<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine</title><link>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/</link><description> Part of life is speaking out against what is wrong, and speaking for what is right - and your instinct and heart will mostly tell you what's right.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:34:41 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 06:44:22 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Is Grover Norquist's Power Fading? Signs Republicans Are Defecting From Long Held Anti-Tax Pledge</title>
<description><![CDATA[A vast majority of elected Republicans have signed Norquist's "taxpayer protection pledge," launched in 1986, which commits them to voting against tax increases, and it became a sort of litmus test among U.S. conservatives.&nbsp;But the new House of Representatives, which takes o&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></source><link>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/21/15332412-is-grover-norquists-power-fading-signs-republicans-are-defecting-from-long-held-anti-tax-pledge</link><guid>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/21/15332412-is-grover-norquists-power-fading-signs-republicans-are-defecting-from-long-held-anti-tax-pledge</guid><category>taxes</category><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>grover-norquist</category><category>commentid-politics</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:31:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupert33164371-329D-A49A-FA4A-F5F2C653052B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupert33164371-329D-A49A-FA4A-F5F2C653052B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Barbara Bush On Obama's Reelection: 'People Spoke. Move On, Get On With It'</title>
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"I'm tired now of the elections," Bush, who had endorsed Republican Mitt Romney, said at a forum on America's first ladies. "People spoke. Move on, get on with it. I want to do other things and not to be ugly."&nbsp;
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></source><link>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/17/15238134-barbara-bush-on-obamas-reelection-people-spoke-move-on-get-on-with-it</link><guid>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/17/15238134-barbara-bush-on-obamas-reelection-people-spoke-move-on-get-on-with-it</guid><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>barbara-bush</category><category>commentid-politics</category><pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2012 11:44:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupert004BA03F-FFCF-AD18-BDCF-D361DD9118F8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupert004BA03F-FFCF-AD18-BDCF-D361DD9118F8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>I Got Yer Benghazi Right Here</title>
<description><![CDATA[It's a beautiful thing to see the right hold a president accountable. Like, for example, when they called for hearings into&nbsp;the Bush administration's outing of a CIA officer.&nbsp;Err, they didn't do that. Well, for example, when they were enraged over&nbsp;false yellowcake &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></source><link>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/15/15184337-i-got-yer-benghazi-right-here</link><guid>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/15/15184337-i-got-yer-benghazi-right-here</guid><category>cia</category><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>john-mccain</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>george-w-bush</category><category>iraq-war</category><category>benghazi</category><category>sarah-palin</category><category>susan-rice</category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:31:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupert9A14DB2E-EDD6-B755-ED6B-6B81770C3327.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="249" width="327" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupert9A14DB2E-EDD6-B755-ED6B-6B81770C3327.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Republican Joe Scarborough: GOP Donors 'Lied To By 'Conservative Media' (VIDEO)</title>
<description><![CDATA[It's becoming a running theme of post-election analysis: the GOP has been living in a bubble.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></source><link>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/12/15113011-republican-joe-scarborough-gop-donors-lied-to-by-conservative-media-video</link><guid>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/12/15113011-republican-joe-scarborough-gop-donors-lied-to-by-conservative-media-video</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>joe-scarborough</category><category>commentid-politics</category><pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:28:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupertCA4B06FE-E050-8249-9FC0-51B324CE9892.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupertCA4B06FE-E050-8249-9FC0-51B324CE9892.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Conservative Bill Kristol: 'It Won't Kill The Country If We Raise Taxes' On Millionaires (VIDEO)</title>
<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Conservative commentator and Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol said Sunday the Republican Party should accept new ideas, including the much-criticized suggestion by Democrats that taxes be allowed to go up on the wealthy.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></source><link>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/11/15092268-conservative-bill-kristol-it-wont-kill-the-country-if-we-raise-taxes-on-millionaires-video</link><guid>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/11/15092268-conservative-bill-kristol-it-wont-kill-the-country-if-we-raise-taxes-on-millionaires-video</guid><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>george-w-bush</category><category>john-boehner</category><category>bill-krystal</category><pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2012 21:52:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupertA9761FD4-606D-41FA-93BC-976964E99F67.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupertA9761FD4-606D-41FA-93BC-976964E99F67.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>JFK Grandson: My generation showed up </title>
<description><![CDATA[It wasn't supposed to happen. America's youth was supposed to be apathetic and disheartened. We weren't supposed to be at the polls.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></source><link>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/08/15028182-jfk-grandson-my-generation-showed-up</link><guid>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/08/15028182-jfk-grandson-my-generation-showed-up</guid><category>elections</category><category>politics</category><category>jfk</category><category>barack-obama</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Nov 2012 21:01:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupert126496C1-EBAC-3F28-E40C-6CF2046DC83A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="68" width="120" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupert126496C1-EBAC-3F28-E40C-6CF2046DC83A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Thank You, Mr. President</title>
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I want to acknowledge my president, and give a sincere thank you on this, election day, to the man who's fought for the middle class, through extreme vitriol and record filibusters from a party that's done close to nothing to help this country for almost 4 years.
I want to thank&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></source><link>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/06/14962130-thank-you-mr-president</link><guid>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/06/14962130-thank-you-mr-president</guid><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>commentid-politics</category><pubDate>Tue, 6 Nov 2012 14:02:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupert5D4E64E0-2CE4-6FF0-B38A-6B4D4F3080E3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="225" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupert5D4E64E0-2CE4-6FF0-B38A-6B4D4F3080E3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="147" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Graph: Fox News Redefines Unbalanced By Giving Romney 80 Percent More Airtime </title>
<description><![CDATA[In these last days before the presidential election, Fox News has redefined its role as the "voice of the opposition" by turning the network into an extension of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's campaign. A&nbsp;Media Matters&nbsp;review found that Fox's coverage o&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></source><link>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/04/14921956-graph-fox-news-redefines-unbalanced-by-giving-romney-80-percent-more-airtime</link><guid>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/04/14921956-graph-fox-news-redefines-unbalanced-by-giving-romney-80-percent-more-airtime</guid><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>fox-news</category><category>commentid-politics</category><pubDate>Sun, 4 Nov 2012 18:59:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupert0DC15EBA-DAB2-AB50-3BDE-986866C1EC85.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="199" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupert0DC15EBA-DAB2-AB50-3BDE-986866C1EC85.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="60" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Romney Flip-Flop: NOW he Likes FEMA</title>
<description><![CDATA[Only last year, as Romney hewed to the right while battling for the GOP nomination, he seemed to downplay the federal government's role in disaster response.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></source><link>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/01/14851910-romney-flip-flop-now-he-likes-fema</link><guid>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/01/14851910-romney-flip-flop-now-he-likes-fema</guid><category>fema</category><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>commentid-politics</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Nov 2012 11:17:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupert5ADBB8B1-D931-6095-C8C3-26392373139B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupert5ADBB8B1-D931-6095-C8C3-26392373139B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mitt Romney Can't Even Tell us Where he Stands in the Middle of a National Disaster</title>
<description><![CDATA[My god. The vicious, flip-flopping candidate for president has taken things to a whole new level - during a national disaster, nonetheless. If people were unsure about this man's ability to take a stand, it should be crystal clear now.
From the campaign trail today, and the follo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></source><link>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/30/14809650-mitt-romney-cant-even-tell-us-where-he-stands-in-the-middle-of-a-national-disaster</link><guid>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/30/14809650-mitt-romney-cant-even-tell-us-where-he-stands-in-the-middle-of-a-national-disaster</guid><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 20:02:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>No Understanding of Government's Role - Mitt Romney Vetoed Flood Prep Funding In 2004, Blamed For Subsequent Flooding</title>
<description><![CDATA[
"I don't think it was because he was heartless, he just didn't know. That's how he ran his state," Bosley said. "His understanding of why you have government, I don't think he ever had it."
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></source><link>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/30/14806590-no-understanding-of-governments-role-mitt-romney-vetoed-flood-prep-funding-in-2004-blamed-for-subsequent-flooding</link><guid>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/30/14806590-no-understanding-of-governments-role-mitt-romney-vetoed-flood-prep-funding-in-2004-blamed-for-subsequent-flooding</guid><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>commentid-politics</category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:17:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupert1546B776-F674-FD40-92BC-51FEDB4F3E95.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupert1546B776-F674-FD40-92BC-51FEDB4F3E95.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Former Colin Powell Aide: &quot;My Party is Full of Racists&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[Colin Powell's former chief of staff condemned the Republican Party on Friday night, telling MSNBC's Ed Schultz,&nbsp;"My party is full of racists."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></source><link>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/27/14745607-former-colin-powell-aide-my-party-is-full-of-racists</link><guid>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/27/14745607-former-colin-powell-aide-my-party-is-full-of-racists</guid><category>politics</category><category>colin-powell</category><category>republican-party</category><category>barack-obama</category><pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2012 17:29:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupert9171886D-FC2B-4A80-7830-3F073F71E323.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupert9171886D-FC2B-4A80-7830-3F073F71E323.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The President: We Saw 'Stage Three Romnesia' in Last Night's Debate</title>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;DELRAY BEACH, Fla. -- A day after the two presidential candidates sparred in their final, foreign policy-focused debate, President Barack Obama criticized Republican nominee Mitt Romney&rsquo;s rhetoric on the topic as "wrong and reckless."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></source><link>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14646887-the-president-we-saw-stage-three-romnesia-in-last-nights-debate</link><guid>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14646887-the-president-we-saw-stage-three-romnesia-in-last-nights-debate</guid><category>debate</category><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>romnesia</category><category>commentid-politics</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:23:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupertDCA9C146-D066-5FC5-D40C-437E05EEDEE2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupertDCA9C146-D066-5FC5-D40C-437E05EEDEE2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Just in Time for Romney: Billy Graham's Organization Removes Mormonism From its List of Cults</title>
<description><![CDATA[The&nbsp;Billy Graham Evangelistic Association&nbsp;this week removed Mormonism from its list of religious cults, the Charlotte Observer&nbsp;reports. Mormons consider themselves Christians, though not all of their beliefs align with mainstream Christian doctrine.
The associatio&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></source><link>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/19/14556827-just-in-time-for-romney-billy-grahams-organization-removes-mormonism-from-its-list-of-cults</link><guid>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/19/14556827-just-in-time-for-romney-billy-grahams-organization-removes-mormonism-from-its-list-of-cults</guid><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>billy-graham</category><category>christianity</category><category>mormonism</category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:20:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupertC830C205-59C7-6F7A-AA83-8C33162BC238.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="183" width="244" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupertC830C205-59C7-6F7A-AA83-8C33162BC238.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bill Clinton: Romney &quot;thinks we're dumb&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[Opening for iconic rock singer Bruce Springsteen at an Obama campaign rally in Parma, Ohio, former President Bill Clinton today railed against Mitt Romney, charging that the GOP candidate "thinks we're dumb."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></source><link>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/18/14539950-bill-clinton-romney-thinks-were-dumb</link><guid>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/18/14539950-bill-clinton-romney-thinks-were-dumb</guid><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>bill-clinton</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>lilly-ledbetter</category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:00:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupert7CBFF883-A40D-1AE1-46D4-A6A37D1CBB8E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="183" width="244" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupert7CBFF883-A40D-1AE1-46D4-A6A37D1CBB8E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obama Reelection Odds Jump In Prediction Markets After Second Debate</title>
<description><![CDATA[
NEW YORK -- After a confident debate performance on Tuesday night, President Barack Obama's chances of getting reelected got a measurable bump -- at least according to the users of Intrade and other prediction market services.
PredictWise, a service that aggregates those marke&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></source><link>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/17/14512884-obama-reelection-odds-jump-in-prediction-markets-after-second-debate</link><guid>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/17/14512884-obama-reelection-odds-jump-in-prediction-markets-after-second-debate</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:51:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupertD2FF1253-C721-ED46-61A4-4B54F3A2136D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupertD2FF1253-C721-ED46-61A4-4B54F3A2136D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Put it Away Once and For All, Mr. President</title>
<description><![CDATA[It's time to put this thing away, Mr. President.
You know what to do tonight. Be honest and hammer Mr. Romney. We already like you - don't worry about your likeability. You're the president. Do what you're capable of. We're proud of you; and we got your back.
Do it for the Americ&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></source><link>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/16/14485447-put-it-away-once-and-for-all-mr-president</link><guid>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/16/14485447-put-it-away-once-and-for-all-mr-president</guid><category>debate</category><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>commentid-politics</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:01:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama, Democrats Raise Record-Smashing $181 Million in September</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Obama Campaign and Democrats report raising a whopping $181 million in September &ndash; more money than any incumbent president has ever raised in a single month for his re-election.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></source><link>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/15/14458629-obama-democrats-raise-record-smashing-181-million-in-september</link><guid>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/15/14458629-obama-democrats-raise-record-smashing-181-million-in-september</guid><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 20:47:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupertAD3A9456-6BEA-AFEA-DD8F-AA06664EA6E8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="226" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupertAD3A9456-6BEA-AFEA-DD8F-AA06664EA6E8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Now It's Your Turn, Barack</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dear Mr. President,
I'll make this short and quick. I'm one of the guys who stands up for you. I can't be accused of being one of those who has no backbone, as I've been writing in to my local paper for 8 years on behalf of my country, attempting to keep the press on real issues,&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></source><link>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/12/14387999-now-its-your-turn-barack</link><guid>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/12/14387999-now-its-your-turn-barack</guid><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 15:34:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>AARRE YOOUUUU REAADYYYYYY FOR A SMAACCKDOOOWWWNN!?</title>
<description><![CDATA[
&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Joe Biden vs. Paul Ryan.
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Amateur&nbsp;vs.&nbsp;Legend. &nb&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></source><link>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/11/14343244-aarre-yoouuuu-reaadyyyyyy-for-a-smaacckdooowwwnn</link><guid>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/11/14343244-aarre-yoouuuu-reaadyyyyyy-for-a-smaacckdooowwwnn</guid><category>politics</category><category>joe-biden</category><category>paul-ryan</category><category>vice-presidential-debate</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:36:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>NO WAY: Un-American Ohio Secretary of State Appealing Early Voting Decision to Supreme Court</title>
<description><![CDATA[Are you getting this? The Republican Secretary of State of Ohio - of notoriously the most important battleground state in the country -&nbsp;is appealing a ruling to the Supreme Court that reinstated the final three early voting days&nbsp;1 month before OUR presidential election.&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></source><link>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/09/14321598-no-way-un-american-ohio-secretary-of-state-appealing-early-voting-decision-to-supreme-court</link><guid>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/09/14321598-no-way-un-american-ohio-secretary-of-state-appealing-early-voting-decision-to-supreme-court</guid><category>ohio</category><category>politics</category><category>presidential-election</category><category>voting</category><category>jon-husted</category><category>commentid-politics</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Oct 2012 19:34:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>On the Attack: New Obama ad Features Romney's Lyin', Flip-Floppin' Debate</title>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;President Barack Obama's campaign on Saturday released their second television ad which argues Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was dishonest at Wednesday's debate and in one of his own television ads.
This ad, like one released Thursday - the day after the deba&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></source><link>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/06/14265389-on-the-attack-new-obama-ad-features-romneys-lyin-flip-floppin-debate</link><guid>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/06/14265389-on-the-attack-new-obama-ad-features-romneys-lyin-flip-floppin-debate</guid><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>commentid-politics</category><pubDate>Sat, 6 Oct 2012 21:37:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupert672830E8-2434-706D-7697-D92D28D994EC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupert672830E8-2434-706D-7697-D92D28D994EC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Jobs Report: U.S. Economy Adds 114,000 Jobs In September; Jobless Rate Down To 7.8 Percent</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Jobs Report: U.S. Economy Adds 114,000 Jobs In September; Jobless Rate Down To 7.8 Percent
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></source><link>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/05/14246373-jobs-report-us-economy-adds-114000-jobs-in-september-jobless-rate-down-to-78-percent</link><guid>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/05/14246373-jobs-report-us-economy-adds-114000-jobs-in-september-jobless-rate-down-to-78-percent</guid><category>economy</category><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Oct 2012 18:22:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupertBFA8ACFB-A761-932B-7EDE-639C08B740F9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupertBFA8ACFB-A761-932B-7EDE-639C08B740F9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mitt Walked Back Multiple Positions... Denied His Own Tax Plan... 'Dodged Almost Every Point In The Right-Wing Canon'... </title>
<description><![CDATA[Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney spent much of his first presidential debate Wednesday walking back some of his core primary positions and highlighting similarities with President Barack Obama -- from keeping bank regulations in place, bringing in more teachers, mainta&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></source><link>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/04/14218772-mitt-walked-back-multiple-positions-denied-his-own-tax-plan-dodged-almost-every-point-in-the-right-wing-canon</link><guid>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/04/14218772-mitt-walked-back-multiple-positions-denied-his-own-tax-plan-dodged-almost-every-point-in-the-right-wing-canon</guid><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>presidential-debate</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Oct 2012 11:24:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupertF3EC64CD-B441-5291-2AF5-14C73A9287E2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupertF3EC64CD-B441-5291-2AF5-14C73A9287E2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>BREAKING - Police: Man Behind Anti-Islam Film Arrested</title>
<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- The California man behind a crudely produced anti-Islamic video posted to YouTube that has inflamed parts of the Middle East was arrested for violating terms of his probation, authorities said Thursday.
Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, 55, was convicted in 2010 for feder&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Rupert]]></source><link>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/27/14128842-breaking-police-man-behind-anti-islam-film-arrested</link><guid>http://mikerupert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/27/14128842-breaking-police-man-behind-anti-islam-film-arrested</guid><category>egypt</category><category>middle-east</category><category>politics</category><category>islam</category><category>obama-administration</category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 23:53:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupert4A7AEE59-E009-E0D3-E959-5921B442F9BB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mikerupert4A7AEE59-E009-E0D3-E959-5921B442F9BB.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>