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		<title>Harold Washington, Barack Obama and the hostile takover of the Democratic Party</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark W. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2008, just like in in Chicago in 1983, Obama's campaign represents nothing less than the hostile takeover of an established, once seemingly insurmountable Democratic political machine.]]></description>
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		<title>What war with Iran will look like</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark W. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When, one evening not too far off, the dark suited president looks somber-eyed into the camera,
and interrupts America&#8217;s consumption of National Idol and 24 Hours in the Life of an Anti-Terrorist Avenger with talk of necessity and honor;
the TV screens will flicker in the darkening night and computer screens will glow in the face of [...]]]></description>
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