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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:49:24 GMT--><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Rhodes Cook Blog</title><link>http://rhodescook.com/blog/</link><description></description><lastBuildDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:29:58 +0000</lastBuildDate><copyright></copyright><language>en-US</language><generator>Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)</generator><item><title>It's Caucus Time Again</title><dc:creator>Rhodes Cook</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:29:13 +0000</pubDate><link>http://rhodescook.com/blog/2012/2/3/its-caucus-time-again.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">464071:5230061:14862315</guid><description><![CDATA[For the next week, the Republican presidential campaign will be back where it began a month ago – in the wild and wacky world of the caucuses.]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://rhodescook.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-14862315.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>The Iowa Reversal</title><dc:creator>Rhodes Cook</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:51:41 +0000</pubDate><link>http://rhodescook.com/blog/2012/1/30/the-iowa-reversal.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">464071:5230061:14793706</guid><description><![CDATA[Up and down and all around the 2012 Republican presidential campaign has gone. It has probably been the craziest nominating race in the last generation.]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://rhodescook.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-14793706.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>On the Democratic Side</title><dc:creator>Rhodes Cook</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:02:19 +0000</pubDate><link>http://rhodescook.com/blog/2012/1/22/on-the-democratic-side.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">464071:5230061:14685290</guid><description><![CDATA[Not many trees have been sacrificed to describe this year’s Democratic primary campaign, as Barack Obama is the fourth president in the last four decades to run unopposed for renomination. Running without primary opposition put his three fortunate predecessors on the path to reelection. And for Obama, it is a very considerable asset in his 2012 campaign.]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://rhodescook.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-14685290.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Is the GOP Race Over?</title><dc:creator>Rhodes Cook</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:18:23 +0000</pubDate><link>http://rhodescook.com/blog/2012/1/13/is-the-gop-race-over.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">464071:5230061:14569246</guid><description><![CDATA[There is probably no greater gulf between perception and reality in a presidential campaign than in the opening weeks of the primary season. And that is certainly the case these days in the 2012 Republican contest.]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://rhodescook.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-14569246.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Notes from New Hampshire</title><dc:creator>Rhodes Cook</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:23:48 +0000</pubDate><link>http://rhodescook.com/blog/2012/1/10/notes-from-new-hampshire.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">464071:5230061:14527365</guid><description><![CDATA[One of the benefits of living in the Northeast is that one can easily travel to New Hampshire before the state’s first-in-the-nation primary and take in the wares of the presidential candidates. This past weekend, a friend and former colleague from Congressional Quarterly joined me for our fourth quadrennial trek to the Granite State. We took in rallies for four candidates: Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich. Regretfully, the geographical layout of events ruled out seeing Jon Huntsman.]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://rhodescook.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-14527365.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Iowa Caucuses: 5 Counties to Watch</title><dc:creator>Rhodes Cook</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:17:38 +0000</pubDate><link>http://rhodescook.com/blog/2012/1/3/iowa-caucuses-5-counties-to-watch.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">464071:5230061:14427537</guid><description><![CDATA[Iowa is not a microcosm of America. It is too white and too rural for that. But the vote tonight in the Iowa precinct caucuses will begin to show which Republican candidates run well (or not so well) among a variety of constituencies that will be major participants in the primary balloting to follow.]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://rhodescook.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-14427537.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Anticipating Iowa</title><dc:creator>Rhodes Cook</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:16:15 +0000</pubDate><link>http://rhodescook.com/blog/2012/1/3/anticipating-iowa.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">464071:5230061:14421680</guid><description><![CDATA[If former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney or former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania manages to win the Iowa Republican caucuses Tuesday night, it would be a first.]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://rhodescook.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-14421680.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>It’s “Howard Dean” Time</title><dc:creator>Rhodes Cook</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:25:34 +0000</pubDate><link>http://rhodescook.com/blog/2011/12/15/its-howard-dean-time.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">464071:5230061:14135261</guid><description><![CDATA[About this time eight years ago I was part of a panel in New Hampshire on the topic of the 2004 presidential election.  Although not one primary or caucus had been held, the discussion focused on how the newly minted Democratic front-runner, Howard Dean, would fare in the fall campaign against President George W. Bush.]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://rhodescook.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-14135261.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>For Obama, Good News &amp; Bad News</title><dc:creator>Rhodes Cook</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 20:53:28 +0000</pubDate><link>http://rhodescook.com/blog/2011/11/26/for-obama-good-news-bad-news.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">464071:5230061:13874012</guid><description><![CDATA[As for President Obama these days, there is both good news and bad. The good: the filing deadline has passed for the New Hampshire primary and he has drawn no opposition of note on the Democratic side. It confirms an easy path to renomination for the president that should ultimately brighten his reelection chances.]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://rhodescook.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-13874012.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Gotham Earthquakes</title><dc:creator>Rhodes Cook</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:31:10 +0000</pubDate><link>http://rhodescook.com/blog/2011/9/15/gotham-earthquakes.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">464071:5230061:12856047</guid><description><![CDATA[New York City has by hit by two earthquakes in the last month. The first was of the meteorological sort and registered nearly 6.0 on the Richter scale. The second rumblings Sept. 13 were of the political kind, and came when Republican Bob Turner won a historically Democratic House district anchored in Queens that was formerly represented by Geraldine Ferraro, current  Sen. Charles Schumer, and the recently resigned, ethically-tinged Anthony Weiner.]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://rhodescook.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-12856047.xml</wfw:commentRss></item></channel></rss>
