<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>Chicago news, weather, sports, traffic and video from cbs2chicago.com</title><link>http://cbs2chicago.com/politics</link><description><![CDATA[Chicago news, weather, sports, traffic and video from cbs2chicago.com]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[(c)  MMVIII, CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:32:42 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Sarah Palin Agrees To First Televised Interview]]></title><guid>http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/sarah.palin.abc.2.811953.html</guid><link>http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/sarah.palin.abc.2.811953.html</link><description><![CDATA[		Republican vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin is offering her first televised interview to ABC News in the coming week in Alaska.<br />									]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:44:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obama Rebukes Palin On Earmarks Claims]]></title><guid>http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/barack.obama.sara.2.811867.html</guid><link>http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/barack.obama.sara.2.811867.html</link><description><![CDATA[Barack Obama made his first direct criticism of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin on Saturday, saying she pretends to oppose spending earmarks when she actually has embraced them. <br />									]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:04:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democrats Post Big Gains In Voter Registration]]></title><guid>http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/democrats.voter.registration.2.811874.html</guid><link>http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/democrats.voter.registration.2.811874.html</link><description><![CDATA[Five days a week, Linda Graham trolls tattered neighborhoods of this once thriving steel city outside Pittsburgh for unregistered voters she can sign up as Democrats - one of thousands of unknown volunteers whose work outside the limelight has already altered the basic arithmetic of the November election.<br />									]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:25:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clinton Avoids Palin Questions During Stump]]></title><guid>http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/hillary.clinton.palin.2.811791.html</guid><link>http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/hillary.clinton.palin.2.811791.html</link><description><![CDATA[Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton marched for labor and stumped with
Democrats on Saturday, but sidestepped questions about the woman who
has taken her place as the nation's most-talked-about female leader.									]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:44:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[McCain, Obama Plan Joint Stop At Ground Zero]]></title><guid>http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/Sept.11.John.2.811495.html</guid><link>http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/Sept.11.John.2.811495.html</link><description><![CDATA[Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama said Saturday they will put aside partisan politics for a joint appearance at Ground Zero to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.<br />]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:22:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obama: 'We Won't Be Bullied']]></title><guid>http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/bon.jovi.obama.2.811368.html</guid><link>http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/bon.jovi.obama.2.811368.html</link><description><![CDATA[Sen. Barack Obama continued to raise money for his campaign this weekend and vowed to fight Republican attacks against his character. <br />]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:51:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power Of Palin Gives McCain Campaign A Boost]]></title><guid>http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/palin.mccain.campaign.2.811365.html</guid><link>http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/palin.mccain.campaign.2.811365.html</link><description><![CDATA[Sen. John McCain is getting some post-convention pop out of his running mate. A Washington Post poll shows six in 10 voters like Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine found the same reaction even here in generally pro-Obama Chicago. ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:41:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rising Unemployment Becomes Key Campaign Issue]]></title><guid>http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/unemployment.presidential.campaign.2.811191.html</guid><link>http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/unemployment.presidential.campaign.2.811191.html</link><description><![CDATA[The unemployment rate is rising at record levels, pushing the economy to the forefront of the campaign trail. CBS 2's Mike Parker reports on how jobless area residents view their prospects, and what they want from the next president.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:06:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[David Pryor Tapped To Head Ark. Democratic Party]]></title><guid>http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/David.Pryor.Tapped.2.811147.html</guid><link>http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/David.Pryor.Tapped.2.811147.html</link><description><![CDATA[Former Arkansas governor and U.S. Sen. David Pryor will lead the state
Democratic Party after the shooting death of its chairman, Bill Gwatney.									]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:31:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obama, McCain Set For 8-Week Contest Of 'Change']]></title><guid>http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/obama.mccain.election.2.810677.html</guid><link>http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/obama.mccain.election.2.810677.html</link><description><![CDATA[Invigorated by back-to-back political conventions, Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama grappled for the mantle of change Friday as the fall race for the presidency took off in states teeming with the independent voters they needed to win. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:58:22 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>