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		<title>Where is New York going?</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/09/03/where-is-new-york-going/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[mid-term election]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Senator Kirsten Gillibrand]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The titular question is perhaps the most important question facing residents of New York seperate of directly wondering about the economy. With the economic uncertainty of the nation and State at hand, proposals to increase taxes at the local and State levels (not to mention Federal), and issues like the 9/11 mosque New Yorkers are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rep. Weiner goes after Glenn Beck. But why?</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/05/18/rep-weiner-goes-after-glenn-beck-but-why/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 23:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Anthony Weiner]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So let&#8217;s say that you watch televison commentary programs. That might be Glenn Beck, or Chris Matthews, or Bill O&#8217;Reilly. An ad comes on, one that is topical. Say a commercial to donate to some organization, or a political ad. If the commentator had spoken about the cause the televsion commercial addressed, is that unfair [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can you remember&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/05/13/can-you-remember/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 07:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[off the cuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cap & Trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mid-term elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama Stimulus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obamacare]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With less than 6 months to go until the 2010 mid-term elections every politician is ramping up their campaigns. Every politician that is looking to get voted back to Congress or elected office is coming up with a plan. In essence they are all saying the following:
I was responsible for X
X is great because of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latest CQ poll on Senator Gillibrand</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/04/26/latest-cq-poll-on-senator-gillibrand/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvass.com/2010/04/26/latest-cq-poll-on-senator-gillibrand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CQ Politics poll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mid-term elections]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Senator Kirsten Gllibrand]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The latest Quinnipiac University CQ Politics poll has been released and it shows a bit about what might be the likely fate of the New York junior Senate seat. But the results need to be taken with a pound of salt.
In the latest poll incumbent and appointed junior Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has risen to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The problem of NY Republicans</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/04/06/the-problem-of-ny-republicans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvass.com/2010/04/06/the-problem-of-ny-republicans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 06:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[off the cuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mid-term election]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[political commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Rangel]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Senator Gillibrand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senator Schumer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With the mid-term elections approaching closer by the day the New York Republican Party is being questioned on the strength of its candidates for the Seante seats of Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Senator Charles Schumer. It&#8217;s a situation that seems odd when put in the light of the national anger over the debate and passage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How much to get an email answered by New York elected officials?</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/25/how-much-to-get-an-email-answered-by-new-york-elected-officials/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/25/how-much-to-get-an-email-answered-by-new-york-elected-officials/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Representative Hinchey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Dodd]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[State Sen. Jeff Klein]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvass.com/?p=889</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s say that you are a Democrat, and you are an elected official. Your Party has just passed a massive piece of legislation that most of the country opposes, regardless of political affilitation. Add to that recent scandals of Rep. Rangel, the reviled backdoor deals in passing Health Care Reform, and the abysmally low approval [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senator Gillibrand on voter concerns</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/09/senator-gillibrand-on-voter-concerns/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/09/senator-gillibrand-on-voter-concerns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Vass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mid-term elections]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Senator Kirsten Gillibrand]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvass.com/?p=837</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The race for the New York junior Senate seat is considered likely to go to a Republican in November. Part of that is due to the lack of knowledge about the appointed Senator Kirsten Gillibrand among voters in New York State. But there are other reasons that are even more the cause.
In August of 2009 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Census</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/03/2010-census/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/03/2010-census/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[off the cuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACORN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Census]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michele Bachmann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York Communities for Change]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvass.com/?p=817</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Not more than 8 months ago there was a lot of talk about the 2010 Census. People across the nation were horrified to hear the news that ACORN and the White House would be in charge of data collection in this once a decade event. In addition, the very nature of many of the questions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s best for New York?</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/01/whats-best-for-new-york/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/01/whats-best-for-new-york/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harold Ford Jr.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mid-term elections]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Senator Kirsten Gillibrand]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The concept of a representative government is that a small group of people are elected into office to govern, while reflecting the wishes of their constituents. That&#8217;s the ideal. That&#8217;s what we are supposed to have.
In New York State, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand was appointed to office via the selection of an appointed Governor of New [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NY Senate candidate Jan Johnson responds to Michael Vass</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/02/24/ny-senate-candidate-jan-johnson-responds-to-michael-vass/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvass.com/2010/02/24/ny-senate-candidate-jan-johnson-responds-to-michael-vass/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constitution Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jan D. Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mid-term elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National ID Healthcard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Gillibrand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate race]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Feb 21st I asked Jan D. Johnson 4 questions on Health Care Reform. These questions are the same questions that I have asked Harold Ford Jr., Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and Senator Schumer to answer. As of this post, Senator Schumer has provided an automated resonse acknowledging receipt of the email, Senator Gillibrand has not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A rose by any other name&#8230; well not quite</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/02/23/a-rose-by-any-other-name-well-not-quite/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvass.com/2010/02/23/a-rose-by-any-other-name-well-not-quite/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ACORN]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not exactly quiet, but it is indeed fast. The news is flowing on how ACORN is on it&#8217;s way out. A situation that you would think might cause considerable concern to Democrat politicians across the nation that spent years working with the organization to ensure their support during election years. But they don&#8217;t seem [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The questions from Gillibrand&#8217;s competition for the Senate</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/02/11/the-questions-from-gillibrands-competition-for-the-senate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvass.com/2010/02/11/the-questions-from-gillibrands-competition-for-the-senate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruce Blakeman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harold Ford Jr.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mid-term elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senator Kirsten Gillibrand]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Much as was expected, the polispeak has taken off as Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is coming under pressure to retain her position on the ballot for the junior Senator seat for New York. Former Congressman Harold Ford Jr. has embarked on a series of ads questioning if Gillibrand is a mere echo for Senator Schumer, some [...]]]></description>
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