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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>A final hardball war question</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/09/20/372932.aspx</link><description>From NBC/NJ's Carrie Dann and NBC's Lauren Appelbaum
DAVENPORT, IA -- It might not be the number-one&amp;nbsp;issue for all of the voters here in the audience&amp;nbsp;-- most of whom have a strong health care focus -- but Iraq's still the elephant in the room</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>A final hardball war question</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/09/20/372932.aspx#373024</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 02:49:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:373024</guid><dc:creator>All of Us</dc:creator><description>No more frighin' troops ..end of story !</description></item><item><title>A final hardball war question</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/09/20/372932.aspx#373091</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 04:03:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:373091</guid><dc:creator>jerry/corpus christi texas</dc:creator><description>If Richardson doesn't know which union he is speaking to, How does he know how to get the troops out of Iraq? &amp;nbsp;Pretty scary stuff.</description></item><item><title>A final hardball war question</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/09/20/372932.aspx#373248</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:39:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:373248</guid><dc:creator>Stephen Cassidy, CA</dc:creator><description>This was the most significant exchange in the debates to day on the top issue in the campaign, and Biden, Edwards and Clinton blew it. &amp;nbsp;Richardson shined. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You have to watch the video:&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBe_nsa3Dho"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBe_nsa3Dho&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>A final hardball war question</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/09/20/372932.aspx#373849</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:08:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:373849</guid><dc:creator>James, Demorest Georgia</dc:creator><description>Why weren't Gravel and Kucinich in the game?&lt;br&gt;Are they the only ones who aren't 'on the take'?</description></item><item><title>A final hardball war question</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/09/20/372932.aspx#374192</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:29:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:374192</guid><dc:creator>Carrie, Eastern Iowa</dc:creator><description>James - They don't have active campaigns in Iowa. &amp;nbsp;That's also why they were not invited to Harkin's steak fry. &amp;nbsp;It's nothing to do with their political stance or their fundraising practices.</description></item><item><title>A final hardball war question</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/09/20/372932.aspx#374650</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:13:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:374650</guid><dc:creator>J.D. in California</dc:creator><description>James, the ones who are on the take are the republicans. &amp;nbsp;You know that! &amp;nbsp;Its getting pretty obvious that the RNC is posting or paying for postings on this site and many others, including Daily Kos. &amp;nbsp;One thing though is obvious--Jerry is not on their payroll. &amp;nbsp;Even the RNC wouldn't be that dumb.</description></item><item><title>A final hardball war question</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/09/20/372932.aspx#374782</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:05:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:374782</guid><dc:creator>Sara,  Cedar Rapids, Iowa</dc:creator><description>James, Demorest Georgia, the reason they weren't invited is because only candidates who have campaigned in Iowa were invited to the forum. In 2003 Kucinich had Iowa offices, staff, and made campaign appearances in the state. This year he has not been to Iowa except for the ABC debate, and the Hawkeye Labor Forum the night before, and the Livestrong forum. It is common to require a minimum effort at actually trying to win the nomination in order to provide a candidate a stage to promote his/her agenda. The question I would ask Kucinich, given he came in 5th in Iowa in 04, beating Wesley Clark, and Lieberman why is he not even competing in Iowa now? Is he, or Gravel campaigning actively anywhere, or are they both on their own ego trip, and just want to get on national TV to promote their agenda, and attack those candidates who are working night and day to win? </description></item></channel></rss>