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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Jonathan Bing is <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2012/08/jonathan-bing-leaving-cuomo-admin-to-lobby">becoming a lobbyist. </a></p>
<p>New York’s young Democrats <a href="http://www.nysyd.org/blog/new-york-state-young-democrats-congratulate-democratic-national-committee-for-moving-to-americas-labor-bank-64/">are pleased</a> with a recent DNC banking decision.</p>
<p>Joe Carvin <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2012/08/joe-carvin-goes-up-with-first-radio-spot">launched his first media spot</a>, a radio ad criticizing Nita Lowey on the economy.</p>
<p>Democrats <a href="http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2012/08/6432705/house-republicans-ryan-risk-hes-just-going-roll-right-over-them-kno?politics-bucket-image">are far from done</a> talking about Paul Ryan.<!--more--></p>
<p>Chris Collins isn’t the only GOP candidate to distance<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/08/13/682611/republicans-ryan-medicare/"> himself from Ryan. </a></p>
<p>Nan Hayworth, however, <a href="http://capitaltonightny.ynn.com/2012/08/hayworth-on-mentor-paul-ryan/">described Ryan as a mentor.</a></p>
<p>Michael Grimm and Peter King <a href="http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2012/08/6432705/house-republicans-ryan-risk-hes-just-going-roll-right-over-them-kno?politics-bucket-headline">are similarly enthused. </a></p>
<p>Andrew Gournades hit <a href="http://capitaltonightny.ynn.com/2012/08/goldens-microstamping-walkout-comes-back-to-haunt-him/">Marty Golden over micro-stamping. </a></p>
<p>Florida newspapers do not seem <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/florida-newspapers-ryan-could-be-a-liability">thrilled with the Paul Ryan pick. </a></p>
<p>Mitt Romney once proposed a<br />
constitutional amendment requiring any president to have business experience. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/08/13/mitt-romneys-constitutional-amendment-would-bar-paul-ryan-from-the-presidency/">This would disqualify Ryan.</a></p>
<p>A former Senate staffers thinks the choice<a href="http://capitalgainsandgames.com/blog/stan-collender/2598/how-bad-was-ryan-pick?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CapitalGainsAndGames+%28Capital+Gains+and+Games+-+Wall+Street%2C+Washington%2C+and+Everything+in+Between%29"> of Ryan is a monumentally bad one </a>for the GOP.</p>
<p>Ryan could help Romney take<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/how-paul-ryan-impacts-the-electoral-map-or-doesnt/2012/08/13/40c9de8c-e55d-11e1-936a-b801f1abab19_blog.html?wprss=rss_the-fix"> Iowa and Wisconsin. </a></p>
<p>Jonathan Chait says that the Ryan pick is all about grabbing <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/08/paul-ryan-helps-mitt-reclaim-political-virginity.html">the moral high ground. </a></p>
<p>The Democratic Strategist says that <a href="http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2012/08/creamer_ryan_pick_burns_romney.php">Ryan was necessary to bolster the sagging Romney </a>campaign.</p>
<p><a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/13/cnns-crowley-to-be-first-woman-in-two-decades-to-moderate-presidential-debate/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_politicalticker+%28Blog%3A+Political+Ticker%29">Cindy Crowley will become the first woman </a>in two decades to moderate a presidential debate.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/13/obama-to-nasa-let-me-know-if-you-see-martians/">President Barack Obama called the members of NASA’s Curiosity Mars </a>rover team to congratulate them on the rover’s recent landing on Mars, and  asked for a heads up if they find any signs of life:  “If in fact, you do make contact with Martians please let me know right away, because I've got a lot of other things on my plate but I suspect that that will go to the top of the list – even if they're just microbes, it will be pretty exciting.”</p>
<p dir="ltr">How random redistricting would<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/08/10/how-would-random-districting-change-congress/"> change the makeup of Congress. </a></p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jonathan Bing is <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2012/08/jonathan-bing-leaving-cuomo-admin-to-lobby">becoming a lobbyist. </a></p>
<p>New York’s young Democrats <a href="http://www.nysyd.org/blog/new-york-state-young-democrats-congratulate-democratic-national-committee-for-moving-to-americas-labor-bank-64/">are pleased</a> with a recent DNC banking decision.</p>
<p>Joe Carvin <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2012/08/joe-carvin-goes-up-with-first-radio-spot">launched his first media spot</a>, a radio ad criticizing Nita Lowey on the economy.</p>
<p>Democrats <a href="http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2012/08/6432705/house-republicans-ryan-risk-hes-just-going-roll-right-over-them-kno?politics-bucket-image">are far from done</a> talking about Paul Ryan.<!--more--></p>
<p>Chris Collins isn’t the only GOP candidate to distance<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/08/13/682611/republicans-ryan-medicare/"> himself from Ryan. </a></p>
<p>Nan Hayworth, however, <a href="http://capitaltonightny.ynn.com/2012/08/hayworth-on-mentor-paul-ryan/">described Ryan as a mentor.</a></p>
<p>Michael Grimm and Peter King <a href="http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2012/08/6432705/house-republicans-ryan-risk-hes-just-going-roll-right-over-them-kno?politics-bucket-headline">are similarly enthused. </a></p>
<p>Andrew Gournades hit <a href="http://capitaltonightny.ynn.com/2012/08/goldens-microstamping-walkout-comes-back-to-haunt-him/">Marty Golden over micro-stamping. </a></p>
<p>Florida newspapers do not seem <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/florida-newspapers-ryan-could-be-a-liability">thrilled with the Paul Ryan pick. </a></p>
<p>Mitt Romney once proposed a<br />
constitutional amendment requiring any president to have business experience. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/08/13/mitt-romneys-constitutional-amendment-would-bar-paul-ryan-from-the-presidency/">This would disqualify Ryan.</a></p>
<p>A former Senate staffers thinks the choice<a href="http://capitalgainsandgames.com/blog/stan-collender/2598/how-bad-was-ryan-pick?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CapitalGainsAndGames+%28Capital+Gains+and+Games+-+Wall+Street%2C+Washington%2C+and+Everything+in+Between%29"> of Ryan is a monumentally bad one </a>for the GOP.</p>
<p>Ryan could help Romney take<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/how-paul-ryan-impacts-the-electoral-map-or-doesnt/2012/08/13/40c9de8c-e55d-11e1-936a-b801f1abab19_blog.html?wprss=rss_the-fix"> Iowa and Wisconsin. </a></p>
<p>Jonathan Chait says that the Ryan pick is all about grabbing <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/08/paul-ryan-helps-mitt-reclaim-political-virginity.html">the moral high ground. </a></p>
<p>The Democratic Strategist says that <a href="http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2012/08/creamer_ryan_pick_burns_romney.php">Ryan was necessary to bolster the sagging Romney </a>campaign.</p>
<p><a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/13/cnns-crowley-to-be-first-woman-in-two-decades-to-moderate-presidential-debate/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_politicalticker+%28Blog%3A+Political+Ticker%29">Cindy Crowley will become the first woman </a>in two decades to moderate a presidential debate.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/13/obama-to-nasa-let-me-know-if-you-see-martians/">President Barack Obama called the members of NASA’s Curiosity Mars </a>rover team to congratulate them on the rover’s recent landing on Mars, and  asked for a heads up if they find any signs of life:  “If in fact, you do make contact with Martians please let me know right away, because I've got a lot of other things on my plate but I suspect that that will go to the top of the list – even if they're just microbes, it will be pretty exciting.”</p>
<p dir="ltr">How random redistricting would<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/08/10/how-would-random-districting-change-congress/"> change the makeup of Congress. </a></p>
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