<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Talking Points</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/politics/onlineextra/nealterry?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</link><description>Talking Points</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Washington: Where You Can Win for Losing]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62363-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62363-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In a town known for cliches, one of the biggest is blaming a liberal or conservative political conspiracy for your troubles.]]></description><author> Terry M. Neal</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush's Poll Position Is Worst on Record]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43180-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43180-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[With apologies to George Tenet, the first 100 days of President Bush's second term have been no slam-dunk. How rough has it been? Bush has the lowest approval rating of any president at this point in his second term, according to Gallup polls going back to World War II.]]></description><author> Terry M. Neal</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Punditland, a Little Imagination Could Yield Needed Diversity]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24623-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24623-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Although few people are looking for a racial or gender quota system for network television talk shows, women and minorities are still too often unrepresented in the punditry class]]></description><author> Terry M. Neal</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Political Expediency Abounds in Schiavo Case]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59502-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59502-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Republicans face political risk in the actions they took in the Terri Schiavo case. For Democrats, the risk is in the action they didn't take.]]></description><author> Terry M. Neal</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[If You Ain't Broke, Congress Has Fixed It]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56143-2005Mar22.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56143-2005Mar22.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Members of Congress, who continue to run up record budget deficits with their big spending ways, wagged a finger this month in the collective face of the American consumer and said, "Learn to live within your means, or else."]]></description><author> Terry M. Neal</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vulcans' Vindication?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33861-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33861-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As Bush praises a wave of Middle Eastern democracy, the men who spent a decade arguing for America's "benevolent hegemony" are at a crossroads in their quest.]]></description><author> Terry M. Neal</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tort for Tat]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13233-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13233-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The challenge for Republicans was to make sure voters didn't see tort reform as an effort to please the GOP's base of donors from large insurers and corporations.]]></description><author> Terry M. Neal</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Democrats' Mini-Deans]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59479-2005Feb28.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59479-2005Feb28.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In two southern states, Democrats rise to power on grass-roots appeal, similar to a former Democratic presidential candidate.]]></description><author> Terry M. Neal</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doubts Raised Over Bush's Commitment]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43532-2005Feb22.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43532-2005Feb22.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Some social conservatives have pondered whether the president's support for their issues is as solid as he made it seem last year.]]></description><author> Terry M. Neal</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deeper Budget Cuts on the Horizon]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22456-2005Feb14.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22456-2005Feb14.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[To get a scope on the extent of the federal budget problem, consider this: The one-year budget deficit will be so large in the next fiscal year that if the government stopped funding everything except defense, homeland security and entitlement programs such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, the nation would still be $75 billion in the red.]]></description><author> Terry M. Neal</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Republicans Come Up Short Courting Black Conservatives]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61174-2005Jan9.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61174-2005Jan9.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Former pro football great Reggie White doesn't fit the political stereotype of African Americans - a group that is more loyal in its support of Democratic candidates than any other demographic group. But White's politics and values echo those of a great many blacks who are conservative on social and cultural issues.]]></description><author> Terry M. Neal</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diversity and the Bush Cabinet]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22082-2004Dec23.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22082-2004Dec23.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It seems the Bush administration feels it is not getting due credit for its diversity efforts. In  some ways, President Bush has exceeded former president Bill Clinton, who set a new standard with his appointments of women and minorities to Cabinet-level positions.]]></description><author> Terry M. Neal</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[GOP Corporate Donors Cash In on Smut]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15644-2004Dec21.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15644-2004Dec21.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Companies as diverse as News Corp., Marriott International and Time Warner profit by selling red state consumers the very material that red state culture is supposed to despise.]]></description><author> Terry M. Neal</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Election Reflections]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24733-2004Nov4.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24733-2004Nov4.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[How and why did President Bush and the Republicans do so well in Tuesday's elections? I've jotted down a few quick thoughts on what, in my opinion, led to the GOP's 2004 victories.]]></description><author> Terry M. Neal</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Battle for Senate Gets Closer, and Lower]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8607-2004Oct29.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8607-2004Oct29.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In a year when early analysis showed Republicans having a definite edge, the fight for the Senate could come down to a Republican-held state that nobody expected to be close. In Kentucky, the prospect of defeating incumbent Jim Bunning has Democrats all worked up.]]></description><author> Terry M. Neal</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the Winner Is...]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63611-2004Oct26.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63611-2004Oct26.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Looking to win your office election pool? In Talking Points today, post.com's Terry M. Neal looks at presidential indicators to help get a handle on what will happen next week.]]></description><author> Terry M. Neal</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Poll and Registration Numbers Don't Reveal]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29043-2004Oct13.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29043-2004Oct13.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[With tight polls, record voter registration and a president who is adored in some circles and loathed in others, this election may come down to whether love or hate is a better voting motivator.]]></description><author> Terry M. Neal</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Intangibles Count More Than the Score]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63010-2004Sep30.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63010-2004Sep30.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As a very successful high school debater, I took great pride in my ability to verbally pick my opponents' arguments apart, piece-by-piece, until they were left with a shattered case and often on the verge of tears.]]></description><author> Terry M. Neal</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Six Weeks From Election Day, Little Is Clear]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46978-2004Sep24.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46978-2004Sep24.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[There was both encouraging and discouraging news for Sen. John F. Kerry this week.]]></description><author> Terry M. Neal</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Lack of Effort on Weapons Ban Demonstrates Power of Swing States]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28587-2004Sep17.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28587-2004Sep17.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/nealterry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA["Political capital" is a cliched term that presidents and pundits often use to describe the vast influence that can be exerted, when necessary, to get something done.]]></description><author> Terry M. Neal</author></item></channel></rss>
