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		<title>Rhode Island Governor Switches Political Parties</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 11:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Peterson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rhode Island independent Governor Lincoln Chafee plans to become a Democrat. Chafee, a former Republican senator, announced the switch as he faces a tough re-election race next year. He is the son of the late John Chafee, a Republican senator for more than 20 years. Lincoln Chafee succeeded his father as a Republican in the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rhode Island independent Governor Lincoln Chafee plans to become a Democrat. Chafee, a former Republican senator, announced the switch as he faces a tough re-election race next year.
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		<title>Mass. GOP Senate Candidates Winslow, Sullivan and Gomez Debate</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Peterson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The three candidates for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate have differing views on high-profile issues, something that was evident last night in their televised debate. State Representative Dan Winslow sharply questioned former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan&#8217;s position on a background-check bill being proposed in the U.S. Senate. While Winslow and candidate Gabriel Gomez support [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The three candidates for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate have differing views on high-profile issues, something that was evident last night in their televised debate.
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		<title>Republican Sean Bielat Joins Massachusetts Senate Race</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Peterson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Republican Sean Bielat  has officially joined the Massachusetts Senate race. In the Republican field, state rep Dan Winslow and former Navy Seal Gabriel Gomez are already in the game. Former US Attorney Michael Sullivan is poised to make an announcement. Candidates must now collect 10-thousand signatures by February 27th to compete in the primary on [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Republican Sean Bielat  has officially joined the Massachusetts Senate race. In the Republican field, state rep Dan Winslow and former Navy Seal Gabriel Gomez are already in the game.
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		<title>Marco Rubio Drinks Water, and the Online World Goes Crazy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BJ Ragone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Florida GOP Senator Marco Rubio was in the middle of his rebuttal to the President&#8217;s State of the Union Address, when he needed a water break. After his water break, about 11 minutes into his message, twitter lite up with responses to it. Was it really that big of a deal? Perhaps a little odd [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Florida GOP Senator Marco Rubio was in the middle of his rebuttal to the <a href="http://wbsm.com/obama-cites-steady-economic-progress-in-state-of-the-union-speech/" target="_blank">President's State of the Union Address</a>, when he needed a water break.
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		<title>Is The Republican Party Playing The Race Card?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Paleologos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; MSNBC is suggesting that GOP dissatisfaction with the potential appointment of Ambassador Susan Rice is racially motivated! If anyone challenges this appointment, is it fair to say it&#8217;s because of her race? Has MSNBC gone too far in its charge? &#160;]]></description>
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<p><a href="https://twitter.com/msnbc" target="_blank">MSNBC</a> is suggesting that GOP dissatisfaction with the potential appointment of Ambassador Susan Rice is racially motivated!
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		<title>Thom Hartmann &#8211; Are We Seeing The Death of the GOP?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BJ Ragone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the 2012 election, many Republicans and traditional conservatives learned a couple of lessons that they need to embrace in the next election. Thom and his guest Mike Papantino are convinced that the GOP is being rejected by the American public. Is this the case? Do they need to reach out a bit more to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After the 2012 election, many Republicans and traditional conservatives learned a couple of lessons that they need to embrace in the next election.
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		<title>Newt Gingrich Slams Romney&#039;s &#039;Gifts&#039; Comments</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BJ Ragone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that the 2012 Presidential election is over, many Republicans are not so happy with Mitt Romney, and former presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is one of them. Mitt Romney made a comment that is causing a bit of backlash. He is claiming that he lost the election because of &#8216;gifts&#8217; that President Obama gave to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Now that the 2012 Presidential election is over, many Republicans are not so happy with Mitt Romney, and former presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is one of them.
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		<title>Indiana Republican Senate Candidate Richard Mourdock Makes Controversial Rape Comment</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BJ Ragone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The GOP is once again facing controversy as another senate candidate is under fire for some very controversial remarks about rape. Just a few months ago, Todd Akin got in trouble for comments about &#8216;legitimate rape&#8217;. Now, just a couple months later &#8211; and much closer to the election &#8211; another Senate candidate is in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The GOP is once again facing controversy as another senate candidate is under fire for some very controversial remarks about rape.
<p class="more_act text"><a href="http://wbsm.com/indiana-republican-senate-candidate-richard-mourdock-makes-controversial-rape-comment/" title="Indiana Republican Senate Candidate Richard Mourdock Makes Controversial Rape Comment">Read More</a><em>|</em><a href="http://wbsm.com/indiana-republican-senate-candidate-richard-mourdock-makes-controversial-rape-comment/#comments_wrap" title="Indiana Republican Senate Candidate Richard Mourdock Makes Controversial Rape Comment">Comment</a></p>
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		<title>Massachusetts Republicans Hoping For Gains In Legislature</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Phillips</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts Republicans are heavily outnumbered in both houses of the Legislature and face an uphill fight adding to their ranks in the coming election.  They are on the ballot in only 69 of the 160 House districts and 16 of the 40 Senate districts. That&#8217;s fewer than in 2010, when the GOP doubled its presence [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Massachusetts Republicans are heavily outnumbered in both houses of the Legislature and face an uphill fight adding to their ranks in the coming election. 
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		<title>Brown, Warren Try to Build Off Mass. Senate Debate</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:46:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taylor Cormier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The candidates in the Massachusetts Senate race are hoping to seize the momentum for their campaigns coming off their first head-to-head debate. Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown returned to the offensive on Friday, criticizing Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren&#8217;s role in a case involving victims of asbestos poisoning. Brown charges that the Harvard Law School professor [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The candidates in the Massachusetts Senate race are hoping to seize the momentum for their campaigns coming off their first head-to-head debate.</p>
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