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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The <em>New York Times</em> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/opinion/sunday/washington-is-stuck-but-hes-getting-out.html?partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss" target="_blank">took a look</a> at retiring Congressman Gary Ackerman's career, which he began as a “bright and bushy-tailed liberal."</p>
<p>The beverage industry <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/02/nyregion/in-fight-against-nyc-soda-ban-industry-focuses-on-personal-choice.html?pagewanted=all" target="_blank">is launching a campaign</a> against Mayor Bloomberg's soda restrictions.</p>
<p>Grace Meng <a href="Grace Meng alluded &quot;over focus on race and religion&quot; " target="_blank">alluded to an "over focus on race and religion"</a> in Dan Halloran's past race.</p>
<p>Kirsten Gillibrand <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/long_road_to_november_BgFzjzz9AlKzVkwe6k5i9N" target="_blank">may be exaggerating</a> the threat Wendy Long poses.</p>
<p>Gatemouth thinks both sides of  NY-7 <a href="http://www.r8ny.com/blog/gatemouth/the_gateway_race_aroni_edition.html" target="_blank">are exaggerating their share</a> of the Hasidic vote.</p>
<p><!--more-->Dan O'Connor said <a href="http://www.danoconnor2012.com/2012/06/30/after-a-long-journey/" target="_blank">he would have won</a>, if only his campaign were better funded and better run.</p>
<p>The <em>Daily News</em> <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/brooklyn-da-charles-hynes-explain-office-flubbed-sex-slave-case-article-1.1105151" target="_blank">is troubled</a> by another one of  Charles Hynes' "flubbed" cases.</p>
<p>That same publication <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/teachers-union-president-michael-mulgrew-denies-kids-a-chance-success-article-1.1105161" target="_blank">still doesn't like</a> Michael Mulgrew.</p>
<p>Goldman Sachs <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/nyregion/its-a-goldman-world-in-battery-park-city.html?hp" target="_blank">transformed</a> Battery Park City.</p>
<p>The FBI <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nypd-detective-caught-red-handed-fbi-cops-breaking-long-island-home-eyed-new-york-city-capers-article-1.1102285" target="_blank">is investigating</a> whether an NYPD detective moonlighted as a burglar.</p>
<p>Angus King's Independent bid for the U.S. Senate <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/us/politics/former-gov-angus-king-leads-maine-senate-race.html?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss" target="_blank">is rather complicated</a>.</p>
<p>The Supreme Court has often been <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/us/supreme-courts-recent-term-a-new-phase.html?ref=politics" target="_blank">surprisingly united and assertive</a> in recent years.</p>
<p>Their health care ruling <a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_HEALTH_CARE_LEGACY?SITE=TNJAC&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT" target="_blank">was a transforming moment</a> for President Obama's legacy.</p>
<p>Obama's attacks on Bain Capital <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/us/politics/bain-attacks-make-inroads-for-president.html?_r=1&amp;hp" target="_blank">are working</a>.</p>
<p>He's <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0612/78036.html" target="_blank">investing quite a bit</a> in Spanish-language ads.</p>
<p>The Tea Party <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/29/politics/obamacare-tea-party-reaction/index.html" target="_blank">still isn't enthused</a> with Mitt Romney.</p>
<p>Rupert Murdoch said Romney <a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/07/murdoch-hits-romney-he-need-a-new-team-127810.html" target="_blank">needs a new team</a>.</p>
<p>Mitt Romney's vacations <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mitt-romneys-summer-vacation-full-of-competitive-sports-and-family-meetings/2012/06/30/gJQAsDFDEW_story.html" target="_blank">feature the "Romney Olympics,"</a> and as the <em>Washington Post</em> describes the sport, "But after Mitt once nearly finished last, behind a daughter-in-law who had given birth to her second child a couple of months earlier, the ultra-competitive and self-described unathletic patriarch expanded the games to give himself a better shot."</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The <em>New York Times</em> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/opinion/sunday/washington-is-stuck-but-hes-getting-out.html?partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss" target="_blank">took a look</a> at retiring Congressman Gary Ackerman's career, which he began as a “bright and bushy-tailed liberal."</p>
<p>The beverage industry <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/02/nyregion/in-fight-against-nyc-soda-ban-industry-focuses-on-personal-choice.html?pagewanted=all" target="_blank">is launching a campaign</a> against Mayor Bloomberg's soda restrictions.</p>
<p>Grace Meng <a href="Grace Meng alluded &quot;over focus on race and religion&quot; " target="_blank">alluded to an "over focus on race and religion"</a> in Dan Halloran's past race.</p>
<p>Kirsten Gillibrand <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/long_road_to_november_BgFzjzz9AlKzVkwe6k5i9N" target="_blank">may be exaggerating</a> the threat Wendy Long poses.</p>
<p>Gatemouth thinks both sides of  NY-7 <a href="http://www.r8ny.com/blog/gatemouth/the_gateway_race_aroni_edition.html" target="_blank">are exaggerating their share</a> of the Hasidic vote.</p>
<p><!--more-->Dan O'Connor said <a href="http://www.danoconnor2012.com/2012/06/30/after-a-long-journey/" target="_blank">he would have won</a>, if only his campaign were better funded and better run.</p>
<p>The <em>Daily News</em> <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/brooklyn-da-charles-hynes-explain-office-flubbed-sex-slave-case-article-1.1105151" target="_blank">is troubled</a> by another one of  Charles Hynes' "flubbed" cases.</p>
<p>That same publication <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/teachers-union-president-michael-mulgrew-denies-kids-a-chance-success-article-1.1105161" target="_blank">still doesn't like</a> Michael Mulgrew.</p>
<p>Goldman Sachs <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/nyregion/its-a-goldman-world-in-battery-park-city.html?hp" target="_blank">transformed</a> Battery Park City.</p>
<p>The FBI <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nypd-detective-caught-red-handed-fbi-cops-breaking-long-island-home-eyed-new-york-city-capers-article-1.1102285" target="_blank">is investigating</a> whether an NYPD detective moonlighted as a burglar.</p>
<p>Angus King's Independent bid for the U.S. Senate <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/us/politics/former-gov-angus-king-leads-maine-senate-race.html?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss" target="_blank">is rather complicated</a>.</p>
<p>The Supreme Court has often been <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/us/supreme-courts-recent-term-a-new-phase.html?ref=politics" target="_blank">surprisingly united and assertive</a> in recent years.</p>
<p>Their health care ruling <a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_HEALTH_CARE_LEGACY?SITE=TNJAC&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT" target="_blank">was a transforming moment</a> for President Obama's legacy.</p>
<p>Obama's attacks on Bain Capital <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/us/politics/bain-attacks-make-inroads-for-president.html?_r=1&amp;hp" target="_blank">are working</a>.</p>
<p>He's <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0612/78036.html" target="_blank">investing quite a bit</a> in Spanish-language ads.</p>
<p>The Tea Party <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/29/politics/obamacare-tea-party-reaction/index.html" target="_blank">still isn't enthused</a> with Mitt Romney.</p>
<p>Rupert Murdoch said Romney <a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/07/murdoch-hits-romney-he-need-a-new-team-127810.html" target="_blank">needs a new team</a>.</p>
<p>Mitt Romney's vacations <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mitt-romneys-summer-vacation-full-of-competitive-sports-and-family-meetings/2012/06/30/gJQAsDFDEW_story.html" target="_blank">feature the "Romney Olympics,"</a> and as the <em>Washington Post</em> describes the sport, "But after Mitt once nearly finished last, behind a daughter-in-law who had given birth to her second child a couple of months earlier, the ultra-competitive and self-described unathletic patriarch expanded the games to give himself a better shot."</p>
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