<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>McCain Proposes Break in Gas Taxes : XML WIDGET</title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!</description><language>en-us</language></meta><items><link><id>58376</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/58376/1/</url><title><![CDATA[McCain Proposes Break in Gas Taxes]]></title><description><![CDATA[John McCain wants the federal government to free people from paying gasoline taxes this summer and ensure that college students can secure loans this fall, a pair of proposals aimed at stemming pain from the country's troubled economy.]]></description><comments>23</comments><score>84</score><crdate>4/15/2008 1:51:39 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-15T13:51:39+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>59039</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/59039/1/</url><title><![CDATA[McCain: Cutting taxes more important than balanced budget]]></title><description><![CDATA[Republican John McCain said Sunday that cutting taxes and stimulating the economy are more important than balancing the budget, and accused both Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama of supporting tax hikes that would worsen the impact of a recession.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>-13</score><crdate>4/20/2008 6:45:01 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-20T18:45:01+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>73725</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/73725/1/</url><title><![CDATA[How the candidates will affect your taxes]]></title><description><![CDATA[&quot;According to the Tax Policy Center's findings, the common assumptions most people make about the plans of McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, and Obama, the Democrats' pick, are not wildly off-base.&quot;]]></description><comments>6</comments><score>146</score><crdate>8/26/2008 9:27:21 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-08-26T21:27:21+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>80822</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/80822/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Obama: McCain makes a virtue out of Selfishness]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lower taxes, apparently, is selfishness.]]></description><comments>9</comments><score>32</score><crdate>11/1/2008 2:38:51 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-11-01T14:38:51+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>63742</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/63742/1/</url><title><![CDATA[McCain vs. Obama: Rasmuessen's Most Recent Report]]></title><description><![CDATA[When it comes to the economy, 47% of voters trust John McCain more than Barack Obama. Obama is trusted more by 41%. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey also found that, when it comes to the War in Iraq, McCain is trusted more by 49% of voters. Obama is preferred by 37%. McCain has an even larger edge --53% to 31%--on the broader topic of National Security.]]></description><comments>38</comments><score>-28</score><crdate>5/30/2008 12:39:14 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-30T12:39:14+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>46594</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/46594/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Clinton &amp; McCain Win New Hampshire]]></title><description><![CDATA[The US presidential race has been left wide open after Hillary Clinton and John McCain both rebounded to win victories in the New Hampshire primary.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>113</score><crdate>1/9/2008 4:44:02 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-01-09T16:44:02+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>79556</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/79556/1/</url><title><![CDATA[McCain Talks Economy With Hillary]]></title><description><![CDATA[This was no social call, even though Clinton likes McCain enough to keeps his photo on the wall of her Senate office. The GOP nominee had already chatted with Bill Clinton about the mortgage crisis and wanted to pick the senator&#8217;s brain about her new proposal to have the federal government buy up bad mortgages and renegotiate terms more favorable to homeowners on verge of default.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>45</score><crdate>10/15/2008 5:06:51 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-10-15T17:06:51+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>64268</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/64268/1/</url><title><![CDATA[McCain v. Obama on the Economy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Okay, this article doesn't have pretty pictures or fancy videos, but it does contian some really important information on the economic platforms of our presidential candidates.  If you live in America and plan to vote, please read it (as well as anything else you can find on their platforms).  Please, people, let's not vote either way because of race.  There's much more to it than that.]]></description><comments>19</comments><score>245</score><crdate>6/4/2008 9:46:40 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-06-04T09:46:40+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>55724</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/55724/1/</url><title><![CDATA[McCain VS McCain]]></title><description><![CDATA[Without any opposition, McCain is left with no one to debate but himself.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>29</score><crdate>3/25/2008 11:26:41 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-03-25T23:26:41+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>79962</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/79962/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Obama Opens Double-Digit Lead Over McCain: Poll]]></title><description><![CDATA[Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has opened up a 10-point lead over Republican opponent John McCain two weeks before the November 4 U.S. election, according to Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released on Tuesday.]]></description><comments>7</comments><score>62</score><crdate>10/21/2008 8:27:37 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-10-21T20:27:37+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>80236</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/80236/1/</url><title><![CDATA[McCain, Obama Are `Disingenuous at Best' in Tax Duels ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here's a shocker. Neither party is being 100% honest in their tax plans (even assuming they can get their plan passed by congress)]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>128</score><crdate>10/24/2008 4:27:39 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-10-24T16:27:39+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>50759</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/50759/1/</url><title><![CDATA[George Bush Sr to Endorse McCain]]></title><description><![CDATA[Former President George H.W. Bush will appear with his wife, Barbara, on Monday to showcase their endorsement of Sen. John McCain. A senior campaign official said that the former first couple will attend a rally for McCain and are expected to campaign for him.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>145</score><crdate>2/15/2008 3:19:56 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-15T15:19:56+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>75239</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/75239/1/</url><title><![CDATA[USA Today: McCain up by 10% among likely voters]]></title><description><![CDATA[John McCain up 54% to 44% among likely voters according to a new USA Today poll.<br/><br/>Sarah Palin effect?  Maybe?]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>89</score><crdate>9/7/2008 10:17:45 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-09-07T22:17:45+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>79588</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/79588/1/</url><title><![CDATA[McCain on the attack, Obama unrattled.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The third debate: McCain is on the attack and Obama is cooler than an ice cube.]]></description><comments>20</comments><score>250</score><crdate>10/16/2008 3:02:52 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-10-16T03:02:52+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>79878</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/79878/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Oops! McCain asks Russia's U.N. envoy for money]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the letter, McCain urged Russia's U.N. Ambassador, Vitaly Churkin, to contribute anywhere from $35 to $5,000 to help ensure McCain's victory over Democratic rival Sen. Barack Obama, currently ahead in voter preference polls.]]></description><comments>12</comments><score>1</score><crdate>10/20/2008 6:09:10 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-10-20T18:09:10+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>59132</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/59132/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Obama's Tax Evasion]]></title><description><![CDATA[The parsons of the press corps are furious with Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos of ABC News, which means the pair must have done a pretty good job moderating Wednesday's Democratic debate in Philadelphia. Barack Obama had an off-night, so his media choir wants to shoot the questioners...]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>71</score><crdate>4/21/2008 1:41:43 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-21T13:41:43+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>80230</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/80230/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Muslim McCain Fans Confront Intolerance At Rally]]></title><description><![CDATA[At a John McCain rally in Woodbridge, Virginia, three people handed out &quot;Obama for Change&quot; bumper stickers with the Communist sickle and hammer and the Islamic crescent, saying Obama was a socialist with ties to radical Islam. Several moderate McCain supporters, Muslim and Christian alike, struck back - relentlessly bombarding the group distributing the flyers until they left the premises.]]></description><comments>13</comments><score>420</score><crdate>10/24/2008 3:52:04 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-10-24T15:52:04+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>80565</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/80565/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Obama Fires Back At McCain's Tactics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Barack Obama accused Republican rival John McCain on Wednesday of stooping to low tactics by labeling the Democrat a socialist.]]></description><comments>5</comments><score>146</score><crdate>10/29/2008 7:47:50 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-10-29T19:47:50+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>51568</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/51568/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Has McCain Been Spreading His Love?]]></title><description><![CDATA[NYT has a report on McCain. Among other things is the rumor that McCain has been having an illicit relationship with a lobbyist. McCain's <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/7325896" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">response</a> is denial. More info <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/20/AR2008022002898.html?hpid=topnews" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/21/politics/animal/main3855587.shtml" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>185</score><crdate>2/21/2008 10:19:19 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-21T10:19:19+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>70985</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/70985/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Ludacris bumps Barack Obama, blasts John McCain! What a surprise...]]></title><description><![CDATA[LYRICS: <i>&quot;Hillary hated on you, so that b***h is irrelevant,&quot; &quot;McCain don't belong in ANY chair unless he's paralyzed / Yeah I said it cause Bush is mentally handicapped.&quot;</i><br/><br/>The song notes that Obama has praised Ludacris, and calls on him to <i>&quot;give Luda a special pardon if I'm ever in the slammer.&quot;</i>]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>-26</score><crdate>8/2/2008 12:26:36 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-08-02T12:26:36+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>48306</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/48306/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Clinton, McCain win big endorsements]]></title><description><![CDATA[The New York Times on Thursday endorsed Democratic Sen. <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/25/opinion/25fri1.html?_r=1&amp;oref=slogin" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Hillary Clinton</a> and Republican <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/25/opinion/25fri2.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Sen. John McCain</a> for their party's nominations to contest the U.S. presidential in November.<br/><br/>Linked to Ny Times editoral on each canidate and why they chose them.]]></description><comments>5</comments><score>57</score><crdate>1/25/2008 1:35:47 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-01-25T01:35:47+01:00</atomdate></link></items></xml>