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	<title>Sheila Kennedy &#187; GOP</title>
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	<description>Thinking about Liberty</description>
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		<title>Looking Backward</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/05/looking-backward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 16:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2796</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In 1980, I won the Republican primary for what was then Indiana’s Eleventh Congressional District, defeating three opponents. I was pro-choice and on record supporting equal rights for gays and lesbians (same-sex marriage was not yet an issue), positions that were consistent with the generally libertarian Republicanism of the day. Indeed, my loss to Andy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doubling Down</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/04/doubling-down/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/04/doubling-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 12:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Priebus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Walker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war on women]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2657</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Chair of the National Republican Party pooh-poohs the notion that his party is waging a war on women&#8211;next, he says, the Democrats will accuse the GOP of a war on caterpillars. How silly, how over-the-top! Just another one of those politically-motivated charges that are thrown around during a campaign season. At virtually the same [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fifty-One Percent</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/03/fifty-one-percent/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/03/fifty-one-percent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 15:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Policy and Governance]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2623</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a recent New York Times column, Gail Collins observed “the thing that makes our current politics particularly awful isn’t procedural. It’s that the Republican Party has become over-the-top extreme.” She left out “mean-spirited and patriarchal.” I was an active Republican for 35 years, but the party I belonged to no longer exists. There is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speaking of Gushers&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/03/speaking-of-gushers/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/03/speaking-of-gushers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:31:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[big oil]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2615</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[American taxpayers subsidize the giant oil companies to the tune of 4 billion dollars a year. The American tax code contains a variety of provisions that make oil production one of the most heavily subsidized businesses in the country, with tax breaks available at virtually every stage of the exploration and extraction process. According to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Essential Reading</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/essential-reading/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/essential-reading/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Brooks]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hatch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning&#8217;s column by David Brooks is a dead-on accurate description of what has happened to the GOP. I was going to excerpt a paragraph, but I couldn&#8217;t decide which one, because Brooks goes from pointed observation to perfect analogy and back. (He notes that the primaries haven&#8217;t been about policy differences; rather, they&#8217;ve been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Translating Anecdote into Data</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/translating-anecdote-into-data/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/translating-anecdote-into-data/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2444</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s an old academic adage that reminds researchers &#8220;the plural of anecdote is not data.&#8221; It&#8217;s a worthwhile caution against drawing too broad a conclusion from one or two examples. This caution came to mind last night at my grandson&#8217;s tenth birthday party . (This was the one for family&#8211;I am very grateful that my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irony-Challenged Santorum</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/irony-challenged-santorum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Religious Liberty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contraception]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2436</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the dust-up over contraceptive coverage, Rick Santorum&#8211;along with a number of other GOP (male) elected officials&#8211;has condemned the Obama administration&#8217;s &#8220;assault&#8221; on &#8220;religious liberty.&#8221; This charge has produced some truly ludicrous moments; yesterday, for example, the news was filled with photos depicting the witnesses at a trumped-up congressional hearing into the pernicious effects on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remembrance of Things Past</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/remembrance-of-things-past/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/remembrance-of-things-past/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1956 platform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gingrich]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2402</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Republican candidates for President continue to appeal to the current GOP base with what passes for policy in the party these days: Romney has just promised to cut funding for the arts by half; Santorum promises not just a constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage, but also to retroactively &#8220;annul&#8221; those marriages that have already [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Couldn&#8217;t Have Said It Better</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/i-couldnt-have-said-it-better/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/i-couldnt-have-said-it-better/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Norman Ornstein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political process]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2330</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every so often, someone will come across my first book&#8211;&#8221;What&#8217;s a Nice Republican Girl Like Me Doing at the ACLU?&#8221;&#8211;and will express surprise that I was once a Republican. That happened the other day, and I tried to explain how different the party I belonged to for so long&#8211;35 years!&#8211;was from the party they see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What He Said</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/what-he-said/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/what-he-said/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Policy and Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2328</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A relatively simple statement from the President&#8217;s State of the Union speech last night deserves emphasis. After reminding Americans of the economic situation when he assumed office, when the country was bleeding jobs and reeling from the collapse of the housing bubble, Obama reported &#8220;In the last 22 months, businesses have created more than three [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Kind of Polarization?</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/another-kind-of-polarization/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/another-kind-of-polarization/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Brooks]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2320</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a column justt before the South Carolina primary, David Brooks relayed a number of conversations with Republican primary voters. His treatment of them was what one might expect of the always civil Brooks&#8211;sympathetic and respectful. But one line in particular struck me.  After commenting on the nostalgia expressed by several voters, Brooks noted that such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raining on Indianapolis&#8217; Parade</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/raining-on-indianapolis-parade/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/raining-on-indianapolis-parade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2303</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t care for sports&#8211;especially football&#8211;and I wasn&#8217;t all that thrilled when Indianapolis won the right to host the Super Bowl. But you would have to be even more testosterone-challenged than I am not to recognize the benefits to our City that come with the selection: the local infrastructure improvements, the civic spirit, the amount [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wrong is Wrong</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/12/wrong-is-wrong/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/12/wrong-is-wrong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2177</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since the election of Barack Obama, the GOP&#8211;aka &#8220;the party of no&#8221;&#8211;has shown impressive discipline, putting party orthodoxy ahead of both the common good and, frequently, sanity. The Democrats, on the other hand, have happily confirmed Will Rogers&#8217; great line: &#8220;I&#8217;m not a member of any organized political party; I&#8217;m a Democrat.&#8221; The left wing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Don&#8217;t Get It</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/12/i-dont-get-it/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/12/i-dont-get-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2147</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a pretty robust public debate&#8211;in which I&#8217;ve engaged&#8211;about the refusal of congressional Republicans to even consider raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans. That debate has centered around the practicality and morality of their position: practically, government needs the revenue that would be raised by what would historically be considered a very minimal raise in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More GOP Insanity</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/11/more-gop-insanity/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/11/more-gop-insanity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 13:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Criminal Justice]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2106</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in the Ice Age, when I was still Republican, the GOP used to be a party of grown-ups. It is painful to watch what has become of the Grand Old Party&#8211;and even more painful to see what it&#8217;s doing to the country. Neil Pierce&#8217;s current column is yet another example.  As he reports, &#8220;There’s [...]]]></description>
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