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In the latest New York Times/CBS poll, majority of American voters say that the furor over the relationship between Senator Barack Obama and his former pastor has not affected their opinion of Mr. Obama, but a substantial number say that it could influence</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>Obama: Quid pro quo?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/05/980557.aspx#980572</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 13:16:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:980572</guid><dc:creator>SSOM</dc:creator><description>Hey if any of y'all are covering that new viral vid &amp;quot;The Empire Strikes Barack,&amp;quot; you should check out Gov. Bill Richardson's official response to being cast as Han Solo to Obama's Luke Skywalker.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://swingstateofmind.com/?p=61"&gt;http://swingstateofmind.com/?p=61&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Obama: Quid pro quo?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/05/980557.aspx#980573</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 13:16:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:980573</guid><dc:creator>jerry/corpus christi texas</dc:creator><description>Not a good day for Obama if tha comes true.....&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Of course Hillary won't take a stand....&lt;br&gt;Crooks hold togather....</description></item><item><title>Obama: Quid pro quo?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/05/980557.aspx#980586</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 13:20:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:980586</guid><dc:creator>BJ, CA</dc:creator><description>Be the first to sell your vote for gasoline...&lt;br&gt;(the oil companies win again)&lt;br&gt;I thought the jobs and economy was the issues..&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Anybody agree? </description></item><item><title>Obama: Quid pro quo?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/05/980557.aspx#980621</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 13:29:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:980621</guid><dc:creator>clairton, pa.</dc:creator><description>&amp;quot;The Wall Street Journal reports that Obama may have offered the Teamsters a quid pro quo in order to win the endorsement&amp;quot;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;******************************************************&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This could be libelous! &amp;nbsp;...&amp;quot;may have offered....&amp;quot;? It is definitly unabashed campaigning against Barack, and for Clinton.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If you hack journalists cared to report ACTUAL FACTS, you would report on the Peter Paul fraud case involving the Clintons, as well as, all the rest of their scandals!! CAFTA, NAFTA, add infinitum!!!</description></item><item><title>Obama: Quid pro quo?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/05/980557.aspx#980744</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 13:54:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:980744</guid><dc:creator>Eric, Salinas, CA</dc:creator><description>Despite all the negative press the people aren't being fooled by the media's pathetic attempt to bash him into unelectability. &amp;nbsp;The Clinton News Networks are doing their best to destroy the Democratic party this year so they can keep their big tax cuts and make lots of money. &amp;nbsp;It's a pity that the First Read reporters have become so biased against Obama just so they can keep writing these nonsense articels.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Go Obama!</description></item><item><title>Obama: Quid pro quo?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/05/980557.aspx#980784</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 13:59:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:980784</guid><dc:creator>Joe S. Raleigh, NC</dc:creator><description>Obama's political corruption is starting to seep through to the public. This is jsut another part of the narrative, like the narrative with Rezko and his dealing with Obama that Obama won't disclose in his tax returns in the mid 90s.</description></item><item><title>Obama: Quid pro quo?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/05/980557.aspx#980817</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 14:07:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:980817</guid><dc:creator>Blake, Denver, CO</dc:creator><description>So basically the people polled said &amp;quot;It did not affect my vote&amp;quot; but &amp;quot;I'll bet that it will affect votes later on&amp;quot;... this doesn't make any sense. &amp;nbsp;These people don't realize that they are the votes that are affected. &amp;nbsp;I hate polling that asks the voters how they think someone else will vote. &amp;nbsp;In a cynical society such as ours, of course we always think the worst is out there.</description></item><item><title>Obama: Quid pro quo?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/05/980557.aspx#980890</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 14:21:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:980890</guid><dc:creator>Beth Texas</dc:creator><description>Quid Pro Quo--And Obama supposedly represents &amp;nbsp;change and new politics. The more we find out, the more we realize we don't know him at all. </description></item><item><title>Obama: Quid pro quo?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/05/980557.aspx#980896</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 14:22:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:980896</guid><dc:creator>Zoolie</dc:creator><description>TO clairton, pa.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Why they don't cover the Peter Paul case and other Clinton scandals&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-dreier/sidney-blumenthal-uses-fo_b_99695.html"&gt;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-dreier/sidney-blumenthal-uses-fo_b_99695.html&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Obama: Quid pro quo?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/05/980557.aspx#980900</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 14:23:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:980900</guid><dc:creator>Pete - Albany, NY</dc:creator><description>The Wall Street Journal wrote this? &amp;nbsp;You mean the same Wall Street Journal that is owned by NewsCorp which also owns FOX News? &amp;nbsp;You know, the one owned by Dub's bestest buddy from Australia Rupert Murdoch? &amp;nbsp;That Wall Street Journal?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Uh...yeah, it's not like they have their own agenda or something.</description></item><item><title>Obama: Quid pro quo?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/05/980557.aspx#981036</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 14:58:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:981036</guid><dc:creator>Zoolie</dc:creator><description>All I can say is READ THIS&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-dreier/sidney-blumenthal-uses-fo_b_99695.html"&gt;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-dreier/sidney-blumenthal-uses-fo_b_99695.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I smell something!! &amp;nbsp;And it's not coming from Obama.&lt;br&gt;VERY SUSPICIOUS!!!</description></item><item><title>Obama: Quid pro quo?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/05/980557.aspx#981105</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 15:13:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:981105</guid><dc:creator>Terry, IN</dc:creator><description>I think the smaller group venue allows the voters to get to know a candidate better - as a real person - not just someone giving lofty speeches. &amp;nbsp;Obama's gotten so much negative press about being an &amp;quot;unknown&amp;quot;, and not connecting with average people. &amp;nbsp; It's obvious he's criticized whichever way he goes. &amp;nbsp;</description></item></channel></rss>