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"An AP survey of election officials nationwide found that as of Oct. 1, the number of registered Democrats had grown by nearly 5 percent since 2004 -- outpacing overall population growth in the 28 states where information on voter registration by party</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>Battleground: That registration edge</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/10/1526587.aspx#1526625</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:32:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1526625</guid><dc:creator>the Pajama Pundit</dc:creator><description>Now, driven by fears that their personal finances could further deteriorate, many see Obama as the better choice -- their thinking in some cases driven more by concern about how McCain would handle the economy than any growing admiration for his rival.&lt;br&gt;*****************************************************&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Yay PA! &amp;nbsp;This is extremely pleasing. &amp;nbsp;If McCain loses Pennsylvania, I'm not sure how he can win the election...&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: That registration edge</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/10/1526587.aspx#1526647</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:34:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1526647</guid><dc:creator>Truth for Our Times</dc:creator><description>Hate and Fear are Satan's tools...</description></item><item><title>Battleground: That registration edge</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/10/1526587.aspx#1526650</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:34:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1526650</guid><dc:creator>Eric, Salinas, CA</dc:creator><description>Register Baby Register! &amp;nbsp;More new voters for the winning Obama/Biden team and the whole Democratic Party.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;How totally desperate that the repugnant ones are now crying about ACORN when their Dumb and Dumber ticket are dropping in the polls like a big stone in water. &amp;nbsp;I see that they're trying to lawyer up in the battleground states and trying to steal another election by legal shenanigans.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Go Obama/Biden 08/12!</description></item><item><title>Battleground: That registration edge</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/10/1526587.aspx#1526656</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:35:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1526656</guid><dc:creator>jawillie, Philadelphia, PA.</dc:creator><description>&amp;gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt;OHIO: &amp;quot;A federal judge on Thursday ordered Ohio's top elections official to verify the identity of newly registered voters by matching them with other government documents. ... The order was the result of a lawsuit the Ohio Republican Party filed against Brunner, a Democrat.&amp;quot; &lt;br&gt;==========&lt;br&gt;Three words. &amp;nbsp;CONFIRM YOUR REGISTRATION!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;'Nuff said.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Obama/Biden '08!&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://jawillie.blog.com"&gt;http://jawillie.blog.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Battleground: That registration edge</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/10/1526587.aspx#1526689</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:38:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1526689</guid><dc:creator>Bill (Hussein) Jones</dc:creator><description>If Obama's so close with Ayers, why isn't Ayers lobbying for Obama?&lt;br&gt;If Phil Gramm is so close to McCain, why isn't Gramm lobbying for McCain...? ...OH HE IS!!!</description></item><item><title>Battleground: That registration edge</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/10/1526587.aspx#1526692</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:38:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1526692</guid><dc:creator>Bill (Hussein) Jones</dc:creator><description>If Obama's so close with Ayers, why isn't Ayers lobbying for Obama?&lt;br&gt;If Phil Gramm is so close to McCain, why isn't Gramm lobbying for McCain...? ...OH HE IS!!!</description></item><item><title>Battleground: That registration edge</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/10/1526587.aspx#1526738</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:43:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1526738</guid><dc:creator>Truth for Our Times</dc:creator><description>Cambodia is in the shadows...&lt;br&gt;Ask McCain about arms to Cambodia...&lt;br&gt;Follow the blood....&lt;br&gt;you know he can't keep track of the money..&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Also ask about SunCor and John McCain...that's got some dirt too...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-05-15-mccainland_N.htm"&gt;http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-05-15-mccainland_N.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Google it: McCain+SunCor</description></item><item><title>Battleground: That registration edge</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/10/1526587.aspx#1526788</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:48:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1526788</guid><dc:creator>JF, SC</dc:creator><description>Registration means nothing is you do not pull the lever on election day. Question for First Read; How about all those Repubs that switched to Dem for the primaries? How can any poll or number be considered legit? Not to mention the &amp;quot;cool effect&amp;quot; in registering with the Dem Party. Most youth do what is &lt;br&gt;&amp;quot;cool&amp;quot; or in &amp;quot;style&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;trendy&amp;quot; which at this point is bash bush and support Obama. Again will it continue till election day or will what happened to Kerry happen again? &amp;nbsp;Also they talk about the Bradley effect. How about a reverse Bradley effect? What if some minorities are supporting Obama now to not be seen as a traitor but in the privacy of the booth vote McCain? There are to many variables to really trust a poll or voter registration &amp;nbsp;numbers this year. </description></item><item><title>Battleground: That registration edge</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/10/1526587.aspx#1526813</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:50:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1526813</guid><dc:creator>Auntie Acorn</dc:creator><description>It's amazing whenever ACORN shows up that Democratic registrations exceed the number of voters in the district. And to think our federal tax dollars are used to support these criminals. </description></item><item><title>Battleground: That registration edge</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/10/1526587.aspx#1526833</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:53:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1526833</guid><dc:creator>Berker Ley, California</dc:creator><description>Pelosi and her corrupt gang tired to get millions funneled to ACRON in the bailout bill a week ago. Now we know why. Just like Democrats coving up for the banking mess and getting kick backs from the banks for their efforts, now Pelosi and her gang are funding organizations like ACORN. Just who does Pelosi represent again? Oh, just liberal Democrats!</description></item><item><title>Battleground: That registration edge</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/10/1526587.aspx#1526848</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:55:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1526848</guid><dc:creator>sarah wi</dc:creator><description>Has anyone thought that Republicans could be behind the ACORN fraud? &amp;nbsp;It would be like their sneaky, dirty tricks to sabotage democratic registration.</description></item><item><title>Battleground: That registration edge</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/10/1526587.aspx#1526856</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:55:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1526856</guid><dc:creator>Mary Nitkowski, Maryville, TN</dc:creator><description>It appears that what First Read should be telling us about is Sarah Palin's religious partners....they appear to the 'real thing' in Alaska and are down right scary. &amp;nbsp;Don't believe me? &amp;nbsp;Take a look for yourself and then ask, &amp;quot;would I really want this anywhere near our White House?&amp;quot; &amp;nbsp;(we probably will get this news from Olbermann or Maddow)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5kLreAmgGE"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5kLreAmgGE&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Battleground: That registration edge</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/10/1526587.aspx#1526868</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:56:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1526868</guid><dc:creator>Egan Foote, NYC</dc:creator><description>Why is Iowa still being discuss as though it's up in the air? &amp;nbsp;Senator Obama has dominated there for months and his lead has only been increasing. &amp;nbsp;If Obama does not win Iowa, then I do not think we can trust any of the polls we have seen this campaign season.</description></item><item><title>Battleground: That registration edge</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/10/1526587.aspx#1526893</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:59:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1526893</guid><dc:creator>Tom, Edison, NJ</dc:creator><description>To quote from &amp;quot;Rambo&amp;quot;: &amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;It's over, Johnny.&amp;quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thanks for playing!</description></item><item><title>Battleground: That registration edge</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/10/1526587.aspx#1526961</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:06:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1526961</guid><dc:creator>Anyone but obama</dc:creator><description>Anyone that sees Obama as the better choice is stupid and blind ! Just look at the markets. Obamas so called lead is already ruining America and the world.&lt;br&gt;Obama WILL cause the biggest financial collapse in world history !</description></item><item><title>Battleground: That registration edge</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/10/1526587.aspx#1527075</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:18:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1527075</guid><dc:creator>GOOD MARKET NEWS --- FINALLY ! ...</dc:creator><description>Price of Oil drops to $78 a barrel today. &amp;nbsp;This is the good news. &amp;nbsp;Donald Trump says that it is OIL not CAPITAL that drives our economy. &amp;nbsp;Let’s hope he is right!</description></item><item><title>Battleground: That registration edge</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/10/1526587.aspx#1527097</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:20:34 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1527097</guid><dc:creator>Joe, MN</dc:creator><description>Yes, the willingness on the part of republicans to use legal manuvering to potentially purge registration roles, and intimidate/challenge voters on site has always been a problem. These legal challenges cause a disruption on the smooth operation of polling places, they cause confusion, and apathy on the part of some who may leave without voting. It can also cause total disruption in the voting process because it takes up allot of time, and lines back up. Creating distractions to cover up for their own failures has been the hallmark of republican policital dirty tricks. Republicans are certainly not beneath stooping to rudely challenging someone's right to vote, even if they loose the challenge. They will still try it to skew the voting process in their favor. Where is Jimmy Carter when we need him to oversee our own corrupt election officials!!! You wait and see, it will be chaotic, with legal challenges everywhere, maybe worse than Bush v.Gore. Someone might want to ask Sarah if she can recall that one now? lol.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In any case, let Carter watch our own corrupt government, it needs oversight! The Democratic Party needs to be ready for challenges over what goes on in FL, OH, PA, CO and other States. Never trust a republican when their moneystream and power are at stake. They will come after you and smear ya', right Sarah-Poo?? :) &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Notice the States that are already reporting these voting irregularities are battleground states which republicans must carry to win the election. The republicans lose one, they bite the dust. They know how high the stakes are, so they have adopted a kitchen sink strategy to steal another election through smears and distractions. The republicans don't give a damn about this country as a whole. It's all about making already fat pocketbooks, even fatter. All on the backs of the common man. &amp;nbsp; </description></item><item><title>Battleground: That registration edge</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/10/1526587.aspx#1527215</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:34:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1527215</guid><dc:creator>Brenda, Greenville PA</dc:creator><description>I live in NW PA and although I am voting for Obama I still see quite a few McCain signs in my neighborhood. I do not know if this is because there are more McCain supporters or because it is hard to get Obama signs here. Obama needs to get some people here I know that. If any of you know people in the western part of PA, call them and plead your case. Obama cannot lose PA!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;On the flip side of this, McCain must be afraid of losing his base in PA because my husband is a registered Republican and he received a call from McCain's campaign team to verify that he would be voting for them. I am happy to say that because I converted my husband to a Democrat he told them hell no!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Obama/Biden 08</description></item><item><title>Battleground: That registration edge</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/10/1526587.aspx#1527435</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:56:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1527435</guid><dc:creator>Double J</dc:creator><description>McCain was one of two Senators to vote against a Domestic Terrorist Act in 1994. &amp;nbsp;He voted NO twice! &amp;nbsp;The entire Senate recognized this as a law and order issue and past it, even though many had a different ideology! &amp;nbsp;McCain Supports Domestic Terrorist!!</description></item><item><title>Battleground: That registration edge</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/10/1526587.aspx#1527481</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:01:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1527481</guid><dc:creator>StormerF,Birmingham,Al</dc:creator><description>ACORN is just an OBAMA team trying to register a bunch of people who don't exist Why not have voter ID you can't get on a plane,cash a check,drive a car or buy a beer without ID.Any way the Democrats are the cause of the Economic meltdown. Check you history,community reinvestment act ( jimmy carter),Fannie Mae lowering standards 1999(pushed by the Clinton Administration),Democrats supporting less oversight on the commitees they chaired( Chris Dodd,Barney FRanks,Charlie Rangel(tax evasion crook and caught now investigating himself,HA!).Wake up people just look at the facts and who was incharge when and who allowed this to happen.Although they were warned,but kept filling their pockets and now You(taxpayers) have to bail them out.</description></item><item><title>Battleground: That registration edge</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/10/1526587.aspx#1527921</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:00:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1527921</guid><dc:creator>marty holloman, columbia,s.c.</dc:creator><description> I have faith that shear numbers will make it impossible to steal this election. The republicians dont seem to realize that most Americans have woke up&lt;br&gt;to a mess that the republicians have made, I see them trying to blame the Dems, wont stand. We had a surplus&lt;br&gt;at the end of Clintons administration, now a huge debt&lt;br&gt;and deficit. Sorry republicians, you are going to see&lt;br&gt;all your dirt will come to the light and you will be voted out by the whipped American public. A lot of you wont go this year but over the next 4 years you are toast. The only way you can save yourself is to work for the good of this once great country, and for the dirtist of you that wont help.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;GOD BLESS AMERICA&lt;br&gt;Obama/Biden&lt;br&gt;marty</description></item><item><title>Battleground: That registration edge</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/10/1526587.aspx#1527951</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:05:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1527951</guid><dc:creator>Rufus T. Firefly, everywhere, OH.</dc:creator><description>I've registered over 40 new voters for the democratic ticket. I'm but one of many, the so-called 'experts' and pollsters are going to look silly when Obama carries 350+ EV. It's going to be a landslide!</description></item><item><title>Battleground: That registration edge</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/10/1526587.aspx#1528115</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:29:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1528115</guid><dc:creator>Lisa, Baltimore</dc:creator><description>This ACORN thing is another Fox creation. &amp;nbsp;Acorn people are like telemarketers they get paid per registration, these fake names that are registered can't vote. &amp;nbsp;So the idea stinks but ultimately these fake people can't vote, what's the big deal then. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Diebold will fix the election anyway.</description></item></channel></rss>