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		<title>CT Gubernatorial Race Update &#8211; Who Will You Voting For?</title>
		<link>http://groundupct.wordpress.com/2010/02/05/ct-gubernatorial-race-update-who-will-you-voting-for/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The GroundHog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Connecticut's Gubernatorial Race]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gary LeBeau]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jim Amann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Juan Figueroa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Michael Fidele]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ned Lamont]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oz Griebel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudy Marconi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Foley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fourteen candidates, the last time I checked, have tossed their hat into the rink.  With the ideology in Washington from the far side of the right beginning to trickle down, many of us are doing all that we can to ensure change comes to Connecticut in the form of a Democratic governor.
The 2010 races are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=groundupct.wordpress.com&blog=9332818&post=2224&subd=groundupct&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Road to Parent/Guardian Involvement. Education 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The GroundHog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EDU2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Education 2010]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first of Education 2010&#8217;s series was an incredible success. Over 120 people, including students, parents, teachers, administrators, elected officials and community leaders and religious leaders &#8212; the village came out &#8212; converged on the Hartford Public Library last Wednesday for an evening of lively and substantive conversation lead by an incredible panel. Supporting the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=groundupct.wordpress.com&blog=9332818&post=2200&subd=groundupct&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tell Congress to Pass Health Care Now</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The GroundHog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Insurance Reform]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health Care Reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[All you hear is the same old same old from the GOP, &#8220;No no no no no.&#8221; The Massachusetts election has emboldened the GOP to justify its determination to do nothing by trying to convince us that health care is dead. The answer to that is simple and one they should readily understand, &#8220;NO.&#8221;
All across [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=groundupct.wordpress.com&blog=9332818&post=2187&subd=groundupct&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pass Health Care Now.  If Connecticut can, so can America!</title>
		<link>http://groundupct.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/pass-health-care-now-if-connecticut-can-so-can-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The GroundHog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[David Plouffe]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Connecticut&#8217;s capitol, Hartford, is known as the &#8220;insurance capitol of the world.&#8221;  If we can pass health reform in Connecticut, surely we can pass health reform for all of America.  Let&#8217;s echo the recent statement from David Plouffe, &#8220;pass health care now.&#8221; Here&#8217;s a message from Connecticut&#8217;s Healthcare4every1:
The national health care reform debate has dominated [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=groundupct.wordpress.com&blog=9332818&post=2178&subd=groundupct&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Alaska Sen. Murkowski Lost on her Dirty Air Act</title>
		<link>http://groundupct.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/alaska-sen-murkowski-lost-on-her-dirty-air-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The GroundHog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Clean Air Act]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that the Supreme Court has opened the flood gates to special interests groups, lobbyists and those who seek only to make money off of the backs of Main Street, our commitment to ensure the voice of the people to be heard most be even more vigilant.  We must not let up not even for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=groundupct.wordpress.com&blog=9332818&post=2175&subd=groundupct&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Center for Medicare Advocacy Urges Passage of Senate Health Care Bill</title>
		<link>http://groundupct.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/center-for-medicare-advocacy-urges-passage-of-senate-health-care-bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The GroundHog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Senate Vote on Health Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Center for Medicare Advocacy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of America believes that the Senate&#8217;s version of health care is t0o watered down.  Many of us are delighted to see former Obama campaign manager, David Plouffe, get back into the picture and are happy to hear him state clearly, pass health care now. We question, however, what kind of health care is going [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=groundupct.wordpress.com&blog=9332818&post=2170&subd=groundupct&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Governing Party Blues</title>
		<link>http://groundupct.wordpress.com/2010/01/23/governing-party-blues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 13:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkrempel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CT Senate Race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connecticut's Gubernatorial Race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Insurance Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate Vote on Health Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Single-Payer Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SustiNet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Public Option]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems to me more clearly than ever that many on our side prefer a religion to a grungy political party. But religions deal in platonic ideals and serve immutable truths. A political party is different. Its main goal is to increase the number of offices occupied by the party, so that it can pass legislation and move its agenda forward. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=groundupct.wordpress.com&blog=9332818&post=2155&subd=groundupct&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Connecticut 2010 Campaign Line Up &#8230; This Week!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The GroundHog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CT Senate Race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connecticut's Gubernatorial Race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connecticut 2010 Campaigns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connecticut Governor's Race 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connecticut Senate Race 2010]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update &#124; January 22 &#124; 10:21 pm.
Connecticut&#8217; s 2010 campaign line up continues to change. Some candidates have dropped out, others have changed what office they are running for, and new candidates announce almost daily.  Both parties are seeing a high number of candidates jump into the gubernatorial race and the US Senate race.  Republicans [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=groundupct.wordpress.com&blog=9332818&post=2126&subd=groundupct&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Progressive States Network Nathan Newman Writes about &#8220;Increasing Democracy&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:37:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The GroundHog</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Usually, I only repost petitions, press releases and alerts.  This is a must read by Nathan Newman of Progressive States Network.  Newman puts the current climate of the people on the ground into a perspective that is clear and concise, while simultaneously making the case for progressive leadership in Washington and at home. In addition, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=groundupct.wordpress.com&blog=9332818&post=2144&subd=groundupct&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t be Fooled.  The Fat Lady only stubbed her Toe.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The GroundHog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Insurance Reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is health care reform over? Not even a little.  The power is still in the hands of the people.  If you feel like you have a lemon in your hand, make lemonade!  Some folks are doing just that with an effort to put the public option back on the table.  Democracy for America released poll [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=groundupct.wordpress.com&blog=9332818&post=2139&subd=groundupct&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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