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		<title>Our big tent&#8217;s friendly, but not flabby</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/11/06/our-big-tents-friendly-but-not-flabby/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/11/06/our-big-tents-friendly-but-not-flabby/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Kataline</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colorado]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who knew? Within the Republican Party there are number of organizations representing identity groups that the Left assumes it owns: Black, Hispanic, Jewish, Gay, Female, Asian et al. In recent years, those Republican groups in Colorado have worked for greater association with one another by holding an annual social event called, &#8220;The Big Tent.&#8221; We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Racism is alive and well&#8211;among Dems</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/09/21/racism-is-alive-and-well/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/09/21/racism-is-alive-and-well/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Reeb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil Rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the growing extent and intensity of public opposition to the Obama Administration’s policies threaten to shut down its agenda, defenders of the Administration have resorted to systematic name calling. The most favored epithet is &#8220;racist.&#8221; No less a personage than former President James Earl Carter last week alleged that most of the opposition to the Obama [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Centennial nonpartisan charade</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/09/21/centennial-nonpartisan-charade/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/09/21/centennial-nonpartisan-charade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Andrews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Government]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/?p=3134</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Local elections this fall for school boards and municipal offices (the ones that haven&#8217;t been canceled for lack of interest) occur in a fog of nonpartisan obscurity. In my Denver Post column this week, I likened the voter&#8217;s dilemma, absent Republican and Democratic tags to help identify the local candidates, to guessing on unlabeled canned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democrats socialistic? Of course they are</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/08/24/democrats-socialistic-of-course-they-are/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/08/24/democrats-socialistic-of-course-they-are/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Reeb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Leftists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/?p=2946</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The greatest single weapon in the Democratic Party’s arsenal has been its ability to confuse the voters. Even though it has practically defined itself since the 1930s as the party of Big Government, with high taxes and spending, massive regulation and intervention, and continual encroachment on private property, its leaders and spokesmen have vehemently denied that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Constitution will survive Dems’ assaults</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/08/17/constitution-will-survive-democrats%e2%80%99-assaults/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/08/17/constitution-will-survive-democrats%e2%80%99-assaults/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Reeb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberty]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Regulation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/?p=2879</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last fall I shared in the disappointment of 47 percent of the voters who did not cast their ballots for Barack Obama and feared his stated intention of &#8220;transforming&#8221; America into a socialist regime. With Democrats in firm control of both houses of Congress, this seemed a likely as well as a fearful prospect. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blue Dogs perpetuate Democrat racism</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/08/03/blue-dogs-help-perpetuate-democrat-racism/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/08/03/blue-dogs-help-perpetuate-democrat-racism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Reeb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. - Karl Marx While not in the habit of quoting the father of &#8220;scientific socialism,&#8221; I know a good Marxian quotation when I see one–and boy does it ever apply to the current follies in Washington, D.C. Governing parties in America are always unstable coalitions which, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is the future for newspapers?</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/07/13/what-is-the-future-for-newspapers/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/07/13/what-is-the-future-for-newspapers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Reeb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet & new media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media critic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newspapers]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/?p=2678</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In recent years several major metropolitan newspapers have gone out of business and more have cut back considerably on their coverage. The reason is a decline in readership and advertising revenue, mostly because of the popularity of the internet but also because of reader dissatisfaction. Advertising provides the bulk of newspaper revenue, while subscriptions and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s a bigger threat?</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/04/29/whos-a-bigger-threat/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/04/29/whos-a-bigger-threat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Kataline</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/?p=2141</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thoughts on the &#8220;specter&#8221; of which party should worry us more: If you ask a dedicated liberal why he has such fear and loathing of the Christian Right, he&#8217;ll usually or at least eventually, tell you it is because they want to tell him what to do and dictate their values to him and others [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another one bites the dust</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/04/29/another-one-bites-the-dust/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/04/29/another-one-bites-the-dust/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Roseman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/?p=2139</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s just a shame that a song by that title was actually more popular than Tuesday’s announcement from Senator Arlen Specter. This man just recently proclaimed he would not switch parties because it would upset the balance of power. A couple of years ago he got up in front of the Senate to announce he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Republican is fighting mad</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/03/29/this-republican-is-fighting-mad/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/03/29/this-republican-is-fighting-mad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Huntwork</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conservatism]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/2009/03/29/this-republican-is-fighting-mad/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After the shellacking Republicans took from Democrats in 2008, many are asking themselves what happened and what do we do next. The “what happened” was eight years of a lackluster president who enacted the surge about two and half years too late, surrendered on the public relations front, and abandoned the conservative principle of small [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time for Republicans to be ‘reactionary’</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/02/16/time-for-republicans-to-be-%e2%80%98reactionary%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/02/16/time-for-republicans-to-be-%e2%80%98reactionary%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Reeb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/2009/02/16/time-for-republicans-to-be-%e2%80%98reactionary%e2%80%99/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.&#8221; - Samuel Johnson, English writer Now that the misnamed &#8220;stimulus&#8221; package has passed that President Obama requested and the Congressional Democrats crafted, we have clarity about our nation’s choices and thereby its future. The poorly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What &#8216;stimulates&#8217; American commerce?</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/02/03/what-stimulates-american-commerce/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/02/03/what-stimulates-american-commerce/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Reeb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Budget]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/2009/02/03/what-stimulates-american-commerce/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If Republicans can modify or delay the “stimulus” package, we might be in the midst of a debate over whether our economic woes can be overcome with government policies that encourage production or consumption. That is not likely for, as “post-partisan” President Barack Obama let slip, “We [meaning Democrats] won.” There has been a major [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What rule by Democrats brings</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/01/26/what-rule-by-democrats-brings/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/01/26/what-rule-by-democrats-brings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Reeb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Budget]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has often been said that, as California goes, so goes the nation. And for good reason. With the largest population and so many talented and influential people, the Golden State has long set the standard, for good or for ill, in both the public and private sector. It is the public sector that concerns us now. Long [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recipe for Republican renewal</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/01/11/recipe-for-republican-renewal/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/01/11/recipe-for-republican-renewal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Ochsner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conservatism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2008 aftermath]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elections 2010]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How could the GOP could become the Grand Old Party once again? Their chances in 2010 aren&#8217;t very good right now, even if the Democrats go hog wild with more pork-barrel spending, and big-government programs. The past eight years of George W. Bush and his administration don&#8217;t inspire a lot of confidence for most Americans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ken Blackwell for RNC Chairman</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/01/02/ken-blackwell-for-rnc-chairman/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/01/02/ken-blackwell-for-rnc-chairman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/2009/01/02/ken-blackwell-for-rnc-chairman/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Republican Party&#8217;s vitality as we enter 2009 is attested by six strong candidates vying to be chairman. Ken Blackwell of Ohio, a longtime personal friend and ally, is my pick for the choice that will be made by 168 members of the Republican National Committee at the end of January. Blackwell is a time-tested [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nine lessons from my CD-2 race</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2008/12/02/nine-lessons-from-my-cd-2-race/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2008/12/02/nine-lessons-from-my-cd-2-race/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Starin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/2008/12/02/nine-lessons-from-my-cd-2-race/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Needless to say, 2008 was not a good year for Republicans. Our nation faced major financial and energy crises brought on by direct actions and inactions of Democrats in Congress. Not only did Republicans fail to capitalize on these issues, but we were defeated at nearly every level. It is easy to try to lay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>12 reasons I&#8217;m a Republican</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2008/11/20/12-reasons-im-a-republican/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2008/11/20/12-reasons-im-a-republican/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Phelps</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/2008/11/20/12-reasons-im-a-republican/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Editor: Ron Phelps sent this to newspapers before the election. With the GOP&#8217;s identity crisis, it&#8217;s needed now more than ever. 1. I believe people should be guaranteed equal rights, not equal things. 2. I think making decisions locally is better than having Washington politicians or bureaucrats make them for me. 3. I think a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A GOP district captain&#8217;s lament</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2008/11/07/a-g/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2008/11/07/a-g/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The reasons for Republican losses this year and the steps we need to take to rebuild are extensive. Start with the average voter. He or she does not care about (or honestly understand) ideology. Trying to appeal to the average voter with arguments about Adam Smith’s view of government and socialism etc. will likely get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New habits for the GOP</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2008/11/06/new-habits-for-the-go/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2008/11/06/new-habits-for-the-go/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Denver Post, Nov. 9) “Seek first to understand, then to be understood.” Did I hear that from Hallmark, my mom, or in Sunday school? Turns out the words are from Stephen R. Covey’s self-help classic on good habits. They hit me on election night. My Republican party needs self-help if anyone ever did. Some of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bait &amp; switch by both parties</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Hummel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those of us who have been through a few election cycles know that nothing really ever changes. Candidates make feel-good promises that could never really be implemented without some sort of consequence, and yet we buy into it, follow the hype, buddy up to our candidate and hammer in those yard signs. It seems both [...]]]></description>
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