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	<title><![CDATA[The Lesson of Nixonland Haunts '08 Swing State]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-sirota/the-lesson-of-nixonland-h_b_91515.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Nixonland-Rise-President-Fracturing-America/dp/0743243021/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1205453854&amp;sr=8-1"><img border="0" hspace="4" vspace="4" align="right" src="http://aycu02.webshots.com/image/46841/2000823503278362599_fs.jpg"></a>Back a few years ago, conservatives were considered tactical geniuses for putting anti-gay-marriage initiatives on the ballot as a way to drive up Republican turnout in critical elections. Whether their ploy worked to do that or not is an open question - but their focus on ballot initiatives continues today. Fortunately for progressives, as the Republican Party has imploded nationally, they have turned to the ballot initiative strategy of Richard Nixon - a strategy...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-03-28T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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