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		<title>The Newspoll numbers The Australian won&#8217;t print</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/10/the-newspoll-numbers-the-australian-wont-print/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/10/the-newspoll-numbers-the-australian-wont-print/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Print]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[censorship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Mitchell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[journalistic ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media censorship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newspoll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opinion polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polls]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Australian]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<em>The Australian</em> appears to have decided to not publish the results of an opinion poll on voting intention in the wake of last week's outlier that had Malcolm Turnbull gaining ground on Kevin Rudd.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/10/the-newspoll-numbers-the-australian-wont-print/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is Rudd&#8217;s honeymoon over?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/comitatus-is-rudds-honeymoon-over/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/comitatus-is-rudds-honeymoon-over/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Possum Comitatus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newspoll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opinion polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone today has an opinion or three on whether the latest Newspoll is the 47th end of the Rudd honeymoon or a polling outlier. The most likely answer is probably a bit of both.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/comitatus-is-rudds-honeymoon-over/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Interest rates: the difference between reality and chatter</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/07/interest-rates-the-difference-between-reality-and-chatter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/07/interest-rates-the-difference-between-reality-and-chatter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opinion polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Amid the media chatter today about what the interest rate rise means for the "stimulus debate", news from the real world is that the majority of Australians reckon the government is handling the economy very well.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/07/interest-rates-the-difference-between-reality-and-chatter/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Crikey votes: who should host the next Andrew Olle lecture?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/18/crikey-votes-who-should-host-the-next-andrew-olle-lecture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/18/crikey-votes-who-should-host-the-next-andrew-olle-lecture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Possum Comitatus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Olle lecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julian Morrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polls]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=87571</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<em>Crikey</em> utilised the highly scientific polling tool of Twitter to quiz readers on whether Chaser chief Julian Morrow really deserves to <a href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,26089462-7582,00.html">host the next Andrew Olle lecture</a>, and if not, who should. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/18/crikey-votes-who-should-host-the-next-andrew-olle-lecture/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Turnbull or Nelson? It&#8217;s all the same to the polls</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/14/richard-farmers-chunky-bits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/14/richard-farmers-chunky-bits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael McGurk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polls]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There's one message we can take from the consistency of the opinion polls. Sacking Brendan Nelson to put in Malcolm Turnbull as head of the Liberal Party did not work.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/14/richard-farmers-chunky-bits/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Any poll at all will do for The Australian</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/20/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-16/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/20/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-16/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 03:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Australian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment figures]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=59810</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Poll manipulation: it's a national sport for Australia's media, says <b>Richard Farmer</b>, and why Aussie journos are jealous of their British counterparts.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/20/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-16/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>At the Press Club to launch The Emissions Trading Scheme&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/15/first-dog-on-the-moon-264/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/15/first-dog-on-the-moon-264/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Firstdog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Dog on the Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ETS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pashing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penny Wong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stephanie rice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tesselated gecko]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[with Penny Wong, a Tesselated Gecko.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/15/first-dog-on-the-moon-264/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Palin Effect</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/06/the-palin-effect/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/06/the-palin-effect/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Clinton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democrats and republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[president jimmy carter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarah Palin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US08]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Palin Effect: a dramatic move that sends a party’s base into rapturous high fives, and appeals to voters on some level, but still sends the middle ground running to the other candidate, writes <b>Peter Brent</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/06/the-palin-effect/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Morgan poll shows no bounce for Turnbull led Libs</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/03/morgan-poll-shows-no-bounce-for-turnbull-led-libs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/03/morgan-poll-shows-no-bounce-for-turnbull-led-libs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polls]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull's elevation to the leadership came at an unfortunate time, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>. Does that explain the lack of a poll bounce?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/03/morgan-poll-shows-no-bounce-for-turnbull-led-libs/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Crikey Says</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/23/crikey-says/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/23/crikey-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polls]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The latest Roy Morgan poll puts paid to the growing suggestion that the Budget did the Government no favours...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/23/crikey-says/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Comitatus: What do the budget polls really tell us?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/20/comitatus-what-do-the-budget-polls-really-tell-us/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/20/comitatus-what-do-the-budget-polls-really-tell-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polls]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The two things you can guarantee from any federal budget are whining special interest pleaders and, of course, polls - no budget is complete without a poll or three, writes <b>Possum Comitatus</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/20/comitatus-what-do-the-budget-polls-really-tell-us/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Push polling! ACF climate survey rigs itself</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/19/push-polling-acf-climate-survey-rigs-itself/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/19/push-polling-acf-climate-survey-rigs-itself/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polls]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just because they’re green and they want to save the planet doesn’t mean ACF can get away with push polling, writes <b>Stephen Downes</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/19/push-polling-acf-climate-survey-rigs-itself/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Comitatus: Bad polls, worse than bad news for Brendan</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/09/comitatus-bad-polls-worse-than-bad-news-for-brendan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/09/comitatus-bad-polls-worse-than-bad-news-for-brendan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polls]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After every change of government, dismal polls become a staple for the political misery that is Opposition. But what is happening to the Coalition and Brendan Nelson is unprecedented, writes <b>Possum Comitatus</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/09/comitatus-bad-polls-worse-than-bad-news-for-brendan/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>China does the trick for Rudd&#8217;s polling</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/11/china-does-the-trick-for-rudds-polling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/11/china-does-the-trick-for-rudds-polling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polls]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The PM's cracking them up in China and wowing them at home writes <b>Bernard Keane.</b>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/11/china-does-the-trick-for-rudds-polling/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Weekend at Brendan&#8217;s: On the road with Mr Unidigit</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/09/weekend-at-brendans-on-the-road-with-mr-unidigit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/09/weekend-at-brendans-on-the-road-with-mr-unidigit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[listening tour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polls]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In comparing the "battle of the trips", between Nelson and Rudd - the polls suggest Rudd won hands down. So what can Brendan do? writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/09/weekend-at-brendans-on-the-road-with-mr-unidigit/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Comitatus: Political advice by the column inch</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/01/comitatus-political-advice-by-the-column-inch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/01/comitatus-political-advice-by-the-column-inch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polls]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The opposition should spend a little more time focusing on real policy issues that the public actually gives a hoot about and a little less time following the droning choir of News Ltd spruikers, writes <b>Possum Comitatus</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/01/comitatus-political-advice-by-the-column-inch/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Crikey Says</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/18/crikey-says/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/18/crikey-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polls]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Brendan Nelson's Newspoll approval rating has "recovered" but we're more fascinated by Heather Mills' divorce payout. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Comitatus: Rate rises don&#8217;t slay Labor after all&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/10/comitatus-rate-rises-dont-slay-labor-after-all/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/10/comitatus-rate-rises-dont-slay-labor-after-all/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polls]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The most distressing thing for the Opposition would have to be how the continuing love affair between the ALP vote and interest rates has not changed a jot., writes <b>Possum Comitatus</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/10/comitatus-rate-rises-dont-slay-labor-after-all/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Polling lessons from Election &#8216;07</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/27/polling-lessons-from-election-07/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/27/polling-lessons-from-election-07/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two lessons from the election result and the polls: 1) As a basis for understanding what’s going on, data are better than gut instinct. 2) Polls conducted closest to election day are likely to be more accurate than those conducted earlier, write Irving Saulwick and Denis Muller.]]></description>
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		<title>Rundle: The Howard boosters are kidding themselves</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/23/rundle-the-howard-boosters-are-kidding-themselves/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/23/rundle-the-howard-boosters-are-kidding-themselves/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Donald Rumsfeld]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the polls static, people are resorting to the Latham-Albrechtsen thesis (a term hitherto reserved for questions of Prince Harry's biological parenthood) – the idea that people are using them to register a soft protest pseudo-vote, and everything's gone meta, writes Guy Rundle.]]></description>
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		<title>Abjorensen: Too many variables to be sure of a Ruddslide</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/21/abjorensen-too-many-variables-to-be-sure-of-a-ruddslide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/21/abjorensen-too-many-variables-to-be-sure-of-a-ruddslide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite a persuasively convincing imitation, the Howard government isn’t dead in the water yet. There are simply too many variables to be absolutely cocky about a large Rudd victory, writes Norman Abjorensen.]]></description>
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		<title>Comitatus: The penultimate Newspoll</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/20/comitatus-the-penultimate-newspoll/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/20/comitatus-the-penultimate-newspoll/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s the last Tuesday Newspoll of the campaign, and the second last Newspoll before election day itself and the big story is the same old story that’s been going on for months: The polls don’t move, writes Possum Comitatus.
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		<title>Comrie-Thomson: Do we really know what is going on in Bennelong?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/19/comrie-thomson-do-we-really-know-what-is-going-on-in-bennelong/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/19/comrie-thomson-do-we-really-know-what-is-going-on-in-bennelong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“All the pollsters can’t be all right all the time”. Bob Dylan said something like that. So what can we predict about next Saturday’s result based on the most recent polls? asks Paul Comrie-Thomson.]]></description>
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		<title>Saulwick: Focus group populism is bad policy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/15/saulwick-focus-group-populism-is-bad-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/15/saulwick-focus-group-populism-is-bad-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over recent years, focus group discussions have been used, increasingly, to distort the political process, write Irving Saulwick and Denis Muller.]]></description>
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		<title>Chasing the 16 seats – the story so far</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/12/chasing-the-16-seats-the-story-so-far/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/12/chasing-the-16-seats-the-story-so-far/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[best case scenario]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, two thirds of the way through this campaign, what can we say? The commentariat appears to have been stung by its calls in 2001 and 2004, writes Christian Kerr.]]></description>
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