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		<title>By: Chris1962</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chris1962</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 04:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>61% Hold Favorable Opinion of Chick-fil-A
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/august_2012/61_hold_favorable_opinion_of_chick_fil_a</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>61% Hold Favorable Opinion of Chick-fil-A<br />
<a href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/august_2012/61_hold_favorable_opinion_of_chick_fil_a" rel="nofollow">http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/august_2012/61_hold_favorable_opinion_of_chick_fil_a</a></p>
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		<title>By: Chris1962</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chris1962</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 19:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;b&gt;GALLUP Election Matters: Obama swing state status and Romney&#039;s hidden advantage&lt;/b&gt;
http://www.gallup.com/fvideo.aspx?i=sWBWGL.mO9k88cb3hxprTwaa</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>GALLUP Election Matters: Obama swing state status and Romney's hidden advantage</b><br />
<a href="http://www.gallup.com/fvideo.aspx?i=sWBWGL.mO9k88cb3hxprTwaa" rel="nofollow">http://www.gallup.com/fvideo.aspx?i=sWBWGL.mO9k88cb3hxprTwaa</a></p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/08/02/opw1207/#comment-24668</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2012 13:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;Mainstream Media Blacks Out Chick-fil-A Story?
&lt;/I&gt;

And, of course, the vandalism committed by the allegedly &quot;tolerant&quot; group goes unreported..

It&#039;s amazing to me that a group who, to the point of violence and criminal activity, demands &quot;tolerance&quot; from everyone else is so intolerant...

The hypocrisy is so thick you can cut it with a knife..



Michale.....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Mainstream Media Blacks Out Chick-fil-A Story?<br />
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<p>And, of course, the vandalism committed by the allegedly "tolerant" group goes unreported..</p>
<p>It's amazing to me that a group who, to the point of violence and criminal activity, demands "tolerance" from everyone else is so intolerant...</p>
<p>The hypocrisy is so thick you can cut it with a knife..</p>
<p>Michale.....</p>
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		<title>By: Chris1962</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/08/02/opw1207/#comment-24666</link>
		<dc:creator>Chris1962</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2012 11:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Mainstream Media Blacks Out Chick-fil-A Story?&lt;/i&gt;

Mainstream Media Blacks Out Chick-fil-A Story?
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/mainstream-media-blacks-out-chick-fil-story_649234.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Mainstream Media Blacks Out Chick-fil-A Story?</i></p>
<p>Mainstream Media Blacks Out Chick-fil-A Story?<br />
<a href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/mainstream-media-blacks-out-chick-fil-story_649234.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/mainstream-media-blacks-out-chick-fil-story_649234.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/08/02/opw1207/#comment-24642</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2012 00:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://newsbusters.org/blogs/scott-whitlock/2012/08/02/networks-fawned-over-obamas-world-tour-mock-romneys-international-bl

Once again, it&#039;s simply AMAZING that there are still people who believe that the MSM is NOT in the bag for Obama...


Michale.....</description>
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<p>Once again, it's simply AMAZING that there are still people who believe that the MSM is NOT in the bag for Obama...</p>
<p>Michale.....</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/08/02/opw1207/#comment-24641</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 23:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Apropos of absolutely nothing.. 

&lt;B&gt;WHAT TO DO WHEN THE INTERNET IS DOWN&lt;/B&gt;
http://thumbnails.visually.netdna-cdn.com/WhatToDoWhenTheInternetisDown_4f99cdd2240ea_w587.jpg


Ironically enough, when I am doing hardware repairs, I am at my most predictive when the &#039;Net IS down..  :D


Michale.....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Apropos of absolutely nothing.. </p>
<p><b>WHAT TO DO WHEN THE INTERNET IS DOWN</b><br />
<a href="http://thumbnails.visually.netdna-cdn.com/WhatToDoWhenTheInternetisDown_4f99cdd2240ea_w587.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://thumbnails.visually.netdna-cdn.com/WhatToDoWhenTheInternetisDown_4f99cdd2240ea_w587.jpg</a></p>
<p>Ironically enough, when I am doing hardware repairs, I am at my most predictive when the 'Net IS down..  :D</p>
<p>Michale.....</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/08/02/opw1207/#comment-24640</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 22:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;Did you see the White House&#039;s attempt to spin it?

Obama adviser: Jobless rate is really 8.254%
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/08/wh-adviser-jobless-rate-is-really-8254/1#.UBwtV0RTdDT

LOL!&lt;/I&gt;

Yea, I saw that...

Does Team Obama SERIOUSLY think anyone but their base will buy that!???

Come on, Weigantians...  Admit it..  Some of you rolled your eyes a little when ya read that...   

:D

Michale.....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Did you see the White House's attempt to spin it?</p>
<p>Obama adviser: Jobless rate is really 8.254%<br />
<a href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/08/wh-adviser-jobless-rate-is-really-8254/1#.UBwtV0RTdDT" rel="nofollow">http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/08/wh-adviser-jobless-rate-is-really-8254/1#.UBwtV0RTdDT</a></p>
<p>LOL!</i></p>
<p>Yea, I saw that...</p>
<p>Does Team Obama SERIOUSLY think anyone but their base will buy that!???</p>
<p>Come on, Weigantians...  Admit it..  Some of you rolled your eyes a little when ya read that...   </p>
<p>:D</p>
<p>Michale.....</p>
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		<title>By: Chris1962</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/08/02/opw1207/#comment-24637</link>
		<dc:creator>Chris1962</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 20:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Did you see the White House&#039;s attempt to spin it?

Obama adviser: Jobless rate is really 8.254%
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/08/wh-adviser-jobless-rate-is-really-8254/1#.UBwtV0RTdDT


LOL!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Did you see the White House's attempt to spin it?</p>
<p>Obama adviser: Jobless rate is really 8.254%<br />
<a href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/08/wh-adviser-jobless-rate-is-really-8254/1#.UBwtV0RTdDT" rel="nofollow">http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/08/wh-adviser-jobless-rate-is-really-8254/1#.UBwtV0RTdDT</a></p>
<p>LOL!</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/08/02/opw1207/#comment-24635</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>WTH??

Is everyone sobbing in their Cheerios???

&lt;B&gt;&quot;Brian!!  Look!!!!  My Alpha Bets are talking to me!!!  They&#039;re saying &#039;OOOOOOOoooooooooo&#039; &quot;
&quot;Those are Cheerios, Peter.&quot;&lt;/B&gt;
-Family Guy

:D


Michale.....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WTH??</p>
<p>Is everyone sobbing in their Cheerios???</p>
<p><b>"Brian!!  Look!!!!  My Alpha Bets are talking to me!!!  They're saying 'OOOOOOOoooooooooo' "<br />
"Those are Cheerios, Peter."</b><br />
-Family Guy</p>
<p>:D</p>
<p>Michale.....</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/08/02/opw1207/#comment-24633</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;B&gt;&quot;If you have a business, you didn&#039;t build that!&quot;&lt;/B&gt;
-President Barack Obama

How ironic that those words will likely become the defining aspect of the Obama Presidency..

I have a response to that..

&lt;B&gt;&quot;8.3% U-3 Unemployment...  
15% U-6 Unemployment...  
Mr President???  
You *DID* build that!!&quot;&lt;/B&gt;


Michale....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>"If you have a business, you didn't build that!"</b><br />
-President Barack Obama</p>
<p>How ironic that those words will likely become the defining aspect of the Obama Presidency..</p>
<p>I have a response to that..</p>
<p><b>"8.3% U-3 Unemployment...<br />
15% U-6 Unemployment...<br />
Mr President???<br />
You *DID* build that!!"</b></p>
<p>Michale....</p>
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		<title>By: Chris1962</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/08/02/opw1207/#comment-24632</link>
		<dc:creator>Chris1962</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 15:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good article explaining over-sampling basics: http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/morning-jay-are-polls-skewed-toward-obama_648770.html?page=1

It doesn&#039;t excuse the likes of Pew&#039;s poll being so ridiculously over the top, though.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good article explaining over-sampling basics: <a href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/morning-jay-are-polls-skewed-toward-obama_648770.html?page=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/morning-jay-are-polls-skewed-toward-obama_648770.html?page=1</a></p>
<p>It doesn't excuse the likes of Pew's poll being so ridiculously over the top, though.</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/08/02/opw1207/#comment-24631</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 14:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;B&gt;Reuters: Labor market slowed sharply after strong gains in winter, spelling trouble for Obama...

AP: Stronger job creation could help Obama&#039;s re-election hopes...&lt;/I&gt;


Ahhhh  You just GOTS to love our media, eh??  :D


Michale.....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>Reuters: Labor market slowed sharply after strong gains in winter, spelling trouble for Obama...</p>
<p>AP: Stronger job creation could help Obama's re-election hopes...</p>
<p>Ahhhh  You just GOTS to love our media, eh??  :D</p>
<p>Michale.....</b></p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/08/02/opw1207/#comment-24627</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 12:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;B&gt;8.3%&lt;/B&gt;

If Obama wants to win re-election, the Unemployment is going the wrong way...

It&#039;s actually even worse..

The REAL Unemployment Number, the U-6 makes the Unemployment rate at about 15%, nationwide.  Higher in some places..  California &amp; Nevada have a U-6 Unemployment Rate of over 20%...

Obama&#039;s chances are sinking...


Michale.....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>8.3%</b></p>
<p>If Obama wants to win re-election, the Unemployment is going the wrong way...</p>
<p>It's actually even worse..</p>
<p>The REAL Unemployment Number, the U-6 makes the Unemployment rate at about 15%, nationwide.  Higher in some places..  California &amp; Nevada have a U-6 Unemployment Rate of over 20%...</p>
<p>Obama's chances are sinking...</p>
<p>Michale.....</p>
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		<title>By: Chris1962</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chris1962</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 12:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;The Leftist MSM all but ignored the massive outpouring of support from Chick Fil A...&lt;/i&gt;

Of course. Nothing new there. Meanwhile, unemployment is up to 8.3%. http://www.cnbc.com/id/48480887</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>The Leftist MSM all but ignored the massive outpouring of support from Chick Fil A...</i></p>
<p>Of course. Nothing new there. Meanwhile, unemployment is up to 8.3%. <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/48480887" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnbc.com/id/48480887</a></p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/08/02/opw1207/#comment-24624</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 12:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Speaking of Polls..

It will be interesting to see how the Left Wing MSM covers the Chick Fil A &quot;Kiss In&quot;...  

The Leftist MSM all but ignored the massive outpouring of support from Chick Fil A...

My guess is, the &quot;Kiss In&quot; will get front page exposure for days...


Michale.....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Speaking of Polls..</p>
<p>It will be interesting to see how the Left Wing MSM covers the Chick Fil A "Kiss In"...  </p>
<p>The Leftist MSM all but ignored the massive outpouring of support from Chick Fil A...</p>
<p>My guess is, the "Kiss In" will get front page exposure for days...</p>
<p>Michale.....</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/08/02/opw1207/#comment-24623</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 12:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>CB,

&lt;I&gt;WHY they&#039;re even over-sampling, to begin with, is a whole other question. But I&#039;d really love to know how much of the polling out there is even accurate and trustworthy these days.&lt;/I&gt;

Oh that&#039;s easy...

All the polling that puts Obama in a good light and Romney in a bad light is dead on ballz accurate...  :D

The polls that show Obama losing and Romney winning...

Not so much...   :D


Michale....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>CB,</p>
<p><i>WHY they're even over-sampling, to begin with, is a whole other question. But I'd really love to know how much of the polling out there is even accurate and trustworthy these days.</i></p>
<p>Oh that's easy...</p>
<p>All the polling that puts Obama in a good light and Romney in a bad light is dead on ballz accurate...  :D</p>
<p>The polls that show Obama losing and Romney winning...</p>
<p>Not so much...   :D</p>
<p>Michale....</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/08/02/opw1207/#comment-24621</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 08:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Obama is not underwater (above 50%) in only 13 states and DC...

Which is to say that Obama&#039;s job approval is BELOW 50% in 36 states, INCLUDING &lt;B&gt;*ALL BATTLEGROUND STATES*&lt;/B&gt;

If I recall correctly (CW??) even CARTER was in a better place at this point in his re-election than Obama is today...

It don&#039;t look good for Team Obama...

Michale.....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Obama is not underwater (above 50%) in only 13 states and DC...</p>
<p>Which is to say that Obama's job approval is BELOW 50% in 36 states, INCLUDING <b>*ALL BATTLEGROUND STATES*</b></p>
<p>If I recall correctly (CW??) even CARTER was in a better place at this point in his re-election than Obama is today...</p>
<p>It don't look good for Team Obama...</p>
<p>Michale.....</p>
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		<title>By: Chris1962</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chris1962</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 05:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t know if you&#039;ve seen the last couple of polls, but I&#039;ll say again what I said before: With all the polling orgs out there, I&#039;d love to know why they&#039;re not conducting clean surverys.

&lt;i&gt;&quot;...Whoa there! This [Pew] poll is far, far out of line of other national surveys. Emily Schultheis at Politico writes that &quot;the 10-point lead for Obama here is bigger than any of the other recent polling we&#039;ve seen, which have tended to show a fairly static race.&quot; The Real Clear Politics&#039; RCP Average of recent polls currently has Obama up by 3 points. In Talking Points Memo poll average, the divide is only 1.8 percent. Over at Business Insider, Brett LoGiurato is calling out the poll for bias:  &quot;Pew surveyed 1,956 registered voters. Of those, 42 percent were Democrats and just 23 percent were Republicans. We can&#039;t remember a poll being that imbalanced.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2012/08/obama-really-leading-10-points/55354/

How the heck is anybody supposed to know what&#039;s actually going on with voters out there? This reminds me of the Wisconsin recall, with everybody having convinced themselves that the race was gonna be squeaky-tight and that ballot counting might take until morning. And all this speculation had been based upon what turned out to be utterly faulty polling. And now here we are with Pew — a reputable polling org (or at least they used to be) — putting out a ridiculously over-sampled result. 

&lt;b&gt;WHY&lt;/b&gt; they&#039;re even over-sampling, to begin with, is a whole other question. But I&#039;d really love to know how much of the polling out there is even accurate and trustworthy these days.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don't know if you've seen the last couple of polls, but I'll say again what I said before: With all the polling orgs out there, I'd love to know why they're not conducting clean surverys.</p>
<p><i>"...Whoa there! This [Pew] poll is far, far out of line of other national surveys. Emily Schultheis at Politico writes that "the 10-point lead for Obama here is bigger than any of the other recent polling we've seen, which have tended to show a fairly static race." The Real Clear Politics' RCP Average of recent polls currently has Obama up by 3 points. In Talking Points Memo poll average, the divide is only 1.8 percent. Over at Business Insider, Brett LoGiurato is calling out the poll for bias:  "Pew surveyed 1,956 registered voters. Of those, 42 percent were Democrats and just 23 percent were Republicans. We can't remember a poll being that imbalanced."</i><br />
<a href="http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2012/08/obama-really-leading-10-points/55354/" rel="nofollow">http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2012/08/obama-really-leading-10-points/55354/</a></p>
<p>How the heck is anybody supposed to know what's actually going on with voters out there? This reminds me of the Wisconsin recall, with everybody having convinced themselves that the race was gonna be squeaky-tight and that ballot counting might take until morning. And all this speculation had been based upon what turned out to be utterly faulty polling. And now here we are with Pew — a reputable polling org (or at least they used to be) — putting out a ridiculously over-sampled result. </p>
<p><b>WHY</b> they're even over-sampling, to begin with, is a whole other question. But I'd really love to know how much of the polling out there is even accurate and trustworthy these days.</p>
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		<title>By: Chris1962</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 23:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt; Why July&#039;s numbers were down for Obama is anyone&#039;s guess, really, but I&#039;m going to pin a large part of it on the disappointing employment figures announced last month.&lt;/i&gt;

I&#039;d say that&#039;s a safe bet, although one always has to wonder if the opponent&#039;s advertising, or O&#039;s &quot;going negative,&quot; has anything to do with it. True, his average is 47%, but both Gallup&#039;s and Rasmussen&#039;s daily tracking have him at 45.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i> Why July's numbers were down for Obama is anyone's guess, really, but I'm going to pin a large part of it on the disappointing employment figures announced last month.</i></p>
<p>I'd say that's a safe bet, although one always has to wonder if the opponent's advertising, or O's "going negative," has anything to do with it. True, his average is 47%, but both Gallup's and Rasmussen's daily tracking have him at 45.</p>
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