<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>Obama: World wants to see U.S. lead : 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>61120</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/61120/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Obama: World wants to see U.S. lead]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sen. Barack Obama said Thursday that the most important thing he could achieve as president would be to deal with Iraq and the threat of al Qaeda in Afghanistan while improving &quot;our <b>influence</b> around the world.&quot;<br/><br/>This is where Obama's foreign policy starts to look like W's.]]></description><comments>18</comments><score>104</score><crdate>5/8/2008 5:50:10 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-08T17:50:10+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>65970</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/65970/1/</url><title><![CDATA[The Truth About Barack Obama]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rather than restate untruths about Obama, the campaign would do better to start some rumors of its own.<br/><br/>Such as: Barack Obama wears a FLAG PIN at all times. Even in the shower. <br/><br/>and: There's only one artist on Barack Obama's iPod: FRANCIS SCOTT KEY.]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>232</score><crdate>6/19/2008 4:25:11 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-06-19T16:25:11+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>59538</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/59538/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Both Clinton, Obama Claim Popular Lead]]></title><description><![CDATA[If numbers don't lie, the Democratic presidential race is proving they can confuse: Both campaigns claim they are ahead in the popular vote.<br/><br/>Technically Hillary <i><b>does</i></b> have more votes, they just have been thrown out.  Plus, caucuses don't report numbers, though that would tend to help Obama]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>44</score><crdate>4/24/2008 12:51:55 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-24T12:51:55+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>81084</id><url>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/81084/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Super Obama World]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you loved the old Super Mario World, and you like Barack Obama, you&#8217;ll love Super Obama World game.]]></description><comments>10</comments><score>394</score><crdate>11/5/2008 9:17:37 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-11-05T09:17:37+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>71050</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/71050/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Obama changes his mind (again) and refuses to do town meetings]]></title><description><![CDATA[May: &quot;If John McCain wants to meet me anywhere, anytime to have a debate about our respective policies in Iraq, Iran, the Middle East or around the world, that is a conversation I&#8217;m happy to have...&quot;<br/><br/>August: &quot;Obama is reluctant to take chances or give McCain a high-profile stage now that Obama is ahead in the polls.&quot;]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>73</score><crdate>8/3/2008 12:05:19 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-08-03T12:05:19+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>60215</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/60215/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Obama, the Candidate of Shadows]]></title><description><![CDATA[Throughout his campaign Barack Obama has mocked his critics, noting that they just don't get what a novel figure and consistent unifier he has been for his whole life. &quot;They say: We don't know enough about him. His pastor once said something. He's got a funny name, sounds Muslim.&quot;]]></description><comments>7</comments><score>23</score><crdate>4/30/2008 8:10:33 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-30T20:10:33+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>72410</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/72410/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton will get nomination chance]]></title><description><![CDATA[A deal has been brokered between Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton that will allow Clinton's name to be placed in nomination at next week's Democratic nominating convention.<br/><br/>Party unity????]]></description><comments>15</comments><score>335</score><crdate>8/14/2008 6:08:49 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-08-14T18:08:49+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>80659</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/80659/1/</url><title><![CDATA[If Iraqis Could Vote It Would Be For McCain]]></title><description><![CDATA[The personal qualities and political platforms of McCain and his Democrat rival Barack Obama are of little import to Ali, however. His focus is on Iraq and its neighbours such as Iran.<br/><br/>&quot;The Iranians believe that if Obama is elected he will not take action against them despite their nuclear ambitions. That worries me,&quot; said Ali...]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>2</score><crdate>10/30/2008 8:32:12 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-10-30T20:32:12+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>58407</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/58407/1/</url><title><![CDATA[What Clinton Wishes She Could Say]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why, ask many Democrats and media commentators, won&#8217;t Hillary Rodham Clinton see the long odds against her, put her own ambitions aside, and gracefully embrace Barack Obama as the inevitable Democratic nominee?<br/><br/>Here is why: She and Bill Clinton both devoutly believe that Obama&#8217;s likely victory is a disaster-in-waiting. Naive Democrats just don&#8217;t see it.]]></description><comments>12</comments><score>54</score><crdate>4/15/2008 8:29:08 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-15T20:29:08+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>81189</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/81189/1/</url><title><![CDATA[What Obama's Next Steps Should Be on Health Care, Transportation, Iraq and More]]></title><description><![CDATA[The most important thing for incoming Obama policy makers to remember right now is that, while Obamacare is a fine step in the right direction, they shouldn't be shy about using the words &quot;single payer.&quot;]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>2</score><crdate>11/6/2008 8:41:11 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-11-06T08:41:11+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>58115</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/58115/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Obama struggles to fight back against criticism of his &quot;badly worded&quot; comments]]></title><description><![CDATA[&quot;I expected this out of John McCain,&quot; Obama said in desperation. &quot;But I've got to say, I'm a little disappointed when I start hearing the exact same talking points coming out of my Democratic colleague Hillary Clinton. She knows better.&quot;]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>43</score><crdate>4/13/2008 11:48:55 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-13T23:48:55+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>79125</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/79125/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Obama tried to sway Iraqis on Bush deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Obama secretly tried to sway Iraqi government to ignore Bush deal on keeping troops in Iraq<br/><br/>Reported by the Washington Times]]></description><comments>15</comments><score>92</score><crdate>10/9/2008 10:48:47 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-10-09T22:48:47+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>50077</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/50077/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Clinton Shuffles Staff to Thwart Obama]]></title><description><![CDATA[As she struggles to blunt Barack Obama's growing momentum, Democrat Hillary Clinton shuffled the top of her campaign staff on Sunday ahead of this week's U.S. presidential nominating contests, while Republican John McCain's march hit a few bumps in the road.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>124</score><crdate>2/10/2008 8:39:48 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-10T20:39:48+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>78705</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/78705/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Palin, Obama lead in election-related spam]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sen. Barack Obama and Gov. Sarah Palin are both winners when it comes to spam.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>39</score><crdate>10/4/2008 11:30:13 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-10-04T23:30:13+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>80870</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/80870/1/</url><title><![CDATA['I Would Make A Bad President,' Obama Says In Huge Campaign Blunder]]></title><description><![CDATA[&quot;I think Sen. Obama may have opened up a slight window for John McCain here,&quot; New York Times reporter David Sanger said during Wednesday's taping of Charlie Rose. &quot;If the McCain camp can find some way to exploit this miscue, it could have the potential to be a real game-changer.&quot;]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>34</score><crdate>11/2/2008 2:16:10 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-11-02T14:16:10+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>50300</id><url>http://www.plime.com/arts/l/50300/1/</url><title><![CDATA[If Obama and Hillary had a lovechild]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meowza strikes again! This time, with a video showing a mating between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, (made entirely in Aviary).]]></description><comments>8</comments><score>634</score><crdate>2/12/2008 5:33:27 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-12T17:33:27+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>64302</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/64302/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Jimmy Carter tells Barack Obama not to pick Hillary Clinton as running mate]]></title><description><![CDATA[&quot;I think it would be the worst mistake that could be made,&quot; said Carter. &quot;That would just accumulate the negative aspects of both candidates.&quot;]]></description><comments>19</comments><score>163</score><crdate>6/4/2008 3:46:41 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-06-04T15:46:41+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>29964</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/29964/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Pakistan slams 'ignorant' Obama ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Obama warned Wednesday that if he is elected president, he would order US forces to hit extremist targets on Pakistan's frontier with Afghanistan if embattled military ruler President Pervez Musharraf failed to act.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>-11</score><crdate>8/2/2007 4:15:10 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-08-02T16:15:10+01:00</atomdate></link></items></xml>