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	<title>Scrutiny Hooligans &#187; Heath Shuler</title>
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		<title>NC-11 Open Thread</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/04/13/nc-11-open-thread/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/04/13/nc-11-open-thread/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cecil Bothwell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heath Shuler]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a few weeks before the big primary, so I thought we could start having conversations about specific Democratic primary races in the area. Today: the NC-11 campaign.
Cecil Bothwell has been running for this seat since March of last year. Cecil&#8217;s a dyed-in-the-wool liberal who asserts that his brand of boldness is exactly what Democratic [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Mess With Earned Retirement Benefits</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/03/05/dont-mess-with-earned-retirement-benefits/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/03/05/dont-mess-with-earned-retirement-benefits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heath Shuler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Or with Susie Madrak at C&#038;L:
These jerks just don&#8217;t get it. They will get at our earned retirement benefits like Social Security and Medicare over our dead bodies. Because once we don&#8217;t have enough to live on when we&#8217;re old, and can&#8217;t afford go to the doctor when we&#8217;re sick, we have nothing left to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exit Shuler</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/02/02/exit-shuler/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/02/02/exit-shuler/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cecil Bothwell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heath Shuler]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Fix:
Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) will not run for reelection after three terms in office.
“This was not an easy decision,” Shuler said. “However, I am confident that it is the right decision. It is a decision I have weighed heavily over the past few months. I have always said family comes first, and I never [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Quadruple Down Economics: Serious or CYA?</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/11/17/serious-or-cya/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/11/17/serious-or-cya/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heath Shuler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With the congressional supercommittee expected to fail in its attempt to find at least $1.2 trillion in deficit cuts over the next decade by next week, another group in Congress is urging even deeper cuts. 
WASHINGTON &#8212; With the deadline for a supercommittee deficit-reduction deal closing in, more than 150 members of Congress from both [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Meanwhile, on the other side of the town&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/07/21/meanwhile-on-the-other-side-of-the-town/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/07/21/meanwhile-on-the-other-side-of-the-town/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:18:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Muller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Heath Shuler]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=22085</guid>
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		<slash:comments>29</slash:comments>
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		<title>They Complain? Beat Them Harder.</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/07/20/complaints-beat-them-harder/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/07/20/complaints-beat-them-harder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Buncombe County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heath Shuler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NC-10 Congressional race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NC-11 Congressional Race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Carolina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patrick McHenry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=22073</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When Buncombe voters turned out to express their alarm and dismay regarding the newly redrawn Congressional districts, some of us held out hope that the obvious illogic of dividing our mountain county would win out, that anyone could see the injustice being done and that political pressure to do the right thing would win the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cecil &#8211; Democrat</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/04/26/cecil-democrat/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/04/26/cecil-democrat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cecil Bothwell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heath Shuler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=20507</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t have much time this morning, so I&#8217;m going to drop this topic and head out the door. Cecil Bothwell, who had previously announced an intention to run for Congress as an Unaffiliated or Independent candidate has changed his mind and is going to face Heath Shuler in the Democratic Party primary in May, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>32</slash:comments>
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		<title>National Republicans Against Shuler</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/03/28/national-republicans-against-shuler/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/03/28/national-republicans-against-shuler/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heath Shuler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NC-11 Congressional Race]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw this ad today at a blog I frequent. I thought I&#8217;d share it here to add some context to the NC-11 Congressional race discussions we&#8217;re having. These guys are already running ads against Shuler and plan to target this district heavily in 2012.

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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cecil Open Thread</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/03/27/cecil-open-thread/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/03/27/cecil-open-thread/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asheville City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cecil Bothwell]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Asheville City Councilman Cecil Bothwell posted this comment to Scrutiny Hooligans this morning:
And this seems as good a place as any to be seen; (Note the deep breath I am taking as I post this …) http://bothwell4congress.wordpress.com/
Discuss.
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		<slash:comments>71</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rethink Your Precinct &#8211; 2011 edition</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/02/16/rethink-your-precinct-2011-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/02/16/rethink-your-precinct-2011-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Gibson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Buncombe County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heath Shuler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NC Legislature]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The annual precinct meetings of the North Carolina Democratic Party are coming up. They’re currently scheduled for Saturday, March 5, with a make-up/alternate date on March 8. Exact places and times should be available soon at the county party website, and will probably also appear in the Citizen-Times and Mountain Xpress. 
There’s supposed to be [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>More Heath</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/02/09/more-heath/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/02/09/more-heath/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heath Shuler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=19075</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a serious debate going on regarding how area progressives ought best to interact with our Congressman. Some feel that offering him any support at all is a tacit endorsement of his conservative stances. Some feel that he&#8217;s the furthest to the left we can hope for in the 11th District. Still others feel that [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Shuler Notes</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/01/29/shuler-notes/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/01/29/shuler-notes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heath Shuler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=18950</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our Heath has been making the headlines lately, and I thought I&#8217;d get some of the major items here in one place:
Heath Shuler Appointed to key Budget Committee in the House
Shuler&#8217;s in Doonesbury (Strip One) (Strip Two) for packing heat
Along with GOP leadership, Shuler supporting redefinition of rape to disallow abortion in the case of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>63</slash:comments>
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		<title>He&#8217;s Ba-ack</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2010/12/30/hes-ba-ack/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2010/12/30/hes-ba-ack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 12:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heath Shuler]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Smoky Mountain News:

Shuler selects a familiar face to help bid for national prominence
 
Andrew Whalen, an up-and-coming political insider who helped craft U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler’s entry onto the political scene five years ago, has rejoined the congressman’s staff.
Whalen, 30, announced he would leave his position as executive director of the N.C. Democratic [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Promises Kept</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2010/12/22/promises-kept/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2010/12/22/promises-kept/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 02:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heath Shuler]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was looking pretty iffy at Netroots Nation last summer when Lt. Dan Choi gave Sen. Harry Reid his West Point ring and his discharge papers. Reid promised to keep the ring for him until the DADT repeal was signed. Today he did. 

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		<title>One Step Closer</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2010/12/16/one-step-closer/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2010/12/16/one-step-closer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 15:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heath Shuler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the Congressional Campaign, Congressman Shuler participated in the Mtn. X questionnaire. Here&#8217;s one of his responses:
6) What&#8217;s your opinion of the Defense Department&#8217;s “don&#8217;t ask, don&#8217;t tell” policy if the Joint Chiefs of Staff recommend its repeal?
A Department of Defense review of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy is under way and is expected [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Matter Of Perspective</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2010/12/07/amatter-of-perspective/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2010/12/07/amatter-of-perspective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 12:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heath Shuler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Coinciding with the release of the WikiLeaks documents and the deficit commission report, exchanges with friends on the Hill, in the liberal blogosphere, and in the news reveal how differently insiders and outsiders see the world.
North Carolina Rep. Heath Shuler’s run against Nancy Pelosi for House Minority Leader put him (as intended) in the national [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Won&#8217;t Hunt</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2010/11/18/wont-hunt/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2010/11/18/wont-hunt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heath Shuler]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congressional Democrats elected Nancy Pelosi Wednesday as House Minority Leader for the next session. Pelosi defeated NC-11&#8242;s Heath Shuler 150-43. Politico provides the color commentary:
Shuler has run for office three times, and in each election the nature of his relationship with Pelosi has been a headache. She’s also shaped his political character as a member [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Things And/Or Stuff</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2010/11/18/things-andor-stuff/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2010/11/18/things-andor-stuff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 05:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heath Shuler]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Health insurers last year gave the U.S. Chamber of Commerce $86.2 million that was used to oppose the health-care overhaul law, Bloomberg reports.
That money health insurers spent to deny you better health care? That was your money. (via Taegan Goddard&#8217;s Political Wire)
Smart, responsive and elegant, the Copenhagen Wheel is a new emblem for urban mobility. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deal Or No Deal?</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2010/11/14/deal-or-no-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2010/11/14/deal-or-no-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2010 15:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Appearing from Asheville on CNN&#8217;s “State of the Union” this morning, Rep. Heath Shuler made no commitment about his plans to challenge current Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi for House Minority Leader in the next congress. Since the Blue Dog Coalition got sacked for a big loss on Nov. 2, the challenge would be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Short Cuts</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2010/11/09/short-cuts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 11:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heath Shuler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NC-11 Congressional Race]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some people just can’t resist trying to improve things. Two recent encounters point out the pitfalls in trying to impose order on disorderly humans. 
Before the election, I bumped into friends at the grocery store. One asked about instant runoff voting: pick your first, second and third choices from a raft of judicial candidates.
It’s too [...]]]></description>
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