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      <title>Big test for GOP: will party leaders do the right thing on gay marriage? | James Richardson</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:25:50 GMT</pubDate>
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        <media:description>Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum addresses CPAC 2013. He is urging the GOP to maintain its anti-same-sex marriage platform. Photograph: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP</media:description>
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        <media:description>Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum addresses CPAC 2013. He is urging the GOP to maintain its anti-same-sex marriage platform. Photograph: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP</media:description>
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        <media:description>Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum addresses CPAC 2013. He is urging the GOP to maintain its anti-same-sex marriage platform. Photograph: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP</media:description>
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      <dc:creator>James Richardson</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-04-12T17:25:50Z</dc:date>
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      <title>How Mitt Romney's historic debate confounded political science convention | James Richardson</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:26:38 GMT</pubDate>
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        <media:description>Another baby receives the Mitt Romney blessing in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters</media:description>
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        <media:description>Another baby receives the Mitt Romney blessing in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters</media:description>
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        <media:description>Another baby receives the Mitt Romney blessing in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters</media:description>
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      <dc:creator>James Richardson</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-10-10T14:26:38Z</dc:date>
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      <title>America has moved on from Romney's Mormonism | James Richardson</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:00:02 GMT</pubDate>
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        <media:description>The three leading candidates in the Republican presidential contest comprise two Catholics (Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich) and a Mormon, Mitt Romney. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters</media:description>
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        <media:description>The three leading candidates in the Republican presidential contest comprise two Catholics (Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich) and a Mormon, Mitt Romney. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters</media:description>
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        <media:description>The three leading candidates in the Republican presidential contest comprise two Catholics (Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich) and a Mormon, Mitt Romney. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters</media:description>
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      <dc:creator>James Richardson</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-03-08T14:00:02Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Haley Barbour, the GOP's best candidate not to run | James Richardson</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <media:description>Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, appearing in 2010 with President Obama to speak about the relief effort in Gulf states after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Barbour announced Monday that he would not be seeking the Republican nomination to challenge for the presidency in 2012. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images</media:description>
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        <media:description>Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, appearing in 2010 with President Obama to speak about the relief effort in Gulf states after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Barbour announced Monday that he would not be seeking the Republican nomination to challenge for the presidency in 2012. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images</media:description>
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        <media:description>Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, appearing in 2010 with President Obama to speak about the relief effort in Gulf states after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Barbour announced Monday that he would not be seeking the Republican nomination to challenge for the presidency in 2012. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images</media:description>
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      <dc:creator>James Richardson</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2011-04-26T17:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>WikiLeaks' collateral damage in Zimbabwe | James Richardson</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <media:description>Zimbabwe's PM Morgan Tsvangirai faces a treason inquiry after the Guardian's publication of a US embassy cable via WikiLeaks revealed his talks with US embassy officials about possible sanctions. Photograph: Alexander Joe/AFP/Getty Images</media:description>
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        <media:description>Zimbabwe's PM Morgan Tsvangirai faces a treason inquiry after the Guardian's publication of a US embassy cable via WikiLeaks revealed his talks with US embassy officials about possible sanctions. Photograph: Alexander Joe/AFP/Getty Images</media:description>
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        <media:description>Zimbabwe's PM Morgan Tsvangirai faces a treason inquiry after the Guardian's publication of a US embassy cable via WikiLeaks revealed his talks with US embassy officials about possible sanctions. Photograph: Alexander Joe/AFP/Getty Images</media:description>
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      <dc:creator>James Richardson</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2011-01-03T19:00:00Z</dc:date>
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