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	<title>Presidential Power &#187; oil spill</title>
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		<title>Why Obama Should Not Sweat the &#8220;Little Spills&#8221; (and Politically,  They Are All Little Spills)</title>
		<link>http://sites.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower/2010/06/19/why-obama-should-not-sweat-the-little-spills-and-politically-they-are-all-little-spills/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 16:43:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Dickinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The relatively disappointing reaction to Obama’s prime time Oval Office address, against the backdrop of BP CEO Tony Hayward’s Sergeant Schulz-like testimony (“I see nothing! I hear nothing!”) before a congressional committee, and the seemingly nonstop coverage of the spill &#8230; <a href="http://sites.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower/2010/06/19/why-obama-should-not-sweat-the-little-spills-and-politically-they-are-all-little-spills/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Do This! Do That! And Nothing Will Happen&#8230;Why Obama Should Not Have Given Tuesday&#8217;s Speech</title>
		<link>http://sites.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower/2010/06/17/do-this-do-that-and-nothing-will-happen-why-obama-should-not-have-given-tuesdays-speech/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Dickinson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[limits on power]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama made his first prime-time Oval Office address last Tuesday, to decidedly mixed reviews. Some of his most usually stalwart defenders, like Keith Olbermann and Chris (“My Leg Isn’t Tingling”) Matthews this time were not impressed.  For the most part, &#8230; <a href="http://sites.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower/2010/06/17/do-this-do-that-and-nothing-will-happen-why-obama-should-not-have-given-tuesdays-speech/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why the Minerals Management Service Should Not Be Blamed for the Oil Spill</title>
		<link>http://sites.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower/2010/05/31/why-the-minerals-management-service-should-not-be-blamed-for-the-oil-spill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 18:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Dickinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not surprisingly, the Gulf  Oil spill has prompted the media to shine a spotlight on the Mineral Management Service (MMS), the government agency responsible for issuing permits allowing oil companies to drill in federally-owned waters.  Stories such as this one &#8230; <a href="http://sites.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower/2010/05/31/why-the-minerals-management-service-should-not-be-blamed-for-the-oil-spill/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Blame, Baby, Blame! The Politics of the Oil Spill</title>
		<link>http://sites.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower/2010/05/26/blame-baby-blame-the-politics-of-the-oil-spill/</link>
		<comments>http://sites.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower/2010/05/26/blame-baby-blame-the-politics-of-the-oil-spill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 15:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Dickinson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[oil spill]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When bad things happen, Mother Politics abhors a vacuum. Somebody has to take the blame, fairly or not.  Usually it is the person ostensibly “in charge.”   So it is with the Gulf oil spill.  As President and “CEO” of the &#8230; <a href="http://sites.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower/2010/05/26/blame-baby-blame-the-politics-of-the-oil-spill/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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