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        <title>Democratic National Convention from Minnesota Public Radio</title>
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        <description>Minnesota Public Radio coverage of the 2008 Democratic National Convetion</description>
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            <title>DFL endorsement convention underway</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Delegates at the DFL State Party Convention are in the process of backing a candidate for governor. Eight candidates are vying for the endorsement. Throughout the morning, the campaigns held five minute rallies on the floor to boost support for the campaign.]]></description>
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            <title>Before getting handouts, big firms bankrolled conventions</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Financial giants now being bailed out by the
government spent millions underwriting the Democratic and
Republican conventions last summer, just weeks before coming to
Washington begging for multibillion-dollar handouts.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:57:47 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Minn. delegates welcome Obama nomination</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Drop the &quot;presumptive.&quot; Barack Obama is now officially the Democratic Party&#039;s nominee for president. One hundred screaming Minn. democrats enthusiastically welcomed Obama to the stage last night in Invesco Field.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:41:08 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Obama avoids race on King&#039;s &#039;Dream&#039; anniversary</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Long before Denver, the drum roll of history began: If Barack
Obama could capture the Democratic nomination, he
would deliver the biggest speech of his life exactly 45 years after
Martin Luther King Jr.&#039;s immortal &quot;I Have a Dream&quot; address.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:55:09 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Obama tells huge Dem crowd he&#039;ll fix Washington</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Before an enormous, adoring crowd, Barack Obama
promised a clean break from the &quot;broken politics in Washington and the failed policies of George W. Bush&quot; Thursday night as he embarked on the final lap of his audacious bid to become the nation&#039;s first black president.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:36:41 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>More than 84,000 attend Obama speech</title>
            <description><![CDATA[More than 84,000 people have jammed into Invesco
Field at Mile High stadium to hear Barack Obama&#039;s historic acceptance speech, city officials say.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:59:25 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Al Gore accuses McCain of policies too close to Bush</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Al Gore told Democrats Thursday night that the
2008 election is close because defenders of the status quo &quot;are desperately afraid of the change Barack Obama represents.&quot; And the former vice president said  he knows something about close elections.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:28:04 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Obama kicks off fall campaign with stadium show</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Barack Obama launched his historic fall campaign
for the White House on Thursday with an outdoor Democratic National
Convention extravaganza that blended old-fashioned speechmaking,
Hollywood-quality stagecraft and innovative, Internet age politics.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:34:55 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>How media covers politics</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Midmorning discusses media coverage of the Democratic National Convention, candidates and politics, particularly on the web.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:26:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Awaiting a vice presidential announcement</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The public anxiously awaits Senator McCain&#039;s selection as his number two, though pollsters suggest that on voting day, his choice doesn&#039;t have that much of an impact.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:44:31 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak plays big role at both conventions</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak is having a busier two weeks than most of the delegates at the DNC.  Rybak co-chairs the delegation in Denver.  He&#039;s a statewide co-chair for Barack Obama&#039;s presidential campaign, and he&#039;s helping to host the Republican National Convention next week.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:39:47 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Behind party lines: what it means to be a Democrat</title>
            <description><![CDATA[For four days the pundits and the politicians have owned the airwaves during the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Minnesota Public Radio decided it was time for the rest of the Democrats to have their say.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:39:44 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Obama plays some hoops, works on speech</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Barack Obama aims to weave the personal with the
political Thursday night as he tells 75,000 supporters in a football stadium - and millions more at home - how as president he would make a difference in their lives.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:57:23 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Pawlenty cancels media interviews</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty joined some other Republicans in Denver this morning to rip Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:35:31 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>McCain says no vice presidential decision yet</title>
            <description><![CDATA[&quot;I haven&#039;t decided yet, so I can&#039;t tell you,&quot; McCain said in an early morning radio interview. Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty&#039;s name is apparently still on the short list.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:01:02 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Obama seeks a personal touch within a huge stadium</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Barack Obama will be unveiling a delicate balancing
act tonight, trying to get personal with 75,000 supporters in a
massive stadium and millions more at home while explaining how as
president he would make a difference in their lives.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:15:49 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Kerry: I don&#039;t recognize my former friend, McCain</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Sen. John Kerry, the one-time presidential nominee
whose campaign crumbled under attacks on his military service and
consistency, told fellow Democrats on Wednesday that he doesn&#039;t
recognize Republican John McCain, a man he once considered as a
runningmate.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:55:40 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Biden says nation needs more than a good soldier</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Joe Biden declared Wednesday that America doesn&#039;t
need a good soldier in the White House, it needs the wise
leadership of Barack Obama.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:35:41 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Clinton forcefully endorses Obama</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Former President Clinton forcefully endorsed
Barack Obama&#039;s bid for the White House on Wednesday, telling
delegates to the Democratic convention that Obama is &quot;ready to
lead America and restore American leadership in the world.&quot;]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:34:42 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Obama nominated as Clinton calls for acclamation</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Democratic National Convention has nominated
Barack Obama as the party&#039;s presidential candidate, the first black
American ever named to lead a major party into the fall elections.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:02:41 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Minnesota delegates rally around Obama</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Minnesota delegates to the Democratic National Convention went out of their way today to demonstrate that they are united behind Barack Obama. Some of the better known delegates and party leaders who had been supporting Sen.  Hillary Clinton made an appeal for unity.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:35:38 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Mondale offers advice to Biden</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Delaware Senator Joe Biden is tonight&#039;s featured speaker at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. One of the few persons in the world with first hand experience in that role is former Vice President Walter Mondale.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:30:34 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Kids bring their passion for politics to Denver</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Like thousands of others in Denver, some children have brought their political passion and protests to the streets.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:24:36 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Clinton releases delegates</title>
            <description><![CDATA[In an emotional meeting leading up to the
Democratic roll call of the states, Hillary Rodham Clinton released
her convention delegates Wednesday to vote for certain presidential
nominee Barack Obama.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:30:25 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Democrats poised to give Obama historic nomination</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Democrats were poised to formally deliver the
party&#039;s presidential nomination to Barack Obama on Wednesday, making him the first black nominee of a major party.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:40:40 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Obama to tour battleground states after nomination</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Barack Obama, his wife Michelle and running mate
Joe Biden will embark on a bus tour of several battleground states later this week, after he receives the Democratic presidential nomination, his campaign announced Wednesday.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:53:10 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>DNC spotlight segment: Jim Lehrer on how to cut through the spin</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Minnesota Public Radio&#039;s Midmorning host Kerri Miller asked Jim Lehrer how he runs down the real story unfolding in Denver.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:37:34 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Clinton says election isn&#039;t about her</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Hillary Rodham Clinton had a simple message
Tuesday for her still loyal supporters: This election isn&#039;t about
her.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:59:45 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Dems talk of change, unity while ripping McCain</title>
            <description><![CDATA[On the second night of the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Democratic governors and Hillary Clinton talked to delegates about unity and the need for change.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:23:03 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Twin Cities keep an eye on protests in Denver</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Twin Cities officials are keeping a close eye on protests and demonstrations in Denver to see what, if anything, they might hold in store for St. Paul next week.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:29:50 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Clinton supporters in Minnesota not sure if they can let go</title>
            <description><![CDATA[All eyes at Denver&#039;s Pepsi Center will be on New York Sen. Hillary Clinton tonight when she delivers her speech to the Democratic National Convention.  The sting from a bruising primary battle has left some delegates wondering if they&#039;ll support Barack Obama at all.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:09:40 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>The Democratic Convention by the numbers</title>
            <description><![CDATA[As the old cliche goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. But sometimes it&#039;s the numbers that really tell the story.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:25:28 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Madia takes a gamble and heads to Denver</title>
            <description><![CDATA[In addition to the parties and pageantry, there are also opportunities for candidates to raise money at the Democratic National Convention. But leaving the district 10 weeks before election day can be a gamble, a gamble Ashwin Madia decided to take.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:12:14 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Young voters: Will they turn out?</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The presidential campaign of Democrat Barack Obama is counting on a better turnout among young voters.  Voters age 18-24 traditionally don&#039;t show up at the polls in as great numbers as their elders. Midmorning asks if the enthusiasm of today&#039;s youth will translate to their actual votes.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:00:28 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Democrats bicker over how hard to hit McCain</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Democrats bickered among themselves Tuesday about
how hard to attack John McCain as the party&#039;s former dominant couple - Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton - took center stage at Barack Obama&#039;s political coronation.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:20:13 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>State delegates told to pep it up</title>
            <description><![CDATA[On day two of the Democratic National Convention, Minnesota&#039;s delegates were urged to pep it up for the TV cameras.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:54:56 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>DNC spotlight segment: Nancy Pelosi</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Today&#039;s spotlight segment from the Democratic National Convention is with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. MPR&#039;s Kerri Miller attended a gathering of women delegates in Denver yesterday, where Pelosi shared a story about what it was like when she first got to Capitol Hill decades ago.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:55:11 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>State delegates hope for unity</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Members of the Minnesota delegation are hoping Hillary Clinton&#039;s address will help unify the party after the long divisive primary battle between Clinton and Senator Barack Obama.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:07:40 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>2008 Democratic National Convention: Day 2</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Slideshow: 2008 Democratic National Convention: Day 2]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:38:48 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Man was not a &#039;credible threat&#039; to Obama</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Authorities are investigating whether a man
arrested with rifles, ammunition and drugs in his truck made
statements threatening Barack Obama, but emphasize he never posed a
&quot;credible threat&quot; to the candidate or the Democratic National
Convention.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:07:49 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Michelle Obama shows her husband&#039;s personal side</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Michelle Obama declared &quot;I love this country&quot;
Monday as she sought to reassure the nation that she and her
husband Barack share Americans&#039; bedrock values and belief in a
dream of a better future.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:57:29 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Klobuchar talks about Obama&#039;s ethics bill</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Sen. Amy Klobuchar is touting Democratic
presidential candidate Barack Obama&#039;s role in winning passage of
ethics legislation at the Democratic National Convention this week.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:04:22 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Dems seek peace in party as Obama convention opens</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Democrats opened their national convention on
Monday, seeking peace in the family as they pursue victory in the
fall for Barack Obama and his historic quest for the White House.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:25:18 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Protesters: We&#039;re being treated like prisoners</title>
            <description><![CDATA[A small group of protesters marched to the
demonstration zone outside the Democratic National Convention,
complaining they are being treated like political prisoners.]]></description>
                                                <link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/08/25/protesters_day1?refid=0</link>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:19:44 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Not all Minnesotans are in Denver to support Obama</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Why is Hillary Clinton so popular with Republicans?  The Republican National Committee today tried to counter the good feelings among Democrats in Denver by highlighting Democrats who are supporting John McCain.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:50:15 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Unity and the role of women</title>
            <description><![CDATA[House speaker Nancy Pelosi says the Democratic party still has to work to unite voters divided by the primary.  Hillary Clinton says she backs Barack Obama, but acknowledges her delegates still want to vote for their choice. Two political observers talk about the remaining divisions in the party, including women who still want to cast their votes for Senator Clinton.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:50:50 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Silence and meditation amid convention chaos</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Just like the DNC, Meditate 08! brings in high-profile speakers to inspire attendees. But instead of roaring cheers, the sign of approval here is contemplative silence.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:40:21 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>At 17, Minnesota delegate is Democrats&#039; youngest</title>
            <description><![CDATA[David Gilbert-Pederson is only 17 right now, though he&#039;ll be old enough to vote this year... just barely.]]></description>
                                                <link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/08/25/dnc_youngest_delegate?refid=0</link>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:27:55 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Kennedy to appear, may speak at convention</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Ailing Sen. Edward M. Kennedy prepared to attend,
and possibly speak at, the opening of the Democratic National Convention on Monday.]]></description>
                                                <link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/08/25/dncdayone?refid=0</link>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:19:47 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Minnesota delegates get fired up</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Minnesota&#039;s delegates to the Democratic National Convention got a pep talk this morning from the state&#039;s top party leaders.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:45:53 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>News Cut: Denver diaries</title>
            <description><![CDATA[News Cut blogger Bob Collins is in Denver, covering the Democratic National Convention, and giving us his behind-the-scenes look at what&#039;s going on there.]]></description>
                                                <link><![CDATA[http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/?refid=0]]></link>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:51:39 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Preparing for the Democratic Convention</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The day before the opening of the Democratic National Convention, party leaders and activists were both busy preparing for the first day of the Convention in Denver.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:23:03 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Obama aims convention at blue-collar voters</title>
            <description><![CDATA[On the eve of the Democratic National Convention,
Barack Obama said Sunday he hoped a week of political speechmaking would persuade reluctant middle-class voters to swing behind his bid for the White House.]]></description>
                                                <link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/08/24/obama_blue_collar?refid=0</link>
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                                    <pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:14:48 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Minnesota sends diverse group to Denver convention</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Among the cheering masses when Barack Obama accepts his party&#039;s nomination this week will be the 109 members of Minnesota&#039;s Democratic National Convention delegation.]]></description>
                                                <link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/08/22/dfldelegates?refid=0</link>
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                                    <pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Obama&#039;s journey to Denver takes him through Wis.</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Barack Obama&#039;s road to Denver and the Democratic nomination ran through Eau Claire, Wis., yesterday.]]></description>
                                                <link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/08/24/obama_wis?refid=0</link>
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                                    <pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:56:43 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Dems give Michigan and Florida full voting rights</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Democratic delegates from Michigan and Florida
were awarded full voting rights at the national convention Sunday,
despite holding early primaries against party rules.]]></description>
                                                <link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/08/24/voting_rights?refid=0</link>
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                                    <pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:28:50 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Anti-war demonstrators rally at Colorado Capitol</title>
            <description><![CDATA[About 200 anti-war demonstrators have gathered
outside the Colorado state Capitol for a rally before marching
through downtown Denver on the eve of the Democratic National
Convention.]]></description>
                                                <link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/08/24/dnc_protest1?refid=0</link>
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                                    <pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:34:34 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Opening day at the Democratic National Convention</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Midmorning previews the 2008 Democratic National Convention from the Pepsi Center in Denver, where the event will take place all this week. Sen. Barack Obama will accept the party&#039;s nomination for president on Thursday night.]]></description>
                                                <link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/08/25/midmorning1?refid=0</link>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:50:59 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Who&#039;s number 2?</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The media and Democratic party supporters are eagerly anticipating Barack Obama&#039;s vice presidential pick. Midmorning looks at the options, and what kind of message Obama&#039;s selection will send.]]></description>
                                                <link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/08/22/midmorning1?refid=0</link>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Companies spend  millions to fund conventions</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Corporations and trade organizations will spend tens of millions of dollars to get their messages heard during the Republican National Convention here and at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.]]></description>
                                                <link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/08/12/conventionfunds?refid=0</link>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Senate approves convention security money for Minnesota</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Minnesota and Colorado will each receive $50 million to help pay for security for the 2008 political conventions, which will be held in those states.]]></description>
                                                <link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/09/06/conventionmoney?refid=0</link>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:49:17 -0500</pubDate>
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