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		<title>&#8220;Markets are utterly unhinged&#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.redphonediaries.com/2008/11/20/markets-are-utterly-unhinged/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;said Bill O’Donnell, a strategist at UBS.
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		<title>Paglia on the Media&#8217;s Treatment of Sarah Palin: &#8220;A shocking level of irrational emotionalism&#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.redphonediaries.com/2008/11/11/paglia-on-the-medias-treatment-of-sarah-palin-a-shocking-level-of-irrational-emotionalism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;&#8230;and at times, infantile rage.&#8221;
Here is Camille Paglia&#8217;s brilliant post-election summary, on Salon.com.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;&#8230;and at times, infantile rage.&#8221;</p>
<p>Here is Camille Paglia&#8217;s <a href="http://www.salon.com/opinion/paglia/2008/11/12/palin/" target="_blank">brilliant post-election summary</a>, on Salon.com.</p>
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		<title>Palin is a &#8220;Game Changer&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.redphonediaries.com/2008/09/09/palin-is-a-game-changer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Camille Paglia explains why.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Camille Paglia explains <a href="http://www.salon.com/opinion/paglia/2008/09/10/palin/index.html" target="_blank">why</a>.</p>
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		<title>Living in the Slow Lane</title>
		<link>http://www.redphonediaries.com/2008/07/10/living-in-the-slow-lane/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:35:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In its first post in the category &#8220;Third World Country,&#8221; RedPhoneDiairies links to an Associated Press article, L.A. seeing more people living out of their cars, available at the International Herald Tribune website, among others. An excerpt:
People living out of their cars or campers tend to be more well-off than the homeless on the street. They [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In its first post in the category &#8220;Third World Country,&#8221; RedPhoneDiairies links to an Associated Press article, <em>L.A. seeing more people living out of their cars,</em> <a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/23/america/Mobile-Homeless.php" target="_blank">available at the International Herald Tribune website</a>, among others.<span id="more-89"></span> An excerpt:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>People living out of their cars or campers tend to be more well-off than the homeless on the street. They usually have jobs or disability checks that enable them to maintain an old camper but do not allow them to afford rent.</em></p>
<p><em>&#8220;For more working-class and lower-middle-class people, the car is the first stop of being homeless, and sometimes it turns out to be a long stop,&#8221; said Gary Blasi, a University of California, Los Angeles, law professor and activist on homeless issues.</em></p></blockquote>
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		<title>Hillary&#8217;s Angry Army</title>
		<link>http://www.redphonediaries.com/2008/07/08/hillarys-angry-army/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight on CNN&#8217;s Anderson Cooper 360, David Gergen quoted an unnamed Hillary Clinton heavy-hitter fundraiser who threatened that unless Hillary was given the VP nod by Obama, her people were coming to Denver either &#8220;looking for a roll call vote or looking to raise hell.&#8221; This confirms the consensus opinion here at RedPhoneDiaries that the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tonight on CNN&#8217;s <a href="http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/" target="_blank">Anderson Cooper 360</a>, David Gergen quoted an unnamed Hillary Clinton heavy-hitter fundraiser who threatened that unless Hillary was given the VP nod by Obama, her people were coming to Denver either &#8220;looking for a roll call vote or looking to raise hell.&#8221;<span id="more-88"></span> This confirms the consensus opinion here at RedPhoneDiaries that the rapprochement between the Obama and Clinton camps has actually <em>not</em> gone well, contrary to the CV.</p>
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		<title>Obama to Rock the West</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On August 28th, 2008, the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King&#8217; &#8220;I Have a Dream&#8221; speech on the Washington Mall, Barack Obama will take to an outdoor venue high in the Rocky Mountains to officially claim the mantle of Democratic nominee for president in 2008. 19,000 adoring fans in the Pepsi Center wasn&#8217;t enough, possibly [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On August 28th, 2008, the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King&#8217; &#8220;I Have a Dream&#8221; speech on the Washington Mall, Barack Obama will take to an outdoor venue high in the Rocky Mountains to officially claim the mantle of Democratic nominee for president in 2008.<span id="more-87"></span> 19,000 adoring fans in the Pepsi Center wasn&#8217;t enough, possibly because a good many of them will actually be Hillaryites. So the event is being moved outdoors to Invesco Field at Mile High (the former non-corporately named Mile High Stadium), where more than 75,000 are expected to attend. Shades of JFK, who accepted the Democratic nomination in 1960 at Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles before a crowd estimated at 80,000. CNN has more details <a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/07/07/obama-picks-75000-seat-stadium-for-convention-speech/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p>The move is a logistical and security nightmare for the cash-strapped Democratic National Committee. But it will make for great television. The question remains&#8230; will Hillary be on stage at Invesco for a triumphant handraising, even if she is not on the ticket? Will Bill appear at all?</p>
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		<title>Sam Nunn Surfaces on Short List Yet Again</title>
		<link>http://www.redphonediaries.com/2008/07/07/sam-nunn-surfaces-on-short-list-yet-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jonathan Alter makes a strong case for why Obama should choose the former Senator from Georgia as his Veep. Seems like Nunn has been around forever, right? He&#8217;s actually three years younger than McCain.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/144610" target="_blank">Jonathan Alter makes a strong case</a> for why Obama should choose the former Senator from Georgia as his Veep. Seems like Nunn has been around forever, right? He&#8217;s actually three years younger than McCain.</p>
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		<title>Obama: Wrong Call on Public Financing</title>
		<link>http://www.redphonediaries.com/2008/06/26/obama-wrong-call-on-public-financing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama made the wrong call when he decided to opt out of the public financing system. Broder has it right. Aside from the immediate and short-lived hit he is taking in terms of &#8220;flip-flopping&#8221; or &#8220;breaking his promise&#8221; etc., he opted out of 85 million dollars, fundamentally, because he believes he can raise far [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Barack Obama made the wrong call when he decided to opt out of the public financing system. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/20/AR2008062002275.html" target="_blank">Broder has it right</a>. Aside from the immediate and short-lived hit he is taking in terms of &#8220;flip-flopping&#8221; or &#8220;breaking his promise&#8221; etc., he opted out of 85 million dollars, fundamentally, because he believes he can raise far more than that amount from his vast army of supporters, and from Hillary&#8217;s vast army of supporters.<span id="more-85"></span> He also will need more than 85 million to match the money Republican 527s and the RNC will bring to bear on the election.</p>
<p>But the contrarian opinion here is that Obama will not get even close to the $300 to $500 million the CW estimates he is likely to raise. First and foremost, he cannot count on Hillaryites to open their checkbooks unless she is on the ticket.  He will learn that in the coming weeks. Second, he underestimates two important factors when it comes to the supposed financing power of Obama Nation. Many will feel less motivated to debit their Visa accounts now that Hillary has been vanquished. The May fundraising total is evidence of this, having dropped to $21 million. But more importantly the $25 per month small donors might not have an extra dime left for Obama as the Summer of Inflation wears on, and their $25 goes towards bread and gasoline.</p>
<p>Warning signs are already here: An Obama for America email today is offering a free tee-shirt as an incentive to get the $25 donors up to $30. The June deadline nears&#8230;. Look for a disappointing number, and more pressure to grow to name Hillary as VP.</p>
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		<title>&#8220;[Expletive] You,&#8221; is the Message</title>
		<link>http://www.redphonediaries.com/2008/06/16/expletive-you-is-the-message/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The message to the Clintons that is, from the Obama Campaign, as it announced the hiring of former Clinton campaign manager Patti Solis-Doyle. Jonathan Allen reports on the news today for CQ Politics. Obama spokesman Bill Burton said nothing could be inferred about Obama’s thoughts on a vice presidential candidate from the hiring of Solis [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The message to the Clintons that is, from the Obama Campaign, as it announced the hiring of former Clinton campaign manager Patti Solis-Doyle. <a href="http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docid=news-000002897969" target="_blank">Jonathan Allen reports</a> on the news today for CQ Politics. <span id="printableContent"><em>Obama spokesman Bill Burton said nothing could be inferred about Obama’s thoughts on a vice presidential candidate from the hiring of Solis Doyle&#8230;</em></span><span id="more-84"></span></p>
<p>But an unnamed &#8220;Clinton insider&#8221; said the message was clear, and the message was &#8220;[Expletive] You.&#8221; The Wall Street Journal had reported that Solis-Doyle, although once extremely close to Hillary Clinton, had not even spoken to the Senator since she was unceremoniously canned shortly after the February 5th Super Tuesday debacle. She was replaced by Maggie Williams, but continued to draw a monthly salary of twelve large through the end of April, reported Allen.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Senator Clinton herself must have borrowed Harry Potter&#8217;s invisibility cloak, and the axis of the Democratic Party slowly but surely turns to Barack Obama and, yes, Al Gore.</p>
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		<title>Godspeed, Tim</title>
		<link>http://www.redphonediaries.com/2008/06/14/godspeed-tim/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 22:34:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tim, we miss you already.
Prayers, from all of us at RedPhoneDiaires.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25145431/" target="_blank">Tim, we miss you already.</a></p>
<p>Prayers, from all of us at RedPhoneDiaires.</p>
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