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		<title>Shays Declares For U.S. Senate, Balancing Budget The Priority</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Chris Shays: Hartford, CT &#8211; Christopher Shays today officially announced he is a candidate for the United States Senate. He made the announcement just after noon before an enthusiastic crowd at the Old State House in Hartford. During his speech, Shays said he would make it a #1 priority to balance the federal budget. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As Barack&#8217;s State Of The Union Approaches, Walker Whacks Both Parties</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LennieGrimaldi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bridgeport resident David Walker, the former comptroller general of the United States and now chief executive of the Comeback America Initiative, provides his take on restoring fiscal sanity in Washington. Spoiler alert: he clobbers both elephants and donkeys. Are you fiscally fit? Take this quiz fiscaliq.net.]]></description>
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		<title>Time For 2012 Prognostication</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay OIB friends, what&#8217;s in your crystal ball for 2012? Are we really living in Zombie Land, as ex-City Councilman big Mojo Ralph Mojica suggests? Or as Mojo calls it, Year of the Rubber Stamp? Or is the state&#8217;s largest city poised for better times? Let&#8217;s hope so. We&#8217;re ending a year of hurricanes, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Bastards Are Picking On Pleasure Beach&#8211;Show Us The Money!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LennieGrimaldi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get a load of this from Republican John Brunner, who&#8217;s challenging U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill in Missouri. This Brunner spot whacks McCaskill for supporting an earmark to improve Pleasure Beach. That&#8217;s the best they can do? Hey, how about adding millions more for the Pleasure Beach earmark? Yeah, baby! In fact, if Brunner is so concerned about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mark Your Presidential Primary Calendar</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LennieGrimaldi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2012 will be a hot presidential election cycle including a Republican primary April 24. State statute provides Connecticut&#8217;s secretary of the state (Denise Merrill) latitude for choosing what candidates may appear on the ballot such as those &#8220;generally and seriously advocated and recognized&#8221; by the news media. Eight or so Republican presidential candidates have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Salcedo: War On Drugs A Political Sham</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Senate candidate Sylvester Salcedo says governing morality as it applies to the &#8220;war on drugs&#8221; is a wimpy way for politicians to hide behind each other. Salcedo, a Democrat who served his country as a Navy commander, is trying to engage his higher profile opponents to join his call for national drug reform, among them Congressman Chris [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chris Meek Takes On Himes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Financial services executive Chris Meek is the latest Republican to announce his candidacy against Congressman Jim Himes. Check out Meek&#8217;s background including a philanthropic program he created that supports loan modifications for Bridgeport families in need at www.meekforcongress.com. Himes was the beneficiary of the Barack Obama election tsunami that hit Bridgeport in 2008, defeating 20-year Congressman Chris Shays who&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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