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		<title>Who will be ahead on Super Wednesday?</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2019/07/23/who-will-be-ahead-on-super-wednesday/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2019 20:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[2020 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sanders]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This year&#8217;s nomination process for US POTUS is a little different than usual. Super Tuesday happens FIRST instead of later in the race. Well, first, after the first states. The first state is New Hampshire. Except Iowa goes before New Hampshire, but whatever. After that are Nevada and South Carolina. So, in that pattern we &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2019/07/23/who-will-be-ahead-on-super-wednesday/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Who will be ahead on Super Wednesday?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Democratic Candidates for President, 2020</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/12/10/democratic-candidates-for-president-2020/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2018 16:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2020]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[presidential candidates]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m starting a list, I&#8217;ll check it twice. Or more. The is the list in rough form. Please suggest who should be removed (for reasons of death or clear declaration that they are not running, not because you don&#8217;t like them, not just because you don&#8217;t like them) and who should be added? After your &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/12/10/democratic-candidates-for-president-2020/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Democratic Candidates for President, 2020</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Election matters</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/10/22/election-matters/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2018 14:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2018 election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campaign finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dean Philips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Erik Paulsen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ginny Klevorn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarah Anderson]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Measuring the feeble heartbeat of the electorate From a current NBC/Wall Street Journal Poll, regarding likely voters: (Source) It looks to me that more mobilization is needed. Groups you would think have the highest stakes in this year&#8217;s election have low numbers. Related to potential Kavanaugh effects, from the same poll: Women are smarter than &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/10/22/election-matters/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Election matters</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Democrats Will Not Win The House of Representatives</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/10/21/the-democrats-will-not-win-the-house-of-representatives/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2018 16:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2018 election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blue Wave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US House]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Many are expecting a blue wave. The actual evidence suggests a blue ripple. Over the last several days, I went over every one of the US House races. Scan upwards in my post-stream to see the alphabetical treatment. Looking at every race conservatively, and calling a turnover when it is certain, I count a net &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/10/21/the-democrats-will-not-win-the-house-of-representatives/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Democrats Will Not Win The House of Representatives</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Interesting House Races, Arizona-Florida</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/10/18/interesting-house-races-arizona-florida/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2018 01:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blue Wave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US House Races]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, and Florida have a total of 114 members in the US House of Representatives, which is about a fourth of the total members. 50 are Republicans. 64 are Democrats. This year, Arizona is likely to see a Republican seat flip to Democratic. California will likely flip 2, &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/10/18/interesting-house-races-arizona-florida/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Interesting House Races, Arizona-Florida</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Kavanaugh Fight Will Dampen The Red Wave</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/10/06/the-kavanaugh-fight-will-dampen-the-red-wave/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2018 19:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brett Kavanaugh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rachel Maddow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Red Wave]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Why? Because everything that can possibly happen, anything of any sort, will dampen the Red Wave. Why is that? Because Democrats are unorganized, weak, lack knowledge about how the electoral process works, and more self centered than ideology centered. Not all Democrats, but plenty of them. But that&#8217;s just me talking. All I have to &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/10/06/the-kavanaugh-fight-will-dampen-the-red-wave/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Kavanaugh Fight Will Dampen The Red Wave</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Stop fretting about the Feinstein &#8211; de Leon thing</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/07/16/stop-fretting-about-the-feinstein-de-leon-thing/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2018 14:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diane Feinstein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin de León]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=29856</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[In a recent &#8220;jungle primary&#8221; (all parties, all voters, and there but the grace of dog go the rest of us), long time us Senator Diane Feinstein resoundingly defeated fellow Democrat Kevin de Leon. But given that Feinstein has been a Senator representing the state since forever, the very idea of a challenge, and the &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/07/16/stop-fretting-about-the-feinstein-de-leon-thing/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Stop fretting about the Feinstein &#8211; de Leon thing</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>How Democrats Lost, How Democrats Will Win</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/03/25/democrats-lost-democrats-will-win/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2018 17:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pie Chart]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In a single picture: (The exact details and numbers are not important.) Feel free to suggest revisions. I&#8217;ve already got a few. Hillary hatge is a typo, but I&#8217;ve also updated it: Hilary Hate (Vast Right Wing Conspiracy) Also, the Democratic Baseline is actually larger than the Republican Baseline, but the suppression effects of Democratic &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/03/25/democrats-lost-democrats-will-win/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">How Democrats Lost, How Democrats Will Win</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why the Next Democratic President will be a Celebrity</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/01/09/next-democratic-president-will-celebrity/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2018 00:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oprah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trump]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=28703</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[And, more to the point, the Democrats will not be electing a president until they elect a celebrity. I seriously doubt Donald Trump will be re-elected president in 2020, but not because he will lose to a Democrat. Rather, he&#8217;ll be replaced on the ticket before that (he may not know it but he doesn&#8217;t &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/01/09/next-democratic-president-will-celebrity/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Why the Next Democratic President will be a Celebrity</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Harry Potter and the 2014 Election</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/11/05/harry-potter-and-the-2014-election/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2014 15:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Death Eaters]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Election 2014]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[harry potter]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Potter Metaphor Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is the first in a series of books that are metaphorical of the central theme of politics and society in the Western world. Voldemort represents purity of race and racism, the good Witches and Wizards of Hogwarts represent the struggle of self aware consensus around the &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/11/05/harry-potter-and-the-2014-election/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Harry Potter and the 2014 Election</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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