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		<title>Why the Coalition Trying to Recall Scott Walker Is Splintering</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 10:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Altman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[collective bargaining]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the outpouring of anger at Scott Walker, on an electoral level the governor’s opponents have struggled to channel the enthusiasm that garnered more than 1 million recall signatures into a successful campaign. As a result, the campaign to recall Walker is sputtering, and the governor has pulled ahead in the polls with a little over two weeks to go until the June 5 election.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swampland.time.com&#038;blog=5284847&#038;post=71103&#038;subd=timeswampland&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>With Money and Momentum, Scott Walker Gains Ground in Wisconsin Recall Campaign</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 10:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Altman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scott walker]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scott Walker's recall fight is among the most hyped races of 2012, a national flashpoint that is partly a referendum on Walker's stance on public unions, and partly a test of enthusiasm for November. But his campaign has zero interest in political pageantry. It doesn't hold massive rallies. The location of its headquarters hasn't even been made public. For the most controversial governor in the country, the numbers are all that matter.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swampland.time.com&#038;blog=5284847&#038;post=71039&#038;subd=timeswampland&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<mediaCredit>Seth Perlman / AP</mediaCredit><mediaCaption><![CDATA[Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks during an event to at the Illinois Chamber of Commerce.]]></mediaCaption>
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		<title>Ron Paul Stops Active Campaigning, Vows Continued Delegate Fight</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 20:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Altman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ron Paul on Monday announced he will scale back his already diminished presidential campaign, effectively ending his longshot bid for the Republican nomination. In an e-mail that took the tone of a valedictory, the libertarian icon said he would no longer compete in upcoming primaries, though his campaign would continue its work amassing delegates at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swampland.time.com&#038;blog=5284847&#038;post=70914&#038;subd=timeswampland&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Scott Walker on Tape: Budget Bill Was &#8216;Divide and Conquer&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 16:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Altman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scott walker]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With a month to go before Wisconsin&#8217;s gubernatorial recall vote, Democrats&#8217; case against Scott Walker is less about collective bargaining policy itself than the notion that the governor masked his intentions to limit it as part of the sweeping budget bill he championed last spring. The argument, which Politifact endorsed, is that Walker obscured his plan [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swampland.time.com&#038;blog=5284847&#038;post=70790&#038;subd=timeswampland&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<mediaCredit>Whitney Curtis / Getty Images</mediaCredit><mediaCaption><![CDATA[Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker speaks during the NRA's Celebration of American Values Leadership Forum April 13, 2012 in St. Louis. ]]></mediaCaption>
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		<title>In Defense of Mitt Romney, High School Bully</title>
		<link>http://swampland.time.com/2012/05/11/in-defense-of-mitt-romney-high-school-bully/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 10:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Altman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jason Horowitz&#8217;s story in the Washington Post on Mitt Romney&#8217;s teenage years is a first-rate piece of reportage. The portrait of a high school class in 1965 is laced with anecdotes about the posh prep school&#8217;s social dynamics and institutional pressures, and it offers a useful window into Romney&#8217;s formative years. Unfortunately, now is the moment in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swampland.time.com&#038;blog=5284847&#038;post=70746&#038;subd=timeswampland&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<mediaCredit>Jae C. Hong / AP</mediaCredit><mediaCaption><![CDATA[Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney takes the stage at a campaign stop in Lansing, Mich., May 8, 2012. ]]></mediaCaption>
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		<title>Obama Endorses Gay Marriage: &#8216;I Think Same-Sex Couples Should Be Able to Get Married&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://swampland.time.com/2012/05/09/obama-endorses-gay-marriage-i-think-same-sex-couples-should-be-able-to-get-married/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 19:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Altman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gay Marriage]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced his support for gay marriage, becoming the first sitting U.S. President to endorse equal status for same-sex couples and responding to building pressure to clarify his position as his re-election campaign gets underway. &#8220;I&#8217;ve always been adamant that gay and lesbian Americans should be treated fairly and equally,” Obama [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swampland.time.com&#038;blog=5284847&#038;post=70694&#038;subd=timeswampland&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>This Man Can&#8217;t Vote in West Virginia, but Lots of People Voted for Him</title>
		<link>http://swampland.time.com/2012/05/09/this-man-cant-vote-in-west-virginia-but-lots-of-people-voted-for-him/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 14:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Altman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keith Judd, a.k.a. Inmate #11593-051 at the federal correctional facility in Beaumont, Tex., is a modern Renaissance man: a Rastafarian-Christian, a former member of something called the &#8220;Federation of Super Heroes,&#8221; a musician and NRA member who has bowled a &#8220;sanctioned&#8221; perfect game. His favorite book is Stephen King&#8217;s The Stand. His favorite President is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swampland.time.com&#038;blog=5284847&#038;post=70660&#038;subd=timeswampland&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<mediaCredit>The Beaumont Enterprise courtesy of Keith R. Judd / AP</mediaCredit><mediaCaption><![CDATA[Federal prisoner Keith Russell Judd stands at the Beaumont Federal Correctional Institution in Beaumont, Texas, in this March 15, 2008 file photo. ]]></mediaCaption>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Gay Marriage Conundrum</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 16:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Altman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Vice President Joe Biden and Education Secretary Arne Duncan expressed support for gay marriage in recent days, their candor underlined the calculated approach their boss has taken on the topic. As a candidate, Barack Obama opposed gay marriage. As President, he has performed an awkward straddle. Obama is counting on gay supporters for their votes and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swampland.time.com&#038;blog=5284847&#038;post=70597&#038;subd=timeswampland&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<mediaCredit>Wang Yiou / XINHUA / LANDOV</mediaCredit><mediaCaption><![CDATA[President Barack Obama attends a campaign event at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, May 5, 2012. ]]></mediaCaption>
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		<title>In Wisconsin Recall Fight, Focus Shifts from Unions to Jobs</title>
		<link>http://swampland.time.com/2012/05/08/in-wisconsin-recall-fight-focus-shifts-from-unions-to-jobs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 10:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Altman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Democrats began the push to oust Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker last year, his controversial law curbing the collective-bargaining rights of most public employees headlined their list of grievances. But while June 5&#8242;s landmark recall election began as a fight over the fate of unions, it has since become a battle over unemployment, past promises and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swampland.time.com&#038;blog=5284847&#038;post=70552&#038;subd=timeswampland&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<mediaCredit>Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images</mediaCredit><mediaCaption><![CDATA[Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker stands on the North Lawn of the White House before making remarks to the news media, February 27, 2012 in Washington, DC. Walker, a Republican, will probably face a recall election this year, an effort spearheaded in part by Democrats and pro-union supporters in his state. ]]></mediaCaption>
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		<title>Wisconsin Cheddar: How Scott Walker&#8217;s Fundraising Windfall Could Decide the Recall</title>
		<link>http://swampland.time.com/2012/05/04/wisconsin-cheddar-how-scott-walkers-fundraising-windfall-could-decide-the-recall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 10:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Altman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scott walker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The battle of Wisconsin was never going to be cheap. Scott Walker, the Republican governor facing a landmark recall election next month, is perhaps the most polarizing politician in the country not named Obama. The June 5 election in a bitterly divided swing state is seen by both sides as a bellwether in the ongoing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swampland.time.com&#038;blog=5284847&#038;post=70307&#038;subd=timeswampland&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<mediaCredit>Seth Perlman / AP</mediaCredit><mediaCaption><![CDATA[Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is surrounded by the news media after speaking to the Illinois Chamber of Commerce Tuesday, April 17, 2012 in Springfield, Ill.]]></mediaCaption>
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		<title>With a Final Flourish, Gingrich Ends His Campaign the Newt Way</title>
		<link>http://swampland.time.com/2012/05/02/with-a-final-flourish-gingrich-ends-his-campaign-the-newt-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 20:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Altman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gop]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Only Newt Gingrich could turn the rote task of suspending a presidential campaign into riveting theater. Gingrich wrapped up a &#8220;truly wild ride&#8221; Wednesday the same way he conducted it, delivering an overly long (23 minutes), ragged yet somehow spellbinding speech. It was vintage Newt: bombastic, bewildering, but never boring.  Bucking pressure from his party [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swampland.time.com&#038;blog=5284847&#038;post=70320&#038;subd=timeswampland&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<mediaCredit>Olivier Douliery / ABACAUSA</mediaCredit><mediaCaption><![CDATA[Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich announces the suspension of his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination as his wife Callista looks on May 2, 2012 in Arlington, Va.]]></mediaCaption>
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		<title>The Gingrich Legacy: With Politics and Profits Behind Him, What&#8217;s Next for Newt?</title>
		<link>http://swampland.time.com/2012/05/01/the-gingrich-legacy-with-politics-and-profiteering-behind-him-whats-next-for-newt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 10:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Altman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Newt Gingrich]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, May 2, in Washington, Newt Gingrich will bury a campaign that has been dead so long it&#8217;s begun to smell. It&#8217;s tempting to view the narrative arc of Gingrich&#8217;s past 90 days as a tragedy: the wily antihero who rose from the ashes (twice!), only to fall victim to his own hubris. &#8220;Newt, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swampland.time.com&#038;blog=5284847&#038;post=70210&#038;subd=timeswampland&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<mediaCredit>Travis Dove / The New York Times / Redux</mediaCredit><mediaCaption><![CDATA[Newt Gingrich speaks at a GOP reception outside a Speedy Chef in Elkin, N.C., April 26, 2012. ]]></mediaCaption>
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		<title>Turning to the General Election, Romney Escalates His Tit-For-Tat Campaign</title>
		<link>http://swampland.time.com/2012/04/27/turning-to-the-general-election-romney-escalates-his-tit-for-tat-campaign/</link>
		<comments>http://swampland.time.com/2012/04/27/turning-to-the-general-election-romney-escalates-his-tit-for-tat-campaign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Altman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mitt romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[presidential campaign]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With the Republican primaries effectively over, the real war has begun. And while the next six months will be marked by talk of tactical shifts, all reports suggest that Mitt Romney&#8216;s campaign has settled on an initial strategy. Romney HQ will not be picking its battles. It intends to fight them all.  During the past [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swampland.time.com&#038;blog=5284847&#038;post=70089&#038;subd=timeswampland&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<mediaCredit>Matthew Healey / UPI / LANDOV</mediaCredit><mediaCaption><![CDATA[Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney addresses the crowd at the Radisson in Manchester, N.H., April 24, 2012.  ]]></mediaCaption>
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		<title>Handicapping the Veepstakes: Romney&#8217;s Rules of the Road</title>
		<link>http://swampland.time.com/2012/04/25/handicapping-the-veepstakes-romneys-rules-of-the-road/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Altman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mitt romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vice presidency]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We've spent a lot of pixels analyzing some of Mitt Romney's vice presidential options. There's a reason for this, and it's not simply because surveying the field and weighing the candidates' strengths and weaknesses is a popular parlor game. Romney's choice of running mate matters. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swampland.time.com&#038;blog=5284847&#038;post=69935&#038;subd=timeswampland&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<mediaCredit>Darrell Sapp / Pittsburgh Post-Gazett / ZUMAPRESS</mediaCredit><mediaCaption><![CDATA[Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney smiles and waves to the crowd after being introduced at the Consol Energy R&amp;D Center in South Park, Pa., April 23, 2012.]]></mediaCaption>
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		<title>Handicapping the Veepstakes: Tim Pawlenty Makes More Sense Than You Might Think</title>
		<link>http://swampland.time.com/2012/04/24/handicapping-the-veepstakes-tim-pawlenty-makes-more-sense-than-you-might-think/</link>
		<comments>http://swampland.time.com/2012/04/24/handicapping-the-veepstakes-tim-pawlenty-makes-more-sense-than-you-might-think/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Altman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mitt romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tim pawlenty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[veepstakes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vice presidency]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pawlenty's life story formed the narrative core of his ill-fated presidential run last year. Pawlenty was born into a pro-union household in a working-class enclave of South St. Paul. His father was a truck driver who served stints at a meatpacking plant; his mother died of cancer when Pawlenty was a teenager. The first in his family to attend college, Pawlenty put himself through the University of Minnesota by working in a grocery store. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swampland.time.com&#038;blog=5284847&#038;post=69916&#038;subd=timeswampland&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Handicapping the Veepstakes: Why the Clamor for Christie May Go Unheeded</title>
		<link>http://swampland.time.com/2012/04/23/handicapping-the-veepstakes-why-the-clamor-for-christie-will-go-unheeded/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Altman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chris christie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mitt romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vice presidency]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A native Garden Stater, Christie grew up middle-class and graduated from the University of Delaware before earning a law degree at Seton Hall. While working in private practice, he first waded into politics as a county freeholder in the 1990s. In 2002, he became the state's top federal prosecutor and burnished his credentials by taking tough stances on corruption, terrorism and white-collar crime. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swampland.time.com&#038;blog=5284847&#038;post=69820&#038;subd=timeswampland&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<mediaCredit>Mel Evans / AP</mediaCredit><mediaCaption><![CDATA[New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie answers a question during a town hall meeting in Manchester, N.J., March 29, 2012.]]></mediaCaption>
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			<media:title type="html">Alex Altman</media:title>
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		<title>Handicapping the Veepstakes: Could Romney Look to Mitch Daniels?</title>
		<link>http://swampland.time.com/2012/04/20/handicapping-the-veepstakes-could-romney-look-to-mitch-daniels/</link>
		<comments>http://swampland.time.com/2012/04/20/handicapping-the-veepstakes-could-romney-look-to-mitch-daniels/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Altman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mitch daniels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mitt romney]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The wonky two-term governor has an impeccable pedigree, having served high-level stints in federal and state government as well as the private sector. After law school at Georgetown, Daniels jump-started his Washington career as an aide to Indiana Senator Richard Lugar. Rising to Lugar's chief of staff, he followed the Senator to the National Republican Senatorial Committee, then hopped down Pennsylvania Avenue to become a top adviser to Ronald Reagan. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swampland.time.com&#038;blog=5284847&#038;post=69794&#038;subd=timeswampland&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Handicapping the Veepstakes: Is Rob Portman the Answer to Republicans&#8217; Palin Problem?</title>
		<link>http://swampland.time.com/2012/04/19/handicapping-the-veepstakes-is-rob-portman-the-answer-to-republicans-palin-problem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Altman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mitt romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ohio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rob portman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Part 2 in our ongoing series. You can read about Marco Rubio&#8217;s prospects here. The candidate: Rob Portman, U.S. Senator from Ohio The bio: Portman&#8217;s resume is illustrious and lengthy: Dartmouth and Michigan Law, followed by stints practicing in both Washington and his native Cincinnati. In 1989, Portman began a stint in the White House Counsel&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swampland.time.com&#038;blog=5284847&#038;post=69745&#038;subd=timeswampland&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<mediaCredit>Tom Williams / Roll Call</mediaCredit><mediaCaption><![CDATA[Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio makes his way to the senate Republican policy luncheons, in Washington, June 28, 2011.]]></mediaCaption>
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			<media:title type="html">Alex Altman</media:title>
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		<title>Handicapping the Veepstakes: The Case For (and Against) Marco Rubio</title>
		<link>http://swampland.time.com/2012/04/18/handicapping-the-veepstakes-the-case-for-and-against-marco-rubio/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Altman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marco Rubio]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having fended off his rivals to capture the Republican presidential nomination, Mitt Romney now faces one of the critical moments of his candidacy: the selection of a running mate. Once a bureaucratic backwater, the role of the vice president has expanded in recent years, and the vetting process has morphed accordingly. To oversee the tricky [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swampland.time.com&#038;blog=5284847&#038;post=69702&#038;subd=timeswampland&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Secret Service Scandal: When Bureaucrats Behave Badly, Politicians Sense an Opportunity</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For President Obama, the allegations that Secret Service agents cavorted with Colombian prostitutes is a nuisance. For assignment editors, it is a golden goose: a salacious scandal involving an elite, clandestine organization, with tinges of international intrigue. And for Congressional Republicans, it is the perfect political cudgel.  The incident is not simply a matter of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swampland.time.com&#038;blog=5284847&#038;post=69647&#038;subd=timeswampland&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<mediaCredit>Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images</mediaCredit><mediaCaption><![CDATA[House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa of California and ranking member Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland begin a hearing about abuse of funds at the Government Services Administration April 16, 2012 in Washington.]]></mediaCaption>
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