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	<title><![CDATA[Dashed Hopes for Black GOPers]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/earl-ofari-hutchinson/dashed-hopes-for-black-go_b_33155.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>There was a moment of pure unbridled joy in the camp of Maryland Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele. A group of black Democrats from the suburban Washington D.C. suburb of Prince George's County had just endorsed him. This seemed like a huge breakthrough for Steele. He is locked in a tight race for the Senate with white Democrat, Ben Cardin. </p>

<p>But it wasn't the endorsement alone that troubled some Democrats. It was the swipe the group took at the Democrats. The...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:47:00-04:00</date_published>
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