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		<title>Indefinite detention formalised in US &#8212; and the world is a war</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/16/indefinite-detention-formalised-in-us-and-the-world-is-a-war/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/16/indefinite-detention-formalised-in-us-and-the-world-is-a-war/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[civil liberties]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new bill in Washington formalises the power of the US military to abuct and imprison anyone, anywhere in the world.]]></description>
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		<title>What game theory says about Labor&#8217;s woes</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/15/what-game-theory-says-about-labors-woes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/15/what-game-theory-says-about-labors-woes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 03:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[game theory]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=241035</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Faced with their opponents abandoning sound policy, what should Labor do? Maybe do the same, says one theory.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Did Google strike a deal with Obama?</title>
		<link>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/57084.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/57084.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012 Presidential election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=229623</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Google have denied that the Democrats have been granted special access to a new advertising initiative despite claims of the contrary made by a company sales representative, reports <b>Byron Tau</b> and <b>Ben Smith</b>. ]]></description>
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		<title>Huffington: It all came down to jobs and the economy</title>
		<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/in-2009-the-white-house-u_b_778080.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/in-2009-the-white-house-u_b_778080.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 22:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 midterm elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US midterm elections]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=183213</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Now that the US midterm elections are over, the postmortems begin. There will be innumerable different opinions about what went wrong for the Democrats but it all boils down to one truth: they took a beating because of jobs and the economy, writes <b>Arianna Huffington</b>. 
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		<title>Crikey says: how much trouble is Barack Obama in?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/03/crikey-says-how-much-trouble-is-barack-obama-in/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/03/crikey-says-how-much-trouble-is-barack-obama-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 01:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[midterms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US 2010 midterms]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=182807</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Fifty states, several territories, 35 Senate races, 435 House of Representatives Congress seats, 39 governorships, and innumerable state positions from judge to dog catcher to be voted on: it all comes down to today...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Keane essay: why Labor can&#8217;t communicate</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/02/keane-essay-why-labor-cant-communicate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/02/keane-essay-why-labor-cant-communicate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 02:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mid-term elections]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=182632</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor shares a basic problem with the Democrats - an apparent inability to resist the self-serving narratives of their opponents]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>The triumph of anger over facts</title>
		<link>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/why-rage-not-facts-will-win-20101101-17abm.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/why-rage-not-facts-will-win-20101101-17abm.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 00:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 midterm elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US midterm elections]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=182650</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Anger is the most powerful political motivation and the reason why the GOP will trump the Democrats at this year's US midterms. Americans are experiencing hard times and they'll have no qualms about blaming the current administration, writes <b>Peter Hartcher</b>. ]]></description>
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		<title>Rundle&#8217;s mid-terms: meet the Vanilla Ice of Republican politics</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/25/rundles-mid-terms-meet-the-vanilla-ice-of-republican-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/25/rundles-mid-terms-meet-the-vanilla-ice-of-republican-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 midterm elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=180658</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Had the Republicans been going into this election solo, their chances of regaining the House would be slim indeed, but Fox News, the Tea Party, and, let's face it, the Democrats have saved their asses, writes <b>Guy Rundle in Columbus, Ohio</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Republicans set to win the battle but risk losing the war</title>
		<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-10-04/how-the-republican-party-could-blow-it/?cid=hp:mainpromo7</link>
		<comments>http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-10-04/how-the-republican-party-could-blow-it/?cid=hp:mainpromo7#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 22:40:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[democrats]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=176261</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Democrats are praying for an 11th hour miracle to save them at the US midterms, but everybody knows the Republicans will win big. However, if the Republicans carry out the Tea Party mandate they risk losing a much more important contest: the long-term battle for public support, writes <b>Peter Beinart</b>. ]]></description>
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		<title>Democrats&#8217; shot at maintaining majority not looking rosy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/20/democrats-shot-at-maintaining-majority-not-looking-rosy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/20/democrats-shot-at-maintaining-majority-not-looking-rosy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 03:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Raue</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cannabis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[midterms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tea Party]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=172845</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Democrats are facing serious losses this November due to a failing US economy and the limited policy success of the Obama Administration.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Arizona homeless candidates controversy</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/us/politics/07candidates.html?_r=1&#038;hp</link>
		<comments>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/us/politics/07candidates.html?_r=1&#038;hp#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=170301</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Arizona is a state known for its hardball political environment, but tactics may have plummeted to new lows with allegations that a Republican has recruited homeless people to run for public office simply to stymie Democrat support. Candidates include a tarot card reader who is running for treasurer. ]]></description>
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		<title>Democrats in disaster management mode</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/us/politics/05dems.html?_r=2&#038;hp</link>
		<comments>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/us/politics/05dems.html?_r=2&#038;hp#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[November senate elections]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=169674</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the November senate elections fast approaching, the Democrats are preparing to redirect their resources to embolden their strongest incumbents with the overall hope of winning a slim majority, writes <b>Jeff Zeleny</b> and <b>Carl Hulse</b>. ]]></description>
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		<title>Crikey Wrap: why the US climate-change Bill failed</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/28/crikey-wrap-why-the-us-climate-change-bill-failed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/28/crikey-wrap-why-the-us-climate-change-bill-failed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:16:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eloise Keating</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[republicans]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=158442</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Climate change has been firmly on the agenda in the United States this week following the failure of the Democrats to pass their climate change legislation through the Senate.]]></description>
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		<title>US Democrats take on climate change, Rudd style</title>
		<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/22/AR2010072203614.html?hpid=topnews</link>
		<comments>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/22/AR2010072203614.html?hpid=topnews#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=156176</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The ALP aren't the only elected political party who can talk up climate change then spectacularly fail to deliver. Lacking widespread support, the Democrats have swapped a comprehensive energy bill for a much milder alternative. ]]></description>
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		<title>Can Republicans take control of the senate?</title>
		<link>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704875004575375122374132154.html</link>
		<comments>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704875004575375122374132154.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=154812</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just two years after the Democrats held a commanding 60 seat majority, party members now concede that the Republicans have a shot at winning back the senate during this year's elections.]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s tough being a Democrat on Fox</title>
		<link>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/28999.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/28999.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=96780</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<em>Politico</em> meets the token Democrats who appear on Fox News. "It sucks," says one. So why do they do it? People watch Fox -- and for these true believers, some of their souls can still be won. ]]></description>
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		<title>How the papers deal with Newspoll figures they don&#8217;t like</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/19/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-15/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/19/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-15/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 03:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=59456</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Oz and Fairfax mangle the polls for Labor and Liberals, while somewhere on the internets, the Australian Democrat corpse is attempting to rise from it's grave.]]></description>
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		<title>Deep problems for the Republicans in Congress</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/18/deep-problems-for-the-republicans-in-congress/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/18/deep-problems-for-the-republicans-in-congress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are only 30 equally safe Republican seats, and 22 of those are in the south, reports <b>Charles Richardson</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/18/deep-problems-for-the-republicans-in-congress/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Rundle08: The Dems&#8217; need for catharsis? Oh God&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/08/rundle08-the-dems-need-for-catharsis-oh-god/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/08/rundle08-the-dems-need-for-catharsis-oh-god/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[democrats]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Never underestimate the ability of the Democrats to remove the as yet undigested remains of defeat from the sifted faeces of victory, writes <b>Guy Rundle</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/08/rundle08-the-dems-need-for-catharsis-oh-god/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>An attack on Mayne&#8217;s Democrats revisionism</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/07/an-attack-on-maynes-democrats-revisionism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/07/an-attack-on-maynes-democrats-revisionism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natasha stott despoja]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crikey didn't kill the Democrats, writes <b>Andrew Le Clercq</b>. It was merely a loud eager-beaver Greek chorus thingy on the sidelines.
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		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/07/an-attack-on-maynes-democrats-revisionism/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Stephen Mayne: How we killed the Democrats</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/04/stephen-mayne-how-we-killed-the-democrats/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/04/stephen-mayne-how-we-killed-the-democrats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natasha stott despoja]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Crikey wrote the obit for the Democrats before the last election. <b>Stephen Mayne</b> rakes over the coals of Crikey's reportage on the demise of Don Chipp's dream.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/04/stephen-mayne-how-we-killed-the-democrats/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Australian Democrats: the last of the honest bastards</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/27/the-australian-democrats-the-last-of-the-honest-bastards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/27/the-australian-democrats-the-last-of-the-honest-bastards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[don chipp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Democrats have left the Senate chamber. Don's Party is over, writes <b>Nahum Ayliffe</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/27/the-australian-democrats-the-last-of-the-honest-bastards/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Whither the Democrats?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/24/first-dog-on-the-moon-141/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/24/first-dog-on-the-moon-141/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Firstdog</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anthropomorphism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cryptodisneyist]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The inaugural meeting of the Australian Lobster Party...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/24/first-dog-on-the-moon-141/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>We&#8217;re the party that ate itself: Democrat insiders tell</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/21/were-the-party-that-ate-itself-democrat-insiders-tell/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/21/were-the-party-that-ate-itself-democrat-insiders-tell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2007]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At thirty years of age, the Australian Democrats are terminally ill when they should be in their prime, write former staffers John Cherry and Vivienne Wynter.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/21/were-the-party-that-ate-itself-democrat-insiders-tell/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tips and rumours</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/14/tips-and-rumours/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/14/tips-and-rumours/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[candidate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[don chipp]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strong rumours coming out of Tassie talk about a local Liberal leadership spill – a complete top level cleanout apparently. Caroline Overington had a self serving defensive piece about the Wentworth emails on-line at 9am this morning, at 9.28am it has vanished. I can&#8217;t believe all the rubbish that has been peddled about the candidates [...]]]></description>
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