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		<title>In Search of the Next Crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 13:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Schneider</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that the deficit's going down, Republicans have to come up with a different crisis. They have: tax reform. The battle will come when Congress starts ending tax deductions and has to decide what to do with the new revenue. And  if Congress can't pass a budget, we could have a government shutdown. Oh, joy.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Toes the Red Line in Syria</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Schneider</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Syria is a test for President Obama and the New America coalition he brought to power. Can the U.S. fulfill its obligation to be "the world's indispensable nation" while at the same time avoiding the kind of military quagmire that enrages Democrats?]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme progress on marriage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lanae Erickson Hatalsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To say our country has undergone a rapid transformation on the issue of marriage for gay couples is an understatement. The speed and breadth of this evolution have shocked even the most optimistic advocates.]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Schneider&#8217;s Political Oscars 2012</title>
		<link>http://perspectives.thirdway.org/?p=2578</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Schneider</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Schneider explains his picks for the 2103 "Political Oscars"]]></description>
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		<title>13 Thoughts on President Obama&#8217;s 2013 State of the Union Address</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Schneider</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Schneider reflects on some key themes in President Barack Obama's 2013 State of the Union Address.]]></description>
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		<title>Blasphemy! The Un-Churched in America are Democrats</title>
		<link>http://perspectives.thirdway.org/?p=2543</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Schneider</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Democrats don't talk about it, but they have become the party of the unchurched in America. It's right there in the 2012 exit poll. Asked, "Are you Protestant, Catholic, Mormon, other Christian, Jewish, Muslim, other or none?" 12 % of the voters last year called themselves "None." They voted 70 % for Barack Obama. ]]></description>
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		<title>Democratic base wants compromise</title>
		<link>http://perspectives.thirdway.org/?p=2538</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rep. Ron Kind</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In post-election polling by Third Way, and confirmed by national exit polls, the plurality of those who pulled the lever for President Barack Obama were not liberals but self-described moderates. And overwhelmingly, they wanted the president and members of Congress from both parties to compromise rather than stand their ground.]]></description>
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		<title>Seeking consensus on immigration, guns</title>
		<link>http://perspectives.thirdway.org/?p=2523</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Schneider</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two tough issues — immigration reform and gun control. “It won’t be easy,” President Barack Obama said about gun control in December, “but that’s no excuse not to try.”   Tuesday, he said about immigration reform: “The closer we get, the more emotional this debate is going to become.”

Which does he stand a better chance of winning?]]></description>
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		<title>Perfect could be enemy of the good on immigration</title>
		<link>http://perspectives.thirdway.org/?p=2514</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Kessler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The phone rings in the house of an undocumented immigrant who has lived here for decades. The person on the line offers her a deal. ]]></description>
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		<title>Is Government No Longer a Four Letter Word?</title>
		<link>http://perspectives.thirdway.org/?p=2506</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Schneider</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That's the New America. For different reasons, they all see themselves as out-groups. They see the federal government as a force that protects their interests and promotes their values.]]></description>
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