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		<title>Adrian Campbell (SiCKO) calls her Congressman&#8217;s office</title>
		<link>http://blog.pdamerica.org/2008/12/adrian-campbell-sicko-calls-her-congressmans-office/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:51:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike hersh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[American SiCKO, Adrian Campbell, calls her Congressman&#8217;s office, to urge Mike Rogers to support a single payer healthcare bill; that will be reintroduced next year, by Rep. John Conyers. It is the 22nd of December ...]]></description>
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		<title>LaHood is Good: A Progressive Perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike hersh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why Obama&#8217;s appointment of Representative Ray LaHood (R) to Secretary of Transportation Gives One Progressive Cause for Hope
by Mike Copass,  Progressive Democrats of America—Metro San Diego Chapter
&#8220;Permit me to issue and control the money ...]]></description>
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		<title>Give Yourself the Gift of Progress</title>
		<link>http://blog.pdamerica.org/2008/12/give-yourself-the-gift-of-progress/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.pdamerica.org/2008/12/give-yourself-the-gift-of-progress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike hersh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Progressive Central Denver &#8211; Sunday August 24th 2008 Kick-Off Event


Experience a series of historic progressive events while you support PDA and our work on your issues. Until Midnight Monday, December 22, 2008, pre-order the $60 ...]]></description>
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		<title>Defending Liberty: How to Shift the Center</title>
		<link>http://blog.pdamerica.org/2008/12/defending-liberty-how-to-shift-the-center/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.pdamerica.org/2008/12/defending-liberty-how-to-shift-the-center/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike hersh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shahid Buttar &#124; Huffington Post
In the wake of Barack Obama&#8217;s election to the presidency, many progressives have bemoaned the seeming betrayal of his electoral mandate by the political moderation apparent in the President-Elect&#8217;s early appointments. ...]]></description>
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		<title>Unions Find Obama Agenda Means Jobs Gain, Trade Loss  For U.S.</title>
		<link>http://blog.pdamerica.org/2008/12/unions-find-obama-agenda-means-jobs-gain-trade-loss-for-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike hersh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For U.S. unions, the election of Barack Obama is a matter of win some, lose some.
by Kim Chipman &#124; Bloomberg.com
On the campaign trail, the Democrat pledged to be an advocate for labor. He is delivering ...]]></description>
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		<title>Hightower Lowdown Thanksgiving Version</title>
		<link>http://blog.pdamerica.org/2008/12/hightower-lowdown-thanksgiving-version/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike hersh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Giving Thanks to America&#8217;s Good Food Movement
from PDA Board Member Jim Hightower
The thing that I&#8217;m most thankful for on Turkey Day is not the abundance of food at my family&#8217;s table, but the rebels who ...]]></description>
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		<title>Why Does Celinda Lake Oppose Single Payer?</title>
		<link>http://blog.pdamerica.org/2008/12/why-does-celinda-lake-oppose-single-payer/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.pdamerica.org/2008/12/why-does-celinda-lake-oppose-single-payer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike hersh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[from All Unions Committee For Single Payer Health Care&#8211;HR 676
Self-described as &#8220;one of the Democratic Party&#8217;s leading political strategists,&#8221; Celinda Lake has claimed that single-payer reform lacks meaningful popular support. Lake&#8217;s research, done for the ...]]></description>
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		<title>NY Times: Recession Started One Year Ago</title>
		<link>http://blog.pdamerica.org/2008/12/ny-times-recession-started-one-year-ago/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike hersh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s official: for the last year, the United States economy has been in recession.
by MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM and DAVID JOLLY &#124; The New York Times
The evidence of a  downturn has been widespread for months: ...]]></description>
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		<title>ABC News: America&#8217;s Looming Health Care Disaster</title>
		<link>http://blog.pdamerica.org/2008/11/abc-news-americas-looming-health-care-disaster/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.pdamerica.org/2008/11/abc-news-americas-looming-health-care-disaster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike hersh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rising Unemployment Threatens Health Care of Even Those Who Keep Their Jobs
by Dan Childs &#124; ABC News Medical Unit
Last year at this time, health coverage may well have been among the last things on Terri ...]]></description>
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		<title>Dems vs. Dems in new Congress</title>
		<link>http://blog.pdamerica.org/2008/11/dems-vs-dems-in-new-congress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike hersh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by MARTIN KADY II &#124; Politico
Forget the Republican filibuster and the race to 60. The real fight in the next Congress is Democrats vs. themselves.
With nearly complete control of Washington for the first time in ...]]></description>
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