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	<title><![CDATA[How Politics Trumped Governance]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ron-suskind/how-politics-trumped-gove_b_130380.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>So, how did we get a war inside the Republican party that may leave the economy in shambles? Look to the end of last week, when McCain made his odd Washington cameo. </p>

<p>First, a bit of subtext: the legacy of the Bush years is how politics trumped governance. McCain, egging on these Republican anti-Bush/Paulson insurgents during his brief return, was doing the politics-first, win-at-all-cost, dance. He was, in essence, telling Bush it was payback time (after all McCain had done,...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-10-30T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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