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	<title><![CDATA[Obama's Springfield Connection: 'Whatever He Says You Can Take To the Bank']]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/karen-daltonbeninato/obamas-springfield-connec_b_141284.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p><img alt="2008-11-05-Springfield.jpg" src="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2008-11-05-Springfield.jpg" width="549" height="229"/></p>

<p>Now that Illinois is offering a second President to the United States, it seemed fitting to spend the night watching Senator Barack Obama with the Democratic County Chair in Springfield. After last night's win youth can claim him for youth, African Americans can claim him for civil rights inspiration and Midwesterners can claim him in our own sedate way. Here the proper answer to "How are you?" is "Fine." At the Chantilly Lace bar a sign...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2008-12-05T05:12:00-05:00</date_published>
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