<rss version="0.91"><channel><title>McCain Lays Out Vision for First Term : RSS 0.91</title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><item><title>McCain Lays Out Vision for First Term : RSS 0.91</title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/</link><description></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[McCain Lays Out Vision for First Term]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/62016/1/</link><description><![CDATA[McCains plans to have withdrawn nearly all troops from Iraq by the end of his first term.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[McCain vs. Obama: Rasmuessen's Most Recent Report]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/63742/1/</link><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></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obama: World wants to see U.S. lead]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/61120/1/</link><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></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obama changes his mind (again) and refuses to do town meetings]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/71050/1/</link><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></item><item><title><![CDATA[PM outlines plans to keep troops in Iraq]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/26268/1/</link><description><![CDATA[THE Defence Minister today listed the security of the world's oil supply as one of the major reasons for Australia's continuing military presence in Iraq as John Howard spelled out plans to keep troops in the country.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[George Bush Sr to Endorse McCain]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/50759/1/</link><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></item><item><title><![CDATA[McCain Proposes Break in Gas Taxes]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/58376/1/</link><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></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why can't Barack Obama close the deal?]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/59440/1/</link><description><![CDATA[It's a question Hillary Rodham Clinton and her surrogates raised through the last days of the caustic Pennsylvania primary contest. And unfortunately for Obama - who lost to the former first lady by a 10-point margin Tuesday night - it's a question that bears repeating.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[McCain Better Than Obama?]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/66613/1/</link><description><![CDATA[It would seem that some voters think that McCain is better suited to handle the war than Obama. <br/><br/>Thoughts?]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Private contractors outnumber U.S. troops in Iraq]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/29450/1/</link><description><![CDATA[More than 180,000 civilians &#8212; including Americans, foreigners and Iraqis &#8212; are working in Iraq under U.S. contracts,]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iraq war has 26 percent chance of success, University's statistical system predicts]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/23529/1/</link><description><![CDATA['Mission creep' in the Iraq conflict has dropped US chances of success from 70 percent to 26 percent, says a University of Georgia researcher. The predictions were made by a statistical system that has been accurate in 80 percent of former conflicts, said assistant professor Patricia L. Sullivan. The same approach gave a 93% chance of success for the first Iraq War in 1991.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Searching For A New American Policy For Iraq]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/62707/1/</link><description><![CDATA[retired CIA station chief and head of the Agency's counterterrorism staff examines the Bush administration's Iraq policy and finds that it cannot be successful. He calls for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, a &#8220;complete change&#8221; in U.S. goals and tactics in the Middle East, and rebuilding bridges to allies.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iraq: 9 U.S. soldiers killed by car bomb ]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/17648/1/</link><description><![CDATA[In one of the deadliest attacks on American ground forces since the Iraq war started more than four years ago, a suicide car bomber struck a patrol base northeast of Baghdad and killed nine U.S. soldiers and wounded 20.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Has McCain Been Spreading His Love?]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/51568/1/</link><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></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obama: Don't Stay in Iraq Over Genocide]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/28137/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said Thursday the United States cannot use its military to solve humanitarian problems and that preventing a potential genocide in Iraq isn't a good enough reason to keep U.S. forces there.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Both Clinton, Obama Claim Popular Lead]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/59538/1/</link><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></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michael Yon - Current Operations in Iraq]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/24660/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Michael Yon reports from Baqubah where operation Arrowhead Ripper is taking place. Embedded with the US military in combat operations, Michael Yon provides a first person perspective on Iraq - the good, the bad and the ugly.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[McCain: Cutting taxes more important than balanced budget]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/59039/1/</link><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></item><item><title><![CDATA[McCain VS McCain]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/55724/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Without any opposition, McCain is left with no one to debate but himself.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservatives Claim Obama Is &#8216;So Bad For The Economy,&#8217; While Wall Street Donates More To Obama]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/72546/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Conservatives have been trying to frighten investors about the prospects of a Barack Obama presidency. <br/><br/>Wall Street however, disagrees, and is donating more to Obama&#8217;s campaign than to the campaign of Sen. John McCain]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[NYT Rejects  McCains Editorial; Should 'Mirror' Obama]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69607/1/</link><description><![CDATA[An editorial written by Republican presidential hopeful McCain has been rejected by the NEW YORK TIMES -- less than a week after the paper published an essay written by Obama...<br/><br/><i>This broke yesterday, and will be part of this week's &quot;big story.&quot;</i>]]></description></item></channel></rss>