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		<title>Bachmann Comes Up Lame in Iowa Horse Race</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michele Bachmann&#8217;s candidacy for POTUS is now officially the first casualty of the Iowa Caucuses.   Receiving just 5% of the vote was not enough to justify continuing the very expensive task of running for President.  Thus, once again, we &#8230; <a href="http://averagetodd.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/bachmann-comes-up-lame-in-iowa-horse-race/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=averagetodd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5139358&amp;post=179&amp;subd=averagetodd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Election Cycle Begins in Earnest</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iowa Caucus time is almost upon us and that means the political horse races are about to begin in earnest.  These votes count, and they are meaningful.  Although the Iowa Caucus doesn’t always do a great job predicting the eventual &#8230; <a href="http://averagetodd.wordpress.com/2011/12/29/2012-election-cycle-begins-in-earnest/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=averagetodd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5139358&amp;post=162&amp;subd=averagetodd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Common Sense and the Minnesota Recount</title>
		<link>http://averagetodd.wordpress.com/2008/11/20/common-sense-and-the-minnesota-recount/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take a minute to peruse this article from the Minnesota Public Radio website, detailing some of the challenged ballots up for recount in the Minnesota Senate race between Norm Coleman and Al Franken.  It is interesting to see the actual &#8230; <a href="http://averagetodd.wordpress.com/2008/11/20/common-sense-and-the-minnesota-recount/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=averagetodd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5139358&amp;post=107&amp;subd=averagetodd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spit from the Horse&#8217;s Mouth &#8211; Paulson Editorializes Himself</title>
		<link>http://averagetodd.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/spit-from-the-horses-mouth-paulson-editorializes-himself/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson wrote an article for todays New York Times Op/Ed page.  Topic: Henry Paulson.  In efforts for full disclosure, the article, entitled Fighting the Financial Crisis, One Challenge at a Time, was actually an account of where we stand &#8230; <a href="http://averagetodd.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/spit-from-the-horses-mouth-paulson-editorializes-himself/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=averagetodd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5139358&amp;post=105&amp;subd=averagetodd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Quick Financial Crisis Update</title>
		<link>http://averagetodd.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/a-quick-financial-crisis-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  When Secretary Paulson announced the need for a massive 700 billion dollar bailout of the financial sector, it seemed like an immense amount of money.  He said that the stability of the US financial institutions were at stake.  The &#8230; <a href="http://averagetodd.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/a-quick-financial-crisis-update/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=averagetodd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5139358&amp;post=102&amp;subd=averagetodd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bailout Pie in our Face</title>
		<link>http://averagetodd.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/bailout-pie-in-our-face/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Post is reporting that, although we have committed over $290 billion of the original $700 billion bailout, we have not begun serious implementation of a system of oversight.   Barney Frank is claiming that, because the nature of &#8230; <a href="http://averagetodd.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/bailout-pie-in-our-face/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=averagetodd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5139358&amp;post=94&amp;subd=averagetodd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>American Politics and Argumentative Fallacy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I wonder if our entire political system is based on argumentative fallacy.  This is a very sad prospect to someone who prizes logic.  Is it a hasty generalization (irony intended)?  Perhaps, however, this election cycle, I too often found &#8230; <a href="http://averagetodd.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/american-politics-and-argumentative-fallacy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=averagetodd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5139358&amp;post=90&amp;subd=averagetodd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Veterans Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I think of Joe the Soldier&#8230; I remember when my parents took me to see the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C.  I was very young and the Memorial was one stop of many as we took in as much &#8230; <a href="http://averagetodd.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/on-veterans-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=averagetodd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5139358&amp;post=83&amp;subd=averagetodd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Winners and Losers From This Election Cycle</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fresh Faces, Old Faithfuls, First Looks, and Last Hurrahs Part I   When Senator Obama reached the 270 electoral vote threshold last Tuesday, he was announced as the President Elect of the United States of America.  Senator McCain conceded soon &#8230; <a href="http://averagetodd.wordpress.com/2008/11/10/winners-and-losers-from-this-election-cycle/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=averagetodd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5139358&amp;post=78&amp;subd=averagetodd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Waiting in Line to Vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of the things I heard while standing in line at my polling place in West Philadelphia this morning&#8230;     &#8220;We&#8217;re making history today, boy!&#8221; &#8220;Oh my Lord, you&#8217;re all grown up, I haven&#8217;t seen you in, what, 15 &#8230; <a href="http://averagetodd.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/waiting-in-line-to-vote/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=averagetodd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5139358&amp;post=71&amp;subd=averagetodd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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