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		<title>Seen the new GM commercial? Now read what really happened.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve been able to post. Being 8 months pregnant, my world is full of preparations for Baby Karras these days, leaving me following politics from the sidelines, but without much concentration or wit to comment on the stories of the day. But, this I had to share for anyone that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://despinakarras.com/2010/04/seen-the-new-gm-commercial-now-read-what-really-happened/</link>
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		<title>Democrats really love their committees.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was making my way through the reconciliation bill passed in the House yesterday, when I came across Section 123 establishing a Health Benefits Advisory Committee. After all the debate about death panels and more generally about how much involvement the government should or shouldn&#8217;t have in determining health care benefits, I had to stop [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://despinakarras.com/2010/03/democrats-really-love-their-committees/</link>
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		<title>Random thoughts on ObamaCare&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know I&#8217;m not the only one, but I&#8217;ve sounded like a broken record all week, repeating &#8220;I can&#8217;t wrap my brain around what just happened,&#8221; over and over again. Like so many others have said, I should have known that Stupak and his gang were always going to support health care. But I found [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://despinakarras.com/2010/03/random-thoughts-on-obamacare/</link>
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		<title>Credit CARD Act sets in, but for every action&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Credit CARD Act of 2009 (Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act) went into effect today. These new rules impose restrictions on lenders and are intended to promote transparency and protect consumers from being blindsided with changes in payment due dates, interest rates, etc. Tthe changes are meant to put more information in the hands [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://despinakarras.com/2010/02/credit-card-act-sets-in-but-for-every-action/</link>
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		<title>Brown wins, Dems try out new spin strategy.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week, Politico reported on Democrats&#8217; contingency plans in the event of a Brown victory in the Massachusetts race. According to Politico, their strategy is as follows. 1. Paint the loss of a red state Senate seat as a continuation of the problems that fueled President Obama&#8217;s candidacy to begin with. &#8220;The painstaking campaign for change [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://despinakarras.com/2010/01/brown-wins-dems-try-out-new-spin-strategy/</link>
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		<title>What is Steve Schmidt up to?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After the 2008 election, it wasn&#8217;t long before the tensions between some McCain campaign insiders and Sarah Palin went public. In Going Rogue, Palin discusses her experiences with one of McCain&#8217;s strategists, Steve Schmidt, and the overall flaws in the McCain camp&#8217;s strategy as she saw them. On 60 Minutes this week, Steve Schmidt took [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://despinakarras.com/2010/01/what-is-steve-schmidt-up-to/</link>
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		<title>Speediness Trumps Transparency in the Age of Obama</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A quick search for the word &#8216;transparency&#8217; on the White House website brings up 769 results. Over and over again, the White House mantra is repeated that the goal is &#8220;to increase transparency, collaboration and participation in government.&#8221; Despite this pledge, President Obama and his Democrat peers met behind closed doors this week to negotiate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://despinakarras.com/2010/01/speediness-trumps-transparency-in-the-age-of-obama/</link>
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		<title>The Futility of Playing the Race Card</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, The Drudge Report highlighted a news report indicating that the Chicago Police Department may soon be the first in the country to eliminate police entrance examinations. Their reasoning? Dropping the exam would bolster minority hiring and avert legal battles, according to one source, while others confirm that the exam could be scrapped to open [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://despinakarras.com/2010/01/the-futility-of-playing-the-race-card/</link>
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		<title>David Brooks: Ignorant Tea Partiers&#8217; Ideas Are Rooted in U.S. History</title>
		<description><![CDATA[David Brooks&#8217; recent article, The Tea Party Teens, drew a lot of attention today. Before I even had a chance to read the article, my Twitter feed was blowing up with negative feedback on the article. Many on Twitter summed up the gist of his article as &#8216;tea partiers are stupid, but they may have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://despinakarras.com/2010/01/david-brooks-ignorant-tea-partiers-ideas-are-rooted-in-us-history/</link>
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		<title>Looking back: My Experience Campaigning for a Conservative in Chicago</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While emailing with friends this morning, I realized that at this time last year, when 2009 was still young and at least half of the country still believed in &#8216;hope and change&#8217;, we were working hard campaigning in Chicago&#8217;s 5th Congressional District. Chicago was holding a special election to fill the House seat left empty by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://despinakarras.com/2010/01/looking-back-my-experience-campaigning-for-a-conservative-in-chicago/</link>
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