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         <title><![CDATA[Obama Arrives for His Moment]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Ask Sen. Barack Obama's boss what the Illinois Democrat must do tonight before a cheering crowd of thousands to ensure residency at the White House next January, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) is loath to give his younger colleague any advice.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_23/news/27719-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Menendez Rises, Shines]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[When Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) got his wake-up call at 7:30 Tuesday morning, he asked the front desk of his hotel to give him five more minutes before he started a jam-packed day at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_23/news/27715-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Mercado Parts the Crowds for Insiders]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Moses Mercado isn't just any superdelegate. The longtime Congressional aide turned Ogilvy Government Relations lobbyist is an operator. Mercado, who is attending his fourth Democratic National Convention, is part Democratic Party ambassador, part donor appeaser and, deep down, still the consummate staffer.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_23/news/27718-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Secret Service Ready for the Crush]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Tonight, more than 70,000 people will hop on public buses or private shuttles, find their way through a maze of closed-off streets and finally stand in line to go through the tightest security Invesco Field at Mile High has ever seen.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_23/news/27716-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Heard on the Hill: Color Me Jersey]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[State delegations have a long history of vying for the dubious distinction of having the craziest hats on the convention floor, but this year, HOH thinks the New Jersey delegation might be running for another title: best makeup.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_23/hoh/27722-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[CBC Members Reflect on Obama Nomination]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[When Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) takes the stage tonight at Invesco Field at Mile High, it will seal a stunning achievement that many of his colleagues in the Congressional Black Caucus thought impossible at this time last year.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_23/news/27712-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Vulnerable Members Go to Iraq]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Two Democratic House Members locked in competitive races for re-election in districts that lean Republican have a unique excuse for skipping their party's convention in Denver this week — they're in Iraq.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_23/news/27713-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Congressional Races Launched Axelrod]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[When Barack Obama accepts the Democratic presidential nomination tonight, it will represent the pinnacle thus far in the career of David Axelrod, the Illinois Senator's chief political strategist.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_23/news/27720-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Clinton Releases Delegates, Then Moves for Acclamation]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Angered and confused by the procedure for casting their nomination votes, many delegates supporting Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) planned to cast their ballots for Sen. Barack Obama (D-N.Y.) in Wednesday night's roll-call vote — before Clinton short-circuited the process by asking that the nomination be approved by acclamation.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_23/news/27711-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[What I Did When I Wasn't at the Convention]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Oregon Congressional candidate Kurt Schrader (D) has his sights set on Congress, and his path doesn't go through Denver. While some of the Democrats' most promising House candidates were highlighted from the convention floor Tuesday, Schrader chose to skip the week's festivities. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_23/news/27701-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Democrats' Success in Colorado Fueled by 4]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The resurgence of the Democratic Party in Colorado — the impetus for bringing the Democratic National Convention to Denver in the first place — is due largely to the largess of four multimillionaires, and to a small degree, Sen. John McCain (Ariz.), the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_23/news/27699-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Van Hollen, Schumer Promoting Top Recruits]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Democratic House and Senate candidates are in sync with Sen. Barack Obama's (Ill.) full-throated cry for political change, the leaders of the party's two Congressional campaign committees said Wednesday.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_23/news/27704-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Byrd Perseveres As West Virginians Look On]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Billy and Marge Burke of Gilmer County, W.Va., have been married 54 happy years. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_23/news/27696-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[On Day of Obama's Nomination, Rush Reflects]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[He can win a Senate seat, the Democratic presidential nomination and maybe even the White House. But for presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.), there will always be the one that got away. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_23/news/27697-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Shea-Porter in Denver to Protect N.H. Primary]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-N.H.) could either take Denver or leave it. But unlike many of her vulnerable freshmen counterparts across the country, Shea-Porter was out in full force with the Granite State delegation this week in the Mile High City. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_23/news/27708-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Young Race May Take Weeks to Determine]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[It could take more than two weeks to determine whether Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) will have a chance to win a 19th term in Congress. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_23/news/27714-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Art Show Paints Vision of Obama's Campaign]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The sign read "Colored." Beneath it was a drinking fountain spewing a rainbow against a black-and-white backdrop — an emblem not of a segregated past but of a hopeful future.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_23/news/27723-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[CongressNow: Gore Likely on Sidelines in Obama Administration]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[For the better part of the 21st century, reporters and bloggers have been parsing the words of Al Gore to divine some hint of the former vice president's political intentions.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_23/news/27689-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[CongressNow: Dingell to Take On Global Warming]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[On Valentine's Day of next year, Michigan Rep. John Dingell (D) will be poised to add another accomplishment to his legislative career when he surpasses the late Rep. Jamie Whitten (D-Miss.) to become the longest-serving Member in House history. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_23/news/27688-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[CongressNow: 'Oil Patch' Democrats Push Drilling Plan]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[No one knows yet how the contentious question of offshore drilling will be addressed when the 110th Congress returns to work in September. But during this summer of record-high gasoline prices, key Democrats — especially Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) and presumptive presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) — have begun to open the door to expanding domestic drilling, an approach that until recently was heretical within Democratic circles because of decades of strong opposition by environmentalists.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_23/news/27690-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Convention Daybook: Events for Thursday]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The following events will take place in Denver on Thursday, Aug. 28.]]></description>
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