<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Democratic National Committee: News &amp; Videos about Democratic National Committee - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Democratic_National_Committee</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Democratic National Committee from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:53:05 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Democratic National Committee: News &amp; Videos about Democratic National Committee - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/POLITICS/08/09/health.care/tztop.dick.durbin.gi.jpg</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Democratic_National_Committee</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Democratic National Committee from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Health care protests 'clearly being orchestrated,' senator says</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/09/health.care/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/09/health.care/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Senate's second-ranking Democrat slammed recent town-hall protests over health care on Sunday, insisting they violate "the democratic process," while the Senate's top Republican accused Democrats of "attacking citizens" with such complaints.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Democrats mount grass-roots effort for health care reform</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/05/democrats.health.care/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/05/democrats.health.care/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>As Democrats on Capitol Hill move toward revealing landmark bills to drastically reform the nation's health care system, the White House and the Democratic National Committee are increasing efforts to rally public support.</description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>TV ad to put heat on Congress to pass budget</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/26/obama.ads.congress/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/26/obama.ads.congress/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>After e-mail pleas and nationwide canvassing, President Obama's political arm has made a TV ad that will air Thursday, urging voters to pressure Congress to approve his $3.6 trillion budget.</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 15:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New role for president: Fundraiser in chief</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/25/obama.fundraising/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/25/obama.fundraising/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>President Obama takes his first stab Wednesday night at the role of fundraiser in chief.</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Limbaugh to star in DNC roadside ad</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/12/limbaugh.democrats.ad/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/12/limbaugh.democrats.ad/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>National Democrats plan to unveil a new theme Thursday in their ongoing campaign to portray conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh as the true leader of the Republican Party.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sources: Virginia governor tapped for DNC chair</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/04/dnc.tim.kaine/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/04/dnc.tim.kaine/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>President-elect Barack Obama has tapped Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine to serve as the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee, replacing former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, two Democratic officials told CNN Sunday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:13:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Transcript: Mark Warner on 'race for the future'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/26/warner.transcript/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/26/warner.transcript/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner delivered the keynote address Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Here is a transcript:</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>America needs Obama, says ex-Virginia governor</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/26/warner.convention/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/26/warner.convention/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner told the Democratic National Convention that the most important race facing the country is the "race for the future ... and it won't be won with a president who is stuck in the past."</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Michelle Obama: My husband will be 'extraordinary president'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/25/michelle.obama.dnc/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/25/michelle.obama.dnc/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Michelle Obama took center stage at the Democratic National Convention on Monday night, stressing her love for the nation and making her case for why her husband should be the next president.</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sheryl Crow, Sugarland &amp;amp; Dave Matthews Rock the DNC 
</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20221010,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20221010,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>It was a very earthy opening: On the eve of the Democratic National Convention's kick-off, Sheryl Crow, Sugarland and the Dave Matthews Band drew some 8,000 fans and environmental activists to their "Green Sunday."</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Greener Convention, A Greener Future?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1835608,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1835608,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The Democratic National Convention -- and a quirky Colorado radio show -- promise to bring environmentalism to the forefront of the U.S. political agenda once and for all</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>GOP convention speakers announced</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/20/rnc.lineup/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/20/rnc.lineup/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>President Bush will headline the first night of the Republican National Convention, and former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani will deliver the convention's keynote address at the four-day political rally in St. Paul, Minnesota.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama raises more than $51 million in July</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/16/july.fundraising/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/16/july.fundraising/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. Barack Obama's presidential bid added more than 65,000 donors and raised more than $51 million in the month of July, the Obama campaign said in a statement released Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The 30 who ruled on Florida, Michigan delegates </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/30/DNC.rules.committee/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/30/DNC.rules.committee/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A 30-member Democratic Party panel decided Saturday how to award Florida and Michigan delegates to presidential candidates Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama.</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Clinton backer's defection tightens superdelegate race</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/01/superdelegate.battle/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/01/superdelegate.battle/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A Hillary Clinton backer's defection to the Barack Obama camp tightens the race for superdelegates, who could determine which candidate will become the Democratic presidential nominee.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 22:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>GOP fights ad attacking McCain's "100 years"</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/29/mccain.context/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/29/mccain.context/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A Democratic National Committee TV ad released Sunday uses Sen. John McCain's remarks on U.S. troops staying in Iraq for "100 years" to paint a portrait of a candidate fixated on keeping a permanent presence in the war-torn country.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>DNC sues to block McCain spending</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/14/dnc.mccain/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/14/dnc.mccain/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Democratic Party on Monday filed a lawsuit against the Federal Elections Commission seeking to force the group to investigate whether Sen. John McCain has violated federal spending limits for his primary campaign.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New plan offered to seat Michigan's delegates</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/31/michigan.plan/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/31/michigan.plan/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Michigan Rep. Bart Stupak proposed a plan Monday that would apportion his state's delegates to the Democratic National Convention.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>MoveOn takes on Clinton's moneyed supporters</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/27/obama.moveon/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/27/obama.moveon/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>MoveOn.org, a grassroots powerhouse that supports Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination, launched a fundraising drive Thursday to counter Sen. Hillary Clinton's wealthy supporters.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Will Dean Cost the Dems Florida?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1724374,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1724374,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The fight over Florida's disputed primary may have a disturbing fallout for the Democrats: turning off voters in the fall election</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>No new primary for Florida Democrats</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/17/florida.primary.decision/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/17/florida.primary.decision/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>After weeks of negotiations, the Florida Democratic Party said Monday it will not hold a second primary in the state.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Attorney: DNC violates Constitution </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/17/attorney.dnc/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/17/attorney.dnc/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Democratic National Committee is violating the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment by allowing only four states to hold caucuses or primaries before the first Tuesday in February, a Florida attorney argued Monday before a federal appeals court.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Plan: Michigan revote would be in June</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/14/michigan.proposal/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/14/michigan.proposal/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A proposal is taking shape for Michigan Democrats to hold a new presidential primary, a Democratic source close to the negotiations says.</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Florida's Democratic lawmakers reject do-over primary plan</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/13/primary.proposal/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/13/primary.proposal/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Florida Democrats want a do-over, but the state's Democratic congressional delegation on Thursday rejected a plan for recouping the 210 delegates the state lost when it moved its primary ahead of the approved time frame. </description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Florida Dems devise plan for new primary</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/13/primary.proposal.intl/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/13/primary.proposal.intl/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Florida Democrats want a new primary vote, and state party officials have a proposal for recouping the 210 delegates the Sunshine State lost when it moved its primary ahead of the approved time frame. </description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Florida, Michigan don't deserve revote</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/12/roland.martin/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/12/roland.martin/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>For two weeks we have watched nearly every political hack from Michigan and Florida hit the airwaves to tell us that voters in those states deserve to have their votes counted, and new elections should be called for and paid by­ the Democratic National Committee.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>At 21, superdelegate represents the 'next generation'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/02/23/ypwr.rae/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/02/23/ypwr.rae/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Not too many kids tell their parents who to vote for when they're 5 years old or ask their fourth-grade teacher to watch the presidential inauguration. But what would you expect from a 21-year-old superdelegate?</description><pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: NAACP's Bond late to the game on Dem delegate battle</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/14/roland.martin/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/14/roland.martin/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>NAACP Chairman Julian Bond's decision to weigh in on the Democratic Party's conundrum when it comes to seating delegates from Michigan and Florida has created a firestorm of discussion on blogs and talk shows, and frankly, I'm still unclear as to what his intent was.</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:39:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Superdelegates: Why they matter</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/11/delegates.explainer/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/11/delegates.explainer/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>As the Democratic primary race heats up between Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, the delegate estimate between the two remains extremely close. For the first time, Democratic superdelegates may decide their party's nominee.</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:38:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Iowa caucus move could scramble primaries</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/17/primaries/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/17/primaries/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Iowa Republican Party will hold its caucus January 3 to beat other states' rush to move up their primaries in the presidential nomination process.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ex-Goldman Sachs honcho's donkey fight</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/10/news/newsmakers/murphy_dnc.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/10/news/newsmakers/murphy_dnc.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>When Philip D. Murphy, formerly global co-head of Goldman Sachs's investment management division, became the Democratic National Committee's national finance chairman last year (and yet another Goldman alum to enter politics), he knew he'd be stepping into the middle of a donkey fight - one that pitted DNC chair Howard Dean against Senator Charles Schumer and Congressman Rahm Emanuel.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Democrats withdraw from Michigan 'beauty contest'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/09/michigan.primary/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/09/michigan.primary/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Five Democratic presidential candidates Tuesday sought to officially withdraw from Michigan's January 15 primary, rendering the event virtually insignificant.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 23:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Will Dean's War on Florida Backfire?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1656632,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1656632,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Viewpoint: The DNC chairman's efforts to punish state Dems for an early primary could hurt the party when it counts most</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Clinton, Obama give thumbs up to New Hampshire debate</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/01/democrats.debate/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/01/democrats.debate/index.html</guid><description>Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama Tuesday joined the leading Democratic and Republican White House hopefuls in agreeing to participate in back-to-back New Hampshire presidential debates next month in the politically influential Granite State.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 23:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>First New Hampshire presidential debates set</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/24/nh.debates/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/24/nh.debates/index.html</guid><description>Over the past several months, presidential candidates have been visiting New Hampshire to deliver speeches or to meet privately in relatively safe settings in an effort to court the state's influential electorate.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2007 21:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Battle of the Washington insiders</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/10/30/8391730/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/10/30/8391730/index.htm</guid><description>Don't ask Ed Gillespie and Terry McAuliffe to stand close together for a photograph. The two political moneymen can't do it. It's not that Gillespie, the former Republican National Committee chairm... </description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2006 10:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dems alter '08 voting order for 'diversity'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/20/primary.scramble/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/20/primary.scramble/index.html</guid><description>Nevada and South Carolina will join Iowa and New Hampshire as the kickoff states for the 2008 Democratic presidential nominating contest, under a plan approved Saturday by the Democratic National Committee.</description><pubDate>Sun, 20 Aug 2006 04:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>N.H., Iowa could have company on caucus calendar</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/07/22/democratic.primary/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/07/22/democratic.primary/index.html</guid><description>Nevada and South Carolina will likely join Iowa and New Hampshire as kickoff states for the Democratic presidential nominating process in 2008 after a panel voted to recommend the measure to the party's national committee Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Jul 2006 21:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>What was Watergate?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/05/31/watergate.details/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/05/31/watergate.details/index.html</guid><description>Initially dismissed by the White House as a "third-rate burglary," the June 17, 1972, break-in at Democratic National Committee headquarters mushroomed into a constitutional crisis that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Howard Dean unmuzzled</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/05/19/howard.dean/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/05/19/howard.dean/index.html</guid><description>After Howard Dean last weekend declared Tom DeLay ought to be in jail, a longtime Democratic operative told me the party's national chairman had momentarily ripped off his muzzle but that it soon would be restored.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2005 15:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Postscript to Howard's End</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/02/14/howards.end.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/02/14/howards.end.tm/index.html</guid><description>How did Howard Dean, whose presidential campaign got derailed by endless replays of a barbaric yawp, go from public laughingstock to party leader?</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2005 21:28:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Poll: Democratic leaders back Dean</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/02/10/dnc.poll/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/02/10/dnc.poll/index.html</guid><description>As the Democratic National Committee opens its annual meeting, a new poll of DNC members suggests party leaders want to see some serious changes  and believe former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean will do an excellent job as party chairman.</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2005 17:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dean virtually locks up DNC chairmanship</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/02/05/dean.dnc/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/02/05/dean.dnc/index.html</guid><description>Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean appears to have virtually locked up the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee, after his last major challenger dropped out of the race and endorsed him Friday night.</description><pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2005 06:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Intolerant Democrats finally waking up</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/31/intolerant.democrats/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/31/intolerant.democrats/index.html</guid><description>With more than a whiff of self-congratulations, Democrats love to call themselves the tolerant party.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2005 21:31:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Roemer lashes out in DNC chairman race</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/16/roemer.dnc/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/16/roemer.dnc/index.html</guid><description>The campaign for Democratic chairman turned contentious over the weekend when Tim Roemer lashed out at criticism of his views on abortion and accused opponents of negative campaigning.</description><pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2005 19:57:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dean announces bid for DNC chair</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/11/dean.dnc/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/11/dean.dnc/index.html</guid><description>Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, whose high-flying presidential campaign crashed a year ago in the political chill of Iowa, announced Tuesday that he will run for the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee.</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Howard Dean's return</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/12/16/howard.dean/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/12/16/howard.dean/index.html</guid><description>Practical Democratic politicians, intent on reversing a decade of decline, feel trapped in a bad dream with Howard Dean as the most prominent prospect to be the party's national chairman.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2004 21:56:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sources: Reid, Pelosi backing Roemer for DNC chair</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/12/14/dnc.chair/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/12/14/dnc.chair/index.html</guid><description>Amid strong competition over who will lead the party as the next Democratic National Committee chairman, former Indiana congressman and 9/11 commission member Tim Roemer has emerged as a possible new candidate.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2004 19:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Democrats stress voting rights in radio address</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/12/11/dems.radio/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/12/11/dems.radio/index.html</guid><description>Democrats used their weekly radio address Saturday to focus on ensuring accurate ballot counts and elections free of voter intimidation.</description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2004 15:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>FEC: DNC independent spending outstrips RNC</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/21/political.funding/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/21/political.funding/index.html</guid><description>The Democratic National Committee spent $27.2 million on behalf of John Kerry's campaign for president in the first 18 days of October, according to the Federal Election Commission.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2004 16:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Programming protest </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/12/kerry.program/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/12/kerry.program/index.html</guid><description>The Democratic National Committee has filed a formal complaint with the Federal Election Commission over Sinclair Broadcast Group's plans to air a program in prime time accusing John Kerry of betraying American POWs during the Vietnam War.</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2004 21:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Anti-Kerry film sparks DNC response</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/10/11/news/newsmakers/sinclair_kerry/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/10/11/news/newsmakers/sinclair_kerry/index.htm</guid><description>Sinclair Broadcast Group, owner of the largest group of television stations in the nation, plans to air a documentary that accuses Sen. John Kerry of betraying American prisoners during the Vietnam War, a newspaper reported Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2004 14:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>DNC holds 'Mission Not Accomplished' bash</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/01/dnc.party/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/01/dnc.party/index.html</guid><description>As first lady Laura Bush and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger were recommending President Bush to the nation for another four years Tuesday night, a merry band of Democrats across town was partying against another Bush term.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2004 14:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>What The Candidates Should Debate Delivering on these             three Campaign Promises would go right to American families'  </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2004/09/01/379411/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2004/09/01/379411/index.htm</guid><description>As you read this, the people of Boston are digging out from the Democratic National Convention, and we New Yorkers are bracing for the Republicans. Obviously, these quadrennial circuses are about c...</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2004 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The constitutionality of police-imposed 'free-speech zones'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/08/04/hilden.freespeech/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/08/04/hilden.freespeech/index.html</guid><description>Last week, the Democratic National Convention (DNC) ended. But the First Amendment issues that were raised there did not. Indeed, they are likely to continue on indefinitely -- recurring at the upcoming Republican National Convention (RNC), and similar public events raising intense security concerns.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2004 14:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Stocks stall on oil, GDP</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/07/30/markets/markets_nyopen/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/07/30/markets/markets_nyopen/index.htm</guid><description>A weaker than expected read on gross domestic product growth and another spike in oil prices kept U.S. stock markets near the unchanged line Friday morning.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2004 13:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Key points of Kerry's speech</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/29/dems.kerry.key.points/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/29/dems.kerry.key.points/index.html</guid><description>In his acceptance speech Thursday night to the Democratic National Convention, Sen. John Kerry talked about what he would do if elected president. Here are the highlights.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2004 02:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Protesters, police skirmish outside convention</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/29/dems.protest/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/29/dems.protest/index.html</guid><description>Protesters outside the Democratic National Convention skirmished briefly with police Thursday. Police reported four arrests, but not all were related to that clash.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2004 20:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Democrats look to rising young stars</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/28/dems.theme/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/28/dems.theme/index.html</guid><description>Set to address his party's convention Wednesday night, vice presidential candidate John Edwards is perhaps the best-known of the Democrats' rising stars.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2004 13:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Harsher words for Bush</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/28/wed.hot/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/28/wed.hot/index.html</guid><description>Check out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2004 13:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Daily Blog Roundup: Tuesday, July 27, 2004</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/28/tue.blog.roundup/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/28/tue.blog.roundup/index.html</guid><description>Blogger activity started to hit full stride on the second day of the Democratic National Convention as logistical issues were resolved and jet lag wore off.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2004 05:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>National security takes center stage</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/27/tues.hot/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/27/tues.hot/index.html</guid><description>Check out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2004 13:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>This convention brought to you by...</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/07/26/news/election_conventions/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/07/26/news/election_conventions/index.htm</guid><description>The 2004 Democratic National Convention that begins on Monday, as well as the Republican National Convention in August, will be brought to you by the following corporate sponsors...</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2004 12:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Election Express: The life of a CNN intern</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/23/friday/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/23/friday/index.html</guid><description>A group of college students have traveled far from home, enduring long hours and security checks. Yet they never waiver from their mission -- to help CNN cover the Democratic National Convention.</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2004 15:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Arbitrator proposes settlement of Boston police dispute</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/22/boston.police/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/22/boston.police/index.html</guid><description>A state arbitrator has proposed a settlement of a thorny pay dispute between the city of Boston and its police union, which had raised the specter of picketing at next week's Democratic National Convention.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2004 22:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Terrorism and the 2004 presidential elections</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/07/22/dean.elections.terrorism/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/07/22/dean.elections.terrorism/index.html</guid><description>If the Bush administration's intelligence can be believed, the 2004 presidential election, or the related democratic processes associated with the election, have been targeted by terrorists. Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge has repeatedly said, "Al Qaeda is moving forward with plans to carry out a large-scale attack in the United States aimed to disrupt our democratic process."</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2004 19:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Election Express: Protestors must stay inside 'Free Speech Zone' </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/22/thursday/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/22/thursday/index.html</guid><description>A federal judge Thursday denied a lawsuit brought by protestors and groups trying to get better access to delegates at the Democratic National Convention.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2004 14:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Stocks end session mixed</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/07/12/markets/markets_newyork/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/07/12/markets/markets_newyork/index.htm</guid><description>U.S. stocks closed mixed Monday, with blue chips managing a late session rise as oil fell below $40 a barrel, while technology shares declined, thanks to a bearish Merrill Lynch note on the semiconductor sector.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2004 13:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mark Shields: Giving the 'devil' his due</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/05/devil/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/05/devil/index.html</guid><description>He has been regularly described as "too partisan," "bombastic" and "abrasive." And that's just by the man's friends.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2004 15:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nader's running mate?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/21/mon/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/21/mon/index.html</guid><description>Finally, the day we've all been waiting for. At 1 p.m. ET Monday, we'll learn his choice for vice president.</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2004 11:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A burglary turns into a constitutional crisis</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/06/11/watergate/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/06/11/watergate/index.html</guid><description>Initially dismissed by the White House as a "third-rate burglary," the June 17, 1972, break-in at Democratic National Committee headquarters mushroomed into a constitutional crisis that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2004 19:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Jobs, jobs, jobs </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/05/mon/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/05/mon/index.html</guid><description>We begin this week much as we ended the last one -- with a renewed focus on jobs.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2004 09:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Democrats, Kerry camp report robust fund raising</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/02/election.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/02/election.main/index.html</guid><description>The Democratic Party and its all-but-official nominee for the White House announced Friday that they have broken fund-raising records in recent months, helping stock the barrels for the campaign to oust President Bush.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2004 19:23:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bring on the cash!</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/16/timep.kerry.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/16/timep.kerry.tm/index.html</guid><description>While Bush and Kerry spar publicly, the real contest is happening behind the scenes as both sides figure out new ways to raise funds. Money still talks loudest for the G.O.P., but the Dems are getting better at finding their voice</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2004 19:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Don't Call Us, We'll Call You The new federal Do Not Call list pulls the plug on small telemarketers.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2003/07/01/347331/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2003/07/01/347331/index.htm</guid><description>Telemarketers hold a special place in our national consciousness, somewhere between ambulance-chasing lawyers and Bernie Ebbers. That's why most of us are celebrating the upcoming introduction of t...</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2003 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Calendar</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2000/08/01/284331/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2000/08/01/284331/index.htm</guid><description>July </description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2000 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Friends of Bill Getting Hard to Find</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/06/08/243529/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/06/08/243529/index.htm</guid><description>If you tune out Dan Burton, the House Reform Committee chairman who refers to President Clinton as a "scumbag"; ignore House majority leader Dick Armey, who suggests that the president might have t...</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 1998 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hillary Fills the Trough</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/04/13/240838/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/04/13/240838/index.htm</guid><description>For some time now it's been apparent that the moral cloud hanging over Bill Clinton has a lining of silver--and gold. The President is in the biggest trouble of his life, yet the Democrats are rais...</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 1998 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>NOW HEAR THIS</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/02/16/68699/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/02/16/68699/index.htm</guid><description>STEVEN LEUTHOLD, 48,a Minneapolis financial adviser, on the stock market's January gyrations: ''You have to realize we're in Looney Tunes land, and you should stay fairly close to the exits.'' </description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 1987 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>