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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>Down the ballot: LA special...</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/02/971344.aspx</link><description>The New York Times previews Saturday’s special election in Louisiana. “A Democrat stands a serious chance of taking a seat in the House of Representatives from Republicans in a special election here on Saturday. But to achieve that chance of victory in</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>Down the ballot: LA special...</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/02/971344.aspx#971362</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 13:13:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:971362</guid><dc:creator>Pete - Albany, NY</dc:creator><description>The GOP candidate, Woody Jenkins, seems like a well-adjusted fellow...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;quot;Mr. Jenkins, a champion of religious-right causes for decades, achieved notoriety in the State House 18 years ago when he brandished plastic models of fetuses on the chamber floor to bolster his anti-abortion arguments.&amp;quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;...NOT!</description></item><item><title>Down the ballot: LA special...</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/02/971344.aspx#971396</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 13:21:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:971396</guid><dc:creator>Lisa, proud supporter of Barack in New Britain, CT</dc:creator><description>And if the Democrat wins, then just what kind of House Dem will he be? &amp;nbsp;That's the question. &amp;nbsp;He will have to start running again in another year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And no, I'm not slamming him by any chance...I don't live down there, I have no say in their election nor should I. &amp;nbsp;But for me, I can understand that regions of the country are different and that every House race is its own unique entity, but it makes me wonder about the viability of the two-party system in this Country.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Maybe we'd get more done if we had a Congress full of independents who felt less loyalty to party lines and more loyalty to building coalitions of like-minded people to achieve workable solutions (big and small).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Just thinking.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;(Can you tell, I'm preparing to switch to Independent if certain machinations continue to occur in my party of choice!!??)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Down the ballot: LA special...</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/02/971344.aspx#971527</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 13:42:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:971527</guid><dc:creator>Bill Jones</dc:creator><description>Dem's are on the move...so will the country be lifted up to a better life ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Way to Go John Edwards..!!!</description></item></channel></rss>