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<title><![CDATA[Obama keeps his eye on independent voters]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ President Obama's Friday news conference did little to advance U.S. policy on Libya or clarify the White House's position on resolving the budget impasse in Congress. The president nonetheless conveyed one unmistakable impression: He is now focused intently on winning back independent voters. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[David Broder's remarkable life and career]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ On the night before the 2008 New Hampshire primary, a few Washington Post reporters gathered for dinner in Manchester to pay tribute to our colleague David Broder for covering presidential contests in the Granite State for nearly half a century. We all knew it might be the last primary he would c... ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[More than half of California children Latino, census shows]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ More than half the children in California are Latinos, according to new census statistics that show the nation's most populous state rapidly approaching the day when Hispanics overtake whites as the largest minority. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carol Morello and Dan Balz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama's 2012 reelection team gets moving]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ As Republicans dither, debating who is and who isn't in the 2012 race for the White House, President Obama and his team are moving swiftly to dive into the business of winning reelection.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/politics;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=1215122157430" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/politics;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=1215122157430" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Sunday Take]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Does Newt Gingrich have what it takes for the 2012 presidential campaign?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Former House speaker Newt Gingrich (Ga.) has been in the public eye for so long that it is easy to focus mostly on his flaws, which are well known: two messy divorces, an admission of adultery, extravagantly harsh and divisive rhetoric toward his opponents, a capacity to be childish, turmoil ofte... ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Balz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama offers states more flexibility in health-care law]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ President Obama sought to defuse criticism of the new health-care overhaul Monday by saying he is willing to give states an earlier opportunity to opt out of certain key requirements - but only if they can find their own ways to accomplish the law's goals. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy Goldstein and Dan Balz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Governors differ on extent of flexibility for Medicaid]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Democratic and Republican governors, burdened by crushing budget pressures from Medicaid, said Sunday that federal officials should allow them more freedom to change eligibility rules and other aspects of the public health insurance program for the poor. But they displayed sharp ideological...<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/politics;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=1215122158942" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/politics;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=1215122158942" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy Goldstein and Dan Balz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[For potential GOP presidential hopefuls Daniels and Barbour, the decision-making differs]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour have been comrades in arms in Republican politics for decades, friends who have followed similar paths. Both worked in the Reagan White House. Both had success in business before turning to elective politics. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Balz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Governors warn against U.S. budget cuts]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Leaders of the National Governors Association called on Congress and the Obama administration Saturday to avoid doing anything that could further strain their fragile economies, warning that the states are already overburdened and that additional demands could threaten the broader recovery. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Balz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Michigan Gov. Snyder offers GOP a less-confrontational model of governing]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) follows his own muse. In a party that includes leaders who thrive on confrontation, he is the opposite, an upbeat and earnest political newcomer pursuing an agenda to change a state that has been through a period of economic decline worse than perhaps any other state in... ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Balz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama, Republicans face partisan weekend at national governors' meeting]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The national focus on budget and labor battles in the states moves to Washington this weekend, with the National Governors Association facing what could be one of its most partisan periods in more than a decade.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/politics;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=1215122200500" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/politics;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=1215122200500" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Balz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Poll: Whites without college degrees especially pessimistic about economy]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The deep recession has had a profound effect on virtually every segment of the country's population. But if there is an epicenter of financial stress and frustration, it is among whites without college degrees. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jon Cohen and Dan Balz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[In Wisconsin and Washington, budget battles reshape political landscape]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ If the post-election lame-duck session belonged to President Obama, Republicans in Washington and the states have seized the offensive in the early weeks of 2011. But to what end? ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Balz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[GOP activists in Iowa divided on whether Palin can carry 2012 banner]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ WEST DES MOINES, IOWA -  A group of Republican activists were sorting out the field of prospective 2012 presidential candidates on a cold night here recently when talk turned to Sarah Palin. In a state whose caucuses will kick off the nomination contest, no one stands clearly above the others, su... ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Balz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[At CPAC, Indiana Gov. Daniels looks at 2012 and decries a 'new red menace']]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Some presidential candidates decide to run for the White House and only then try to figure out their message. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels is the opposite. He knows what he wants to say; he's just not sure whether he will run.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/politics;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=1215122202912" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/politics;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=1215122202912" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Balz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[At CPAC, Egypt appears to be an afterthought]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ On a day of history in the Middle East, there was one topic virtually absent from the speeches of prospective 2012 Republican presidential candidates at the annual Conservative Political Action Committee's convention: Egypt. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Balz and Amy Gardner]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[CPAC gets underway on wave of 2010 midterm momentum]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The largest conservative gathering of the year began in Washington on Thursday with a parade of possible Republican presidential candidates determined to show that they have what it takes to defeat President Obama in 2012. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy Gardner and Dan Balz]]></dc:creator>
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