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	<title><![CDATA[How to Win an Election:  Persuasion Step One]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kathleen-reardon/how-to-win-an-election-pe_b_8138.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>I&acirc;€™ve been teaching and training people in persuasion, negotiation and politics for longer than I care to admit. The habit of assuming is the primary enemy of all three. It&acirc;€™s largely responsible for Democratic election losses and the reason why so many people were shocked to the core after the last presidential election &acirc;€“ they&acirc;€™d assumed some things about the world we live in and what really matters to voters. They were wrong. They assumed the battle was over and...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:46:00-04:00</date_published>
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