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		<title>No, Partisan Polarization Is NOT The New Normal</title>
		<link>http://sites.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower/2012/08/19/no-partisan-polarization-is-not-the-new-normal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2012 17:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Dickinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In still another manifestation of a familiar media theme, a front page article in yesterday&#8217;s Washington Post proclaims: “Partisan polarization now presents a potentially insurmountable barrier to governing for whomever wins the White House in ... <a href="http://sites.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower/2012/08/19/no-partisan-polarization-is-not-the-new-normal/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[In still another manifestation of a familiar media theme, a front page article in yesterday&#8217;s Washington Post proclaims: “Partisan polarization now presents a potentially insurmountable barrier to governing for whomever wins the White House in November.”  Drawing on results from &#8230; <a href="http://sites.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower/2012/08/19/no-partisan-polarization-is-not-the-new-normal/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Of Course The Electorate Is Highly Polarized! (Not)</title>
		<link>http://sites.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower/2012/08/10/of-course-the-electorate-is-highly-polarized-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 21:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Dickinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m posting at the Economist&#8217;s Democracy in America site today, with an article examining the evidence for whether the American electorate is, as Kevin Drum and other pundits would have us believe, extremely polarized along partisan lines. ... <a href="http://sites.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower/2012/08/10/of-course-the-electorate-is-highly-polarized-not/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[I&#8217;m posting at the Economist&#8217;s Democracy in America site today, with an article examining the evidence for whether the American electorate is, as Kevin Drum and other pundits would have us believe, extremely polarized along partisan lines. The short answer, &#8230; <a href="http://sites.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower/2012/08/10/of-course-the-electorate-is-highly-polarized-not/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></content:encoded>
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