:02 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The past three days have been like a gift from heaven for Barack Obama. If he can't use this Wall Street meltdown as a springboard to put John McCain, lifelong deregulator, on the defensive, then he probably can't win the election. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[Search]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fighting]]></category><category><![CDATA[Words]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ In Search of Fighting Words ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/19/AR2008091901014.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/19/AR2008091901014.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:07:59 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The last three days have been like a gift from heaven for Barack Obama. If he can't use this Wall Street meltdown as a springboard to put John McCain, lifelong deregulator, on the defensive, then he probably can't win the election. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[Search]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fighting]]></category><category><![CDATA[Words]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Drudge Retort ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/18/AR2008091801241.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/18/AR2008091801241.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:26:58 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ On Tuesday, as Wall Street was reeling and the humongous AIG bailout was being assembled, Drudge ran a picture of Barbra Streisand.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4721103719136" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4721103719136" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Drudge]]></category><category><![CDATA[Retort]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ For All the Marbles ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/17/AR2008091700843.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/17/AR2008091700843.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:25:58 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ On a normal day, we'd all be buzzing about the McCain adviser's tone-deaf claim that his man practically invented the BlackBerry. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[For]]></category><category><![CDATA[All]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Marbles]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ As a Matter of Fact ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/16/AR2008091600640.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/16/AR2008091600640.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:18:58 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The anchor was giving the McCain spokesman a hard time. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[As]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Matter]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fact]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Gibson and the 'Good-Looking' Governor ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/15/AR2008091500684.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/15/AR2008091500684.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:48:58 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ For a precious few moments, the presidential campaign wasn't about Sarah Palin's hairstyle or her Naughty Monkey red shoes or her daughter's pregnancy. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Gibson]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA['Good-Looking']]></category><category><![CDATA[Governor]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Gibson Trod A Fine Line In Interviews ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/14/AR2008091402623.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/14/AR2008091402623.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ For a precious few moments, the presidential campaign wasn't about Sarah Palin's hairstyle or her Naughty Monkey red shoes or her daughter's pregnancy.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4721103721287" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4721103721287" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Gibson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Trod]]></category><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fine]]></category><category><![CDATA[Line]]></category><category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charles Gibson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sarah Palin]]></category><category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alaska]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tania Luzuriaga]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sean Hannity]]></category><category><![CDATA[Carolyn Lochhead]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fred Barnes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alberto Carvalho]]></category><category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vogue Magazine]]></category><category><![CDATA[FOX News Network LLC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alessandra Stanley]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bill Kristol]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brian Williams]]></category><category><![CDATA[Britney Spears]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Plotz]]></category><category><![CDATA[Donny Deutsch]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gary Kamiya]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jeffrey Schneider]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joe Klein]]></category><category><![CDATA[Katie Couric]]></category><category><![CDATA[Laura Ingraham]]></category><category><![CDATA[Paris Hilton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Peggy Drexler]]></category><category><![CDATA[Peggy Noonan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rush Limbaugh]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stephen Sprueill]]></category><category><![CDATA[Thomas Cheplick]]></category><category><![CDATA[Anders Gyllenhaal]]></category><category><![CDATA[CBS Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[CNBC Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[HuffingtonPost.com Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Miami Herald Publishing Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Review Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[NBC Universal Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category><category><![CDATA[San Francisco Chronicle]]></category><category><![CDATA[The American Spectator Magazine]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Boston Globe]]></category><category><![CDATA[The New York Times Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Weekly Standard Magazine]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wonkette.com]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The ABCs of Sarah Palin ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/12/AR2008091201086.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/12/AR2008091201086.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:31:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Anyone who said that Charlie Gibson might go easy on Sarah Palin might want to quickly delete those comments. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[ABCs]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sarah]]></category><category><![CDATA[Palin]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Anger Factor ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/11/AR2008091100793.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/11/AR2008091100793.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:09:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The media are getting mad. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Anger]]></category><category><![CDATA[Factor]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Palin Panic ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/10/AR2008091000757.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/10/AR2008091000757.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:28:58 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Forget Iraq and health care. Forget the polls and focus groups. There's a new explanation why Sarah Palin is the surprise hit of the season. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Palin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Panic]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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