<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>McCain Lays Out Vision for First Term : 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>62016</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/62016/1/</url><title><![CDATA[McCain Lays Out Vision for First Term]]></title><description><![CDATA[McCains plans to have withdrawn nearly all troops from Iraq by the end of his first term.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>27</score><crdate>5/16/2008 1:27:20 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-16T01:27:20+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>119</score><crdate>5/30/2008 12:39:14 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-30T12:39:14+01:00</atomdate></link><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>100</score><crdate>5/8/2008 5:50:10 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-08T17:50:10+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>118</score><crdate>8/3/2008 12:05:19 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-08-03T12:05:19+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>73276</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/73276/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Troops out by 2012?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Iraq War may become a non-issue very quickly if the deal to withdraw all U.S. troops from Iraq is agreed upon in the coming weeks.]]></description><comments>6</comments><score>151</score><crdate>8/22/2008 3:11:44 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-08-22T15:11:44+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>78603</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/78603/1/</url><title><![CDATA[McCain opposed Bush Iraq policy in '03; why didn't he try to unseat him in '04?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The McCain-Palin ticket has been making much of the fact that the Arizona senator wanted more troops in Iraq as early as 2003. Yet he supported Bush for re-election, wrong-headed Iraq policy and all. He could have done the truly &quot;maverick&quot; thing and tried to unseat Bush so as to improve the execution of the war. He put the interests of the Republican Party over the good of his country.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>29</score><crdate>10/3/2008 6:31:59 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-10-03T06:31:59+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>75366</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/75366/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Bush to bring home 8000 troops from Iraq in February ]]></title><description><![CDATA[One Marine battalion, about 1,000 troops, will go home in November and not be replaced. An Army brigade of around 4,000 troops will leave in February. In addition, about 3,400 support forces will also be removed from Iraq]]></description><comments>11</comments><score>508</score><crdate>9/8/2008 9:25:37 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-09-08T21:25:37+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>26268</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/26268/1/</url><title><![CDATA[PM outlines plans to keep troops in Iraq]]></title><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><comments>0</comments><score>9</score><crdate>7/5/2007 3:25:09 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-07-05T03:25:09+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>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>115</score><crdate>10/9/2008 10:48:47 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-10-09T22:48:47+01:00</atomdate></link><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>67</score><crdate>4/15/2008 1:51:39 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-15T13:51:39+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>59440</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/59440/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Why can't Barack Obama close the deal?]]></title><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><comments>6</comments><score>29</score><crdate>4/23/2008 1:09:55 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-23T13:09:55+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>66613</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/66613/1/</url><title><![CDATA[McCain Better Than Obama?]]></title><description><![CDATA[It would seem that some voters think that McCain is better suited to handle the war than Obama. <br/><br/>Thoughts?]]></description><comments>42</comments><score>222</score><crdate>6/25/2008 8:38:01 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-06-25T08:38:01+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>74721</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/74721/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s 10 Worst Ideas]]></title><description><![CDATA[Obama and McCain have both posited many many great ideas. Of course they can't all be perfect. This week we bring you Obama's 10 worst ideas. Next week we'll bring you McCain's 10 worst ideas. Seems relatively  neutral and unbiased. Looking forward to seeing McCain' list.]]></description><comments>14</comments><score>416</score><crdate>9/3/2008 3:52:57 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-09-03T15:52:57+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>29450</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/29450/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Private contractors outnumber U.S. troops in Iraq]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than 180,000 civilians &#8212; including Americans, foreigners and Iraqis &#8212; are working in Iraq under U.S. contracts,]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>64</score><crdate>7/29/2007 12:16:23 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-07-29T12:16:23+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>24660</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/24660/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Michael Yon - Current Operations in Iraq]]></title><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><comments>0</comments><score>14</score><crdate>6/21/2007 1:55:37 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-06-21T13:55:37+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>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>28137</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/28137/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Obama: Don't Stay in Iraq Over Genocide]]></title><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><comments>0</comments><score>43</score><crdate>7/20/2007 4:53:32 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-07-20T04:53:32+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>62707</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/62707/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Searching For A New American Policy For Iraq]]></title><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><comments>0</comments><score>104</score><crdate>5/21/2008 11:48:29 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-21T23:48:29+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>23529</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/23529/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Iraq war has 26 percent chance of success, University's statistical system predicts]]></title><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><comments>3</comments><score>26</score><crdate>6/12/2007 9:33:10 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-06-12T09:33:10+01:00</atomdate></link></items></xml>