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	<title><![CDATA['Economists For McCain' Trash McCain's New Mortgage Plan]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/10/economists-for-mccain-tra_n_133718.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Many of the professional economists who <a href="http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/News/PressReleases/Read.aspx?guid=c90681b9-5dfe-4de4-8057-ceedb30c228d">formally endorsed</a> John McCain's economic plan are expressing bewilderment with his most recent proposal to rectify the home mortgage crisis.</p>

<p>In interviews with the Huffington Post, roughly a dozen of McCain's economist supporters said they disagreed with the Senator's recent proposal -- for the government to buy distressed mortgages at face value from banks and renegotiate them with homeowners. Several viewed it as a gimmick, driven mostly by political circumstance. Only one pro-McCain economist...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-11-10T05:12:00-05:00</date_published>
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