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From NBC's Bill HatfieldDENVER -- If Obama wins this November, he may want to send thank-you cards to the nation's Democratic governors for laying the groundwork for his victory.
That, at least, was today's message from the top three members of the</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>Dem governors paving the way for Obama</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/25/1292003.aspx#1292012</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:41:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1292012</guid><dc:creator>Dustin Weeb</dc:creator><description>&amp;quot;If Obama wins this November&amp;quot; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;He won't.</description></item><item><title>Dem governors paving the way for Obama</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/25/1292003.aspx#1292014</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:42:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1292014</guid><dc:creator>RF, CONGERS</dc:creator><description>PLEASE STOP!!! I AM ON MSNBC RYING TO ENJOY THE CONVENTION...WILL YOU PLEASE STOP DISCUSSING THE FEUD BETWEEN THE OBAMA AND CAMPAING CAMPS. RIGHT NOW, CNN IS DOING A VERY GOOD JOB COVERING JUST THE CONVENTION. I WILL WATCH CNN UNTIL YOU GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER - THANK YOU. </description></item><item><title>Dem governors paving the way for Obama</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/25/1292003.aspx#1292016</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:43:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1292016</guid><dc:creator>Obama DingDong</dc:creator><description>FR: Manchin, also facing reelection in November, was more realistic about Obama's chances in West Virginia.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Oh, this is too funny. Bunch of conservative white coal miners are not going to vote for a black liberal. They hated Obama enough in the primaries, that carriers over to the general real nicely.</description></item><item><title>Dem governors paving the way for Obama</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/25/1292003.aspx#1292018</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:45:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1292018</guid><dc:creator>There are 58 States Barack</dc:creator><description>Obama was so respectful of the West Virginians that he didn't even bother campaigning in their state in the primaries. You think they'll vote for him now? Not a chance. WV is the next state that Obama will pull funding for his &amp;quot;57-state strategy&amp;quot;</description></item><item><title>Dem governors paving the way for Obama</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/25/1292003.aspx#1292020</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:46:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1292020</guid><dc:creator>LoOK</dc:creator><description>Thank you to whomever helps point this country in a new direction.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Come November a wave will wash over this country. That wave with be blue. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I can feel the change coming... and it's great.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://lastofourkind.blogspot.com"&gt;http://lastofourkind.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Dem governors paving the way for Obama</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/25/1292003.aspx#1292021</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:47:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1292021</guid><dc:creator>Suburban Mom paying attention, IL</dc:creator><description>Dustin Weeb:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Unless you work for Big Oil, defense contractors, or the Republic of Georgia- chances are you would benefit more from an Obama presidency than a McCain presidency.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;I wouldn't be so quick to call this race, just yet.</description></item><item><title>Dem governors paving the way for Obama</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/25/1292003.aspx#1292024</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:47:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1292024</guid><dc:creator>Sherri, Charleston WV</dc:creator><description>You can harp all you want about the folks who keep your lights on Obama DD, but, if you possibly can, keep it to honest discourse-----the moniker you use demeans your status as a Free Speech American</description></item><item><title>Dem governors paving the way for Obama</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/25/1292003.aspx#1292025</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:48:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1292025</guid><dc:creator>Elmer Fudinski, Plano Texas</dc:creator><description>What's with the podium at the Democratic convention? It really looks cheap. &lt;br&gt;It looks like a prop in a cartoon. I keep expecting Daffy Duck to appear any minute. Oh, Wait! He did! He was disguised as Nancy Pelosi.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;Tom Cirigliano, Kingwood, Texas (Sent Monday, August 25, 2008 8:28 PM)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I'm getting a little tired of these cheap shots. This one is really disrespectful, . . . ., to the duck.&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Dem governors paving the way for Obama</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/25/1292003.aspx#1292030</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:50:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1292030</guid><dc:creator>Tapper Young</dc:creator><description>What's the record for pathetic pieces of trash on stage in one night? I think the Democrats have broken it. Guinness around to certify?</description></item><item><title>Dem governors paving the way for Obama</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/25/1292003.aspx#1292036</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:53:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1292036</guid><dc:creator>Not Taking This Anymore</dc:creator><description>Look at this lineup. Absolute dregs of society. More people, that want more hand outs, from people that work, to people that don't.</description></item><item><title>Dem governors paving the way for Obama</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/25/1292003.aspx#1292037</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:53:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1292037</guid><dc:creator>.jo</dc:creator><description>Stop with the Clinton,Clinton and Clinton..PLEASE&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This is Obama's time. Just shut up about Hillary, no one cares anymore.</description></item><item><title>Dem governors paving the way for Obama</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/25/1292003.aspx#1292038</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:53:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1292038</guid><dc:creator>Lyn, KCMO</dc:creator><description>I've got to say I'm terribly disappointed by MSNBC's coverage of the convention... &amp;nbsp;I can listen to you guys chat every day of the week, but had to turn to CNN and CSPAN to actually hear the 'SPEAKERS'...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Please just get 'over' yourselves and your opinions, and let us see history on your network... &amp;nbsp;Or loose us...</description></item><item><title>Dem governors paving the way for Obama</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/25/1292003.aspx#1292044</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:56:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1292044</guid><dc:creator>The Judge</dc:creator><description>||| Schweitzer joked, &amp;quot;I'd sure have to worry if McCain picked another white guy as his vice president.&amp;quot; All three governors believed Joe Biden would be a tremendous boost for Obama. |||&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What is it with Democrats and race? Can't they judge a man or woman on their accomplishments and not the color of their skin? Everything isabout what a person is, not who a person is. </description></item><item><title>Dem governors paving the way for Obama</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/25/1292003.aspx#1292048</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:58:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1292048</guid><dc:creator>Trent Halverson, Sioux Falls SD</dc:creator><description>Nice to see the Clintons are well represented at the convention. They have done a lot for the Democratic party, and now Obama seems to be trying to dispose of them any way possible. That will come back to haunt him.</description></item><item><title>Dem governors paving the way for Obama</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/25/1292003.aspx#1292049</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:59:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1292049</guid><dc:creator>Tim Henry</dc:creator><description>Why is MSNBC not showing the entire DNC. There was just a great speach by Jessie Jackson Jr. on which I had to switch stations to C-Span to listen to. Instead you choose to have your boring political experts talk and chat about what they think. tis is crazy. Show the convention. This is why people are tuning in not to listen to your experts. I doubt thst I will rejoin your programming at this time.</description></item><item><title>Dem governors paving the way for Obama</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/25/1292003.aspx#1292054</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:01:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1292054</guid><dc:creator>tim, arlington, VA</dc:creator><description>What is with MSNBC's broken record of a correspondent?! What a series of terrible post speech interviews. I'm not sure even Clinton holdouts can listen to much more of this half-baked storyline. Is that what's she's going to ask Senator Kennedy when he comes off the stage after a moving tribute?!</description></item><item><title>Dem governors paving the way for Obama</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/25/1292003.aspx#1292057</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:02:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1292057</guid><dc:creator>New Ex-Dem</dc:creator><description>I can't watch this anymore. I'm a middle of the road Democrat, but the extreme left wing of the party has obviously taken over my (ex)party. Now I know what Ronald Reagan meant when he said he didn't leave his party (the Democrats in his case too), his party left him.</description></item><item><title>Dem governors paving the way for Obama</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/25/1292003.aspx#1292058</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:04:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1292058</guid><dc:creator>Jill Reno, NV</dc:creator><description>I love listening to all you guys but you didnt show the great speech by Jesse Jackson Jr. &amp;nbsp; For all with dish they have a live feed on 211 to catch all the in between speechs.&lt;br&gt;Please keep Joe on in the morning, I'm asleep.&lt;br&gt;Poll are of likely voters, what about my 4 kids that registered for the 1st time for Obama??????</description></item><item><title>Dem governors paving the way for Obama</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/25/1292003.aspx#1292059</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:04:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1292059</guid><dc:creator>Sherri, Charleston WV</dc:creator><description>Good Evening There are 58............&lt;br&gt;Senator Obama respected WV greatly: &amp;nbsp;how do I know? &amp;nbsp;I live here, and I campaigned for him- canvassing, registering folks to vote, doing phone banks, staging public events. These folks who live here are not Obama's base..........nor will the majority of them ever be. &amp;nbsp;Most of my fellow Mountaineers will never vote for the IL Senator, even I know that. &amp;nbsp;But for you, wherever you are, to slough us all into the negative catagory is premature. &amp;nbsp;The 59th state will be your state of disbelief when this party pulls together, gets it done, and Senator Obama will become POTUS </description></item><item><title>Dem governors paving the way for Obama</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/25/1292003.aspx#1292061</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:04:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1292061</guid><dc:creator>Bernard, Scotch Plains, NJ</dc:creator><description>What is with the Obama/Clinton drama overload, you guys really need a new storyline, I'll be watching CSPAN until then, Geez, give us a break already!</description></item><item><title>Dem governors paving the way for Obama</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/25/1292003.aspx#1292074</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:09:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1292074</guid><dc:creator>CJ, LA, CA</dc:creator><description>seriously, give it a rest. &amp;nbsp;you're giving three dozen crazy people attention they don't deserve. &amp;nbsp;they're irrelevant. &amp;nbsp;move on.</description></item><item><title>Dem governors paving the way for Obama</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/25/1292003.aspx#1292080</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:12:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1292080</guid><dc:creator>Brett Swain, Union City CA</dc:creator><description>The 59th state will be your state of disbelief when this party pulls together, gets it done, and Senator Obama will become POTUS &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sherri, Charleston WV (Sent Monday, August 25, 2008 9:04 PM)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But just like a dog chasing a car, Obama won't have a clue what to do if he ever manages to catch it.&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Dem governors paving the way for Obama</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/25/1292003.aspx#1292082</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:13:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1292082</guid><dc:creator>Low Bar</dc:creator><description>Jesse Jackson Jr. just gave a great speech! Lets elect him President!!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Dem governors paving the way for Obama</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/25/1292003.aspx#1292087</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:16:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1292087</guid><dc:creator>Kristi, NE</dc:creator><description>Get rid of Joe Scarborough!!! &amp;nbsp;I have to change the channel every time he comes on. &amp;nbsp;Love to watch Kieth and Rachel.</description></item><item><title>Dem governors paving the way for Obama</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/25/1292003.aspx#1292105</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:29:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1292105</guid><dc:creator>Ann, Chicago, IL</dc:creator><description>The ticket to prosperity is Obama-Biden. It is time to build the economy back up. When Clinton was in office the DOW grew 221%. (3,242 on 1/20/93 when Clinton’s entered the White House and 10,588 when Clinton left on 1/19/01). When Bush Jr. entered office the DOW was at 10,588 and now it is at 11,300. Bush Jr. grew the DOW only 7% (1% per year or less interest than one would make at a bank). Clinton's administration grew 22 million new jobs. Bush Jr. 80% less. Bush Sr. did not do much better than his son. Bush Sr. only grew the DOW 38%.&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Dem governors paving the way for Obama</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/25/1292003.aspx#1292151</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:13:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1292151</guid><dc:creator>ya know</dc:creator><description>Low Bar...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If the expectations are low on speeches, you should be touting McCain... lord knows him giving a speech in the dark of the night would even drive crickets to sleep.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I can hear it now...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;quot;..... my friends.&amp;quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And to the idiot who is talking a guiness records... I guess you haven't looked at the lineup the RNC is offering up.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;George Bush and Dick Cheney on opening night? &amp;nbsp;They have a combined approval rating of 2. &amp;nbsp;You and your sister (or wife) apparently see eye to eye on greatness! </description></item></channel></rss>