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		<title>By: Nevadagirl</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nevadagirl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Mitt&#039;s exceptional qualities&lt;/strong&gt; Considering the obstacles Mitt had to deal with in Massachusetts, what he accomplished was more than impressive.&#160; The latest polls out today that show Mitt is back in the lead, or tied for it, are evidence of his strong base there.&#160; This is a man who works extremely hard and his efforts in Iowa are no exception, and will certainly pay off. I believe his groundwork in Iowa shows foresight, preparation, and an understanding of how to achieve a goal as complex as gaining the White House.&#160; His performance as President will be as well-planned and executed as his Iowa campaign.&#160; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;He is truly a man of action.&#160; Check out his latest ad:&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mymanmitt.com/mitt-romney/2007/12/searched.asp&quot;&gt;http://www.mymanmitt...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/br&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Mitt&#39;s exceptional qualities</strong> Considering the obstacles Mitt had to deal with in Massachusetts, what he accomplished was more than impressive.&nbsp; The latest polls out today that show Mitt is back in the lead, or tied for it, are evidence of his strong base there.&nbsp; This is a man who works extremely hard and his efforts in Iowa are no exception, and will certainly pay off. I believe his groundwork in Iowa shows foresight, preparation, and an understanding of how to achieve a goal as complex as gaining the White House.&nbsp; His performance as President will be as well-planned and executed as his Iowa campaign.&nbsp; </p>
<p>He is truly a man of action.&nbsp; Check out his latest ad:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mymanmitt.com/mitt-romney/2007/12/searched.asp">http://www.mymanmitt&#8230;</a></p>
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		<title>By: MA GOP</title>
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		<dc:creator>MA GOP</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 08:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Competent at campaigning, terrible at governing&lt;/strong&gt; What isn&#039;t mentioned is how this man was supposed to be governing the state that elected him. Instead, he&#039;s off somewhere else, making inroads.&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&#039;s as if he made a checklist of what he should do to win the higher office and he only went after those issues.&#160; I am sick of hearing about his competency; if he were so effective, how come the state lost jobs under his tenure? Howcome the murder rate climbed when he was in office?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;He denied that he was running for anything while he was cozying up to Iowa and I find that insulting.&#160; He used this party and&#160; left it with nothing. He told its leaders he would attract more candidates and the GOP actually lost more seats under his incompetence.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;I&#039;m disheartened that he has enlisted Cofer Black to be his foreign policy adviser. This is the man who pledged to get Bin Laden and didn&#039;t. He also bailed on his duties to take a high-paying job with Blackwater.&#160; He is one in a series of&#160; staff such as Larry Craig that shows Romney is not the best judge of character.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;Take a second look, folks, what you get isn&#039;t as great as the PowerPoints say.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Competent at campaigning, terrible at governing</strong> What isn&#39;t mentioned is how this man was supposed to be governing the state that elected him. Instead, he&#39;s off somewhere else, making inroads.
<p>It&#39;s as if he made a checklist of what he should do to win the higher office and he only went after those issues.&nbsp; I am sick of hearing about his competency; if he were so effective, how come the state lost jobs under his tenure? Howcome the murder rate climbed when he was in office?</p>
<p>He denied that he was running for anything while he was cozying up to Iowa and I find that insulting.&nbsp; He used this party and&nbsp; left it with nothing. He told its leaders he would attract more candidates and the GOP actually lost more seats under his incompetence.</p>
<p>I&#39;m disheartened that he has enlisted Cofer Black to be his foreign policy adviser. This is the man who pledged to get Bin Laden and didn&#39;t. He also bailed on his duties to take a high-paying job with Blackwater.&nbsp; He is one in a series of&nbsp; staff such as Larry Craig that shows Romney is not the best judge of character.</p>
<p>Take a second look, folks, what you get isn&#39;t as great as the PowerPoints say.</p>
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		<title>By: AZKID</title>
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		<dc:creator>AZKID</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Campaigns Show Something (everything) About the Candidate&lt;/strong&gt; The Iowa campaign run so effectively by Mitt Romney, particularly in the early days when no one was watching, should tell the insightful reader everything he or she needs to know about making an informed choice for POTUS.&#160; Romney is an extraordinarily capable decision maker, organizer, and leader.&#160; He is both a strategic thinker, and a skilled tactician. &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;We often weary of the long, complex primary process in America.&#160; But despite its flaws, it is an excellent microcosm on how a candidate would govern.&#160; Romney has ridden a wave of slow, steady, deliberate execution while others have tried to make it happen by either ignoring the process (Guiliani), coming late to the game and then loafing (Thompson), or grabbing temporary attention by being popular for a while with a few (Huckabee). Don&#039;t we want a president who can execute a plan, but is nimble and capable enough to weather an insurgency and then ultimately triumph?&#160; The newest Iowa polls show that Romney is doing precisely that. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;It really is a tortoise and hare kind of race, and the slow, steady competent tortoise in Romney will get the job done in Iowa, and ultimately, in Washington.&#160;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Campaigns Show Something (everything) About the Candidate</strong> The Iowa campaign run so effectively by Mitt Romney, particularly in the early days when no one was watching, should tell the insightful reader everything he or she needs to know about making an informed choice for POTUS.&nbsp; Romney is an extraordinarily capable decision maker, organizer, and leader.&nbsp; He is both a strategic thinker, and a skilled tactician.
<p>We often weary of the long, complex primary process in America.&nbsp; But despite its flaws, it is an excellent microcosm on how a candidate would govern.&nbsp; Romney has ridden a wave of slow, steady, deliberate execution while others have tried to make it happen by either ignoring the process (Guiliani), coming late to the game and then loafing (Thompson), or grabbing temporary attention by being popular for a while with a few (Huckabee). Don&#39;t we want a president who can execute a plan, but is nimble and capable enough to weather an insurgency and then ultimately triumph?&nbsp; The newest Iowa polls show that Romney is doing precisely that. </p>
<p>It really is a tortoise and hare kind of race, and the slow, steady competent tortoise in Romney will get the job done in Iowa, and ultimately, in Washington.&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>By: Mark VA</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mark VA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 05:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;top high school student&lt;/strong&gt; Direct from the Huckabee playbook &quot;[Mitt Romney], as the [Republican&#039;s] only superpower, is less vulnerable to defeat. But he is more vulnerable to the animosity of other candidates. Much like a top high school student, if he is modest about his abilities and achievements, if he is generous in helping others, he is loved.&quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;Mitt Romney can not be penalized for being better prepared and better organized than his Republican opponents.&#160; Obviously the &quot;new kid in school&quot; will garner a lot of attention, but it is that modest top student with his genuine commitment to service and helping others who will be class president.&#160; I was not a top student.&#160; In fact I made fun of the top student.&#160; And it is only now that I am a Republican that I recognize and respect him for being personally responsible and hard working.&#160; If I can sum up the Republican Party it is that we respect and demand personal responsibility and hard work.&#160;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>top high school student</strong> Direct from the Huckabee playbook &#8220;[Mitt Romney], as the [Republican&#39;s] only superpower, is less vulnerable to defeat. But he is more vulnerable to the animosity of other candidates. Much like a top high school student, if he is modest about his abilities and achievements, if he is generous in helping others, he is loved.&#8221;
<p>Mitt Romney can not be penalized for being better prepared and better organized than his Republican opponents.&nbsp; Obviously the &#8220;new kid in school&#8221; will garner a lot of attention, but it is that modest top student with his genuine commitment to service and helping others who will be class president.&nbsp; I was not a top student.&nbsp; In fact I made fun of the top student.&nbsp; And it is only now that I am a Republican that I recognize and respect him for being personally responsible and hard working.&nbsp; If I can sum up the Republican Party it is that we respect and demand personal responsibility and hard work.&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>By: Nevadagirl</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nevadagirl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Mitt&#039;s exceptional qualities&lt;/strong&gt; Considering the obstacles Mitt had to deal with in Massachusetts, what he accomplished was more than impressive.&#160; The latest polls out today that show Mitt is back in the lead, or tied for it, are evidence of his strong base there.&#160; This is a man who works extremely hard and his efforts in Iowa are no exception, and will certainly pay off. I believe his groundwork in Iowa shows foresight, preparation, and an understanding of how to achieve a goal as complex as gaining the White House.&#160; His performance as President will be as well-planned and executed as his Iowa campaign.&#160; &lt;br&gt;
He is truly a man of action.&#160; Check out his latest ad:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mymanmitt.com/mitt-romney/2007/12/searched.asp&quot;&gt;http://www.mymanmitt...&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Mitt&#8217;s exceptional qualities</strong> Considering the obstacles Mitt had to deal with in Massachusetts, what he accomplished was more than impressive.&nbsp; The latest polls out today that show Mitt is back in the lead, or tied for it, are evidence of his strong base there.&nbsp; This is a man who works extremely hard and his efforts in Iowa are no exception, and will certainly pay off. I believe his groundwork in Iowa shows foresight, preparation, and an understanding of how to achieve a goal as complex as gaining the White House.&nbsp; His performance as President will be as well-planned and executed as his Iowa campaign.&nbsp; <br />
He is truly a man of action.&nbsp; Check out his latest ad:<br />
<a href="http://www.mymanmitt.com/mitt-romney/2007/12/searched.asp">http://www.mymanmitt&#8230;</a></p>
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		<title>By: AZKID</title>
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		<dc:creator>AZKID</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Campaigns Show Something (everything) About the Candidate&lt;/strong&gt; The Iowa campaign run so effectively by Mitt Romney, particularly in the early days when no one was watching, should tell the insightful reader everything he or she needs to know about making an informed choice for POTUS.&#160; Romney is an extraordinarily capable decision maker, organizer, and leader.&#160; He is both a strategic thinker, and a skilled tactician. &lt;p&gt;
We often weary of the long, complex primary process in America.&#160; But despite its flaws, it is an excellent microcosm on how a candidate would govern.&#160; Romney has ridden a wave of slow, steady, deliberate execution while others have tried to make it happen by either ignoring the process (Guiliani), coming late to the game and then loafing (Thompson), or grabbing temporary attention by being popular for a while with a few (Huckabee). Don&#039;t we want a president who can execute a plan, but is nimble and capable enough to weather an insurgency and then ultimately triumph?&#160; The newest Iowa polls show that Romney is doing precisely that. &lt;p&gt;
It really is a tortoise and hare kind of race, and the slow, steady competent tortoise in Romney will get the job done in Iowa, and ultimately, in Washington.&#160;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Campaigns Show Something (everything) About the Candidate</strong> The Iowa campaign run so effectively by Mitt Romney, particularly in the early days when no one was watching, should tell the insightful reader everything he or she needs to know about making an informed choice for POTUS.&nbsp; Romney is an extraordinarily capable decision maker, organizer, and leader.&nbsp; He is both a strategic thinker, and a skilled tactician.
<p>
We often weary of the long, complex primary process in America.&nbsp; But despite its flaws, it is an excellent microcosm on how a candidate would govern.&nbsp; Romney has ridden a wave of slow, steady, deliberate execution while others have tried to make it happen by either ignoring the process (Guiliani), coming late to the game and then loafing (Thompson), or grabbing temporary attention by being popular for a while with a few (Huckabee). Don&#8217;t we want a president who can execute a plan, but is nimble and capable enough to weather an insurgency and then ultimately triumph?&nbsp; The newest Iowa polls show that Romney is doing precisely that. </p>
<p>
It really is a tortoise and hare kind of race, and the slow, steady competent tortoise in Romney will get the job done in Iowa, and ultimately, in Washington.&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>By: MA GOP</title>
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		<dc:creator>MA GOP</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Competent at campaigning, terrible at governing&lt;/strong&gt; What isn&#039;t mentioned is how this man was supposed to be governing the state that elected him. Instead, he&#039;s off somewhere else, making inroads.&lt;p&gt;
It&#039;s as if he made a checklist of what he should do to win the higher office and he only went after those issues.&#160; I am sick of hearing about his competency; if he were so effective, how come the state lost jobs under his tenure? Howcome the murder rate climbed when he was in office?&lt;p&gt;
He denied that he was running for anything while he was cozying up to Iowa and I find that insulting.&#160; He used this party and&#160; left it with nothing. He told its leaders he would attract more candidates and the GOP actually lost more seats under his incompetence.&lt;p&gt;
I&#039;m disheartened that he has enlisted Cofer Black to be his foreign policy adviser. This is the man who pledged to get Bin Laden and didn&#039;t. He also bailed on his duties to take a high-paying job with Blackwater.&#160; He is one in a series of&#160; staff such as Larry Craig that shows Romney is not the best judge of character.&lt;p&gt;
Take a second look, folks, what you get isn&#039;t as great as the PowerPoints say.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Competent at campaigning, terrible at governing</strong> What isn&#8217;t mentioned is how this man was supposed to be governing the state that elected him. Instead, he&#8217;s off somewhere else, making inroads.
<p>
It&#8217;s as if he made a checklist of what he should do to win the higher office and he only went after those issues.&nbsp; I am sick of hearing about his competency; if he were so effective, how come the state lost jobs under his tenure? Howcome the murder rate climbed when he was in office?</p>
<p>
He denied that he was running for anything while he was cozying up to Iowa and I find that insulting.&nbsp; He used this party and&nbsp; left it with nothing. He told its leaders he would attract more candidates and the GOP actually lost more seats under his incompetence.</p>
<p>
I&#8217;m disheartened that he has enlisted Cofer Black to be his foreign policy adviser. This is the man who pledged to get Bin Laden and didn&#8217;t. He also bailed on his duties to take a high-paying job with Blackwater.&nbsp; He is one in a series of&nbsp; staff such as Larry Craig that shows Romney is not the best judge of character.</p>
<p>
Take a second look, folks, what you get isn&#8217;t as great as the PowerPoints say.</p>
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		<title>By: Mark VA</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mark VA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;top high school student&lt;/strong&gt; Direct from the Huckabee playbook &quot;[Mitt Romney], as the [Republican&#039;s] only superpower, is less vulnerable to defeat. But he is more vulnerable to the animosity of other candidates. Much like a top high school student, if he is modest about his abilities and achievements, if he is generous in helping others, he is loved.&quot;&lt;p&gt;
Mitt Romney can not be penalized for being better prepared and better organized than his Republican opponents.&#160; Obviously the &quot;new kid in school&quot; will garner a lot of attention, but it is that modest top student with his genuine commitment to service and helping others who will be class president.&#160; I was not a top student.&#160; In fact I made fun of the top student.&#160; And it is only now that I am a Republican that I recognize and respect him for being personally responsible and hard working.&#160; If I can sum up the Republican Party it is that we respect and demand personal responsibility and hard work.&#160;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>top high school student</strong> Direct from the Huckabee playbook &#8220;[Mitt Romney], as the [Republican's] only superpower, is less vulnerable to defeat. But he is more vulnerable to the animosity of other candidates. Much like a top high school student, if he is modest about his abilities and achievements, if he is generous in helping others, he is loved.&#8221;
<p>
Mitt Romney can not be penalized for being better prepared and better organized than his Republican opponents.&nbsp; Obviously the &#8220;new kid in school&#8221; will garner a lot of attention, but it is that modest top student with his genuine commitment to service and helping others who will be class president.&nbsp; I was not a top student.&nbsp; In fact I made fun of the top student.&nbsp; And it is only now that I am a Republican that I recognize and respect him for being personally responsible and hard working.&nbsp; If I can sum up the Republican Party it is that we respect and demand personal responsibility and hard work.&nbsp;</p>
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