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All week long, the TODAY show will be debuting new state poll numbers from Mason-Dixon in the states the show will be visiting. Today, the show was in Pennsylvania (where Obama leads 46%-44%). Tomorrow, it’s Florida; Wednesday is Virginia, and Thursday</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>Battleground: Early voting begins</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/22/1431785.aspx#1431807</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:31:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1431807</guid><dc:creator>LB, Virginia</dc:creator><description>I'm voting early for Obama in Virginia. Come on VA, turn us blue!</description></item><item><title>Battleground: Early voting begins</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/22/1431785.aspx#1431814</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:32:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1431814</guid><dc:creator>Libratine</dc:creator><description>Check out the MSNBC campaign contribution map (Way Cool Tool!)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Pennsylvania&lt;br&gt;McCain donations - $2,580,774 &lt;br&gt;Obama donations &amp;nbsp;- &amp;nbsp;$4,894,185&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Minnesota&lt;br&gt;McCain donations - $1,227,758 &lt;br&gt;Obama donations &amp;nbsp;- &amp;nbsp;$1,787,914&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Wisconson&lt;br&gt;McCain donations - $837,461 &lt;br&gt;Obama donations &amp;nbsp;- &amp;nbsp;$1,372,650&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Y’all can do the rest… &lt;br&gt;…of course the wild card: new voter registrants.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Interesting side note on Alaska: &lt;br&gt;McCain donations - $110,364 &lt;br&gt;Obama donations &amp;nbsp;- &amp;nbsp;$195,453&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Battleground: Early voting begins</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/22/1431785.aspx#1431815</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:32:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1431815</guid><dc:creator>the Pajama Pundit</dc:creator><description>Yay Pennsylvania!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I was in my hometown this weekend (VERY rural, VERY conservative) and I saw tons of Obama signs and stickers. &amp;nbsp;I think that change is in motion.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://thepajamapundit.com/"&gt;http://thepajamapundit.com/&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Battleground: Early voting begins</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/22/1431785.aspx#1431825</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:34:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1431825</guid><dc:creator>Beverly in Chicago</dc:creator><description>There are more tales from the Republican McCain crypt. With the Republican McCain, THE SOUP LINE WILL NOT BE SEGMENTED!!! Wake up Catholics, independents, and, older voters&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Obama has One position --there will be no blank check; not just a commission or a firing. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Obama has said there will be no blank check; it can’t just be a plan for Wall Street. It has to be a plan for Main Street. This is not just a Wall Street problem. People can you imagine the ripple effect domestically as well as globally? To Obama Bail-out means…&lt;br&gt; Oversight (regulation)&lt;br&gt; Limit Home forecloses, &lt;br&gt; Education,&lt;br&gt; Stimulus plan (helps with heating, transportation, food)&lt;br&gt; Jobs &lt;br&gt;At least Obama has a plan. The American people must be assured that the deal reflects the basic principles of transparency and fairness and reform.Where is the Republican McCain ’s plan? McCain is chairman of the Commerce Committee and a staunch, supporter of deregulation; and has been in Washington for 26 years. Suddenly, Republican McCain is for regulation? Please!!!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Enough glossing over! &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; No way! &lt;br&gt; No how! &amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;No McCain/Palin! &lt;br&gt;Nobody but Obama/Biden&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Battleground: Early voting begins</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/22/1431785.aspx#1431828</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:35:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1431828</guid><dc:creator>Lisa in CT, New Britain...Obama/Biden 08</dc:creator><description>And so the Hillary Clinton effect lives on...boy, a lot of us saw that coming. &amp;nbsp;Has she done enough? &amp;nbsp;I'm not sure but some say not.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I have seen a lot of criticism of the methodology of that Ohio poll, but c'est la vie.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;How, indeed, do we get through to people regarding the terrible consequences of the declining economy. &amp;nbsp;Its hard to make good economic decisions when you don't understand the morass...kind of argues against deregulation to a certain degree.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And so the GOTV efforts begin in earnest, let the early voting begin. &amp;nbsp;Its the smart way to go this year, if only to avoid the lines. &amp;nbsp;It doesn't help me though, I don't think CT has early voting.</description></item><item><title>Battleground: Early voting begins</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/22/1431785.aspx#1431868</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:43:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1431868</guid><dc:creator>I Vote Twice!</dc:creator><description>Democrats will be busy getting those traditional voting blocs of theirs lined up for early voting. The winos on the streets of battleground states. The illegals in states where picture ids are not required. The old age homes before granny kicks off because once the old girl votes, it counts whether she's around or not on Nov 4th.</description></item><item><title>Battleground: Early voting begins</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/22/1431785.aspx#1431895</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:47:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1431895</guid><dc:creator>Sheila Robinson, Baltimore, MD</dc:creator><description>Obama will not be able to change many minds in three weeks. Especially if the reason they are not for him is his race. &amp;nbsp;It would not matter if the economy came to a complete halt and he had the answer to the trillion question... race trumps everything when you are a bigot. Obama simply has to stay on message and believe that thinking people of all stripes will be able to pull together in sufficient enough numbers to make him the next POTUS. McCain and Palin are so pathetic I don't see why media pundits discuss them and their ideas as if they are erudite and relevant. He is an enthrenched Washington insider with nary a clue about 21st century needs and she is just down from the North Pole being fed lines from the McCain/Rove machine and her limited vocabulary doesn't even allow her to understand what she is saying.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thus, she keeps repeating lies and is utterly unaware that she is lying! This is so scary it is like a B movie. America will not elect the Palin/McCain ticket to the presidency.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Obama/Biden&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Battleground: Early voting begins</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/22/1431785.aspx#1431960</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:57:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1431960</guid><dc:creator>Pat Huntington NY</dc:creator><description>Obama, will lose because he's the typical losing candidate...thanks obamabots. Stay home in 2012 when we nominate the real winning candidate to take on McCain...Hillary Clinton!</description></item><item><title>Battleground: Early voting begins</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/22/1431785.aspx#1431971</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:59:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1431971</guid><dc:creator>twocanpete</dc:creator><description>&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://twocanpete.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://twocanpete.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;The 'Palin Effect' is nothing more then the Repub drones drinknig a big glass of Kool-aid with their turd sandwhich and bragging about how good it taste.</description></item></channel></rss>