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	<title>Bearing Drift: Virginia&#039;s Conservative Voice &#187; JR Hoeft</title>
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	<itunes:summary>News and commentary about politics from Virginia&#039;s Conservative Voice!</itunes:summary>
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		<title>Bob McDonnell at CPAC</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently Virginia's governor made quite the impression across the Potomac in DC.  Here is Gov. McDonnell's speech to this year's premier conservative convention.]]></description>
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		<title>Kaine&#8217;s campaign &#8220;doesn&#8217;t rely on special interests&#8221;?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike Henry, campaign manager for Tim Kaine for U.S. Senate, mailed out a campaign email this afternoon that caught my attention.]]></description>
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		<title>Santorum Sweep: former Senator wins Colorado, Missouri and Minnesota</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum handily won caucuses in Colorado (36 delegates) and Minnesota (40 delegates) Feb. 7, stunning the Florida victor and winner of 3 of the first 5 GOP nomination votes, Mitt Romney.]]></description>
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		<title>Oysters continue their recovery in Virginia</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good news for those who enjoy Virginia oysters - and for those that harvest them: the harvest has skyrocketed over the past 10 years, and has grown more profitable.]]></description>
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		<title>Former 4th District Congressman Bob Daniel dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Virginian-Pilot is reporting that former five-term congressman Bob Daniel died yesterday of a heart attack at the age of 75.]]></description>
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		<title>Super Bowl Commercial Open Thread</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eli Manning v. Tom Brady.  Yawn.  The true measure of Super Bowl super-ness is the commercials.]]></description>
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		<title>Rigell proposes comprehensive energy legislation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Government reform.  Donating 15% of his check to pay down the debt.  Now, a comprehensive energy policy, to include how to deal with wind, oil, and natural gas energy off the coast. Congressman Scott Rigell's been kind of busy the last two weeks.]]></description>
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		<title>Republicans did not cause Geary to commit suicide</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Politics is not for the faint of heart.]]></description>
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		<title>McDonnell criticizes Gingrich over attacks on Romney&#8217;s character</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gingrich attacks on Romney's character gets a response from Governor McDonnell.]]></description>
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		<title>Bearing Drift Magazine &#8211; February 2012 &#8211; Vol. III, Issue 1</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2012/01/27/bearing-drift-magazine-february-2012-vol-iii-issue-1/</link>
		<comments>http://bearingdrift.com/2012/01/27/bearing-drift-magazine-february-2012-vol-iii-issue-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this issue: Delegate Rob Bell, Americans for Prosperity, and FreedomWorks on what to expect this General Assembly session, the future of School Choice, and where the Tea Party goes from here.]]></description>
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		<title>Lawsuit on congressional redistricting given credence by Richmond Circuit Court over Cuccinelli objections</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2012/01/25/lawsuit-on-congressional-redistricting-given-credence-by-richmond-circuit-court-of-cuccinelli-objections/</link>
		<comments>http://bearingdrift.com/2012/01/25/lawsuit-on-congressional-redistricting-given-credence-by-richmond-circuit-court-of-cuccinelli-objections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JR Hoeft</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If at first you can’t succeed with legislation, try litigation.  At least that’s the motto of the Democrats.]]></description>
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		<title>Podcast reaction to State of the Union from Rep. Rob Wittman</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had the chance to catch up with Congressman Rob Wittman of "America's First District" to talk about the State of the Union and what he heard that was positive for the district and Virginia.]]></description>
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		<title>Reaction to the State of the Union</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reactions from various organizational public figures and Congressmen from tonight's State of the Union Address by President Barack Obama.]]></description>
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		<title>Warner welcomes civil rights leader Harris to DC for State of the Union</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (right) visits with Rev. Curtis Harris, Sr., (left) of Hopewell, Va., in his Capitol Hill office on Tues., Jan. 24, 2012. Rev. Harris, 87, a legendary civil rights figure in Virginia and the first African-American mayor of Hopewell, was Sen. Warner’s invited guest for President Obama’s State of the Union address to Congress.]]></description>
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		<title>Romney delivers State of the Union &#8220;prebuttal&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2012/01/24/romney-delivers-state-of-the-union-prebuttal/</link>
		<comments>http://bearingdrift.com/2012/01/24/romney-delivers-state-of-the-union-prebuttal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boston, MA – Mitt Romney today delivered prebuttal remarks to President Obama’s State of the Union Address in Tampa, Florida. The following remarks were prepared for delivery:]]></description>
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